Monday 22 August 2011

NPR list of top 100 Sci Fi and Fantasy



Cover art from Peter F Hamilton Reality Dysfunction by Jim Burns

Of the top 100 I have read 49(80finalist). IMHO too much fantasy, but a great list. I would add some Greg Bear, Peter F Hamilton and David Birn and take out some fantasy writers. Margret Atwood’s Ornyx and Crate should have made the list as well.
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/07/138938145/science-fiction-and-fantasy-finalists
John Birmingham has some terrific movie worth works.
http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dca-books-english-tree&field-keywords=+John+Birmingham&x=13&y=15
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4 comments:

  1. OK you're way ahead of me Steve, I only read 24. Agreed, way too much fantasy

    My favourite book of ALL TIME is at number 53 (Cryptonomicon). Frankly, it's not really sci-fi or fantasy at all imho. So the list is a little odd

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  2. @29 I agree with #53 being a great book,(why is it not a movie already?) Neal Stephenson is a "future history writer" and I loved this book so much I tried to read his medieval opus, blah, but I look forward to reading the others of his on this list I have not read.

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  3. Man would Hollywood fuck up Crypto. 1000 pages they would squeeze into 2 hours. kill me. i would take an eight-part miniseries though. i think that would work

    i read Zodiac, Snow Crash, and the Diamond Age, all of which I loved. Snow Crash is ESSENTIAL reading if you haven't yet. i have not dug into that Baroque crap, though i hear the second one is much better. next on my list from him is Anathem, which I have heard a bunch of great things about (and some bad, but fuck those)

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  4. I have read Zodiac and Snowcrash. Cant wait till Montreal Canadians take over construction for Quebec. I give my highest recommendation to Peter F Hamilton, the Nights Dawn Trilogy is a masterpiece.
    http://www.peterfhamilton.co.uk/index.php?page=confederation

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