Tears of Lys Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Gods.Put me down for ... the LotR and Silmarillion... Dune stories (originals only)... aSoIaF, naturally... PoN series ... Earthsea series and others by LeGuin... Harry Potter (even though i think the last book kinda sucked a bit.)That's all I can think of offhand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 If I may include epic poems as "books":The Illiad HomerThe Odyssey HomerThe Aeneid VergilBeowulf UnknownA Song of Ice and Fire GRRMLord of the Rings JRR TolkeinThe Sprawl Trilogy William Gibson"The Call of Cthulhu" HP Lovecraft"Beyond the Black River" Robert E. Howard (novellas count, right?)Dune Frank E HerbertThe First Amber Cycle(Corwin) esp Nine Princes in AmberThe Book of the New Sun Gene WolfeChildhood's End Arthur C ClarkeGalapagos Kurt VonnegutA Christmas Carol Charles DickensThe Martian Chronicles Ray BradburyFahrenheit 451 Ray BradburyThe Book of Skulls Robert SilverbergStarship Troopers Robert Heinlein1984 George Orwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R TolkienThe Silmarillion - J.R.R TolkienThe Demon Princes - Jack Vance1984 - George OrwellWatership Down - Richard AdamsSaga of the Exiles - Julian MayChronicles of Thomas Covenant - Stephen DonaldsonLyonesse - Jack VancePlanet of Adventure - Jack Vance Dune - Frank HerbertStartide Rising - David BrinServant of the Empire - Raymond Feist and Janny WurtsThe True Game - Sheri TepperDoomsday Book - Connie WillisPrince of Nothing - Scott BakkerGood Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry PratchettThe Scar - China MievilleThe Player of Games - Iain M BanksAlastor - Jack VanceThe Cadwal Chronicles - Jack Vance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadwolf Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) - Antoine de Saint-ExupéryWar and Peace - Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov (Bratya Karamazovy) - Fyodor DostoyevskyThe Inheritors - William GoldingAnna Karenina - Leo TolstoyGros-Câlin - Romain Gary (As Émile Ajar)Hero of Our Time - Mikhail LermontovWild Stories (Divi razkazi) - Nikolay HaytovSmall Gods - Terry PratchettThe Scorpion God - William GoldingASOIAF – GRRMTLOTR - J.R.R TolkienThe Jewess of Toledo, aka Spanish Ballad - Lion FeuchtwangerWolves’ Hunt (Haika za Valci, not translated to English AFAIK) - Ivailo PetrovThe Twelve Chairs (Dvenadtsat stulev) - Ilf and PetrovJourney to Ixtlan - Carlos CastanedaDandelion Wine - Ray BradburyOf Mice and Men - John SteinbeckThe Moon and Sixpence - Somerset MaughamDead Souls - Nikolai GogolPerhaps out of tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Umm...... Are you aware that this is a genre list Dreadwolf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wastrel Posted February 9, 2010 Author Share Posted February 9, 2010 Could somebody with Power please unsticky this for greater attention and add "VOTE NOW (or never)" to the title?With quick, possibly flawed, mental arithmetic, I think we've got 89 votes so far, and I've got only a handful left to tabulate. It would be nice if we could get another 10-15...I only guarrentee tabulating up until the 100th vote, so get your vote in now! If, when I get to the 100th, there's a few more votes been cast, of course I'll include them too, but I'm going to get to the 100th, include any votes that have been cast as of the time I tabulate the 100th, and then start working out the results - I'm not necessarily going to come back the next day to look for more votes. Although I might, who knows.If, on the other hand, I come back here and find that there have been another thirty or forty ballots cast, I'll take that as a sign that this isn't finished, that it's just been in a lull, and keep on counting. But I think, given the slow speed at which people are voting now, that we're coming to the natural end, and I'd like to wrap things up.If nothing else, it's galling to have a big list of ballots and to not be able to process them in any way because I know more votes are going to be cast - particularly since for the lower-down-the-list books, a handful of votes (even just one vote) will make a big difference. [Obviously, higher up the list it's pretty foregone - I confidently predict that both A Song of Ice and Fire AND Lord of the Rings will get mentioned...] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaerv Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Umm...... Are you aware that this is a genre list Dreadwolf?Yeah, I had the same thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vrana Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) - Antoine de Saint-ExupéryArrgh! Forgot this.Umm...... Are you aware that this is a genre list Dreadwolf?At first I kept thinking I had missed out on some speculative elements in Dostoyevski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnlaugr ormstunga Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 City of Saints and Madmen - Jeff VandermeerPerdido Street Station - China MievilleNineteen Eighty-Four - George OrwellThe Hobbit - J.R.R. TolkienAt the Mountains of Madness - H.P. LovecraftDune - Frank HerbertThe Scar - China MievilleAmerican Gods - Neil GaimanA Song of Ice and Fire - George R.R. MartinGuards! Guards! - Terry PratchettThe Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. TolkienThe Prince of Nothing - R. Scott BakkerBeowulf - anonymousSir Gawain and the Green Knight - anonymousThe Shining - Stephen KingThe Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott LynchI Am Legend - Richard MathesonThe Stars My Destination - Alfred BesterThe Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (collection) - H.P. LovecraftWatchmen - Alan Moore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadwolf Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Arrgh! Forgot this.At first I kept thinking I had missed out on some speculative elements in Dostoyevski.Umm...... Are you aware that this is a genre list Dreadwolf?Sorry but the list I gave includes almost everything I have ever read.Now seriously I saw it is genre in OP, then took a quick look what other posters listed and saw many references to <Iliad>. Strange or not but I connect it more with my students readings (I mean it is 100 pct classic and thought I am formally wrong It is the last book I will call fantasy or fantastic).And BTW Journey to Ixtlan – is claimed to be non fiction but RL reportage.Now About Dostoyevski<The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.>A short fantasy tale that once won in an improvised contest during the Spring feast in my town was:<A son wake up one morning and told to his mother:- My dream is to become a labourer some day.- It is very good my son.>It was first discarded but then the jury found it not only fantastic but quite unrealistic. :)Whatever. I should not do that. Listing top 20 is not my cup of tee anyway. You may discard mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automne Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 LOTR JRR TolkienDune Frank HerbertASOIAF George MartinThe Little Prince Antoine de Saint-ExuperyThe Long Price Daniel AbrahamBlack Man Richard MorganThe Lions of Al-Rassan Guy Gavriel KayDo Androids dream of electric sheep? Philip K. DickThe Dispossessed Ursula Le GuinLord of Light Roger ZelaznyThe Riddle-master Patricia McKillip Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Susanna ClarkeThe Anubis Gate Tim PowersThe Ice People (La Nuit des Temps) René BarjavelLyonnesse Jack VanceThe Picture of Dorian Grey Oscar WildeFlowers for Algernon Daniel KeyesThe Dark is rising Susan CooperFrankenstein Mary ShelleyThe Princess Bride William Goldmanedited to add Shelley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow catlady Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 TLotR TolkienASoIaF GRRMThe Dispossessed Ursula K. LeGuinThe Silmarillion TolkienThe Handmaid's Tale Margaret AtwoodEnder's Game Orson Scott CardCat's Cradle Kurt VonnegutPlanet of Exile Ursula K. LeGuinA Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'EngleAnother Roadside Attraction Tom RobbinsGood Omens Gaiman/ PratchettOryx and Crake Margaret AtwoodThe Blue Sword Robin McKinleyHis Dark Materials Phillip PullmanConfessions of an Ugly Stepsister Gregory MaguireThe Road Cormac McCarthyThe Year of the Flood Margaret AtwoodThe Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. LeGuinThe Forbidden Tower Marion Zimmer BradleyPeter Pan J.M. Barrie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiseFool Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 tough...Ender's Game - [Ender's Series] - Orson Scott CardA Storm of Swords - [A Song of Ice and Fire] - George RR Martin [The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant] - Stephen Donaldson [The Gap Series] - Stephen Donaldson[Wheel of Time] – Robert JordanKafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami Dune - Frank Herbert [The Tapestry of Fionavar] - Guy Gavriel KayHyperion - [Hyperion Cantos] - Dan SimmonsCryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson [Chronicles of Amber] - Roger Zelazny Small Gods - [Discworld Series] - Terry Pratchett[The Acts of Caine] - Matthew Stover[The Long Price Quartet] - Daniel Abraham 1984- George Orwell [The Liveship Traders] - Robin HobbDeadhouse Gates - [Malazan Books of the Fallen] - Steven EriksonDead Beat - [Dresden Files] - Jim ButcherFlowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes River of Gods - Ian McDonald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokisnow Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Dune Frank HerbertEnder's Game Orson Scott CardHarry Potter series JK RowlingDiscworld Terry PratchettSpeaker for the Dead Orson Scott CardJonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Susanna ClarkeWild Seed Octavia ButlerLord of the Rings JRR TolkienThe Dark is Rising Susan CooperThe Lord of the Flies William GoldingThe Stand Stephen KingA Song of Ice and Fire George RR MartinThe Giver Lois LowryStarship Troopers Robert HeinleinPrince of Nothing Scott R BakkerShadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz ZafonThe Liveship Traders Robin HobbThe Road Cormac McCarthyKafka on the Shore Haruki MurakamiAmerican Gods Neil