100 best Fantasy and SF books poll

[Who's Wee Dug]

There are a couple of Pterry's books on the list. GP & SG

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/02/138894873 ... w&cc=share

 

[The Mad Collector]

Wow that's difficult, I kept having to unselect books in order to select other books. Not keen on some authors having entire series rather than a specific book though, makes the whole thing unbalanced

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I kept on getting pop-ups saying 10 only had to change it a couple of times when I found one I'd missed, there is a few there I would not give time of day to, but the list was a reduced one, I will be in S.F. by the 11th but I can check it out using the hotels WiFi.

 

[Doughnut Jimmy]

I agree its really difficult to pick just 10. And as usual a rather random selection of Pratchett

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

That I think was from the previous larger poll.

 

[Tonyblack]

It was certainly difficult - some excellent books there.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I was a bit surprised to see authors like Jack Vance missing and a couple of other well known ones.

 

[Selkie]

Choosing only 10 was hard!

 

[pip]

some stinkers in there but some great books as well.

 

[poohcarrot]

Where was Pyramids?

 

[pip]

Not every stinker was there Pooh.

But best scifi fantasy of all time and they put in a CS Lewis that isn't Narnia . Seems insane. No Lewis Carroll either or Baum. Wheres Harry Potter and what is the scientologist loony bins rubbish doing on the list. Theres worse mistakes than missing Pyramids

 

[poohcarrot]

No there isn't!

 

[pip]

They missed the biggest selling fantasy book of all time.

 

[poohcarrot]

I'd vote for it!
(It's not as good as Pyramids though.)

 

[pip]

Has sand though . And a few Pharoahs

 

[poohcarrot]

...but Pyramids is more believable.

 

[pip]

And makes more sense

 

[chris.ph]

since when is watership downs a scifi fantasy book and if so why isnt wind im the willows there as thats talking animals as well

 

[Selkie]

since when is watership downs a scifi fantasy book and if so why isnt wind im the willows there as thats talking animals as well

Or Duncton Wood. Even better but with moles.

 

[raisindot]

I don't even get how Gravity's Rainbow made the list. It is one of the most incredibly complex novels ever written, and has a lot of WWII-era scientific theories and metaphysics and all sortsa abstract concepts and symbolism in it, but it's not science fiction or fantasy any more than Finnegan's Wake is.