NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy works of all time

Daniel Petersen · 22 Jun 2011, 21:00 · from 2011-June.txt.gz

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From: danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com (Daniel Petersen)
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:00:38 +0100
Subject: (urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and
 Fantasy works of all time
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Done.  Cheers for the heads up.

DOJP

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jordon Flato <jordonflatourth at gmail.com>wrote:

> Time to spam NPR's website folks.
>
>
> http://www.npr.org/2011/06/20/137249678/best-science-fiction-fantasy-books-you-tell-us#commentBlock
>
>  In 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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrakis> perhaps,
>> or Earthsea <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthsea> ? or maybe a new
>> dimension entirely. Which is to say, we escape into a fat science fiction or
>> fantasy novel.
>>
>> And 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.
>>
>
> So, 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.
>
> What are you waiting for??? NOW! NOW!
>
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