Gaiman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vrana Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 The Giver Lois LowryVery interesting choice, It hadn't even occured to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratatoskr Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 This is a list I'm posting on behalf of my girlfriend, in accordance with the rules about lists from non-board members. Do not confuse this with my list from page one of the thread. This is my grilfriend's list, not mine. This is important to me. This is the list of MY GIRLFRIEND. My better half. My spouse. My fiancée. My significant other. The love of my life. My soulmate. My consort. The apple of my eye. THE MISSUS. You got that? Have I made myself clear? THIS IS NOT MY LIST! Right? RIGHT?OK then.And no snark. Yeah, I'm looking at YOU!And in case she reads this: I love you darling. And I love your list. Thanks for leaving off Meyer.Here we go:The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter Series by Joanne K. RowlingThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDie unendliche Geschichte [The Neverending Story] by Michael EndeA Song Of Ice And Fire by George R.R. MartinKabalmysteriet [The Solitaire Mystery] by Jostein GaarderThe Name Of The Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Farseer trilogy by Robin HobbThe Neschan trilogy by Ralf IsauThe Good Fairies of New York by Martin MillarFool On The Hill by Matt Ruff The Kitty Norville series by Carrie VaughnHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Painted Man by Peter V. BrettThe Alanna series by Tamora PierceDracula by Bram StokerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeWatership Down by Richard AdamsThe Riddle Master trilogy by Patricia A. McKillip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falagar Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Silmarillion by TolkienBaudolino by Umberto EcoThe Darkness That Comes Before by BakkerLions of Al-Rassan by G.G. Kay1984 by OrwellLook to Windward by Banks*added: One Hundred Years of Solitude by MarquesThe Road by McCarthySnow Crash by StephensonEnder's Game by Orson Scott CardIron Council by China MiévilleSandman by Neil GaimanA Song of Ice and FireFoundation and Empire by Asimovthe Alice-stories by Lewis CarrolDeadhouse Gates by Steven EriksonNight Watch by Terry PratchettSirens of Titan by Kurt VonnegutFarseer-triology by Robin HobbDune by Frank HerbertEdit: Left out ancient authors (Plato, Homer and Rumi would certainly be up there, as well as th unknown author(s) of Gilgamesh and of the Gisle Sursson-saga). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wastrel Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 I think I'll probably call a halt to this at the end of (my) tomorrow. I'm really getting bored of not being able to do anything because I'm waiting for a small handful of votes every day. There's no reason why we really need 100 votes, and we're almost there anyway - we could well get there tomorrow.A note: it's interesting how much effect reading votes seems to have on voters. Certain books definitely have had big runs followed by silence. An example: "One Hundred Years of Solitude" was massive early on, but now hasn't been seen in dozens of pages. "American Gods" rose from nowhere to a dominating streak at one point. And so on.EDIT: OK Falagar, did you go back in time and make that post, or did you just prophesy which book I'd mention by name as not having been voted for in ages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormund Ukrainesbane Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Lord of the Rings - TolkienASOIAF - GRRMPlanet of Adventure - Jack VanceHitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas AdamsDreamsongs - GRRMWarlord Trilogy - Bernard CornwellConan Chronicles - Robert E HowardDresden Files - Jim Butcher (screw you guys, my list)Demon Princes - Jack VanceFevre Dream - GRRMThe Silmarillion - TolkienWatchmen - Allen MooreThe Once and Future King - T.H. WhiteLies of Locke Lamora - Scott LynchFirst Law Trilogy - Joe AbercrombieName of the Wind - Patrick RothfussThe Stand - Stephen KingHarry Potter - JK RowlingAssassin Trillogy - Robin HobbOld Man's War - John Scalzi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_P Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Memories of Ice - Steven EriksonA Storm of Swords - George RR MartinHyperion - Dan SimmonsLucifer's Hammer - Larry Niven/Jerry PournelleLegend - David GemmellReality Dysfunction - Peter F. HamiltonSnow Crash - Neal StephensonDune - Frank HerbertPrince of Spring - Daniel AbrahamsonDead Beat - Jim ButcherMaker of Universes - Philip Jose FarmerConan - Robert E HowardBlack Company - Glen CookSea of Silver Light - Tad WilliamsCry of the Newborn - James BarclayWell of Ascension - Brandon SandersonAltered Carbon - Richard MorganThe Road - Cormack McCarthyNeuromancer - William GibsonWinterbirth - Brian RuckleyFar too limiting, leaving out a ton of really good books from Abercrombie, Asimov, Vance, Jordan, Weber, Coe, Kenyon, Simon Green, etc, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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