tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post114269834756616905..comments2024-03-17T11:05:22.885-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Science Fiction Novel ListJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-1143052721725027382006-03-22T12:38:00.000-06:002006-03-22T12:38:00.000-06:00Great list of books. I love science fiction but a...Great list of books. I love science fiction but am ashamed to say there are only about 5 books on that list that I've read. There are more authors on the list than that whose books I have read, however.Carl V. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-1142888564532196302006-03-20T15:02:00.000-06:002006-03-20T15:02:00.000-06:00Not an overwhelmingly modern list, at that, but no...Not an overwhelmingly modern list, at that, but no more representative of All That's Good than any other exercise like this...this list likes THE UPANISHADS rather than REPUBLIC or THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH among arguable proto-sf, and that's hardly the only arguable inclusion. Though there's only one writer I've not heard of, there are a number of things I haven't read, or (such as DUNE) finished...but any such list that leaves off, say, Joanna Russ's THE FEMALE MAN but includes Asimov's barely-disguised short story collection I, ROBOT ain't really my list, as important as some of those short stories are...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-1142739470154828082006-03-18T21:37:00.000-06:002006-03-18T21:37:00.000-06:00I've read 24 that I'm sure of. I've also seen the...I've read 24 that I'm sure of. I've also seen the movies made from about 10 others, Not bad for someone who is a casual s-f reader.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-1142722202733778362006-03-18T16:50:00.000-06:002006-03-18T16:50:00.000-06:0046. Now, the big question: how many people claim t...46. <BR/><BR/>Now, the big question: how many people claim to have actually finished <I>Dhalgren</I>?JD Rhoadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123361739160525998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-1142718104831003162006-03-18T15:41:00.000-06:002006-03-18T15:41:00.000-06:00I counted 56 books that I've read in the list, not...I counted 56 books that I've read in the list, not all of which I would recommend. Interesting nevertheless.James Lincoln Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09666160495434980653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-1142717738813472372006-03-18T15:35:00.000-06:002006-03-18T15:35:00.000-06:00Coincidentally, I've also read 22 of the total. So...Coincidentally, I've also read 22 of the total. Some terrific books on the list. Also a surprising number I'd never even heard of, which just goes to show out of touch with modern SF I am.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com