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charlesdee
Posted 2011-09-01 2:41 PM (#2631 - in reply to #1750)
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How about David Ohle? Motorman. The Age of Sinatra, The Pisstown Chaos. Loosely a trilogy.
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nate1234
Posted 2011-09-02 1:28 AM (#2632 - in reply to #2631)
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against a dark background by iain m banks
(sf but not culture series)
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gallyangel
Posted 2011-09-07 12:51 AM (#2634 - in reply to #1750)
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It's good to see Crichton on the list. My personal favorite is Sphere.

Have anyone asked about the chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander? The book of three, the black caldron, the high king - they're classics in fantasy. And hey, just looking them up for this post, I found out that Alexander wrote a sixth Prydain book, re-released in 2006 - The Foundling and other tales of Prydain. I had no idea. I'd just knew about the five main books.

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Posted 2011-09-07 8:04 AM (#2637 - in reply to #2634)
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gallyangel - 2011-09-07 12:51 AM It's good to see Crichton on the list. My personal favorite is Sphere. Have anyone asked about the chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander? The book of three, the black caldron, the high king - they're classics in fantasy. And hey, just looking them up for this post, I found out that Alexander wrote a sixth Prydain book, re-released in 2006 - The Foundling and other tales of Prydain. I had no idea. I'd just knew about the five main books.

I've never heard of LLoyd Alexander so I looked him up.  Looks like his books are more kids/tweens, 9-12, but I have been putting a few younger than Young Adult books in so I'll likely add these too.  We're going to have to do something about the YA and younger books though to differentiate them from the adult books first.  I'll have to noodle on that.

The Crichton books have been added as well as a bunch of the other books in this thread.  I'll post the updated list tonight or tomorrow. 

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Posted 2011-09-07 8:09 AM (#2638 - in reply to #1750)
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Do none of the major awards have a YA category?
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Posted 2011-09-07 8:39 AM (#2639 - in reply to #2638)
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charlesdee - 2011-09-07 8:09 AM Do none of the major awards have a YA category?

Hugo does.  It's one that I've been keen to add to the site too.  Just haven't found the time yet.

What I think we'll end up doing is adding a few more categories for books.  I want to split Horror out from Fantas so we can have sub-genres for those.  Right now they're all just lumped in as Dark Fantasy.  Then create Young Adult and Youth? categories so you can sort for just those books. 

The more I think about it the more I like having some younger books in the database to help parents find books to start their kids on genre fiction.  My 10 year old daughter just picked up The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making and she's excited to be reading a book from daddy's web site.  I have to admit I'm excited too.

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Posted 2011-09-07 6:54 PM (#2640 - in reply to #2639)
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List Update:

 

 

My thanks to jynnantonnyx for doing the data entry on the last batch!  I'll start a new list with the last few you guys have submitted.  Keep 'em coming!


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nate1234
Posted 2011-09-08 5:23 AM (#2641 - in reply to #2640)
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a clockwork rocket by greg egan
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Emil
Posted 2011-09-10 2:16 AM (#2642 - in reply to #2641)
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Speaking of Greg Egan, there is an accessible collection of short stories by him, originally published in 1995(?) and then again reissued in 2008 named "Axiomatic" that is a considerably easier introduction to his work than any of his other novels. Anyone who wants to comprehend Egan's artistry and audacity needs to read this collection.
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Rhondak101
Posted 2011-09-10 9:03 AM (#2643 - in reply to #2638)
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The Mythopoetic Awards (which I know is on Dave's list to add) has a YA category that started in 1992.

http://www.mythsoc.org/awards/fantasy/
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Posted 2011-09-10 9:25 AM (#2644 - in reply to #2643)
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Rhondak101 - 2011-09-10 9:03 AM The Mythopoetic Awards (which I know is on Dave's list to add) has a YA category that started in 1992. http://www.mythsoc.org/awards/fantasy/

I've not gotten very far with the Mythopoetic Awards because of the convention and other site updates etc. but you're right - they split the award into 2 categories in 1992. They call the category "Children's".  I wonder how they define it?  It looks like a mix of YA and children's to me. 

I've got 96 books left to add for the adult list and 95 for the children's.  Egads!

