Most Significant SF & Fantasy Book

[rich]

I've read 10 of these

no Charles Beaumont? Kavan's Ice?

Doris Lessing for christ sakes?

rich

On 11/15/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50
> Years, 1953-2002
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> 1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
> 2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
> 3. Dune, Frank Herbert
> 4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
> 5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
> 6. Neuromancer, William Gibson
> 7. Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
> 8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K.
> Dick
> 9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
> 10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
> 11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
> 12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
> 13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
> 14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
> 15. Cities in Flight, James Blish
> 16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
> 17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
> 18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
> 19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
> 20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
> 21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
> 22. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
> 23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the
> Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
> 24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
> 25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl
> 26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K.
> Rowling
> 27. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas
> Adams
> 28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
> 29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
> 30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
> 31. Little, Big, John Crowley
> 32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
> 33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
> 34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
> 35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
> 36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
> 37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
> 38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
> 39. Ringworld, Larry Niven
> 40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
> 41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
> 42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
> 43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
> 44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
> 45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
> 46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
> 47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
> 48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
> 49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
> 50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer
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