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Scott Laz |
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Uber User Posts: 263 Location: Gunnison, Colorado | Apologies if this has already been brought up in the forums, but just in case this hasn't been noted yet... A new sequel of sorts to Pringle's 100 Best Novels is due out in April 2012--Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul de Filippo. Here's the description on Amazon: "Inspired by David Pringle's landmark 1985 work Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, this volume supplements the earlier selection with the present authors' choices for the best English-language science fiction novels during the past quarter century. Employing a critical slant, the book provides a discussion of the novels and the writers in the context of popular literature. Moreover, each entry features a cover image of the novel, a plot synopsis, and a mini review, making it an ideal go-to guide for anyone wanting to become reacquainted with an old favorite or to discover a previously unknown treasure. With a foreword by David Pringle, this invaluable reference is sure to provoke conversation and debates among sci-fi fans and devotees." As a big fan of Pringle's book (his tastes match mine pretty well), I'm really looking forward to this, as I try to catch up after mostly being away from the SF world since the mid-80s. | ||
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Admin Posts: 4003 Location: Dallas, Texas | This is the first I've heard of this book - what a great idea. We'll certainly be adding the book and the list to the site when it comes out. Thanks for the heads up! | ||
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Veteran Posts: 207 | Looking forward to it! | ||
Scott Laz |
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Uber User Posts: 263 Location: Gunnison, Colorado | This book isn't quite out yet, but I just stumbled across the table of contents at the publisher's web site: The Handmaids Tale (1985) 13 Enders Game (1985) 16 Radio Free Albemuth (1985) 19 Always Coming Home (1985) 21 This Is the Way the World Ends (1985) 24 Galpagos (1985) 27 The Falling Woman (1986) 30 The Shore of Women (1986) 32 A Door Into Ocean (1986) 35 Soldiers of Paradise (1987) 38 Life During Wartime (1987) 41 The Sea and Summer (1987) 44 Cyteen (1988) 47 Neverness (1988) 50 The Steerswoman (1989) 53 Grass (1989) 56 Use of Weapons (1990) 58 Queen of Angels (1990) 61 Barrayar (1991) 64 Synners (1991) 67 Sarah Canary (1991) 70 White Queen (1991) 73 Eternal Light (1991) 76 Stations of the Tide (1991) 79 Timelike Infinity (1992) 82 Dead Girls (1992) 85 Jumper (1992) 87 China Mountain Zhang (1992) 89 Red Mars (1992) 91 A Fire Upon the Deep (1992) 94 Aristoi (1992) 97 Doomsday Book (1992) 100 Parable of the Sower (1993) 103 Ammonite (1993) 105 Chimera (1993) 107 Nightside the Long Sun (1993) 109 Brittle Innings (1994) 113 Permutation City (1994) 115 Blood (1994) 118 Mother of Storms (1995) 121 Sailing Bright Eternity (1995) 124 Galatea 2.2 (1995) 127 The Diamond Age (1995) 130 The Transmigration of Souls (1996) 133 The Fortunate Fall (1996) 135 The Sparrow/Children of God (1996/1998) 138 Holy Fire (1996) 141 Night Lamp (1996) 143 In the Garden of Iden (1997) 146 Forever Peace (1997) 149 Glimmering (1997) 152 As She Climbed Across the Table (1997) 154 The Cassini Division (1998) 156 Bloom (1998) 159 Vast (1998) 162 The Golden Globe (1998) 165 Headlong (1999) 168 Cave of Stars (1999) 170 Genesis (2000) 173 Super-Cannes (2000) 176 Under the Skin (2000) 179 Perdido Street Station (2000) 182 Distance Haze (2000) 185 Revelation Space trilogy (2000) 188 Salt (2000) 190 Ventus (2001) 192 The Cassandra Complex (2001) 195 Light (2002) 198 Altered Carbon (2002) 201 The Separation (2002) 203 The Golden Age (2002) 205 The Time Travelers Wife (2003) 208 Natural History (2003) 211 The Labyrinth Key / Spears of God 214 River of Gods (2004) 217 The Plot Against America (2004) 220 Never Let Me Go (2005) 223 The House of Storms (2005) 226 Counting Heads (2005) 229 Air (Or, Have Not Have) (2005) 231 Accelerando (2005) 234 Spin (2005) 237 My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time (2006) 240 The Road (2006) 243 Temeraire /His Majestys Dragon (2006) 245 Blindsight (2006) 248 HARM (2007) 251 The Yiddish Policemens Union (2007) 253 The Secret City (2007) 255 In War Times (2007) 257 Postsingular (2007) 260 Shadow of the Scorpion (2008) 263 The Hunger Games trilogy (2008-2010) 265 Little Brother (2008) 268 The Alchemy of Stone (2008) 271 The Windup Girl (2009) 273 Steal Across the Sky(2009) 275 Boneshaker (2009) 277 Zoo City (2010) 280 Zero History (2010) 283 The Quantum Thief (2010) 286 | ||