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nate1234
Posted 2011-09-10 9:29 AM (#2645 - in reply to #1750)
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i think this is all the gene wolfe still missing:

Novels:

Operation Ares (1970)
The Devil in a Forest (1976)
Castleview (1990)
Pandora, By Holly Hollander (1990)

Story collections:

The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories (1980)
Storeys from the Old Hotel (1988)
Endangered Species (1989)
Castle of Days (1992)
Strange Travelers (2000)
Innocents Aboard (2004)
Starwater Strains (2005)
The Best of Gene Wolfe (2009)
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htaccess
Posted 2011-09-11 6:47 PM (#2646 - in reply to #1750)
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nate1234: Not sure a clockwork rocket by greg egan can be considered overlooked as its pretty new, I'm hoping it won't be overlooked
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Posted 2011-09-22 6:13 PM (#2676 - in reply to #2610)
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nate1234 - 2011-08-28 5:19 PM vortex by robert charles wilson lovecraft?

The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft The Road to Madness The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
The Watchers Out of Time At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror The Lurking Fear and Other Stories The Horror in the Museum
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gallyangel
Posted 2011-09-23 11:19 PM (#2678 - in reply to #2676)
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How about: Don't Panic The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion by Neil Gaiman. Two points: the whole six part trilogy is part of the database and Gaiman has contributed how many books to this database?

Two pennies drop.
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nate1234
Posted 2011-10-12 10:15 PM (#2714 - in reply to #1750)
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eyes of the dragon by stephen king?
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Posted 2011-10-13 12:18 AM (#2715 - in reply to #2714)
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nate1234 - 2011-10-12 10:15 PM eyes of the dragon by stephen king?

We just added a ton of Stephen King books as part of the Bram Stoker Award but not Eyes of the Dragon which happens to be the only Stephen King book I've ever read.

Now that the Stoker is up and running I'll start getting some of these books added.  I've got some catching up to do!

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gallyangel
Posted 2011-10-23 1:42 AM (#2752 - in reply to #1750)
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Cherie Priest, her clockwork century series is expanding to five books. So says her website.

Fiddlehead (steampunk: fall 2013, Tor)
Inexplicable (steampunk: fall 2012, Tor)
Ganymede, Tor Books 2011
Dreadnought, Tor Books 2010
Boneshaker, Tor Books 2009

She's just-a pounding that keyboard. You go, girl.

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gallyangel
Posted 2011-10-23 1:47 AM (#2753 - in reply to #1750)
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Frederik Pohl

The gateway trip: tales and vignettes of the heechee

this one seems to be left out.
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gallyangel
Posted 2011-10-23 2:00 AM (#2754 - in reply to #1750)
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You've got Dracula in the system. How could you not when dealing with horror? So how about the sequel from an actual Stoker descendant. It's the right time of year for it.

Dracula: the Un-dead by Dacre Stoker

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Posted 2011-11-05 3:47 PM (#2773 - in reply to #2754)
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gallyangel
Posted 2011-11-05 11:39 PM (#2774 - in reply to #2773)
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How about the rest of the Professor Challenger stories by Doyle? You already have the lost world and the poison belt in the database. Doyle only has three other Challenger stories: when the world screamed, the disintegration machine, and the land of mist. I think it's interesting SF from the 20ies, which shows where SF and science was then.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbook...

This book contains those three. Or there are books which contain all of the challenger stories.

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risbom
Posted 2011-11-06 2:34 PM (#2775 - in reply to #1750)
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Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Steven Barnes: Legacy of Heorot.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Legacy-of-Heorot-ebook/dp/B004Q9TC8C/ref=...

It's neither my favor book nor my favor subgenre, but its well written and fun read. Probably it could be in Larry Niven page. It's about isolated colony somewhere in space fighting alien monster. But this alien could really eat for breakfast one from Cameron movie.
I like most the cover for Kindle.
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gallyangel
Posted 2011-11-07 6:25 PM (#2777 - in reply to #2775)
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The earthsea cycle by Le Guin is incomplete. Tales of Earthsea is missing. The cycle is six books not five.

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Posted 2011-11-08 1:06 AM (#2778 - in reply to #2777)
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Excellent! Axiomatic is in, so now I can read it
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