Well, you've seen the quote in my left hand column, right? Where it says 'Quotations" :-) I don't believe in objective rating of literature, but as for me, former English professor, I rate Sandman as the best piece of literature written in English in the 20th century. Not so wild about the Marketplace stuff. I wish I could find some smut that was really effective for me other than the really intense fanfic in my head (the stuff I won't ever write). I have to confess an occastional read of the Beauty books is enjoyable, but they certainly wouldn't be part of a fifteen book collection.
Can I count a tetralogy as one book? Well, it's actually two long books printed as separate books, so 11 and 12 (after the Sandman) would be Dan Simmons Hyperion Cantos, 13) would be Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, 14) would possibly be Marge Piercy's He, She, and It, and 15) Tim Powers' Stress of Her Regard (that order is random, not by preference). Damn, but I'd miss Tim's Fisher King trilogy (Last Call, Expiration Date, and Earthquake Weather), but Stress of Her Regard is about the Romantic poets, so it wins.
Normally I'd be italicizing these titles. I'm relly sleepy.
Can I count a tetralogy as one book? Well, it's actually two long books printed as separate books, so 11 and 12 (after the Sandman) would be Dan Simmons Hyperion Cantos, 13) would be Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, 14) would possibly be Marge Piercy's He, She, and It, and 15) Tim Powers' Stress of Her Regard (that order is random, not by preference). Damn, but I'd miss Tim's Fisher King trilogy (Last Call, Expiration Date, and Earthquake Weather), but Stress of Her Regard is about the Romantic poets, so it wins.
Normally I'd be italicizing these titles. I'm relly sleepy.
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