Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

No HPL? Only one PKD? Well ...

And "Animal Farm" is, imo, neither Fantasy nor SciFi, yet a (cheap) 
political parable.

But while we're at it: Is Ursula Le Guin an author you would recommend? 
And if so:
Are "The Dispossessed" and "The Left Hand of Darkness" good books to 
start with?

"The abyss, it seems, had shelving shores of dry land at certain places, 
but the Old Ones built their new city under water --- no doubt because 
of its greater certainty of uniform warmth. The depth of the hidden sea 
appears to have been very great, so that the earth's internal heat could 
ensure its habitability for an indefinite period. The beings seemed to 
have no trouble in adapting themselves to part-time --- and eventually, 
of course, whole-time --- residence under water, since they had never 
allowed their gill systems to atrophy. There were many sculptures which 
showed how they had always frequently visited their submarine kinsfolk 
elsewhere, and how they had habitually bathed on the deep bottom of 
their great river. The darkness of inner earth could likewise have been 
no deterrent to a race accustomed to long antarctic nights."
H.P. Lovecraft: At the Mountains of Madness (online for free at 
manybooks.net)

On 11.08.2011 23:48, Dave Monroe wrote:

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