Liadin Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 the interesting thing about this so far is how folks have bolded items. narcissists, like me, have bolded the top two items on their list, indicating that they believe that the items that most affected them are also top tier texts. more humble persons herein have bolded items within various tiers, in acknowledgement that even though the bolded works are special to the lister in question, the lister is nevertheless not the center of the universe, and therefore those works may still not be top tier.An odd comment. Any ranking of books is subjective, based purely on opinion. If someone bolds a book lower on the list, it doesn't seem to me an expression of humility so much as "this book was really amazing in one way, but imperfect in others, and thus not in my top 4 genre books." Whereas bolding books in your top 4 doesn't mean you're a narcissist, it means you believe those books to be not only excellent on all objective measures, but personally relevant to you as well (or whatever ranking criteria you use). It doesn't seem at all odd to me that those criteria would overlap, that excellent books are the most likely to affect people's lives.Someone who thought a book was perfect in every way but put it in a lower tier because they thought other people might not agree wouldn't be "humble," they would be lacking in independent judgment, and their vote would be useless, reflecting what they see "the consensus view" to be rather than an individual's honest opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerdanel Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 The Silmarillion - TolkienLord of Light - Roger ZelaznyThe Lord of the Rings - TolkienThe House on the Borderland - William Hope HodgsonThe Hobbit - TolkienThe Last and First Men - Olaf StapledonThe City and the Stars - Arthur C. ClarkeThe Inverted World - Christopher PriestSailing to Byzantium - Robert SilverbergThe Dream-Quest of the Unknown Kadath - H. P. LovecraftWatership Down - Richard AdamsThe Emperor of Dreams - Clark Ashton SmithNine Princes in Amber - Roger ZelaznyRingworld - Larry NivenMemories of Ice - Steven EriksonThe Prince of Nothing - R. Scott BakkerThomas Covenant - Stephen DonaldsonGood Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry PratchettMemory, Sorrow and Thorn - Tad WilliamsThe Order of the Stick: The Start of Darkness - Rich Burlew(I noticed that people have been nominating comics, so I changed the last line of my list.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawkcabi Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 A Song of Ice and Fire - George R.R. MartinReplay - Ken GrimwoodThe Prince of Nothing & The Aspect Emperor - R. Scott BakkerEnder's Game - Orson Scott CardPillars Of the Earth & World Without End - Ken FollettThe First Law Trilogy & Best Served Cold - Joe AbercrobieThe Gentlemen Bastards - Scott LynchThe Walls of the Universe - Paul MelkoThe Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey NiffenggerWatchmen - Alan MooreSecret Identity - Kurt BusiekThe First Man in Rome - Colleen McCulloughFoundation - Issac AsimovI Robot/The Complete Robot - Issac AsimovAmerican Gods - Neil GaimanHarry Potter - J.K. RollingMagician - Raymaond E. FeistThe Empire Trilogy - Raymond E. Feist & Janny WurtsQ Squared - Peter DavidKingdom Come - Mark Waid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palin99999 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 A Song of Ice and Fire- George RR MartinY: The Last Man - Brian K. VaughanThe Tooth Fairy - Graham JoyceThe Prince of Nothing Series - R. Scott BakkerFables - Bill WillinghamEnder's Game- Orson Scott CardPreacher - Garth EnnisThe Walking Dead - Robert KirkmanAmerican Gods - Neil GaimanActs of Caine - Matthew StoverThe Terror - Dan SimmonsThe First Law Trilogy - Joe AbercrombieThe Gentleman Bastards Sequence - Scott LynchThe Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone - Greg KeyesThe Dark Tower Series - Stephen KingMistborn Trilogy - Brandon SandersonTakeshi Kovacs Series - Richard MorganLocke & Key Series - Joe HillThe Warlord Chronicles - Bernard CornwellThe Authority - Warren Ellis & Mark Millar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheep the Evicted Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Please don't add my list until the very end. It will probably go through several re-edits. And again, when is the actual deadline ?I have read less then half of the entries on some of the more accomplished lists, so my own list will probably suck. But to have an accurate representation of westeros you have to take the good with the bad I suppose. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil GaimanA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglass AdamsThe Hobbit by JRR TolkienWatership Down by Richard AdamsThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Gone-Away World by Nick HarkawayEnders Game by Orson Scott CardAltered Carbon by Richard MorganThe Lies of Locke Lomora by Scott LynchNight Watch by Terry PratchettThe Last Wish by Andrzej SapkowskiNation by Terry PratchettLast Argument of Kings by Joe AbercrombieDeadhouse Gates by Steven EriksonUse of Weapons by Ian M. Banks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 koolkat--that was a much more thoughtful response than my tongue-in-cheek comment deserved. you are nonetheless correct in your analysis, i reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Tier 1:The Silmarillion-TolkienA Song of Ice and Fire-GRR MartinThe Farseer Trilogy-HobbThe Merlin Trilogy-StewartTier 2:The Tawny Man trilogy-HobbLions of Al-Rassan-KayThe Fionavar Tapestry-KayThe Lord of the Rings-TolkienThe Prince of Nothing series-BakkerThe First Law Trilogy-AbercrombieThe Warlord Trilogy-CornwellThe Sword of Shadows series-JV JonesTier 3:Mythago Wood-HoldstockThe Name of the Wind-RothfussPsalms of Isaak-ScholesBook of New Sun-WolfeLyonesse trilogy-VanceAmerican Gods-GaimanTigana-KayThe Empire of Ice-Cream-FordEdited to underline, as requested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Ent Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 First, if – like me – you have a difficult time surveying the field, here are all the nominees so far. (Folded into a spoiler box, so as not to mess up everybody’s page formatting.) It’s a quick manual edit, with "uniq -i" and "sort -f", so there may be repetition left, and some books left on the cutting room floor. Spoiler a dirty job, chris mooreA Trio for Lute, R. A. MacAvoyA Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'EngleActs of Caine - Matthew StoverAegypt - John CrowleyAgainst A Dark Background - Iain M BanksAir - Geoff Rymanall star superman, grant morrison and frank quietlyAlready Dead - Charlie HustonAltered Carbon - Richard MorganAmbergris cycle - Jeff Vandermeer (sorry Stego!)American Gods - Neil GaimanAn Edge of the Forest, Agnes SmithAngela Carter, The Infernal Desire Machines of Dr. HoffmanAnimal Farm by George OrwellAnno-Dracula by Kim NewmanApprentice Adept (1-3 only) - Piers AnthonyArcher's Goon - Diana Wynne JonesArmor, John Steakley Ash: A Secret History - Mary GentleAssassin Trilogy - Robin Hobbat the edge of the world, dunsanyAt the Mountains of Madness - H.P. LovecraftBeauty, Sheri S. TepperBefore They are Hanged - Joe AbercrombieBehold the Man - Michael MoorcockBenighted by Kit WhitfieldBest Served Cold - Joe AbercrombieBlack Man/Thirteen - Richard MorganBlack Ships - Jo GrahamBlade of Tyshalle - Matthew StoverBlindness - Jose SaramagoBook of New Sun-WolfeBook of Skulls - Robert SilverbergBook of the Long Sun - Gene Wolfebook of the new sun, g. wolfeBrain Rose, Nancy KressBrave New World - Aldous HuxleyBriar Rose, Jane YolenBridge of Birds - Barry HughartBroken Angels, Richard K. MorganBrothers Lionheart, Astrid LindgrenCat's Cradle - Kurt VonnegutCat's Cradle by Kurt VonnegutCavern of Black Ice - JV JonesChasm City - Alastair ReynoldsChildhoods End - Arthur C. ClarkeChina MiĂ©ville, The ScarChina Mountain Chang - Maureen F. McHugh Chronicles of Narnia C. S. LewisChronicles of the Black Company, Glen CookChronicles of Thomas Covenant - DonaldsonCity of Golden Shadow, Tad WilliamsCity of Saints and Madmen- Jeff VandermeerCloud Atlas - David MitchellCollected Stories - Gabriel Garcia Marquezconsider phlebas, iain m. banksContract by Simon Spurrier Crooked