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

Greg Bates · 23 Jun 2011, 03:58 · from 2011-June.txt.gz

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From: gregory.a.bates at gmail.com (Greg Bates)
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:58:31 -0400
Subject: (urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and
 Fantasy works of all time
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Bah! The more I think about it the more I regret my choices. Five books is
not enough to cover science fiction AND fantasy, even if series are counted.

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Lane Haygood <lhaygood at gmail.com> wrote:

> I added Bakker and Vance for you.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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>
> danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Done.  Cheers for the heads up.
>>
>> DOJP
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jordon Flato <<jordonflatourth at gmail.com>
>> 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>
>>> 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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