(urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy works of all time

Greg Bates gregory.a.bates at gmail.com
Wed Jun 22 19:08:10 PDT 2011


That was incredibly difficult. I wish it was five fantasy and five sci fi. I
ended up picking a couple things just because I really liked them and hadn't
seen them mentioned (Blindsight, Jurgen), but I had to narrowly excise R.
Scott Bakker and Jack Vance.

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Daniel Petersen <
danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Done.  Cheers for the heads up.
>
> DOJP
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jordon Flato <jordonflatourth at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Time to spam NPR's website folks.
>>
>>
>> http://www.npr.org/2011/06/20/137249678/best-science-fiction-fantasy-books-you-tell-us#commentBlock
>>
>>  In summer, people like to get away. Some visit the beach, others the
>>> mountains. But many of us like to go a little further: to Arrakis<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrakis> perhaps,
>>> or Earthsea <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthsea> — or maybe a new
>>> dimension entirely. Which is to say, we escape into a fat science fiction or
>>> fantasy novel.
>>>
>>> And so, to help you chart any fantastic voyages you might like to take
>>> this vacation season, NPR Books is focusing our annual summer readers' poll
>>> on science fiction and fantasy (SF/F to insiders). During the coming weeks,
>>> your votes will decide the titles that make our top-100 list of the best
>>> SF/F novels ever written.
>>>
>>
>> So, get on it, go over and nominate Book of the New Sun, pronto. So far,
>> I'm the only one who has, and that is frickin' criminal.
>>
>> What are you waiting for??? NOW! NOW!
>>
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