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Well, when individual preferences affect listings, such things happen, I guess Larry Send a noteboard - 06/12/2009 09:24:39 PM
Of course, there were a number of cases where it seemed like almost all of an author's books were listed, except for the one I'd read... :P Leaving out Solaris for Lem, for instance, or The Metamorphosis for Kafka.


Of course, as I said above, VanderMeer didn't compose this entire list. His list of 64 Favorite Fictions is much more fascinating.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
His 64 Favorite Fictions
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Since people are weighing in on that best fantasy list I posted, how many on this list have ya read? Larry - 06/12/2009 05:22:40 AM 2283 Views
A lot of those books aren't fantasy. Tom - 06/12/2009 05:34:18 AM 818 Views
Most of those depend upon how loosely one defines it Larry - 06/12/2009 06:41:50 AM 795 Views
Up next, fantasy fans attempt to co-opt Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/12/2009 07:20:03 AM 253 Views
Actually, considering who put that list together, I'd at least look into their rationales Larry - 06/12/2009 07:42:11 AM 726 Views
Mmm... there's been a pronounced tendency among spec ficcers, from what I've seen, Ghavrel - 06/12/2009 09:09:26 AM 972 Views
I agree Camilla - 06/12/2009 09:35:32 AM 718 Views
I'm a bit different than that Larry - 06/12/2009 09:20:09 PM 780 Views
Re: I'm a bit different than that Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:04:47 AM 828 Views
Then what should it be defined as? Larry - 07/12/2009 02:28:55 AM 868 Views
What, didn't you major in Fixing Up Confusions and other Issues? Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:49:30 AM 560 Views
I majored in raising more questions and doubting absolutes Larry - 07/12/2009 02:50:35 AM 686 Views
You majored in being a pain in the butt is what you majored in. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:52:00 AM 733 Views
No, that was my second minor Larry - 07/12/2009 02:54:53 AM 648 Views
In that case, I trust my definition more than theirs. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 03:05:32 AM 713 Views
Re: I majored in raising more questions and doubting absolutes The_Last_Gunslinger - 08/12/2009 10:59:03 PM 755 Views
Not really Larry - 08/12/2009 11:19:46 PM 1058 Views
Fantasy has no easy definition. Werthead - 07/12/2009 02:46:33 AM 774 Views
That's true. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:50:37 AM 733 Views
But the Song of Soloman is certainly akin to that *NM* Larry - 07/12/2009 02:51:21 AM 246 Views
No, that's just porn. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:52:24 AM 345 Views
If you redefine fatasy as fiction, the category loses its value Camilla - 06/12/2009 12:33:03 PM 756 Views
Remember what I studied for my grad degree Larry - 06/12/2009 04:10:08 PM 767 Views
Re: Remember what I studied for my grad degree Camilla - 06/12/2009 04:33:58 PM 777 Views
Really? Larry - 06/12/2009 09:22:21 PM 893 Views
Re: Really? Camilla - 06/12/2009 10:49:36 PM 850 Views
Literature does not exist in a vacuum Larry - 06/12/2009 10:53:58 PM 557 Views
Obviously I know that Camilla - 06/12/2009 11:30:55 PM 716 Views
But it is a material artifact of a culture Larry - 07/12/2009 12:47:45 AM 626 Views
But that is not all it is. Camilla - 07/12/2009 08:16:32 AM 820 Views
Indeed. A lot of them are science fiction. Werthead - 06/12/2009 04:32:26 PM 741 Views
Re: Indeed. A lot of them are science fiction. Camilla - 06/12/2009 05:01:55 PM 635 Views
Several dozen contributed to the suggestion list Larry - 06/12/2009 09:23:21 PM 555 Views
I've read 34. Legolas - 06/12/2009 10:53:38 AM 617 Views
Well, when individual preferences affect listings, such things happen, I guess Larry - 06/12/2009 09:24:39 PM 622 Views
78 that I have finished, but that is really not the point. Camilla - 06/12/2009 11:55:16 AM 767 Views
Definitions of "fantasy" vary considerably Larry - 06/12/2009 09:25:35 PM 713 Views
According to the one you just applied, my master's thesis was one... Camilla - 06/12/2009 10:47:25 PM 631 Views
It's just a state of mind, I suppose Larry - 07/12/2009 12:50:22 AM 737 Views
Re: It's just a state of mind, I suppose Camilla - 07/12/2009 08:17:09 AM 767 Views
I've read 28. Linda - 06/12/2009 03:42:40 PM 813 Views
89... but in general, that is many by the same author. jh - 06/12/2009 06:17:06 PM 625 Views
46. This is an idiotic list. A Confederacy of Dunces just IS NOT fantasy. Ghavrel - 06/12/2009 08:34:07 PM 844 Views
You say that, based on having read maybe 2% of the list? Larry - 06/12/2009 09:27:32 PM 553 Views
Jane Eyre? Napoleon62 - 07/12/2009 12:00:36 AM 696 Views
It plays upon the Gothic novel precepts Larry - 07/12/2009 12:51:31 AM 583 Views
Larry...come on...if it's Fantasy I have a bridge in Brooklyn for you to buy Tom - 07/12/2009 04:17:38 AM 751 Views
Devise a better? Larry - 07/12/2009 04:34:46 AM 666 Views
It would be much shorter Tom - 07/12/2009 02:20:05 PM 932 Views
It should be shorter than some of the ones you listed Larry - 08/12/2009 11:26:35 PM 676 Views
Argh. Your quoting skills need work. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/12/2009 08:58:15 AM 354 Views
You seem to be misunderstanding Tom's post. Legolas - 09/12/2009 10:57:08 AM 688 Views
No,I was just just commenting on my likes/dislikes of that list Larry - 09/12/2009 01:21:45 PM 819 Views
I think you are misunderstanding again... jh - 09/12/2009 01:46:49 PM 793 Views
Yes. What Jonte said. *NM* Legolas - 09/12/2009 02:41:41 PM 371 Views
Oh,that Larry - 09/12/2009 06:07:11 PM 867 Views
Re: It should be shorter than some of the ones you listed Camilla - 21/12/2009 09:35:11 AM 1079 Views
I read it very recently. He masturbates to a dog. Fetishes != fantasy. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 01:58:57 AM 599 Views
Like I said, it's been years for me Larry - 07/12/2009 02:30:58 AM 802 Views
No worries. That one just got me a little testy. Ghavrel - 07/12/2009 02:48:01 AM 693 Views
96... but so many books are missing that i can think of... i mean, really! temeraire - 07/12/2009 02:07:18 AM 641 Views
It's an interesting experiment of a list, miki, and I think it's little more than that Larry - 07/12/2009 02:29:56 AM 584 Views
I've read about 90 of them ranagrande - 18/12/2009 03:37:49 PM 958 Views
It would be a more interesting list if it contained more books that fantasy fans would want to read random thoughts - 30/12/2009 06:35:18 PM 824 Views
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