Monday, July 02, 2007

Internet Top 100 SFF List

From sfsignal comes a list of lists and first on the list is The Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List. The list was compiled in 2003, so is dated, but I thought that might make it more likely I'd have read most of them. Hmmm...

1 A Song of Ice and Fire George R. Martin
2 Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien
3 The Vorkosigan Series Lois M. Bujold (I've read some but by no means all of these.)
4 Ender's Game Orson Scott Card
5 The Wiedzmin Stories A. Sapkowski (I'm not familiar with these.)
6 Dune. Frank Herbert
7 The Discworld Series Terry Pratchett (I've read a couple of these.)
8 Roadside Picnic A & B Strugatski
9 Hard to be a God A & B Strugatski
10 The Hyperion Cantos Dan Simmons
11 The Lions of Al-Rassan Guy G. Kay
12 Tigana Guy G. Kay
13 Beetle in the Anthill A & B Strugatski
14 A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge
15 Palindor D.R. Evans
16 Armor. John Steakley
17 Deathbird Stories Harlan Ellison
18 The Dragon Never Sleeps Glen Cook
19 Replay. Ken Grimwood
20 Bridge of Birds Barry Hughart
21 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes
22 The Stars my Destination Alfred Bester
23 The Nine Billion Names of God Arthur C. Clarke
24 Tales of the Continuing Time Daniel Keys Moran
25 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein
26 The Deed of Paksennarion Elizabeth Moon
27 The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
28 Fiasco Stanislaw Lem
29 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny (I've started this one a couple of times but never finished it.)
30 By the Sword Mercedes Lackey
31 The Coldfire Trilogy C.S. Friedman
32 The Blue Sword Robin McKinley
33 The Best of Cordwainer Smith Cordwainer Smith
34 The Once and Future King T.H. White
35 The Annals of the Black Company Glen Cook
36 The Hero and the Crown Robin McKinley
37 The Farseer Trilogy Robin Hobb
38 The First Chronicles of Amber Roger Zelazny (I've read the first in the Amber series and am reading another one now.)
39 Snow Crash Neal Stephenson
40 Doors of his Face, Lamps of his Mouth Roger Zelazny
41 The Princess Bride William Goldman
42 Watership Down Richard Adams
43 1984 George Orwell
44 The Cyberiad Stanislaw Lem
45 The Invincible Stanislaw Lem (I've read a book or 2 by this author, but I can't remember which ones.)
46 Persistence of Vision John Varley
47 The Island of Doctor Death and ... Gene Wolfe
48 Quarantine Greg Egan
49 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester
50 Soldier of the Mist Gene Wolfe

I've read fewer than half of the top 50 and haven't even heard of some of these authors. A. Sapkowski, for example, and the Strugatski brothers are new to me.

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