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This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact.", "addresses": "obscured as 'user at host'" }, "archive": "urth", "thread": { "id": 6038, "subject": "NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and\n Fantasy works of all time", "messages": 9, "voices": 6, "first": "2011-06-22T18:00:23+00:00", "last": "2011-06-23T13:50:14+00:00" }, "messages": [ { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Jordon Flato", "address": "jordonflatourth at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-06-22T18:00:23+00:00", "subject": "(urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and\n Fantasy works of all time", "in_reply_to": null, "reply_link": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Time to spam NPR's website folks.\n\nhttp://www.npr.org/2011/06/20/137249678/best-science-fiction-fantasy-books-you-tell-us#commentBlock\n\nIn summer, people like to get away. Some visit the beach, others the" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "mountains. But many of us like to go a little further: to Arrakis perhaps,\nor Earthsea ? or maybe a new\ndimension entirely. Which is to say, we escape into a fat science fiction or\nfantasy novel.\n\nAnd so, to help you chart any fantastic voyages you might like to take this\nvacation season, NPR Books is focusing our annual summer readers' poll on\nscience fiction and fantasy (SF/F to insiders). During the coming weeks,\nyour votes will decide the titles that make our top-100 list of the best\nSF/F novels ever written." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "So, get on it, go over and nominate Book of the New Sun, pronto. So far, I'm\nthe only one who has, and that is frickin' criminal.\n\nWhat are you waiting for??? NOW! NOW!" } ] }, { "message_id": "<261008E7-0375-48F8-A932-DF4F05806437@gmail.com>", "from": { "name": "Lane Haygood", "address": "lhaygood at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-06-22T18:23:17+00:00", "subject": "(urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and\n\tFantasy works of all time", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Jordan, it was my #1 of 5. \n\nSent from my iPhone" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Jun 22, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Jordon Flato wrote:\nTime to spam NPR's website folks. \n\nhttp://www.npr.org/2011/06/20/137249678/best-science-fiction-fantasy-books-you-tell-us#commentBlock\n\nIn 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 perhaps, or Earthsea — or maybe a new dimension entirely. Which is to say, we escape into a fat science fiction or fantasy novel.\n\nAnd 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.\n\n\nSo, 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.\n\nWhat are you waiting for??? NOW! NOW! \n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "<1578589C-25B5-4D80-9176-11B18D83F8DD@gmail.com>", "from": { "name": "entonio at gmail.com", "address": "entonio at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-06-22T20:09:57+00:00", "subject": "(urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and\n\tFantasy works of all time", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Ha. The Book of the Long Sun is so much better!" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes", "address": "danldo at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-06-22T20:19:57+00:00", "subject": "(urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and\n Fantasy works of all time", "in_reply_to": "<1578589C-25B5-4D80-9176-11B18D83F8DD@gmail.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I agree. But is it better if you haven't read \"Short Sun?\" (I *think*\nit is anyway, but I haven't experienced it in that order.)" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 1:09 PM, wrote:\nHa. The Book of the Long Sun is so much better!\n_______________________________________________\nUrth Mailing List\nTo post, write urth at urth.net" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Daniel Petersen", "address": "danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-06-22T21:00:38+00:00", "subject": "(urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and\n Fantasy works of all time", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Done. Cheers for the heads up.\n\nDOJP" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jordon Flato wrote:\nTime to spam NPR's website folks.\n\n\nhttp://www.npr.org/2011/06/20/137249678/best-science-fiction-fantasy-books-you-tell-us#commentBlock\n\n In summer, people like to get away. Some visit the beach, others the\nmountains. But many of us like to go a little further: to Arrakis perhaps,\nor Earthsea ? or maybe a new\ndimension entirely. Which is to say, we escape into a fat science fiction or\nfantasy novel." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "And so, to help you chart any fantastic voyages you might like to take\nthis vacation season, NPR Books is focusing our annual summer readers' poll\non science fiction and fantasy (SF/F to insiders). During the coming weeks,\nyour votes will decide the titles that make our top-100 list of the best\nSF/F novels ever written." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "So, get on it, go over and nominate Book of the New Sun, pronto. So far,\nI'm the only one who has, and that is frickin' criminal.\n\nWhat are you waiting for??? NOW! NOW!\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Greg Bates", "address": "gregory.a.bates at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-06-23T02:08:10+00:00", "subject": "(urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and\n Fantasy works of all time", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "That was incredibly difficult. I wish it was five fantasy and five sci fi. I\nended up picking a couple things just because I really liked them and hadn't\nseen them mentioned (Blindsight, Jurgen), but I had to narrowly excise R.\nScott Bakker and Jack Vance." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Daniel Petersen <\ndanielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:\nDone. Cheers for the heads up.\n\nDOJP\n\nOn Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jordon Flato wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "Time to spam NPR's website folks.\n\n\nhttp://www.npr.org/2011/06/20/137249678/best-science-fiction-fantasy-books-you-tell-us#commentBlock\n\n In summer, people like to get away. Some visit the beach, others the\nmountains. But many of us like to go a little further: to Arrakis perhaps,\nor Earthsea ? or maybe a new\ndimension entirely. Which is to say, we escape into a fat science fiction or\nfantasy novel." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "And so, to help you chart any fantastic voyages you might like to take\nthis vacation season, NPR Books is focusing our annual summer readers' poll\non science fiction and fantasy (SF/F to insiders). During the coming weeks,\nyour votes will decide the titles that make our top-100 list of the best\nSF/F novels ever written." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "So, get on it, go over and nominate Book of the New Sun, pronto. So far,\nI'm the only one who has, and that is frickin' criminal.\n\nWhat are you waiting for??? NOW! NOW!\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "<322A5047-0C0D-4BCA-84D8-0F7B07379A18@gmail.com>", "from": { "name": "Lane Haygood", "address": "lhaygood at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-06-23T02:16:10+00:00", "subject": "(urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and\n\tFantasy works of all time", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I added Bakker and Vance for you. \n\nSent from my iPhone" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Jun 22, 2011, at 8:08 PM, Greg Bates wrote:\nThat 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.\n\nOn Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Daniel Petersen wrote:\nDone. Cheers for the heads up.\n\nDOJP\n\nOn Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jordon Flato wrote:\nTime to spam NPR's website folks. \n\nhttp://www.npr.org/2011/06/20/137249678/best-science-fiction-fantasy-books-you-tell-us#commentBlock\n\nIn 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 perhaps, or Earthsea — or maybe a new dimension entirely. Which is to say, we escape into a fat science fiction or fantasy novel.\n\nAnd 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.\n\n\nSo, 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.\n\nWhat are you waiting for??? NOW! NOW! \n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Greg Bates", "address": "gregory.a.bates at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-06-23T03:58:31+00:00", "subject": "(urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and\n Fantasy works of all time", "in_reply_to": "<322A5047-0C0D-4BCA-84D8-0F7B07379A18@gmail.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Bah! The more I think about it the more I regret my choices. Five books is\nnot enough to cover science fiction AND fantasy, even if series are counted." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Lane Haygood wrote:\nI added Bakker and Vance for you.\n\nSent from my iPhone\n\nOn Jun 22, 2011, at 8:08 PM, Greg Bates wrote:\n\nThat was incredibly difficult. I wish it was five fantasy and five sci fi.\nI ended up picking a couple things just because I really liked them and\nhadn't seen them mentioned (Blindsight, Jurgen), but I had to narrowly\nexcise R. Scott Bakker and Jack Vance.\n\nOn Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Daniel Petersen <\ndanielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "Done. Cheers for the heads up.\n\nDOJP\n\nOn Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jordon Flato <\njordonflatourth at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "Time to spam NPR's website folks.\n\n\n\nhttp://www.npr.org/2011/06/20/137249678/best-science-fiction-fantasy-books-you-tell-us#commentBlock\n\n In summer, people like to get away. Some visit the beach, others the\nmountains. But many of us like to go a little further: to Arrakis perhaps,\nor Earthsea ? or maybe a new\ndimension entirely. Which is to say, we escape into a fat science fiction or\nfantasy novel." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 4, "text": "And so, to help you chart any fantastic voyages you might like to take\nthis vacation season, NPR Books is focusing our annual summer readers' poll\non science fiction and fantasy (SF/F to insiders). During the coming weeks,\nyour votes will decide the titles that make our top-100 list of the best\nSF/F novels ever written." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "So, get on it, go over and nominate Book of the New Sun, pronto. So far,\nI'm the only one who has, and that is frickin' criminal.\n\nWhat are you waiting for??? NOW! NOW!\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Daniel Petersen", "address": "danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-06-23T13:50:14+00:00", "subject": "(urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and\n Fantasy works of all time", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "By the way, I think it says 'five at a time', not that you can only choose\nfive. You can do multiple posts with five recommendations each.\n\nDOJP" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 4:58 AM, Greg Bates wrote:\nBah! The more I think about it the more I regret my choices. Five books is\nnot enough to cover science fiction AND fantasy, even if series are counted.\n\n\nOn Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Lane Haygood wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "I added Bakker and Vance for you.\n\nSent from my iPhone\n\nOn Jun 22, 2011, at 8:08 PM, Greg Bates \nwrote:\n\nThat was incredibly difficult. I wish it was five fantasy and five sci fi.\nI ended up picking a couple things just because I really liked them and\nhadn't seen them mentioned (Blindsight, Jurgen), but I had to narrowly\nexcise R. Scott Bakker and Jack Vance.\n\nOn Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Daniel Petersen <\ndanielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "Done. Cheers for the heads up.\n\nDOJP\n\nOn Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jordon Flato <\njordonflatourth at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 4, "text": "Time to spam NPR's website folks.\n\n\n\nhttp://www.npr.org/2011/06/20/137249678/best-science-fiction-fantasy-books-you-tell-us#commentBlock\n\n In summer, people like to get away. Some visit the beach, others the\nmountains. But many of us like to go a little further: to Arrakis perhaps,\nor Earthsea ? or maybe a new\ndimension entirely. Which is to say, we escape into a fat science fiction or\nfantasy novel." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 5, "text": "And so, to help you chart any fantastic voyages you might like to take\nthis vacation season, NPR Books is focusing our annual summer readers' poll\non science fiction and fantasy (SF/F to insiders). During the coming weeks,\nyour votes will decide the titles that make our top-100 list of the best\nSF/F novels ever written." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 4, "text": "So, get on it, go over and nominate Book of the New Sun, pronto. So far,\nI'm the only one who has, and that is frickin' criminal.\n\nWhat are you waiting for??? NOW! NOW!\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] } ] }