Little Vein - Warren Elliscrooked little vein, warren ellisCrown of Stars series - Kate ElliotCryptonomicon - Neal StephensonCugel's Saga - Jack VanceCugels's saga - Jack VanceCyberiad - Stanislaw LemDark Harvest by Norman PartridgeDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierDavy by Edgar PangbornDeadhouse Gates - Eriksondeath note, ohba tsugumi and obata takeshiDeclare by Tim Powersdhalgren, s. delanyDiscworld series - Terry Pratchettdivine comedy, danteDo Android's Dream of Electric Sheep? - Phillip K. Dickdoctor faustus, c. marloweDoctrine of Labyrinths - Sarah MonetteDon Quixote, Miguel de CervantesDoomsday Book - Connie WillisDracula - Bram StokerDreamsongs - George R.R. MartinDune - Frank HerbertEarth Abides - George StewertEarthsea Trilogy - Ursula K. Le GuinEdward Whittemore, Jerusalem Quartet (series)Elantris - Brandon SandersonElenium - David Eddings (I know, I know...)Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineElric - Michael MoorcockEmpire Trilogy - Raymond Feist and Janny WurtsEnder's Game - Orson Scott CardEntire and the Rose - Kay KenyonEscape From Hell! - Hal DuncanEye of the World - Robert JordanFables - Bill WillinghamFafhrd and the Gray Mouser - Fritz LeiberFahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury Fallen Angel - Peter David/variousFarseer Trilogy - Robin HobbFevre Dream - George R.R. MartinFicciones - Jorge Luis BorgesFifth Head of Cerberus - Gene WolfeFionavar Tapestry - GG KayFire and Hemlock - Diana Wynne JonesFirethorn by Sarah MicklemfirqorescuFirst Law Trilogy, Joe AbercrombieFlow My Tears, The Policeman Said - Philip K DickFlowers for Algernon - Daniel KeyesForever War - HaldemanFoundation - Issac AsimovFoundation and Empire, Isaac Asimovfoundation, i. asimovfrankenstein, m. shelleyGabriel GarcĂa Márquez, OHYSGalapagos - Kurt VonnegutGardens of the Moon - Steven Eriksson Gateway, Frederick PohlGene Wolfe, The Book of the New Sun (series)Ghost and Horror Stories - Ambrose BierceGhost Story - Peter StraubGlass Bead Game (Magister Ludi) - Hermann HesseGloriana - Michael MoorcockGojiro - Mark Jacobson.Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry PratchettGood Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil GaimanGood Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil GaimanGormenghast - Mervyn PeakeGravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchongrendel, j. gardinergulliver's travels, j. swiftHandmaid's Tale - Margaret AtwoodHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Haruki MurakamiHarry Potter - J.K. RollingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHer Smoke Rose Up Forever - James Tiptree Jr (Alice Sheldon, too few women on this list)Heroes Die - Matthew Woodring StoverHis Dark Materials - Philip PullmanHitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas AdamsHope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-MistHouse of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeHyperion - Dan SimmonsI Am Legend - Richard MathesonI Robot/The Complete Robot - Issac AsimovIliad, HomerImago Sequence & Other Stories - Laird BarronImajica - Clive BarkerImmodest Proposals, William TennInda- Sherwood SmithInne pie?ni (The Other Songs) - Jacek DukajIron Council - China MeivilleIron Man: Hypervelocity - Adam Warren/Brian Denham (bet no one else lists this )It - Stephen KingItalo Calvino, Invisible CitiesJ.G. Ballard, The Complete Stories of J.G. BallardJeff VanderMeer, City of Saints and MadmenJonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell - Susanna ClarkeJorge Luis Borges, FicciĂłnesKafka on the Shore, Haruki MurakamiKing Rat by China MiĂ©villeKingdom Come - Mark Waid Kingdom of Thorn and Bone - Grey KeyesKushiel's Legacy - Jacqueline CareyLady Cheesevillagelamb: the gospel according to biff, christ's childhood pal, chris mooreLamplighter - D.M. CornishLast Argument of Kings - Joe AbercrombieLast Call - Tim Powers Le Morte d'Arthur - Sir Thomas Maloryle morte d'arthur, t. maloryLeft Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. LeGuinLies of Locke Lamora - Scott LynchLife of Pi ? Yann MartelLions of Al-Rassan - Guy Gavriel KayLittle, Big - John CrowleyLiveship Traders - Robin