Comments | nwhyte: Guardian books: SF and Fantasy

nwhyte

Guardian books: SF and Fantasy

Jan 22, 2009 21:04

Too many favourites on here to pick any in particular. Not surprisingly I score better here than on any three of the previous lists combined, with 85 out of 149 books that I have read and also most of Pratchett (though he’s not quite as prolific as Balzac). Indeed, I have reviewed no fewer than 38 of these at greater or lesser length on line, and ( Read more... )

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livii January 22 2009, 20:19:24 UTC

Very odd list - I don't read a lot of sci-fi/fantasy but I did decently on this list. Very lit-focused. Didn't have time to actually fill out any of the others, but again, some I've seen in movie format as well, or I've read other works by the author.

bopeepsheep January 22 2009, 20:22:58 UTC

I think the poll can't cope with the numbers - it seems to have picked up mummimamma's vote for Orlando but not mine (if I go to Fill Out Poll all my ticks after Neal Stephenson have gone, and I've done it twice now).

nwhyte January 22 2009, 21:40:14 UTC

Hmph. It gives up on me after Tolkien - so only 79 ticks instead of the full 85! No doubt this is a shortcoming of the LJ polling mechanisms.

bopeepsheep January 22 2009, 21:47:19 UTC

I've read 95, it is showing 79 for me too. :(

matgb January 22 2009, 22:56:32 UTC

Well, it is supposed to be a maximum of 15 per poll. I still think LJs polling is better than any other online implementation I've seen.

Loads in there that I still haven't got around to, the Heinlein is in the pile from the library next to the bed now. Would've read it, but they're too efficient at ordering my Stross and Macleod books in.

tamaranth January 22 2009, 20:43:16 UTC

Damn, I lost count. But impressed to see non-genre Literature of the Fantastic on the list -- Hilary Mantel in particular, but also mundane tales of nastiness such as The Wasp Factory, Ingenious Pain, Lolly Willowes. (Also: yay Bold as Love!) The list is definitely geared towards the literary end of the genre, though of course it also includes the massively popular titles that, omitted, would spark squawks of protest.

lasultrix January 22 2009, 22:09:32 UTC

Ingenious Pain is interesting in that there's no hint of SF (if I recall correctly) until halfway through. His condition is very unusual, to be sure, but it does exist.

jdigital January 22 2009, 21:29:03 UTC

I feel very under-read now: only Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Hobbit, and two Discworld novels.

raycun January 22 2009, 21:29:16 UTC

65, I think it was...