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Admin Posts: 4003 Location: Dallas, Texas | Looks like a pretty good list to me. We're shy 22 of these books: Radio Free Albemuth (1985)
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Veteran Posts: 207 | +1 for adding this list. | ||
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Emil |
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Uber User Posts: 237 Location: Grootfontein, Namibia | Good to see a few favorites of mine featuring, such as "Always Coming Home" and "Zoo City." I'm also very glad about the inclusion of "Long Sun." This seems to be a decent and worthy reference to add to any SF collection. | ||
Scott Laz |
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Uber User Posts: 263 Location: Gunnison, Colorado | I'm glad to see you guys thought the list was pretty good. I was hoping for a good guide to this period in which I didn't follow the field much. Interesting that they were able to follow Pringle's example of starting with a book well known to the mainstream (1984 for Pringle; Handmaid's Tale here). | ||
Engelbrecht |
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Uber User Posts: 454 | Scott, that's a pretty interesting list, thanks for posting it! Perhaps the most noticeable thing about it is it's diversity. The editors depart from the Pringle approach and allow an author only a single work, thereby listing 101 different authors! This contributes to the fact that some higher profile works are omitted in favor of less notable ones. Many many award winning books are missing (only 10 out of 26 Hugo winners made the cut, 8 Nebula winners, 5 BSFA, 7 Locus SF and 8 Clarke). In fact, 42 of the books weren't even nominated for any award at all. Of these 101 books, I've read 62 of them, ranking 26 of those as being average or less (24 were 7/10, Galatea 2.2 was a 6/10 and Distance Haze was a 5/10). Perhaps the most notable omission is Dan Simmons' Hyperion. Some other authors that I would have liked to see represented are Vonda N. McIntyre, Sheri S. Tepper and Jo Walton. But that's what makes these lists fun! My favorite quirky inclusion is Richard Calder's outrageous Dead Girls. @Dave: I'm another who'd like to see this list added when you can. BTW, you're only shy 21 books: Vonnegut's Galapagos is here, as is The Sea and Summer (which is the original title of Turner's Drowning Towers), but Sedia's The Alchemy of Stone is missing. | ||
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Admin Posts: 4003 Location: Dallas, Texas | Boo-yah! My thanks to jynnandtonnyx for getting those last 20 or so books into the DB. By the way, Scott Laz posted an excellent review of the book the other day which was the impetous for getting this knocked out. I'll be posting his review in the blog tomorrow now that the list is done. Enjoy! | ||
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Veteran Posts: 207 | Awesome! | ||
Emil |
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Uber User Posts: 237 Location: Grootfontein, Namibia | Must admit, with this list and Pringle's original, it makes for one awesome, representative and yummy collection! | ||
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Admin Posts: 4003 Location: Dallas, Texas | Emil - 2012-06-21 1:57 AM Must admit, with this list and Pringle's original, it makes for one awesome, representative and yummy collection! @Emil: If you read through the Pringle list and then through this new one you'd have a pretty good grasp of the genre by the end and an impressive collection of SF on your shelf! | ||
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