HobbLocke & Key Series - Joe HillLord of Chaos - Robert JordanLord of Emperors - Guy Gavriel KayLord of Light - Roger ZelaznyLord of the Flies ? William GoldingLord of the Rings - J.R.R TolkienLost Worlds - Clark Ashton SmithLyonesse -Jack Vance LĂłd (Ice) - Jacek DukajM. John Harrison, Viriconium (omnibus)Magic for Beginners - Kelly LinkMagician - Raymaond E. FeistMalazan Book of the Fallen - Steven EriksonMan in the High Castle - Philip K DickMark Z. Danielewski, House of LeavesMarket Forces - Richard K MorganMaster and Margarita - BulgakovMemories of Ice - Steven EriksonMemory, Sorrow and Thorn - Tad WilliamsMen at Arms - Terry PratchettMervyn Peake, Gormenghast novelsMidnight Tides - Steven EriksonMidnight's Children - Salman RushdieMistborn Trilogy - Brandon SandersonMockingbird, Sean StewartMonstrous Regiment - Terry PratchettMordant's Need, Stephen R. DonaldsonMy Name Is Red - Orhan Pamuk.Mythago Wood, Robert HoldstockNation by Terry PratchettNausicaa - Hayao MiyazakiNeuromancer - William GibsonNeverwhere - Neil GaimanNight Watch - Terry PratchettNine Princes in Amber - Roger Zelaznynine princes in amber, roger zelazneyOctavia Butler, Lilith's Brood (omnibus)On Stranger Tides by Tim PowersOne Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia MarquezOnly Forward - Michael Marshall SmithOtherland - Tad WilliamsPalimpset, Catherine Valenteparadise lost, j. miltonPattern Recognition, William GibsonPeace - Gene WolfePeople of the Lakes by Kathleen & Michael GearPerdido Street Station - China Mievilleperdido street station, c. mievillePet Sematary - Stephen King Phantastes - George MacDonaldphonogram, kieron gillen and jamie mckelviePillars Of the Earth & World Without End - Ken FollettPlanetary - Warren Ellis & John CassadayPlanetes - Yukimura Makotoportrait of dorian grey, o. wildePreacher - Garth EnnisPrince of Nothing - R. Scott BakkerPrisoner of Azkhaban - J.K. RowlingPsalms of Isaak-ScholesQ Squared - Peter DavidRainbows End, Vernor VingeRealm of the Elderlings sequence - Robin HobbRedwall by Brian JacquesRendezvous with Rama - Arthur C ClarkeReplay - Ken GrimwoodRequiem by Graham JoyceRiddlemaster trilogy - Patricia McKillipRiddley Walker - Russell Hoban. (new addition)Riftwar trilogy - Raymond Feist Ringworld - Larry NivenRiver of Gods by Ian McDonaldRoadside Picnic - Arkady and Boris StrugatskiRobert Holdstock, Mythago WoodRoderick, John SladekRoger Zelazny - AmberRoyal Assassin Robin HobbSailing to Byzantium - Robert SilverbergSandman by Neil GaimanSarantine Mosaic - G.G KaySecret Identity - Kurt BusiekServant of the Empire by Raymond E Feist & Janny Wurtsshadow over innsmouth, h. lovecraftShaman's Crossing by Robin HobbShardik - Richard AdamsShriek: An Afterword - Jeff VanderMeerSilmarillion - TolkienSlaughterhouse 5 - Kurt VonnegutSleeper - Ed Brubaker & Sean PhillipsSmall Gods - Terry PratchettSnow Crash - Neal StephensonSolaris - Stanislaw LemSoldier of the Mist - Gene Wolfe.Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray BradburySongmaster - Orson Scott CardSongs of a Dead Dreamer - Thomas LigottiSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardSpin - Robert Chalies Wilson Star Maker - Olaf StapledonStarship Troopers - Robert A Heinlein Stations of the Tide - Michael SwanwickStories of Your Life and Others, Ted ChiangStranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinleinsurvivor, chuck palahniukSword of Shadow, JV JonesSwordspoint, Ellen KushnerTailchaser's Song - Tad WilliamsTakeshi Kovacs Series - Richard MorganTales of Pirx the Pilot - Stanislaw LemTam-Lin, Pamela DeanTemeraire - Naomi NovikTerritory by Emma BullThe Affirmation - Christopher PriestThe Alchemist, Paulo CoelhoThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael ChabonThe Amber Chronicles - Roger ZelaznyThe Anubis Gates - Tim Powers the apprentice adept trilogy, piers anthonyThe Authority - Warren Ellis & Mark Millar The Autumn of the Patriarch - Gabriel Garcia MarquezThe Baroque Cycle - Neal StephensonThe Black Sun's Daughter - Daniel Abraham MLN Hanover The Blind Assassin, Margaret AtwoodThe Bloody Chamber, Angela CarterThe Blue Mountain - Meir Shalev (Hebrew - ???? ????)The Blue Star, Fletcher PrattThe