[DemforBush]

I found the list of selections quite interesting. Many of the choices are spot-on, IMHO. A few are definitely not (also IMHO). Thought it would be kind of fun to see what everyone thinks of the choices.

[DemforBush]

BTW, for the printer-friendly version of the listing, you can go to this link:

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/09/139248590/top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books

[COBOL2Java]

Didn’t find one of my favorites in there, “The Lathe of Heaven”.

[COBOL2Java]

Another one not in there: "The Nitrogen Fix"

[SERKIT]

Audacity of Hope
Dreams from My Father

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I’m not going to look at the list again, but I think that “The Mote In God’s Eye” ranked in the 60s. Too low IMO. If Spielberg were smart, he’d make movies of this. It would appeal to the young and old, as did :Star Wars,”

[MeganC]

My fave isn’t in there.

“A Winter’s Tale”

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[Kleon]

Only one Philip K Dick book made the top 100? I’m a little surprised by that.

[GSWarrior]

Tales of the Dying Earth by Jack Vance is not on the list.

[icwhatudo]

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I read a sci-fi book about 20+ years ago (book was probably older than that though) about earths future where there are all different guilds. One guild was low in numbers and the need for them was apparently ending (or so people thought). They were the watchers who kept a vigil for an invasion. The main character was one of these final watchers who, to the best of my memory, pushed a hot dog cart looking thing around that he later used to signal the invasion was coming from tear dropped shaped ships. (I think he may have made a false alarm at one point before the real invasion) Thats about all I can remember. Hope it rings a bell with some sci-fi types.

[ixtl]

As you said, an interesting list. I have been reading Science Fiction (and to a lesser extent, Fantasy) since I was about 12; I am now in my 70s, and still enjoy a good yarn.

[endthematrix]

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[mnehring]

btt

[6SJ7]

Glad to see “Old Man’s War”, by John Scalzi, made the list. This book got me going as a big Scalzi fan. My faviorite of his, not on the list, is “The Android’s Dream”. “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep”, by Philip Dick, did make the list. “Android’s Dream” is a nod to the Philip Dick original as a particular variety of sheep in the story (it gets pretty strange) is called “The Android’s Dream”.

[Zathras]

Zathras knows which is favorite but only tell Zathras

[buccaneer81]

Only the NPR crowd would put Margaret Atwood on that list.

[gorush]

I didn’t see “Macroscope” by Piers Anthony...this list is BS!

[Ciexyz]

Glad to see that Robert E. Howard made the list for his Conan stories. I also admire his Solomon Kane stories.

[DefeatCorruption]

The Passage.

[Krankor]

#38 Flowers for Algernon is the best short story ever written. You can read it here here and judge for yourself.