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sdwolfpup - the NPR Top 100 Sci Fi Books meme: strong the ones you've read, emphasis the ones you intend to read, underline series/books you've read part of, and strike the ones you never intend to read.
1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
3. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card - I prefer the novella version to the novel.
4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert. When I read them they were a trilogy and I only got through all three because I was new to SF and trying to read the classics and stuck home from school with the flu for two weeks. Since the only character I like at all gets killed off in the first hundred pages of the first volume I've never desired to go farther.
5. A Song of Ice and Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin - At this point in my reading career I'm going to wait and see if they get finished and if folks I trust say it works well as a whole.
6. 1984, by George Orwell
7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov - read the first but got stuck by Asimov's inability to write characters I'm interested in
9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman - I have fond memories of his readings while he was still writing it, including some of the bits about various gods that didn't make it to publications (I wonder if they're in the 10th anniversary edition...)
11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan
13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson
15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore -read it more or less as it was coming out. My friend Eric W would lend me the issues that had come out while I was away at college or for the summer.
16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss
19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut started it three times, but Vonnegut's writing just never grabbed me.
20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
21. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
23. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
24. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King - read the first two, didn't mind them but didn't feel compelled to read more
25. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke
26. The Stand, by Stephen King
27. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson - One of these days I'll borrow jackiekjono 's copy...
28. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury 29. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
30. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman - I remember waiting impatiently for issue one to come out...and several others :-) 31. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams -
32. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein - there are several of the Heinlein Juveniles I liked MUCH better.
33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey
34. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein -
35. A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller - post-apocalyptic has just never been my genre
36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells 37. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne
38. Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keys - 39. The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells
40. The Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelazny - for years I reread the first five (all there were at the time) several times a year. I knew them well enough I picked them up in French to practice with.
41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings -
42. The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley - actually, listened to unabridged....
43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson
44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven
45. The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin -
46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien - .
47. The Once and Future King, by T.H. White -
48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
49. Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke
50. Contact, by Carl Sagan
51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons - .
52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
54. World War Z, by Max Brooks - so not into zombies
55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle - On my bookshelf right now!
56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett -
58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson - so disliked the main character I could never get more than 50 pages in
59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold -rereading A Civil Campaign right now :)
60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
61. The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
62. The Sword of Truth, by Terry Goodkind -
63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy -
64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson - 66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist
67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks - read most of the first one, got bored. 68. The Conan the Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard - read at least a couple as a kid. 69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb
70. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
71. The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
72. A Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne
73. The Legend of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore -
74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson
76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke - unfortunately, Clarke and Asimov I both enjoyed in short stories and really didn't like in novels
77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey - have read the first four, need to reread them to catch up with newer ones (most of which I already own). I'm waiting for winter (they're lovely all-consuming winter reads)
78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin
79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
81. The Malazan Book of the Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson
82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks
84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher
87. The Book of the New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn
89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldon
90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock - Well, at least much of it. It's been so long that I'm not sure if I finally tracked all of it down or not.
91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley - one of the very few of McKinley's I have no interest in. Not my setting, and I'm just too burnt out on vampires. 93. A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor Vinge
94. The Caves of Steel, by Isaac Asimov
95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson -
96. Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis
98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville
99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony - I have certainly read (or had read to me - we read them aloud as a family) most of them and I think maybe even all of them, but I'm honestly not sure.
100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis
sdwolfpup - the NPR Top 100 Sci Fi Books meme: strong the ones you've read, emphasis the ones you intend to read, underline series/books you've read part of, and strike the ones you never intend to read.1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
3. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card - I prefer the novella version to the novel.
4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert. When I read them they were a trilogy and I only got through all three because I was new to SF and trying to read the classics and stuck home from school with the flu for two weeks. Since the only character I like at all gets killed off in the first hundred pages of the first volume I've never desired to go farther.
5. A Song of Ice and Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin - At this point in my reading career I'm going to wait and see if they get finished and if folks I trust say it works well as a whole.
6. 1984, by George Orwell
7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov - read the first but got stuck by Asimov's inability to write characters I'm interested in
9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman - I have fond memories of his readings while he was still writing it, including some of the bits about various gods that didn't make it to publications (I wonder if they're in the 10th anniversary edition...)
11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan
13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson
15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore -read it more or less as it was coming out. My friend Eric W would lend me the issues that had come out while I was away at college or for the summer.
16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss
19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut started it three times, but Vonnegut's writing just never grabbed me.
20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
21. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
24. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King - read the first two, didn't mind them but didn't feel compelled to read more
25. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke
jackiekjono 's copy... 28. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury 29. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
30. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman - I remember waiting impatiently for issue one to come out...and several others :-) 31. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams -
32. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein - there are several of the Heinlein Juveniles I liked MUCH better.
33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey
34. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein -
35. A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller - post-apocalyptic has just never been my genre
36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells 37. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne
38. Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keys - 39. The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells
40. The Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelazny - for years I reread the first five (all there were at the time) several times a year. I knew them well enough I picked them up in French to practice with.
41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings -
42. The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley - actually, listened to unabridged....
43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson
44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven
45. The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin -
46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien - .
47. The Once and Future King, by T.H. White -
48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
49. Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke
50. Contact, by Carl Sagan
51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons - .
52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle - On my bookshelf right now!
56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett -
58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson - so disliked the main character I could never get more than 50 pages in
59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold -rereading A Civil Campaign right now :)
60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
61. The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
62. The Sword of Truth, by Terry Goodkind -
63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy -
64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson - 66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist
67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks - read most of the first one, got bored. 68. The Conan the Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard - read at least a couple as a kid. 69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb
70. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
71. The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
72. A Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne
73. The Legend of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore -
74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson
76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke - unfortunately, Clarke and Asimov I both enjoyed in short stories and really didn't like in novels
77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey - have read the first four, need to reread them to catch up with newer ones (most of which I already own). I'm waiting for winter (they're lovely all-consuming winter reads)
78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin
79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
81. The Malazan Book of the Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson
82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks
84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher
87. The Book of the New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn
89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldon
90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock - Well, at least much of it. It's been so long that I'm not sure if I finally tracked all of it down or not.
91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley - one of the very few of McKinley's I have no interest in. Not my setting, and I'm just too burnt out on vampires. 93. A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor Vinge
94. The Caves of Steel, by Isaac Asimov
95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson -
96. Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis
98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville
99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony - I have certainly read (or had read to me - we read them aloud as a family) most of them and I think maybe even all of them, but I'm honestly not sure.
100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis
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It really is a shame that Pizza palces no longer guarantee 1/2 hour delivery.
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I thought of doing the NPR meme but let myself stop because all coding needed to change the various titles was too daunting, or I was too lazy to do it. Of course, doing it would make it more likely that I would remember how when I needed the codes again.
Congratulations on your effort. I should make myself do it soon - our reading is quite different for these titles - of course most of the people I read got left out of the list.
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For me the problem is that I think that blogs feel more exposed than email lists did and they're just a bit too lacking in cover to make me feel comfortable.
Don't let the coding stop you! The rich text editor for Dreamwidth is pretty robust and if you can use a word processor pretty intuitive. Just click on the "rich text" tab and it will give you some relatively familiar looking controls. Just copy the list over, select all of the titles, click the formatting button a couple of times and you should be good to go once you stripped out my comments.