Doremus Mallister Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Some cases of OK with author -€“ quibble w choice of book Bester, Alfred The Stars My Destination -€“ :agree: Clarke, Arthur C. Childhood's End -€“ Eh.... The Man In The High Castle -€“ Dicks best? :( Stapledon, Olaf Odd John -€“ Huh? Asimov, Isaac The Gods Themselves -€“ What? Banks, Iain M. Use of Weapons -€“ WHAAAT?!? :o Dunhallym: typo for "The Master and Margarita" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted February 27, 2009 Author Share Posted February 27, 2009 [quote name='Doremus Mallister' post='1702624' date='Feb 27 2009, 15.53']Some cases of OK with author -�� quibble w choice of book Bester, Alfred The Stars My Destination -�� :agree: Clarke, Arthur C. Childhood's End -�� Eh.... The Man In The High Castle -�� Dicks best? :( Stapledon, Olaf Odd John -�� Huh? Asimov, Isaac The Gods Themselves -�� What? Banks, Iain M. Use of Weapons -�� WHAAAT?!? :o Dunhallym: typo for "The Master and Margarita"[/quote] Bester - Tiger, Tiger was the obvious choice. Clarke - Childhood's End is the blatantly obvious choice. His finest and most powerful novel. Dick - the Man in The High Castle is not only Dick's finest work, but the best alternate history novel ever written. Asimov - The God's Themselves is his best book. Foundation had some amazing ideas in it, but was never fleshed out enough. Banks - Use of Weapons is by far his most important novel. Stapledon - I picked Odd John over Last and First Men because it was a lot more moving to me personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 [quote name='Doremus Mallister' post='1702624' date='Feb 27 2009, 20.53']Some cases of OK with author -�� quibble w choice of book Clarke, Arthur C. Childhood's End -�� Eh.... The Man In The High Castle -�� Dicks best? :( Stapledon, Olaf Odd John -�� Huh? Asimov, Isaac The Gods Themselves -�� What? Banks, Iain M. Use of Weapons -�� WHAAAT?!? :o[/quote] Are you going to explain why you are quibbling? If I was picking the best Clarke and Banks books I'd pick Childhood's End and Use of Weapons as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 [quote name='williamjm' post='1702822' date='Feb 27 2009, 23.22']Are you going to explain why you are quibbling? If I was picking the best Clarke and Banks books I'd pick Childhood's End and Use of Weapons as well.[/quote] With the Clarke I'd probably also go with [i]Childhood's End[/i], but I'd also have strongly considered [i]Rendezvous with Rama[/i], [i]The City and the Stars[/i] and maybe [i]2010[/i] (although the latter possibly only because it was the first adult SF novel I ever read and blowing up Jupiter is badass). [i]The Fountains of Paradise[/i] and [i]A Fall of Moondust[/i] would also have been up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski the Swift Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Boooooo! *throws oranges at list* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerol Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 [quote name='Dunhallym' post='1698535' date='Feb 24 2009, 16.33']I was wondering if you had read some from Guy de Maupassant, who has written a lot of (in my opinion) excellent "contes fantastiques" (fantastic ? tales, seems to match with your Horror label).[/quote] I was going with this girl in college and went home with her one weekend. In her bookcase was an ancient anthology of Guy de Maupassant. I married her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigei Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 I've already read 36 of the books listed. [quote name='Stego' post='1700827' date='Feb 26 2009, 10.19'][b]Damnation Alley[/b] may appeal to me so much because it occurs in my hometown. Not sure, but I admit the possibility. :D[/quote] :) Can't get a copy of [quote]Newman, Kim Anno Dracula 1992[/quote] :( The list needs *more* Heinlein. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 Gigei! You MUST find a copy of Anno Dracula. It is a sublime novel. More Heinlein? -The Moon is a Harsh Mistress -Podkayne of Mars -Tunnel In The Sky -Farnham's Freehold (See where Heinlein started to go insane with perverse wish-fulfillment!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yagathai Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Farnham's Freehold was deliberately lunatic. The rest... I'm not so sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 Farnham's Freehold was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 [quote name='Stego' post='1703231' date='Feb 28 2009, 03.37']Gigei! You MUST find a copy of Anno Dracula. It is a sublime novel. More Heinlein? -The Moon is a Harsh Mistress -Podkayne of Mars -Tunnel In The Sky -Farnham's Freehold (See where Heinlein started to go insane with perverse wish-fulfillment!)[/quote] Why does [i]Glory Road[/i] never get mentioned in lists of Heinlein's best? (This is an honest question). It's always been my favorite of his, but maybe that's because I read it at an impressionable age. And since we're listing some of the novels that skew to a younger demographic, where's the love for [i]Citizen of the Galaxy [/i]and [i]Time for the Stars[/i]? This isn't directed at Stego or his excellent list, by the way, I just never seem to see these novels mentioned in discussions of Heinlein (not that I happen upon all that many discussions of Heinlein). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needle Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 [quote]Farnham's Freehold was awesome.[/quote] No no no no no * runs out thread with hands over ears* Glory Road is bloody awful too. But Citizen of the Galaxy is one of my faves - maybe the first sci-fi I ever read, that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 I LOVE Glory Road. Great fantasy novel. And Farnham's Freehold is really fun, even if it's masturbatory wish fulfillment. ETA: Glory Road wasn't mentioned because I was just ossing shit off the top of my head. Heinlein has a lot of works worth the reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alarich Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Hang on, you put Journey To The Centre of the Earth on the list and not Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea? What's wrong with you man? :tantrum: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightsnake Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 [quote name='Stego' post='1703231' date='Feb 28 2009, 06.37']Gigei! You MUST find a copy of Anno Dracula. It is a sublime novel. More Heinlein? -The Moon is a Harsh Mistress -Podkayne of Mars -Tunnel In The Sky -Farnham's Freehold (See where Heinlein started to go insane with perverse wish-fulfillment!)[/quote] Anno Dracula is very easy to find online, actually-it was for me. I just finished the Stars my Destination, too. Kickass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 20k leagues pisses me off. Sorry. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walpurgisborn Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 [quote name='Yagathai' post='1703292' date='Feb 28 2009, 09.41']Farnham's Freehold was deliberately lunatic. The rest... I'm not so sure.[/quote] Wouldn't "Moon is a Harsh Mistress" be more literally lunatic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigei Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 [quote name='Stego' post='1703231' date='Feb 28 2009, 07.37']Gigei! You MUST find a copy of Anno Dracula. It is a sublime novel. More Heinlein? -The Moon is a Harsh Mistress -Podkayne of Mars -Tunnel In The Sky -Farnham's Freehold (See where Heinlein started to go insane with perverse wish-fulfillment!)[/quote] I've read every Heinlein novel, IIRC. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 [quote name='Gigei' post='1718216' date='Mar 13 2009, 07.44']I've read every Heinlein novel, IIRC. :)[/quote] You should always save one or two. You never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VarysTheSpider Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Quite a good, comprehensive list. Pleased to see The Master and Margarita make an appearance. Just wondering Stego, have you read We by Zamyatin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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