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

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.

On Jun 22, 2011, at 1:00 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! _______________________________________________

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 1:09 PM, <entonio at gmail.com> wrote: Ha. The Book of the Long Sun is so much better! _______________________________________________ Urth Mailing List To post, write urth at urth.net

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! _______________________________________________

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Daniel Petersen < 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>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! _______________________________________________

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 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! _______________________________________________

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! _______________________________________________

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 4:58 AM, Greg Bates <gregory.a.bates at gmail.com>wrote: 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! _______________________________________________