Book of Knights - Yves MeynardThe Book of Lost Things - John ConnollyThe Book of The New Sun by Gene WolfeThe Book of the Short Sun- Gene WolfeThe Bridge - Iain BanksThe Call of Cthulhu by HP Lovecraft The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, Barry HughartThe Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Stephen DonaldsonThe City and the City - China MeivilleThe City and the Stars - Arthur C. ClarkeThe Commonwealth Saga by Peter F HamiltonThe Culture Series - Iain M. Banks. The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster BujoldThe Dark is Rising by Susan CooperThe Dark Is Rising sequence - Susan CooperThe Dark Knight Returns by Frank MillerThe Dark Tower - Stephen KingThe Darkness That Comes Before- R. Scott BakkerThe Day of the Triffids - John WyndhamThe Demolished Man - Alfred BesterThe Demonprinces - Jack VanceThe Dispossessed - Ursula K Le GuinThe Dragon Waiting by John M FordThe Dream-Quest of the Unknown Kadath - H. P. LovecraftThe Dying Earth series - Jack VanceThe Dying of the Light - GRRMThe Earthsea Trilogy - Ursula Le GuinThe Eden Trilogy - Harry Harrison.The Emperor of Dreams - Clark Ashton SmithThe Empire of Ice-Cream-FordThe Empire Trilogy - Raymond E. Feist & Janny WurtsThe Engineer Trilogy - K J ParkerThe Eternal Champion sequence - Michael MoorcockThe Exorcist - William Peter BlattyThe Eyes of the Overworld, Jack VanceThe Facts of Life by Graham JoyceThe Faded Sun, CJ CherryhThe Farseer Trilogy - Robin HobbThe Female Man - Joanna RussThe Fencer Trilogy, KJ ParkerThe Fiction - HP LovecraftThe Fifth Head of Cerberus, Gene WolfeThe Fionavar Tapestry-KayThe First Law Joe AbercrombieThe First Man in Rome - Colleen McCulloughThe Folk of the Faraway tree Enid Blighton (for kids but worth reading)The Forever War - Joe HaldemanThe Fortress of Solitude - Jonathan LethemThe Foundation Trilogy- Isaac AsimovThe Fountains of Paradise - Arthur C ClarkeThe Gap series - Stephen DonaldsonThe Gentlemen Bastards - Scott LynchThe Gods Themselves - Arthur C ClarkeThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Gone-Away World - Nick HarkawayThe Gospel According to Jesus Christ - Jose Saramago.The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Great Hunt by Robert JordanThe Gunslinger Stephen KingThe Handmaid's Tale - Margaret AtwoodThe Hero of Ages by Brandon SandersonThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas AdamsThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkeinThe Hour of the Dragon- Robert E. HowardThe House on the Borderland - William Hope HodgsonThe Iliad, HomerThe Ill-Made Knight - TH WhiteThe Inverted World - Christopher PriestThe Invincible - Stanislaw LemThe Iron Dragon's Daughter Michael SwanwickThe Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories - Gene WolfeThe Joe Pitt Casebooks by Charlie HustonThe Kencyrath Chronicles - P.C. HodgellThe Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone - Greg KeyesThe Land of Laughs by Jonathan CarrollThe Last and First Men - Olaf StapledonThe Last Argument of Kings - Joe AbercrombieThe Last Dancer - Daniel Keys Moran.The Last Unicorn - Peter S BeagleThe Last Wish by Andrzej SapkowskiThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Alan MooreThe Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin.The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott LynchThe Limits of Enchantment - Graham JoyceThe Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz - Russell HobanThe Lions of Al-Rassan - Guy Gavriel KayThe Liveship Traders - Robin HobbThe Long Price Quartet - Daniel AbrahamThe Lord of Light by Roger ZelaznyThe Lord of the Rings - J. R. R TolkienThe Love We Share Without Knowing by Christopher BarzakThe Lyonesse Trilogy - Jack VanceThe Mabinogian Tetralogy, Evangeline WaltonThe Mahabharata - Anonymous.The Master and Margarita - Mikhail BulgakovThe Merlin Trilogy-StewartThe Messiah of Dune - Franck HerbertThe Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley The Monarchies of God, Paul KearneyThe Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert HeinleinThe Moor's Last Sigh - Salman RushdieThe Mote in God?s Eye ? Larry Niven and Jerry PournelleThe Name of the Wind - Patrick RothfussThe New York Trilogy - Paul AusterThe Newford books, Charles DeLintThe Night's Dawn Trilogy - Peter F HamiltonThe Night?s Dawn Trilogy by Peter F HamiltonThe Nightly News - Jonathan Hickman (is this really SF? Fuck it, I'm saying it is)The Odyssey - HomerThe Once & Future King - T.H. WhiteThe One Tree - Stephen DonaldsonThe Order of the Stick: The Start of Darkness - Rich BurlewThe Orphan's Tales by Catherynne ValenteThe Phantom Tollbooth, Norton JusterThe Player of Games - Iain M BanksThe Prestige by Christopher PriestThe Prince of Nothing - R. Scott BakkerThe Princess Bride - William GoldmanThe Reality Dysfunction - Peter F. HamiltonThe Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer SmithThe Return from the Stars - Stanislaw LemThe Riddle-Master trilogy - Patricia A. McKillipThe Road - Cormac McCarthyThe Sandman - Neil GaimanThe Sarantine Mosaic by Guy Gavriel KayThe Satanic Verses - Salman RushdieThe Scar - China MeivilleThe Seperation - Christopher PriestThe Seven Citadels - Geraldine HarrisThe Shadow of the Torturer by Gene WolfeThe Silmarillion - J.R.R. TolkienThe Sirens of Titan - Kurt VonnegutThe Sparrow, Mary Doria RussellThe Stand ? Stephen KingThe Star Rover - Jack LondonThe Stars My Destination - Alfred BesterThe Stone Raft - Jose SaramagoThe Sword of Shadows series-JV JonesThe Tawny Man trilogy-HobbThe Ten Thousand - Paul KearneyThe Terror - Dan SimmonsThe Thief of Time - PratchettThe Time Machine - H G WellsThe Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey NiffenggerThe Tin Drum - Gunter GrassThe Tooth Fairy - Graham JoyceThe Unconquered Country - Geoff RymanThe Unlikely Ones, Mary BrownThe Urth of the New Sun - Gene WolfeThe Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster BujoldThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader - C.S. LewisThe Walking Dead - Robert KirkmanThe Walls of the Universe - Paul MelkoThe Warlord Chronicles - Bernard CornwellThe Waste Lands- Stephen KingThe Wheel of Time - Robert JordanThe Wizard Knight - Gene WolfeThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank BaumThe Yiddish Policemens Union - Michael ChabonThings That Never Happen - M J HarrisonThomas Covenant - Stephen DonaldsonThomas Ligotti, Teatro GrottescoThrough the Looking-Glass - Lewis CarrollThunderer - Felix GilmanThunderer/Gears of the City - Felix GilmanTigana - Guy Gavriel KayTill We Have Faces, C. S. LewisTitus Groan - Mervyn PeakeTo Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip JosĂ© FarmerTomorrow, When the War Began by John MarsdenTransformation -Carol BergTransmetropolitan - Warren Ellis/Darick RobertsonTschai - Jack VanceUmberto Eco, Foucault's PendulumUnfinished Tales - JRR TolkienUrsula Le Guin, The DispossessedUse of Weapons - Iain M. Banksutopia, t. moreV., Thomas PynchonVast - Linda Nagata.Vellum - Hal DuncanVladmir Nabokov, Pale FireWaking the Moon, Elizabeth HandWatchmen - Alan MooreWatership Down - Richard AdamsWe - Yevgeny ZamyatinWe Are All Legends - Darrell SchweitzerWheel of Time - Robert JordanWhite Queen - Gwyneth Jones.Wild Cards - Various Winter's Tale - Mark HelprinWinterlong - Elizabeth Hand Wizard and Glass - Stephen King Wizard Knight - Gene WolfeY: The Last Man - Brian K. Vaughan & Pia Guerra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Ent Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 ... and here are my votes.For what it’s worth, I don’t consider Amazing Adventures or Road genre, so by admitting them I would be forced to admit several other books that I find far superior to many of the books on this list (Zauberberg, Glasperlenspiel, frickin’ Faust, Curious Incident, ...) But the line has to be drawn somewhere.Silmarillion - J.R.R TolkienPrince of Nothing - R. Scott BakkerA Song of Ice and Fire - G.R.R. MartinLord of the Rings - J.R.R TolkienBlack Man/Thirteen - Richard MorganHis Dark Materials - Philip PullmanPerdido Street Station - China MievilleThe Hobbit – J.R.R. TolkeinJonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell - Susanna ClarkeDune - Frank HerbertThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael ChabonThe Road - Cormac McCarthyThe First Law Joe AbercrombieThe Gentlemen