by popular request

[lolaraincoat]

Following up on the NPR meme, a couple of you asked what my top 100 SF books would be, and since I can't ever answer a simple question straightforwardly, here's a list of SF-ish stories, books and series of books which I love, alphabetically by author because ranking seemed ridiculous

Comments

[fledgist]

I loved The Years of Rice and Salt.

[lolaraincoat]

Oh I'm so glad you did!

It might be that it's a book only a historian could love, mind you ...

[fledgist]

Or a historically-oriented political scientist.

[lolaraincoat]

Oops! Yes! A historically-oriented political scientist!

(Sorry about that. When I call someone a historian it's meant as a compliment, mind you.)