(urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and

[Jordon Flato]

Oops.  Clearly this is not the list.  If I had bothered to read my original
post, I'd have seen they were accepting nominations for the top 100 sci fi
of all time.  This is not 100 books, therefore....

sorry folks

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Jordon Flato <jordonflatourth at gmail.com>wrote:

> Having billed it as a 'best of all time' list, I'd say it's pretty lame.
>  It is highly likely that this is a related but separate list.  I'm hoping
> so.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> It's clearly a list  based on what's currently new on the stands. Given
>> that, it isn't a bad list.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Jordon Flato <jordonflatourth at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Let me rephrase that 'many' to 'any'.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Jordon Flato <jordonflatourth at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, they picked their list.  Not having read many of them, I can't
>>>> comment, but of course I think it's ridiculous to not include New Sun.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.npr.org/2011/06/30/137003853/mind-bending-sci-fi-books-for-a-fantastical-summer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Daniel Petersen <
>>>> danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You're probably right, Marc.  But being plunged into all that mystery
>>>>> through the wonders of Short Sun is still quite exciting and inviting.  I
>>>>> sometimes feel people on this board are far more into solving little (and
>>>>> huge) puzzles than they are into a sense of wonder, awe, magic, thrill,
>>>>> humanity, divinity, great writing, and so on in Gene Wolfe.  I know the
>>>>> puzzles are integral to his art - but I just don't feel like the other
>>>>> aspects get much air time.
>>>>>
>>>>> DOJP
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> You could read Long Sun before New or Short Sun, but starting at Short
>>>>>> Sun just ruins so many little cool things, like the whole "I caught the
>>>>>> ball, I won the game" thing at the end of On Blue's Water, Horn talking
>>>>>> about "his" dancing toy, things that undeniably let you know there is
>>>>>> something of Silk running around in that narrator.
>>>>>>  I like the published order, but Long and New should both be read
>>>>>> before Short.  If you don't have a thorough understanding of the positive
>>>>>> outlook of Silk and his "out of character" suicidal impulse Short Sun could
>>>>>> never make full sense.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --- On *Thu, 6/23/11, Daniel Petersen <
>>>>>> danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com>* wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Daniel Petersen <danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: (urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science
>>>>>> Fiction and
>>>>>> To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net>
>>>>>> Date: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 9:31 AM
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You know, I actually did read On Blue's Waters, then stopped and went
>>>>>> back and read Long Sun before then re-reading Blue and the rest of Short
>>>>>> Sun.  It was indeed a very, very strange experience - but hugely enticing.
>>>>>>  Unfortunately it took away some of the mystery I think I would have
>>>>>> encountered in reading Long Sun if I had had no or little clue what was
>>>>>> coming.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think John Clute wondered in a review whether jumping right into
>>>>>> Wolfe at Blue might be the best way.  I've always wondered the same.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> DOJP
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Andrew Mason <
>>>>>> andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com<http://us.mc1618.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=andrew.mason53@googlemail.com>
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 1:09 PM,  <entonio at gmail.com<http://us.mc1618.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=entonio@gmail.com>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> >> Ha. The Book of the Long Sun is so much better!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > I agree. But is it better if you haven't read "Short Sun?" (I
>>>>>> *think*
>>>>>> > it is anyway, but I haven't experienced it in that order.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You read _Short Sun_ first? Was that not a rather puzzling experience?
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