Wednesday, January 20, 2010

The 100 Greatest Science Fiction or Fantasy Novels of All Time

In Which We Count Down The 100 Greatest Science Fiction or Fantasy Novels of All�Time - Home - This Recording

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Man, this guy really likes Gene Wolfe, doesn't he?

;)

I'm surprised that someone who doesn't usually read this stuff (me) has read more than a quarter of the titles.

Jeff

Unknown said...

I didn't count, but I've read a frightening number of them.

Anonymous said...

I've read over 90% of these. A fairly good list but I wouldn't have included Lost Horizon, Atlas Shrugged or Heinlein juveniles. And where is Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination or something by Samuel R. Delaney?

Unknown said...

Those are serious omissions, all right. And ATLAS SHRUGGED? Doesn't belong.

Rusty said...

Mr. Carnevale writes, "I see no reason to arbitrary draw such a lien," and I see no reason to accept literary advice from someone who can write such ungrammatical tripe as "An extraordinary powerful novel inspired by Vietnam in LeGuin's Hainish series, where one planet gives the gift of interstellar travel to the universe."

More importantly, I can't imagine why I would be interested in the critical opinion of someone who thinks ATLAS SHRUGGED is either sf or fantasy, and who thinks Bill Bryson is "boring."

Anonymous said...

Re: Bradbuty's FAHENHEIT 451, at what temperature would a kindle burn?

Anonymous said...

Interesting to see folks complaining about Atlas Shrugged on the list. But it's not on the list. The Fountainhead is on the List. What does this mean?

Rusty said...

In my case, it means I was far too disgusted with the poor writing and wildly uneven literary "taste" to make it as far as #49, and plucked the Rand title from another commenter. THE FOUNTAINHEAD is an even worse pick than ATLAS SHRUGGED.

Rusty

Anonymous said...

They don't have This Perfect Day by Ira Levin.

Jerry House said...

I'd be happier if the list was titled 100 of the Greatest Science Fiction or Fantasy Novels of All Time.

Most Popular Books on Xanga said...

It is probably sad that I haven't read a lot of those fantasy/scifi books...