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

Lane Haygood · 23 Jun 2011, 02:16 · from 2011-June.txt.gz

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From: lhaygood at gmail.com (Lane Haygood)
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:16:10 -0600
Subject: (urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and
	Fantasy works of all time
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I added Bakker and Vance for you. 

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On Jun 22, 2011, at 8:08 PM, Greg Bates <gregory.a.bates at gmail.com> wrote:

> That 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.
> 
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Daniel Petersen <danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Done.  Cheers for the heads up.
> 
> DOJP
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> 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 perhaps, or 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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