[bookshare-discuss] Re: NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
- From: "Alan Lemly" <walemly@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:05:39 -0500
Chela, this appears to have worked beautifully. Thanks so much for the time
you put into this.
Alan Lemly
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From: Chela Robles [mailto:cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 8:42 PM
To: bookshare-discuss
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy
Books
Greetings,
Since I use IBM Lotus Symphony and converted it from its native to
.doc, I hope it is legible. Please let me know if this works.
On 3/23/12, Chela Robles <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm going to send a separate message with an attachment you all can have
> a look. hope you guys can read it when it comes.
> Yours Speedy Trumpeter Chela
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> On 3/23/2012 2:45 PM, Bob W wrote:
>> Hey Speedy,
>>
>> That's amazing.
>>
>> I had about ten done, and another five somewhere in process. Call me slow
>> poke.
>>
>> If you want the ten I have done, let me know.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> A conservative, a moderate and a liberal go in a bar.
>>
>> The bartender says, "What'll you have, Mitt?"
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chela Robles"<cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To:<bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 2:28 PM
>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction and
Fantasy
>> Books
>>
>>
>> Believe it or not Bob W. and all others, I'm almost done with the list
>> started from one and am zipping through 100...just call me speedy!
>>
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>> "Passion is a great motivator. Music is a life-long learning experience."
>> --
>> Chela Robles
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>> Windows Live Messenger: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxxxx
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>> us,visit:
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>>
>> On 3/23/2012 11:26 AM, Roger Loran Bailey wrote:
>>> The Chronicles of Amber by Zelazny is number 40.
>>>
>>> On 3/23/2012 1:23 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>>>> Amazing to see this.
>>>> but hang a second, Thomas covenant made it, but nothing whatsoever by
>>>> roger zalasney? I may have miss spelled that, but he did the courts
>>>> of chaos series. No Robert Silverberg either?
>>>>
>>>> would love to know the criteria.
>>>> Karen
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 23 Mar 2012, Bob W wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Wow, thanks Judy. Great list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Roger and Rick, you both bring good points about the merger of
>>>>> fantasy and science fiction. I'm surprised there aren't any
>>>>> alternate histories in this list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chela, I'll help anotate the list. I'll start with 100 and go
>>>>> backwards so others can chime in where they can.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Chela Robles
>>>>> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 11:36 PM
>>>>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction and
>>>>> Fantasy Books
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I can look them all up to see which ones bookshare has and paste
>>>>> them for you...like I used to do with Scott Rains.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> "Passion is a great motivator. Music is a life-long learning
>>>>> experience."
>>>>> --
>>>>> Chela Robles
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>>>>> Learning Ally Blog A Lady And Her Trumpet feel free to post comments
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>>>>> I volunteer for Bookshare, to find out more and to volunteer with
>>>>> us,visit: http://www.bookshare.org/
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>>>>> On 3/22/2012 8:39 PM, Judy s. wrote:
>>>>> NPR does an annual survey of readers' favorite science fiction
>>>>> and fantasy books. Here's their list of the top 100, in order from
>>>>> top to bottom, according to the 60,000 ballots that were cast by NPR
>>>>> readers. I wonder how many of these we have on Bookshare? I'd look
>>>>> it up if I had something faster than my poky dial-up connection. smile
>>>>>
>>>>> I noticed that Watership Down is in the list. It never struck me
>>>>> as part of the fantasy genre, but hey, what do I know of how it's
>>>>> decided where a book lies, especially in the science fiction and
>>>>> fantasy genres? grin.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll paste the list below.
>>>>>
>>>>> Judy s.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>> 4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert
>>>>> 5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin
>>>>> 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
>>>>> 13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
>>>>> 14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson
>>>>> 15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore
>>>>> 16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
>>>>> 17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
>>>>> 18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss
>>>>> 19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
>>>>> 20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
>>>>> 21. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
>>>>> 22. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
>>>>> 23. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King
>>>>> 24. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke
>>>>> 25. The Stand, by Stephen King
>>>>> 26. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
>>>>> 27. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury
>>>>> 28. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
>>>>> 29. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman
>>>>> 30. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
>>>>> 31. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
>>>>> 32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams
>>>>> 33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey
>>>>> 34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein
>>>>> 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
>>>>> 42. The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
>>>>> 43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson
>>>>> 44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven
>>>>> 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
>>>>> 50. Contact, by Carl Sagan
>>>>> 51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons
>>>>> 52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
>>>>> 53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
>>>>> 54. World War Z, by Max Brooks
>>>>> 55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
>>>>> 56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
>>>>> 57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett
>>>>> 58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen
>>>>> R. Donaldson
>>>>> 59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold
>>>>> 60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
>>>>> 61. The Mote In God's Eye, by Larry Niven& Jerry Pournelle
>>>>> 62. The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind
>>>>> 63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
>>>>> 64. Jonathan Strange& Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
>>>>> 65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
>>>>> 66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist
>>>>> 67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks
>>>>> 68. The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard
>>>>> 69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb
>>>>> 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
>>>>> 74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
>>>>> 75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson
>>>>> 76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
>>>>> 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
>>>>> 83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks
>>>>> 84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
>>>>> 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 Gabaldan
>>>>> 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
>>>>> 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
>>>>> 99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony
>>>>> 100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis
>>>>>
>>>>> Source of information:
>>>>>
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/09/139248590/top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-book
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