Meme time

[kengr]

The SF & Fantasy book thing. Swiped from gridlore and kightp.



Books I've read in bold.

Science Fiction Novels
Dune, Frank Herbert
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert A. Heinlein
The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimovonly the original
Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller Jr
Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card I did read the magazine stories it wsas based on
Hyperion, Dan Simmons
Gateway, Frederik Pohl
The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
Neuromancer, William Gibson
Startide Rising, David Brin
The Time Machine, H.G. Wells
The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin
Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
Downbelow Station, C.J. Cherryh
Ringworld, Larry Niven
2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke
The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
The Mote in God's Eye, Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
Way Station, Clifford D. Simak
Star Maker, Olaf Stapledon
Dying Inside, Robert Silverberg
The City and the Stars, Arthur C. Clarke
Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany not on a bet
Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
City, Clifford D. Simak
Cyteen, C.J. Cherryh
Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
Double Star, Robert A. Heinlein
Earth Abides, George R. Stewart
The Door Into Summer, Robert A. Heinlein
Last and First Men, Olaf Stapledon
Ubik, Philip K. Dick
Norstrilia, Cordwainer Smith
The Witches of Karres, James H. Schmitz
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
Have Space Suit -- Will Travel, Robert A. Heinlein
Time Enough for Love, Robert A. Heinlein
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
The Gods Themselves, Isaac Asimov
"Riverworld" series, Philip Jose Farmer

Fantasy Novels
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
"Earthsea" series, Ursula K. Le Guin
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
"Gormenghast" series, Mervyn Peake
The Once and Future King, T.H. White
Little, Big, John Crowley
Nine Princes in Amber, Roger ZelaznyAnd the rest of the series
"The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant", Stephen R. DonaldsonAnd never will again!!
Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
"The Belgariad", David Eddings
The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
The Anubis Gates, Tim Powers
"The Dying Earth" series, Jack Vance
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum
Dracula, Bram Stoker
The Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle
The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradleygave up after severasl attempts to start it
The Stand, Stephen King
Watership Down, Richard Adams
The Riddle-Master of Hed, Patricia A. McKillipNot sure. If I did, it was a *long* time ago
The Worm Ouroboros, E.R. Eddison
Glory Road, Robert A. Heinlein
Mythago Wood, Robert Holdstock
"Alvin Maker" series, Orson Scott Card
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
Witch World, Andre Norton
"The Fionavar Tapestry", Guy Gavriel Kay
Deryni Rising, Katherine Kurtz
"Discworld" series, Terry Pratchett
"Elric" series, Michael Moorcocksome of them
Replay, Ken Grimwood
Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury
"Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" series, Fritz Leiber
The Incomplete Enchanter, Fletcher Pratt & L. Sprague de Campand the story that wasn't in that book

Comments

Day-um!

[lolleeroberts.livejournal.com]

Uh, you've got a couple of unbold spots in SF there, Shadow.

Seriously, I'm impressed.

Re: Day-um!

[lolleeroberts.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I meant to add "AOL" to the Thomas Covenant books. Were they not a waste of paper?

Re: Day-um!

[kengr]

The story wasn't *that* bad. Except for the so-called "protagonist".

and it turns out the messed up tag was in the SF section. Not quite as overwhelming now, is it?

And there are a few more besides Hyperion that I don't know if I'll ever bother reading.

Re: Day-um!

[lolleeroberts.livejournal.com]

I always pictured Donaldson sitting at the typewriter with a Roget's in his hand, yelling "I've got a thesaurus and I'm not afraid to use it!" I kept reading because I just couldn't believe that he could take such good concepts and ideas and screw them up so badly. The Blood Guard and the Giants were incredibly inspired, but the language! Ack! And I understand the concept of the antihero, but Covenant was such a wishywashy mess. It's been twenty years and I still want the days I wasted on those books back.

Re: Day-um!

[kengr]

Well, being a fast reader helps sometimes. :-)

Re: Day-um!

[kengr]

Re read this list in a bit. Looks like I got a bold tag or two messed up in the Fantasy section.

And actually, I'd *planned* to read all the non-bold SF except maybe Hyperion. But since I just stumbled across an ebook version, I might as well give it a glance.