Displacement Activity!
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eleanorjaneThere are things I should be doing, but it's quiet and I just finished the book I was reading (the latest Janet Evanovich), and why not do a meme? No reason! Thus, meme:
(swiped frommusesfool)
NPR's top 100 SF/F books.
Bold for read
Italics for intending to read
Underline for partially read series/books
Strikethrough for never ever reading
1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
3.Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card - I refuse to read stuff by authors whose opinions I consider toxic.
4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert – I've read some of the series, but god knows how much...
5.A Song of Ice and Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin - Way too depressing for me.
6. 1984, by George Orwell
7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov
9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
12.The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan - it took me three tries to finish the first book, and then I got up to about book four or five before I tired of the obvious plot and realised that I hated all the characters.
13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson – back when he seemed to think obscure meant better. I like the Bridge trilogy better.
15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore
16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein - I've read a lot of Heinlein's stuff, but mostly the YA adventures.
18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss - I'd never even heard of this, TBH.
19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
22. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
23. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
24. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King
25. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke - 2010, the sequel, is better, IMO.
26. The Stand, by Stephen King
27. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson - hilarious and awesome until it hits the ending and Stephenson runs out of oomph.
28. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury - I actually can't remember if I've read this or not. Oops.
29. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
30. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman
31. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams
32. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey – though I haven't read the recent Pern books by her son, but I don't think they count.
34. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein - I cried so hard at the end of this (when I was eleven), and have refused to re-read it ever since. Mycroft!
35. A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller
36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
37. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne
38. Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keys
39. The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells
40. The Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelazny
41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings - Eddings' characterisation of women infuriated me even as a teen, but I had the world's biggest crush on Silk.
42. The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson
44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven - I really enjoyed the first one; IIRC the wheels fell off during the sequel.
45. The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin
46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien
47. The Once and Future King, by T.H. White
48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
49. Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke - fairly sure I've read this one, but I couldn't tell you what it was about to save my life.
50. Contact, by Carl Sagan – I loved the movie, mostly for its aesthetic, and envy of Ellie.
51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons
52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
54. World War Z, by Max Brooks – really enjoyable and just a little scary
55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett – surprising that this made it in ahead of everything else Pratchett's written. It's good, but not a patch on the best of the Witches or Guards books. (IMO.)
58.The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson – noooooo thankyou.
59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold – it seems rather popular, so I get the feeling I'm missing something by not having read it yet...
60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett – again, NPR's selection is weird.
61. The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
62.The Sword of Truth, by Terry Goodkind - by fifty pages in, I hated everything about the book. I'm not going to try again.
63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke - it's near the top of my to-read pile at the moment.
65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist – I read this, and the next five in the Riftwar Cycle, and then I got bored and wandered off. If it'd included more Janny Wurts stuff on Kelewan, I might have stuck with it. (Also, wow, Feist basically used the plot of his D&D campaign for Magician and it really shows. You can even identify who's which class.)
67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks - I seem to recall reading the first bit, realising it was tediously derivative, and giving up.
68.The Conan the Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard – pulp's just not my thing.
69.The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb - I got partway through a book or two, and was put off by the character doing something he knew was stupid purely to contrive plot entanglements later. It was so... telegraphed. (Also, Robin Hobb was, iirc, a dick about fanfic.)
70. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
71. The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
72. A Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne
73.The Legend of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore - the graphic novels are pretty good, but Drizzt is the ultimate in fanservice munchkinism, and Salvatore's prose is eyebleeding. RPG tie-in novels are almost always awful.
74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson - the one Stephenson book I just keep bouncing off.
76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke - it's amazing to see Clarke's changing feelings about humanity during the course of this series. (Rama II was my favourite. The last two are just totally depressing, though.)
77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey
78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin
79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
81. The Malazan Book of the Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson
82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde - though, asmusesfool says, he really really can't afford to throw stones at fanfic the way he does.
83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks
84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart - I think I've read this, but I couldn't tell you anything about it.
85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher
87. The Book of the New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn
89.The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldon - people who act like dicks do not get a share of my brainspace.
90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock
91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
93. A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor Vinge
94. The Caves of Steel, by Isaac Asimov - which I liked more than I, Robot, but the whole series is pretty good.
95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson
96. Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis
98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville – not my favourite of his books, but fantastic worldbuilding.
99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony
100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis
(swiped from
musesfool)NPR's top 100 SF/F books.
Bold for read
Italics for intending to read
Underline for partially read series/books
1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
3.
4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert – I've read some of the series, but god knows how much...
5.
6. 1984, by George Orwell
7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov
9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
12.
13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson – back when he seemed to think obscure meant better. I like the Bridge trilogy better.
15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore
16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein - I've read a lot of Heinlein's stuff, but mostly the YA adventures.
18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss - I'd never even heard of this, TBH.
19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
22. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
23. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
24. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King
25. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke - 2010, the sequel, is better, IMO.
26. The Stand, by Stephen King
27. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson - hilarious and awesome until it hits the ending and Stephenson runs out of oomph.
28. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury - I actually can't remember if I've read this or not. Oops.
29. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
30. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman
31. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams
32. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey – though I haven't read the recent Pern books by her son, but I don't think they count.
34. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein - I cried so hard at the end of this (when I was eleven), and have refused to re-read it ever since. Mycroft!
35. A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller
36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
37. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne
38. Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keys
39. The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells
40. The Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelazny
41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings - Eddings' characterisation of women infuriated me even as a teen, but I had the world's biggest crush on Silk.
42. The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson
44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven - I really enjoyed the first one; IIRC the wheels fell off during the sequel.
45. The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin
46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien
47. The Once and Future King, by T.H. White
48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
49. Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke - fairly sure I've read this one, but I couldn't tell you what it was about to save my life.
50. Contact, by Carl Sagan – I loved the movie, mostly for its aesthetic, and envy of Ellie.
51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons
52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
54. World War Z, by Max Brooks – really enjoyable and just a little scary
55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett – surprising that this made it in ahead of everything else Pratchett's written. It's good, but not a patch on the best of the Witches or Guards books. (IMO.)
58.
59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold – it seems rather popular, so I get the feeling I'm missing something by not having read it yet...
60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett – again, NPR's selection is weird.
61. The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
62.
63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke - it's near the top of my to-read pile at the moment.
65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist – I read this, and the next five in the Riftwar Cycle, and then I got bored and wandered off. If it'd included more Janny Wurts stuff on Kelewan, I might have stuck with it. (Also, wow, Feist basically used the plot of his D&D campaign for Magician and it really shows. You can even identify who's which class.)
67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks - I seem to recall reading the first bit, realising it was tediously derivative, and giving up.
68.
69.
70. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
71. The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
72. A Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne
73.
74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson - the one Stephenson book I just keep bouncing off.
76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke - it's amazing to see Clarke's changing feelings about humanity during the course of this series. (Rama II was my favourite. The last two are just totally depressing, though.)
77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey
78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin
79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
81. The Malazan Book of the Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson
82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde - though, as
musesfool says, he really really can't afford to throw stones at fanfic the way he does.83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks
84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart - I think I've read this, but I couldn't tell you anything about it.
85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher
87. The Book of the New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn
89.
90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock
91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
93. A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor Vinge
94. The Caves of Steel, by Isaac Asimov - which I liked more than I, Robot, but the whole series is pretty good.
95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson
96. Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis
98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville – not my favourite of his books, but fantastic worldbuilding.
99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony
100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis