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VOTE for The Book Forum Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy List

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The idea is simple: To poll the memebers of The Book Forum who read Science Fiction and Fantasy to find out what the best books in those genre are.

To vote for your favorite all time Sciene Fiction or Fantasy books please abide by the following guidelines in your posts:

  • Vote for either Science Fiction books or Fantasy books or both
  • No limit
  • No duplicates
  • For each book please post EXACTLY like this Author (First Name MI Last Name -Book Title-Ranking (no fractions) For example: Robert A. Heinlein - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - 10 (On a scale of 1-10 ten being the best one the worst) yes its important to use dashes only
  • When rating books please use whole number increments only.
  • No discussion, votes only please...there are plenty of "What's the best book ever?" threads
  • Vote for stand alone books or series
  • No deadline. We'll tabulate the results and update the list periodically
  • To avoid chaos, kindly use publishers choice of genre.


Note: Some of us got together and worked up these guidelines here: Top 100 Thread if you want some background. Personally, I think we can to a better because we actually READ the BOOKS.

EDIT Jan 03, 2005: As for genre it was discussed, though I left it out of the guidelines, that we'd pretty well have to abide by the publishers decision otherwise it would degenerate into a humongous argument.

EDIT Jan 06, 2005: Regarding the rating system please use whole numbers only. Fractions, decimals and other partial points will be rounded off. (Didn't think of that one)
 
Science Fiction
Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game - 10
Richard Matheson - I Am Legend - 9
Daniel Keyes - Flowers for Algernon - 8
Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 10
H. G. Wells - The Time Machine - 10
H. G. Wells - War of the Worlds - 9
H. G. Wells - The Invisible Man - 9
Margaret Atwood - Oryx and Crake - 10
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World - 10
Jules Verne - 20.000 Leagues under the Sea - 8
Michael Chrichton - The Lost World - 10

Did I do it the right way?

delighted to have you posting again & Cheers :D
 
Gizmo said:
Science Fiction
Margaret Atwood - Oryx and Crake - 10
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But Atwood's books aren't SF ;)

Not sure whether to list horror as it overlaps with fantasy. What about comics? Am I going to skew the ratings up? I tend not to give 10s, while my recommended list comes from my 8s and 9s.



Anyway, I'm going to have to come back to this with more (as you've pretty much said list every sf/f book you've ever read), but may as well get started:


Asimov: Foundation - 8
Asimov: Foundation and Empire - 7
Asimov: 2nd Foundation - 7
Asimov: I, Robot - 8
Atwood: Handmaid's Tale - 6
Banks: Consider Phlebas - 6
Banks: Player of Games - 8
Banks: Against a Dark Background - 4
Barclay - Dawnthief - 6
Barker: Imajica - 8
Bear: Eon - 6
Bester: The Stars My Destination (aka Tiger Tiger) - 9
Bester: The Demolished Man - 8
Bradbury: Farenheit 451 - 8
Bradbury - Martian Chronicles - 9
Brin: Sundiver - 8
Brin: Startide Rising - 8
Brin: Uplift War - 7
Brunner: Stand on Zanzibar - 8
Bujold: A Civil Campaign - 8
Card: Ender's Game - 8
Chiang: Stories of Your Life and Others - 9
Cook: The Walrus and the Warwolf - 7
Cherryh: Downbelow Station - 6
Crichton: Jurassic Park - 6
Crichton: The Lost World - 5 (sorry Gizmo)
Dick: A Scanner Darkly - 7
Dick: The Three Stigmatas of Palmer Eldrich - 8
Dick: The 5 volume short story set - 9
Eddings: Belgariad S- 6
Eddings: Malloreon S- 6
Eddison: Worm Oroborus - 8
Flynn: Wreck of the River of Stars - 7
Gemmell - Lion of Macedon - 8
Gentle: Ash: A Secret History - 8
Gentle: Grunts - 6
Gibson - Neuromancer - 7
Goodkind: Wizard's First Rule - 7
Greenland: Take Back Plenty - 6
Haldeman: Forever War - 8
Hearn: Across the nitingale floor - 7
Heinlein: Moon is a Harsh Mistress - 8
Heinlein: Stranger in a Strange Land - 8
Herbert: Dune - 8
Hobb: Assassin's Apprentice - 8
Kay: Tigana - 8
Le Guin: Left Hand of Darkness - 7
Le Guin: Wizard of Earthsea - 6
Matheson: I am Legend - 9
Martin: Game of Thrones - 8
Martin: Clash of Kings - 6
Martin: Storm of Swords - 8
Miller: Canticle for Leibowitz - 8
Moorcock - More than Human - 7
Niven and Pournelle: Mote in God's Eye - 9
Nix: Sabriel - 5
Orwell: 1984 - 8
Pohl: Gateway - 8
Pratchett: Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents - 8
Priest - The Affirmation - 9
Pullman: Northern Lights (aka Golden Compass) - 8
Rawn: Dragon Prince - 7
Reynolds: Revalation Space - 8
Rowling: HP and the Philosopher's stone - 6
Rowling: HP and the Chamber of Secrets - 5
Rowling: HP and the Prisoner of Azkabam - 8
Rowling: HP and the Goblet of Fire - 7
Simmons: Hyperion - 8
Stover: Star Wars Shatterpoint - 7
Sturgeon: More Than Human - 8
Tolkein: Hobbit - 7
Tolkein: LOTR - 7
Wells: War of the Worlds - 8
Wolfe: Book of the New Sun - 9
Wyndham: Day of the Triffids - 8
Vinge: Snow Queen - 8
White: Once and Future King - 8
Zelazny: Lord of Light - 9

Need to have a forage around my bookshelves for stuff I missed. I'll be back with a very long list
 
Stephen King - Cujo - 5
Guy Gavriel Kay - The Lions of Al'Rassan - 9
Guy Gavriel Kay - A song for Arbonne - 8
Guy Gavriel Kay - Tigana - 9
Guy Gavriel Kay - Fionavar Tapestry - 9
Guy Gavriel Kay - The Sarantine Mosaic - 9
Richard Matheson - I Am Legend - 8
Robin Hobb - Tawny Man Series - 7
Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials - 8
George R R Martin - Fevre Dream - 8
Tolkien - Lord of the Rings - 8
Tolkien - The Hobbit - 8
 
This is going to take awhile:

Asimov - Foundation - 9
Asimov - The Robots of Dawn 8
Atwood - Oryx and Crake - 9
Atwood - Handmaid's Tale - 8
Bear, Greg - The Forge of God - 8
Bear, Greg - Vitals - 7
Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 - 9
Bradbury - Martian Chronicles - 9
Brin, David - The Uplift War - 7
Brin, David - Kiln People - 7
Card, Orson Scott - Ender's Game - 9
Card, Orson Scott -Speaker for the Dead - 9
Clarke, Arthur C. - 2001: A Space Odyssey - 9
Crichton, Michael - Jurassic Park - 9
Crichton, Michael - Lost World - 8
Gaiman, Neil - American Gods - 7
Gaiman, Neil - Neverwhere - 7
Gibson, William - Neuromancer - 7
Heinlein, Robert A. - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - 9
Heinlein, Robert A. - A Stranger in a Strange Land - 9
Herbert, Frank - Dune - 9
Huxley, Aldous - Brave New World - 9
LeGuin, Ursula K. The Lathe of Heaven - 9
LeGuin The Dispossessed - 8
Matheson, Richard - I Am Legend - 8
Miller, Walter Jr. A Canticle for Liebowitz - 9

I'll stop at about half-way through the alphabet for now. Limited myself to a max. 2 books per author for the time being - otherwise I'll be up all night. :)
 
Robert Jordan - New Spring: Wheel of Time Prequel - 7
Robert Jordan - The Eye of the World - 8
Robert Jordan - The Great Hunt - 8
Robert Jordan - The Dragon Reborn - 8
Robert Jordan - The Shadow Rising - 8
Robert Jordan - The Fires of Heaven - 8
Robert Jordan - Lord of Chaos - 8
Robert Jordan - A Crown of Swords - 8
Robert Jordan - The Path of Daggers - 7
Robert Jordan - Winter's Heart - 5
Robert Jordan - Crossroads of Twilight - 4
Robin Hobb - Fool's Errand - 7
Robin Hobb - Golden Fool - 7
Robin Hobb - Fools Fate - 8
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - 8
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 8
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 8
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 9
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 7
 
Tamora Pierce-The Immortals Quartet-9
Holly Black-Tithe-9
Trudi Canavan-The Black Magician Trilogy-7
Terry Pratchett-The Discworld Series (ALL of them)-10(00000)
Jonathan Stroud-The Bartimaeus Trilogy-8
 
Marion Zimmer Bradley - Mists of Avalon - 8
Marion Zimmer Bradley - Firebrand - 6
Terry Brooks - The Sword of Shannara - 6
Terry Brooks - The Elfstones of Shannara - 7.0
Katherine Kerr- Daggerspell - 8
Katherine Kerr- Darkspell - 8
David Eddings- The Belgariad - 7
David Eddings- The Mallorean - 5
Donna Gillespie- The Lightbearer - 6
Piers Anthony- Man From Mundania - 6
R.A. Salvatore- Pick Any - 5
Robert Jordan- Conan the Triumphant - 5
Robert Jordan- Wheel of Time (first 3 books) - 7
Robert Jordan- Wheel of Time (after first 3 books) - 4
Fritz Leiber -Fahfurd(sp?) and the Gray Mouser - 6
Fred Saberhagen- the First Book of Swords - 6
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings - 9
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Silmarillion - 8


T.H. White- The Sword in the Stone - 8
Roald Dahl- James and the Giant Peach - 7
Roald Dahl- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 7
J.K. Rowlings- Pick Any - 7
Richard Adams- Watership Down - 8
J.R.R. Tolkien- The Hobbit - 7

I hate lists (but love reading them) due to all the different categories of rating something. Tolkien's world has more depth than any other in fantasy and I think it's fair to say that without him the genre would look a fair bit different so I gave him the highest rating. However, I also think it safe to say (with no disrespect); many writers do a much better job of portraying fully developed characters.

How can you compare The Sword in the Stone to Mists of Avalon or The Hobbit to The Lord of the Rings? Oh well, there's a list of some of the fantasy books I've read over the years and a half-assed attempt at rating them.

PS: Does Louis L'Amour count as fantasy :)?

EDIT: Didn't read the directions very well.
 
Roger Zelazny - Amber Series - 10
Roger Zelazny - This Immortal - 10
Roger Zelazny - Roadmarks - 10
Roger Zelazny - Lord of Light - 8
Roger Zelazny - Isle of the Dead - 6
Roger Zelazny - Donnerjack - 7
Roger Zelazny - Damnation Alley - 8
Roger Zelazny - Doorways in the Sand - 7
Roger Zelazny - My Name Is Legion - 7
Robert A. Heinlein - Friday - 10
Robert A. Heinlein - Door Into Summer - 10
Robert A. Heinlein - Double Star - 10
Robert A. Heinlein - Puppet Masters - 10
Robert A. Heinlein - Red Planet - 10
Robert A. Heinlein - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - 10
Robert A. Heinlein - Stranger in a Strange Land - 9
Robert A. Heinlein - Green Hills of Earth - 8
Robert A. Heinlein - Starship Troopers - 10
Robert A. Heinlein - The Cat Who Walks Through Walls - 8
Robert A. Heinlein - I Will Fear No Evil - 7
Robert A. Heinlein - The Number of the Beast - 9
Robert A. Heinlein - Glory Road - 9
Robert A. Heinlein - Farnhams Freehold - 10
Robert A. Heinlein - The Man Who Sold The Moon - 8
Robert A. Heinlein - To Sail Beyond the Sunset - 7
Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enough For Love - 10
Robert A. Heinlein - Revolt in 2100 - 7
Robert A. Heinlein - Methuselah's Children - 7
Andre Norton - Star Soldiers - 7
Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 - 10
Ray Bradbury - The Martian Chronicles - 9
Orson Scott Card - Enders Game - 10
Orson Scott Card - Alvin Maker Series - 8
Orson Scott Card - Enchanted - 7
Orson Scott Card - Xenocide - 7
Orson Scott Card - Speaker for the Dead - 7
Orson Scott Card - Wyrms - 8
Frederick Pohl - The Other End of Time - 7
Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle - Footfall - 10
Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle - The Legacy of Heorot - 10
Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle/Steven Barnes - Beowulf's Children - 8
Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle - The Mote in god's eye - 8
James P. Hogan - Inherit the Stars - 10
James P. Hogan - The Gentle Giants of Ganymede - 10
James P. Hogan - Giant's Star - 10
James P. Hogan - The Genesis Machine - 10
James P. Hogan - The Legend that Was Earth - 10
Robert Silverberg - The Alien Years - 6
Isaac Asimov - Foundation Trilogy - 9
Isaac Asimov - Robot Series - 9
Isaac Asimov - The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories - 9
Isaac Asimov - Foundation Trilogy - 9
Isaac Asimov - Foundation Trilogy - 9
Isaac Asimov - Foundation Trilogy - 9
Isaac Asimov - Foundation Trilogy - 9
Isaac Asimov - Foundation Trilogy - 9
Isaac Asimov - Foundation Trilogy - 9
Tad Williams - Tailchaser's Song - 7
Ben Bova - Orion - 10
Ben Bova - The Rock Rats - 8
Ben Bova - The Precipice - 8
Greg Bear - Slant - 8
Greg Bear - The Forge of God - 10
Greg Bear - The Anvil of the Stars - 8
Greg Bear - Eon - 6
Terry Goodkind - Wizards First Rule - 10
Terry Goodkind - Stone of tears - 9
Terry Goodkind - Blood of the Fold - 6
Terry Goodkind - Temple of the Winds - 7
Terry Goodkind - Soul of the Fire - 5
Terry Goodkind - Faith of the Fallen - 7
Terry Goodkind - The Pillars of Creation - 5
Terry Goodkind - Naked Empire - 6
David Eddings - Pawn of Prophecy - 10
David Eddings - Queen of Sorcery - 10
David Eddings - Magician's Gambit - 10
David Eddings - Castle of Wizardry - 10
David Eddings - Enchanter's Endgame - 10
Gregory Benford - Timescape - 8
Joe Haldeman - The Forever War - 8
Burton Raffel (translator) - Beowulf - 8
Edgar Rice Burroughs - A Princess of Mars - 10
Raymond E. Feist - Faerie Tale - 10
Lloyd Alexander - The Book of Three - 9
David Brin - The Postman - 7
David Brin - Startide Rising - 8
Anne McCaffery - Dragonflight - 9
Anne McCaffery - Dragon Quest - 9
Anne McCaffery - The White Dragon - 9
Terry Brooks - The Sword of Shannara - 4
Joel Rosenberg - The Sleeping Dragon - 10
Joel Rosenberg - The Sword and The Chain - 10
Joel Rosenberg - The Silver Crown - 9
Joel Rosenberg - The Heir Apparent - 9
Joel Rosenberg - The Fire Duke - 7
Joel Rosenberg - The Silver Stone - 7
Piers Anthony - Xanth - 5
Piers Anthony - Incarnations - 4
Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 10
Douglas Adams - The Restaurant At the End of the Universe - 10
Douglas Adams - Life, The Universe, and Everything - 10
Douglas Adams - So Long And Thanks For All The Fish - 10
Douglas Adams - Mostly Harmless - 8
Douglas Adams - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - 6
JRR Tolkein - The Hobbit - 9
JRR Tolkein - The Fellowship of the Ring - 10
JRR Tolkein - The Two Towers - 9
JRR Tolkein - The Return of the King - 10
JRR Tolkein - The Silmarillion - 10
Robert Jordan - The Eye of the World - 7
Ursula K. LeGuin - Lathe of Heaven - 10
Spider Robinson - Callahan's Crosstime Saloon - 10
Spider Robinson - Time Travelers Strictly Cash - 10
Spider Robinson - Callahan's Secret - 10
Stephen R. Donaldson - The Mirror of Her Dreams - 8
Stephen R. Donaldson - A Man Rides Through - 8
H.G. Wells - The Time Machine - 10
H.G. Wells - War of the Worlds - 10
Jules Verne - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - 10
Aldus Huxley - Brave New World - 9
George Orwell - 1984 - 8
C.S. Lewis - Perelandra - 7
C.S. Lewis - That Hideous Strength - 6
C.S. Lewis - Out of the Silent Planet - 6
C.S. Lewis - The Chronicles of Narnia - 9
Harry Harrison - Stainless Steel Rat Series - 7
H. Beam Piper - Fuzzies - 10
Frank Herbert - Dune - 8
Madeline L'engle - A Wrinkle in Time - 10
 
Adams, Douglas – Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency – 7
Adams, Douglas – Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy – 9
Asimov, Isaac – The Caves of Steel – 8
Asimov, Isaac – The Currents of Space – 7
Asimov, Isaac – The Gods Themselves – 8
Asimov, Isaac – I, Robot – 8
Asimov, Isaac – The Naked Sun – 7
Asimov, Isaac – Nemesis – 7
Asimov, Isaac – Prelude to Foundation – 7
Asimov, Isaac – Robots and Empire – 8
Bradbury, Ray – Dandelion Wine – 8
Bradbury, Ray – Driving Blind – 7
Bradbury, Ray – I Sing the Body Electric – 7
Bradbury, Ray – Medicine for Melancholy – 8
Bradbury, Ray – Something This Way Comes – 8
Butler, Octavia – Parable of the Sower – 5
Card, Orson Scott – Children of the Mind – 7
Card, Orson Scott – Shadow of the Hegemon – 7
Card, Orson Scott – Xenocide – 8
Clarke, Arthur C. – 2010 – 7
Crichton, Michael – Congo – 7
Crichton, Michael – Prey – 8
Crichton, Michael – Sphere – 7
Crichton, Michael – Timeline – 7
Gaiman, Neil & Terry Pratchett – Good Omens – 8
Gibson, William – Idoru – 8
Gibson, William – Pattern Recognition – 8
Heinlein, Robert A. – Friday – 7
Herbert, Frank – Children of Dune – 6
Herbert, Frank – The God Emperor – 7
Hilton, James – Lost Horizon – 8
Kay, Guy Gavriel – Tigana – 8
Keyes, Daniel – Flowers For Algernon – 9
King, Stephen – Dark Tower: I thru IV – 9
King, Stephen – Dreamcatcher – 8
King, Stephen – Eyes of the Dragon – 8
King, Stephen – From a Buick 8 – 5
King, Stephen – The Stand – 8
Le Guin, Ursula K. – The Left Hand of Darkness – 8
Le Guin, Ursula K. – Wizard of Earthsea – 8
McCaffrey, Anne – The Rowan – 6
Orwell, George – Animal Farm – 8
Orwell, George – Nineteen Eighty-four – 9
Powers, Richard – The Gold Bug Variations – 7
Pratchett, Terry – The Colour of Magic – 8
Preston, Richard – The Cobra Event – 7
Robinson, Kim Stanley – Green Mars – 5
Robinson, Kim Stanley – Red Mars – 8
Russell, Mary Doria – The Sparrow – 8
Sagan, Carl – Contact – 9
Sawyer, Robert – Calculating God – 8
Simmons, Dan – Endymion – 8
Simmons, Dan – Fall of Hyperion – 8
Simmons, Dan – The Hollow Man – 4
Simmons, Dan – Hyperion – 7
Simmons, Dan – Rise of Endymion – 8
Tolkein, J R – Lord of the Rings (series) – 9
Tolkein, J R – The Hobbit – 8
Vonnegut, Kurt – Slaughterhouse Five – 9
Wells, H.G. – The Invisible Man – 8
Wells, H G – War of the Worlds – 7
White, T H – The Once and Future King – 10
Wyndham, John – The Chrysallids – 9
Wyndham, John – Day of the Triffids – 8
 
Here goes!

Asimov: Foundation - 5
Asimov: Foundation and Empire - 6
Asimov: 2nd Foundation - 6
Asimov: I, Robot - 5
Asimov: The Gods Themselves - 7
Barker: Imajica - 6
Barker: The Great and Secret Show - 7
Bear: Darwin's Radio - 7
Bester: The Stars My Destination (aka Tiger Tiger) - 9
Bester: The Demolished Man - 8
Bova: Asteroid Wars (trilogy) - 5
Bradbury: Farenheit 451 - 8
Bradbury: Martian Chronicles - 9
Bradbury: Something Wicked This Way Comes - 10
Brin: Sundiver - 7
Brin: Startide Rising - 8
Brin: Uplift War - 9
Brin: Brightness Reef - 7
Brin: Infinity's Shore - 8
Brin: Heaven's Reach - 8
Brin: The Postman - 6
Brin: Earth - 7
Brunner: Stand on Zanzibar - 8
Card: Ender's Game - 9
Card: Speaker for the Dead - 10
Card: Xenocide - 8
Card: Children of the Mind - 7
Card: Seventh Son - 9
Card: Red Prophet - 8
Card: Prentice Alvin - 9
Card: Alvin Journeyman - 8
Card: Heartfire - 7
Card: Ender's Shadow - 8
Card: Shadow of the Hegemon - 7
Card: Shadow Puppets - 7
Clarke: 2001, A Space Odyssey - 5
Clarke: Rendevous with Rama - 7
Cherryh: Downbelow Station - 8
Cherryh: Finity's End - 9
Cherryh: Cyteen - 7
Crichton: The Andromeda Strain - 9
Crichton: Sphere - 7
Crichton: Jurassic Park - 8
Crichton: The Lost World - 7
Crichton: Timeline - 6
Crichton: Prey - 6
Dick: Ubik - 5
Donaldson: First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - 9
Donaldson: Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - 9
Donaldson: The Gap Series (five books) - 9
Donaldson: Mordant's Need (two books) - 10
Duncan: Chronicles of the King's Blades (2d trilogy) - 8
Duncan: Tales of the King's Blades (1st trilogy) - 8
Duncan: A Man of His Word (four books)- 8
Duncan: A Handful of Men (four books) - 7
Duncan: The Great Game (trilogy) - 6
Farmer: To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld 1) - 8
Farmer: The Fabulous Riverboat (Riverworld 2) - 7
Farmer: The Dark Design (Riverworld 3) - 4
Gibson - Neuromancer - 8
Gibson: Count Zero - 7
Gibson: Mona Lisa Overdrive - 7
Gibson: Pattern Recognition - 6
Gibson: Virtual Light - 7
Haldeman: Forever War - 8
Heinlein: Moon is a Harsh Mistress - 8
Heinlein: Stranger in a Strange Land - 8
Heinlein: Starship Troopers - 8
Heinlein: Have Spacesuit, Will Travel - 8
Heinlein: The Roads Must Roll - 8
Heinlein: Friday - 7
Herbert: Dune - 10
Herbert: Dune Messiah - 8
Herbert: Children of Dune - 7
(2/10/05)Kay: The Sarantine Mosaic - 9
King, Stephen: Dark Tower (series) – 9
King, Stephen: Dreamcatcher – 6
King, Stephen: Eyes of the Dragon – 10
King, Stephen: Christine - 7
King, Stephen: The Stand – 8
King, Stephen: 'Salem's Lot - 9
King, Stephen: The Shining - 8
King, Stephen: Misery - 8
King, Stephen: Pet Semetary - 8
King, Stephen: Carrie - 7
King, Stephen: It - 7
King, Stephen: Tommyknockers - 7
King, Stephen: Needful Things - 7
Le Guin: Left Hand of Darkness - 7
Le Guin: Wizard of Earthsea Trilogy - 8
Martin: Game of Thrones - 9
Martin: Clash of Kings - 8
Martin: Storm of Swords - 8
Martin: Fevre Dream - 7
McCaffrey: The Crystal Singer Trilogy - 7
McLoughlin (John C.): The Helix and the Sword - 9
Niven and Pournelle: Mote in God's Eye - 9
Niven and Pournelle: Legacy of Heorot - 9
Niven and Pournelle: Beowulf's Children - 7
Niven and Pournelle: The Gripping Hand - 7
Niven and Pournelle: Lucifer's Hammer - 8
Niven and Pournelle: Footfall - 6
Niven: Ringworld - 9
Niven: Neutron Star - 8
Orwell: 1984 - 8
Pohl and Kornbluth: The Space Merchants - 8
Pohl: Gateway - 7
Pohl: Man Plus - 7
Pratchett: Carpe Jugulum - 6
Rawn: Dragon Prince (series) - 8
Rawn: Dragon Star (series) - 7
Rawn: Mageborn Traitor - 7
Robinson, K.S.: Mars (Trilogy) - 7
Rowling: HP and the Philosopher's stone - 8
Rowling: HP and the Chamber of Secrets - 7
Rowling: HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 8
Rowling: HP and the Goblet of Fire - 8
Rowling: HP and the Order of the Phoenix - 8
Rucker: The Hacker and the Ants - 7
Rucker: Spaceland: A Novel of the Fourth Dimension - 8
Rucker: The Hollow Earth - 7
Rucker: Realware: 7
Rucker: Software: 7
Rucker: Wetware: 7
Shelley: Frankenstein - 8
Shinn: Samaria Trilogy - 9
Shinn: Wrapt in Crystal - 8
Shinn: Summers in Castle Auburn - 8
Simmons: Hyperion - 8
Stephenson: Star Crash - 9
Stephenson: Cryptonomicon - 8
Sterling, Bruce: Islands in the Net - 7
Sterling, Bruce: Heavy Weather - 8
Sterling, Bruce: Distraction - 7
Sterling, Bruce: Zeitgeist - 8
Stoker: Dracula - 8
Tolkein: Hobbit - 9
Tolkein: LOTR - 10
Vance: The Dragon Master - 9
Vance: Lyonesse (series) - 7
Vance: The Dying Earth - 8
Vance: The Grey Prince - 8
Varley: Gaean Trilogy (Titan, Demon, Wizard) - 8
Varley: Ophiuchi Hotline - 7
Varley: Millenium - 8
Varley: Red Thunder - 7
Verne: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - 8
Vinge: Snow Queen - 8
Vernor Vinge: A Fire Upon the Deep - 8
Vernor Vinge: A Deepness in the Sky - 8
Wells: War of the Worlds - 8
Wells: The Time Machine - 7
White: Once and Future King - 7
Willis: Doomsday Book - 8
Wolfe: Book of the New Sun - 9
Zahn: Star Wars: Thrawn Trilogy - 6
Zelazny: Lord of Light - 9
Zelazny: Dream Master - 8
Zelazny: Amber Series (Corwin) - 9
Zelazny: Amber Series (Merlin) - 7
Zelazny: Jack of Shadows - 7
Zelazny: This Immortal - 8
Zelazny: Damnation Alley - 6
Zelazny: Isle of the Dead - 6
Zelazny: Creatures of Light and Darkness - 8
 
The Book Forum Top 100 List
Update January 17, 2005

To Date
Votes: 837
Books/series: 362

So far, 46 books received an average rank of 10

Keep those votes coming in folks. When we hit 1000 I'll post it up.
 
Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 7
Richard Adams - Watership Down - 7
Lloyd Alexander - The Book of Three - 7
Lloyd Alexander - The Black Cauldron - 7
Lloyd Alexander - The Castle of Llyr - 8
Lloyd Alexander - Taran Wanderer - 6
Lloyd Alexander - The High King - 7
Lloyd Alexander - The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain - 3
Asimov: Foundation - 7
Asimov: Foundation and Empire - 6
Asimov: Second Foundation - 7
Margaret Atwood - Oryx and Crake - 8
Paul Auster - In the Country of Last Things - 10
Karin Boye - Kallocain - 9
Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451 - 9
Christina Brönnestam - Svart eld - 6
Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange - 10
Roald Dahl- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 7
Roald Dahl- Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - 3
Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - 7
Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere - 9
Neil Gaiman - Coraline - 7
Robert A. Heinlein - Between Planets - 8
Robert A. Heinlein - Citizen of the Galaxy - 8
Robert A. Heinlein - Job: A Comedy of Justice - 9
Robert A. Heinlein - Orphans of the Sky - 8
Robert A. Heinlein - Starman Jones - 8
Robert A. Heinlein - Tunnel in the Sky - 10
Robert A. Heinlein - Waldo & Magic, Inc. - 6
Robert A. Heinlein - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - 8
Robert A. Heinlein - Stranger in a Strange Land - 10
Robert A. Heinlein - Double Star - 10
Robert A. Heinlein - Puppet Masters - 10
Robert A. Heinlein - Starship Troopers - 10
Robert A. Heinlein - Glory Road - 9
Robert A. Heinlein - Farnhams Freehold - 10
Robert A. Heinlein - The Man Who Sold The Moon - 7
Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enough For Love - 6
Robert A. Heinlein - Revolt in 2100 - 10
Robert A. Heinlein - Methuselah's Children - 7
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World - 6
P.C. Jersild - Efter floden - 10
Robert Jordan - The Eye of the World - 4
Robert Jordan - The Great Hunt - 3
Stanislaw Lem - Solaris - 9
Lois Lowry - The Giver - 7
Richard Matheson - I Am Legend - 8
China Miéville - The Scar - 7
George Orwell - 1984 - 10
Terry Pratchett - Small Gods - 10
Terry Pratchett - Mort - 8
Terry Pratchett - Hogfather - 10
Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards! - 8
Terry Pratchett - Men At Arms - 8
Terry Pratchett - Feet of Clay - 8
Terry Pratchett - The Fifth Elephant - 10
Terry Pratchett - Reaper Man - 8
Terry Pratchett - Interesting Times - 8
Terry Pratchett - The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents - 8
Ayn Rand - Anthem - 5
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - 7
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 8
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 7
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 8
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 8
Anne Rice - Interview with the Vampire - 10
Anne Rice - The Vampire Lestat - 10
Anne Rice - The Queen of the Damned - 7
Anne Rice - The Tale of the Body Thief - 7
Anne Rice - Memnoch the Devil - 9
Anne Rice - The Vampire Armand - 6
R.A. Salvatore - Homeworld - 6
R.A. Salvatore - Exile - 3
R.A. Salvatore - Sojourn - 1
Mary Shelley - Frankenstein - 9
Nevil Shute - On the Beach - 6
John Sladek - Tik-Tok - 10
Bram Stoker - Dracula - 4
Arkidy & Boris Strugatsky - Roadside Picnic - 9
Arkidy & Boris Strugatsky - Hard to be God - 8
Arkidy & Boris Strugatsky - Monday Begins on Saturday - 8
JRR Tolkien - Lord of the Rings - 10
JRR Tolkien - The Hobbit - 6
Jules Verne - 20.000 Leagues under the Sea - 9
John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids - 9
 
Changed title of thread

Prolixic, I've changed the title of this thread to include the word "VOTE".

That way, you can post the actual TBF Top 100 list in a separate thread which I can also 'stick'.
 
Clive Barker - Imajica - 7
Clive Barker - Galilee - 6
Tolkien - LOTR - 9
Tolkien - The Silmarillion - 7
Tolkien - The hobbit - 7
George RR Martin - A game of thrones - 9
George RR MARtin - A clash of kings - 9
Anne Rice - Blood and Gold - 7
Robert Jordan - The Eye of the World - 8
Robert Jordan - The great hunt - 8
Robert Jordan - The dragon reborn - 8
Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy - 8
Douglas Adams - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - 7
Frank Herbert - Dune - 8
Terry Brooks - The Scions of Shannara - 6
Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game - 8
 
Ell said:
Prolixic, I've changed the title of this thread to include the word "VOTE".

That way, you can post the actual TBF Top 100 list in a separate thread which I can also 'stick'.
Click to expand...

THAT is a good idea. This first time through it may take a day or two but i'm goin to try to have it fixed up by February 1.
 
Stephen King - Christine - 7
Stephen King/Peter Straub - The Talisman - 10
Stephen King/Peter Straub - The Black House - 7
Stephen King - The Green Mile - 8
Stephen King - Desperation- 9
Stephen King - It - 9
Stephen King - The Stand - 9
Stephen king - The Dark Half - 7
Stephen King - The Dark Tower series - 9
Stephen King - Hearts In Atlantis - 9
Stephen King - Dreamcatcher - 6
Stephen King - Salems Lot - 8
Stephen King - The Shining - 8
Gustav Meyrink - Gollem - 8
Clive Barker - Weaveworld - 9
Clive Barker - Books Of Blood I-VI - 8
Guy De Maupassant - The Wolf - 8
Guy De MAupassant - Le Horla - 10
H. P. Lovecraft - The Tomb - 8
Edgar Allan Poe - The Masque of the Red Death- 10
Edgar Allan Poe - MS. found In A Bottle - 8
Edgar Allan Poe - The Man of The Crowd - 8
Gerard De Narvalle - Aurelia - 10
 
It is taking forever to edit this data. Sorry gang.

Here's the problem: There can't be much variation in how its posted up or it has to be edited by hand.

For example:
Robert Heinlein - Friday - 8
Robert A. Heinlein - Friday - 9
Heinlein, Robert A. - Friday - 10
Heinlein, Robert - Friday - 9
Heinlein - Friday - 7

are all the same author, book, and score. Now imagine not only a couple a hundred of these, but imagine them all separated by colons, dashes, commas and the like. It enough to give a data import function a migraine and me carpal tunnel.

So close to 1000 you can tastes it...
 
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