Bastards - Scott LynchAltered Carbon - Richard MorganAmerican Gods - Neil GaimanHitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas AdamsIron Council - China MeivilleThe Shining - Stephen KingNeuropath - R. Scott Bakker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuchulain Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Cloud Atlas - David MitchellThe Stars My Destination - Alfred BesterThe Silmarillion - J. R. R. TolkienHyperion - Dan SimmonsASoIaF - George MartinThe Malazan Book of the Fallen - Steven EriksonBlade of Tyshalle - Matthew StoverDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. DickThe Anubis Gates - Tim PowersThe Broken Sword - Poul AndersonI am Legend - Richard MathesonSnow Crash - Neal StephensonLord of Light - Roger ZelaznyBrasyl - Ian MacDonaldIt - Stephen KingThe Monarchies of God - Paul KearneyAmerican Gods - Neil GaimanPerdido Street Station - China MiévilleRigante Series - David Gemmell (actually, here you can insert any of Gemmell's works. I just wanted him in the list)Takeshi Kovacs trilogy - Richard MorganDamn, I really wanted Haldeman's The Forever War in there, but I'm a slot short. Also, too bad Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis can't be considered genre. Otherwise it would surely have made the list.Edit: to underline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearly Headless Ned Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 ASOIAF- GRRMA WIZARD OF EARTHSEA- URSULA K LEGUINSALEMS LOT- STEPHEN KINGHELLBLAZER- GARTH ENNISMYTHAGO WOOD- ROBERT HOLDSTOCKTHE FOREVER WAR- JOE HALDEMANFEVRE DREAM- GRRMI AM LEGEND- RICHARD MATHESSONHIS DARK MATERIALS- PHILLIP PULLMANAMERICAN GODS- NEIL GAIMANGOOD OMENS- TERRY PRATCHETT/NEIL GAIMANTITUS GROAN- MERVYN PEAKEPREACHER- GARTH ENNISHITCHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY- DOUGLASS ADAMSMONUMENT- IAN GRAHAMFARNOR- ROGER TAYLORDREAMSONGS- GRRMTHE SWORD IN THE STONE- TH WHITEWEAVEWORLD- CLIVE BARKERWATCHMEN- ALAN MOORE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-ahrairah Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 The Silmarillion - J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. TolkienWatership Down - Richard Adams A Song of Ice and Fire - George R.R. MartinDracula - Bram StokerThe Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis Space Trilogy - C.S. Lewis Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card1984 - George Orwell The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien Redwall - Brian Jacques Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein World War Z - Max BrooksA Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L'EngleWorldwar series - Harry TurtledoveThe Nine Billion Names of God - Arthur C. ClarkeThe Witches - Roald DahlHarry Potter series - J.K. RowlingThe War of the Worlds - H.G. WellsA Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 The Warlord Trilogy-CornwellIs that one allowed? I'd have included it if so. I thought of it more as historical fiction. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Yeah that is definitly allowed, it has clear fantastical elements after all.I did see someone post Pillars of the Earth above, which seems more doubtful to me, but I have not read that book so I can't say. Always thought that was straight hist. fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitreisen? Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 H2G2 - AdamsThursday Next series - Fforde(The Lord of the Rings - Tolkien)*(A Song of Ice and Fire - Martin)*Culture series - Banks Dark Tower series - KingSprout Mask Replica - RankinThomas Covenant series - DonaldsonGridlinked - AsherStand on Zanzibar - BrunnerThe Yiddish Policemen's Union - ChabonMalazan series - Erikson American Gods - GaimanGolden Age Trilogy - WrightOtherland - WilliamsInteresting Times - PratchettThe Android's Dream - ScalziFirst Law - AbercrombieLies of Locke Lamora - LynchBaroque Cycle - Stephenson* In case you want to leave out Tolkien and Martin, just move up everything by two places and add these two at the end of the list:+ Dresden Files - Jim Butcher+ Long Price Quartett - Abrahams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuoni Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 First, thank you Wastrel for organizing this vote with an interesting electoral system. This is a geek's dream!Permutation City - Greg EganStories of Your Life and Others - Ted ChiangDiaspora - Greg EganASOIAF - George R R MartinAxiomatic - Greg EganHyperion - Dan SimmonsPerdido Street Station - China MievilleCloud Atlas - David MitchellOceanic - Greg EganOnly Forward - Michael Marshall SmithThe Golden Age Trilogy - John C WrightThe Farseer Trilogy - Robin HobbDreamsongs - George R R MartinWatchmen - Alan Moore253 - Geoff RymanReplay- Ken GrimwoodForever War - Joe HaldemanAnathem - Neal StephensonCounting Heads - David MarusekFallen Dragon - Peter F HamiltonI tried to concentrate on newer works, the classics are a bit too obvious for lists like these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lummel Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 In no particular order within each tier: The Dispossessed Ursula K LeGuin Lavondyss Robert Holdstock Solaris Stanislaw Lem We Evgeny Zamyatin The Lord of the Rings J R R Tolkien Gormenghast Mervyn Peake The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood A Game of Thrones G R R Martin Gullivers Travels Jonathan Swift Helliconia Winter Brian Aldyss Slaughterhouse Five Kurt Vonnegut The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K LeGuin Dune Frank Herbert 1984 George Orwell Brave New World Aldous Huxley Night Watch Terry Pratchett The restaurant at the end of the Universe Douglas Adams Foundation and Empire Isaac Asimov The Dark is Rising Susan Cooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langkard Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 A Song of Ice and Fire George R. R. Martin The Lord of the Rings J. R. R. Tolkien Dune series Frank Herbert Downbelow Station C. J. Cherryh The Faded Sun trilogy C. J. Cherryh Anathem Neal Stephenson Neuromancer William Gibson The Anubis Gates Tim Powers The Chronicles of Amber series Roger Zelazny American Gods Neil Gaiman The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien Dragonflight Anne McCaffrey A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess Elric of Melnibone series Michael Moorcock Foundation trilogy Isaac Asimov Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams Slaugherhouse Five Kurt Vonnegut Do Androids Dreams of Electric Sheep Philip K. Dick Brave New World Aldous Huxley The Time Machine H. G. Wells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolverine Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I don't read as much as many of you thus my list will be a bit shorter.Tier 1ASOIF-George R.R. MartinShogun-James ClavellEnders Game-Orson Scott CardPrince of Nothing-Scott BakkerTier 2WoT-Robert JordanThe Giver-Lois LowryFirst Law TrilogyThe Walking Drum- Louis L'Amour (largely historical fiction, with a big fantasy)Tier 3Dark Tower (Wizards and Glass)-Stephen KingMidnight Tides-Steve EriksonDrakula-Bram StokerHyperion-Dan SimmonsThe Hobbit-J.R.R. TolkienMonarchies of God-Paul KearneyStardust-Neil GaimanThe Briar King-Greg KeyesEDIT: Some debate going on whether or not historical fiction is allowed. I mostly excluded them from my list otherwise it would look very different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AprilFool Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 This was hard to compile. Do it again next year and some things will probably have moved around a bit.The Lord of the Rings TolkeinTigana Guy Gavriel KayA Song of Ice and Fire MartinThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay ChabonLamb Chris MooreShadowbridge Gregory FrostAnubis Gates Tim PowersFacts of Life Graham JoyceStarship Troopers HeinlenFirst Law Trilogy [/u ]AbercrombieLies of Locke Lamora Scott LynchThe Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Stephen DonaldsonFoundation AsimovDune Frank HerbertFables Bill WillinghamBone Jeff SmithThe Book of Lost Things John ConnollyThe Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy AdamsMistborn Trilogy SandersonNight Watch Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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