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"NPR just released the results of its summer readers' poll looking for the top 100 science fiction and fantasy books (or series.) Let's do a "which ones have we read" poll!
Bold what you've read completely
Italicize what you have read partially
Leave whatever other notes you want!"
1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien - Hobbit +2, never got past page 20 in Return of the King.
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams - Thank goodness for small dogs that protect the Earth, man. I didn't get around to reading So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish but I've read the prior trilogy anyway.
3. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card - One of the first books I read at a library was the first Memory of Earth book. I haven't yet read Ender's Game.
4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert - I tried to read Dune. I really did. I got almost halfway through it too.
5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin - faerieboots wants me to read this in a big bad way.
6. 1984, by George Orwell - In school, required reading no less.
7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury - When I was reasing 1984, other people were reading 451.
8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov Never got into this triology. I know, I know, I should turn in my sci-fi geek card now.
9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley -
10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman - Been told I should, though.
11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman -
12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan - I have not finished the Wheel of Time series, but I have read all of the Wheel of Time written by Robert Jordan. :P
13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson
15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore
16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein - Started to read when I was ten. Never finished.
18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss
19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley - Required reading. Twice. Didn't enjoy it so much as a result, but it's pretty solid for what it is.
21. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick - So, funny story. I HATE Philip K. Dick. After being made to read A Scanner Darkly for a "The Christian Apocalypse" themed science fiction literatue class I just couldn't stomach any of the authors therein.
22. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
23. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King
24. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke - Been planning to read Clarke for some time.
25. The Stand, by Stephen King
26. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson - I never finished Snow Crash. I hate Stephenson for the same reason I hate Philip Dick. That class did awful, awful things to my desire to read scifi.
27. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury - Started to poke at this because my dad had an entire shelf of Bradbury. Wound up reading the Hardy Boys and Lone Ranger instead.
28. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
29. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman
30. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess - Book then move, for sophomore english. My sophomore english teacher kicked ass.
31. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams
33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey - If McCaffrey wrote it, I read it. A babysitter is to blame fo that.
34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein Did better on this than I did in Stranger.
35. A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller
36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
37. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne
38. Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys
39. The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells
40. The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny - Planned to read this after playing some Amber diceless.
41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings
42. The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson
44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven
45. The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin
46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien
47. The Once And Future King, by T.H. White
48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman - Brittish version, loved it. Decided Gaiman was worth all the fuss people were making about him after all.
49. Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke
50. Contact, by Carl Sagan
51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons
52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson - See Snow Crash.
54. World War Z, by Max Brooks
55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett
58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson
59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold
60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
61. The Mote In God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
62. The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind
63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist
67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks
68. The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard - Read Lone Ranger instead.
69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb
70. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
71. The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
72. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne
73. The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore - I had a hard time with D&D novels after working through the Dragonlance opening triology.
74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson - See also: Snow Crash.
76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey
78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin
79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
81. The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson
82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks
84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher
87. The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn - Star Wars novels and I have his off-and-on again thing, but mostly off. I was into Battletech and was pissed that Star Wars got Michael Stackpole.
89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldon
90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock
91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
93. A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge
94. The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov
95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson
96. Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis
98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville
99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony - faerieboots asks: Can anyone be said to have truly read ALL of Xanth? The answer? Yes. I can be said to have read them all. I started very young. Immediately fell in love with it and stuck through the falloff in quality around Aisle.
100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis
"NPR just released the results of its summer readers' poll looking for the top 100 science fiction and fantasy books (or series.) Let's do a "which ones have we read" poll!
Bold what you've read completely
Italicize what you have read partially
Leave whatever other notes you want!"
1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien - Hobbit +2, never got past page 20 in Return of the King.
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams - Thank goodness for small dogs that protect the Earth, man. I didn't get around to reading So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish but I've read the prior trilogy anyway.
3. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card - One of the first books I read at a library was the first Memory of Earth book. I haven't yet read Ender's Game.
4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert - I tried to read Dune. I really did. I got almost halfway through it too.
5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin - faerieboots wants me to read this in a big bad way.
6. 1984, by George Orwell - In school, required reading no less.
7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury - When I was reasing 1984, other people were reading 451.
8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov Never got into this triology. I know, I know, I should turn in my sci-fi geek card now.
9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley -
10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman - Been told I should, though.
11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman -
12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan - I have not finished the Wheel of Time series, but I have read all of the Wheel of Time written by Robert Jordan. :P
13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson
15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore
16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein - Started to read when I was ten. Never finished.
18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss
19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley - Required reading. Twice. Didn't enjoy it so much as a result, but it's pretty solid for what it is.
21. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick - So, funny story. I HATE Philip K. Dick. After being made to read A Scanner Darkly for a "The Christian Apocalypse" themed science fiction literatue class I just couldn't stomach any of the authors therein.
22. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
23. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King
24. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke - Been planning to read Clarke for some time.
25. The Stand, by Stephen King
26. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson - I never finished Snow Crash. I hate Stephenson for the same reason I hate Philip Dick. That class did awful, awful things to my desire to read scifi.
27. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury - Started to poke at this because my dad had an entire shelf of Bradbury. Wound up reading the Hardy Boys and Lone Ranger instead.
28. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
29. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman
30. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess - Book then move, for sophomore english. My sophomore english teacher kicked ass.
31. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams
33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey - If McCaffrey wrote it, I read it. A babysitter is to blame fo that.
34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein Did better on this than I did in Stranger.
35. A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller
36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
37. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne
38. Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys
39. The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells
40. The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny - Planned to read this after playing some Amber diceless.
41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings
42. The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson
44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven
45. The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin
46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien
47. The Once And Future King, by T.H. White
48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman - Brittish version, loved it. Decided Gaiman was worth all the fuss people were making about him after all.
49. Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke
50. Contact, by Carl Sagan
51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons
52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson - See Snow Crash.
54. World War Z, by Max Brooks
55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett
58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson
59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold
60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
61. The Mote In God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
62. The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind
63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist
67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks
68. The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard - Read Lone Ranger instead.
69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb
70. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
71. The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
72. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne
73. The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore - I had a hard time with D&D novels after working through the Dragonlance opening triology.
74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson - See also: Snow Crash.
76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey
78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin
79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
81. The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson
82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks
84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher
87. The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn - Star Wars novels and I have his off-and-on again thing, but mostly off. I was into Battletech and was pissed that Star Wars got Michael Stackpole.
89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldon
90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock
91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
93. A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge
94. The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov
95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson
96. Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis
98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville
99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony - faerieboots asks: Can anyone be said to have truly read ALL of Xanth? The answer? Yes. I can be said to have read them all. I started very young. Immediately fell in love with it and stuck through the falloff in quality around Aisle.
100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis