tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post372883412509793386..comments2024-01-30T12:46:10.810-05:00Comments on Yappa Ding Ding: 50 Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy - er, 42Yappahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18126433451905766475noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-65280974490838434742007-04-05T13:23:00.000-04:002007-04-05T13:23:00.000-04:00oh yes, and "Last and First Men"by Olaf Stapledon....oh yes, and "Last and First Men"<BR/>by Olaf Stapledon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-53388797775707126342007-04-05T13:22:00.000-04:002007-04-05T13:22:00.000-04:00Lots I haven't read there, so thanks.I'd add these...Lots I haven't read there, so thanks.<BR/>I'd add these three:<BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beggars_in_Spain" REL="nofollow">Beggars in Spain</A> (trilogy) - Nancy Kress<BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer" REL="nofollow">Neuromancer</A> - William Gibson (include because, however, flawed, it did change a whole lot of science fiction<BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenogenesis" REL="nofollow">Xenogenesis Trilogy (Lilith's Brood)</A> - Octavia Butler. The best attempt I've read to imagine what a really different culture might be like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-35140664877693638472007-04-05T12:26:00.000-04:002007-04-05T12:26:00.000-04:00Ah Shoshana is back, with her usual style of comme...Ah Shoshana is back, with her usual style of comment. (Sometimes I don't publish comments from s.b. but this one was mild enough to let through.)<BR/><BR/>I should have mentioned when I said the list was out of date that I have read a lot of newer sci-fi and fantasy that I didn't think was good enough to be on the list... or with newer stuff by an old author, I often stuck with my favorites.<BR/><BR/>I wrote this post in part to get recommendations of other good sci-fi and fantasy, new or old. So thanks, psychols!<BR/><BR/>YappaYappahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18126433451905766475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-56053973908122458012007-04-05T07:51:00.000-04:002007-04-05T07:51:00.000-04:00Yes your biggest problem is this list is very old....Yes your biggest problem is this list is very old. I suggest reading the excerts from the Hugo and Nebula awards that come out every year and and are available at your local Library. I would say this list is about thirty years out of date not ten, which isn't great for Science fiction, whichis of course based on Science. Making a 50 best list for a category you are not that up on seems a little strange don't you think and some of your selections aka "The Lord of the Rings" are not Science Ficiton they are fantasy which is another genre. Again, why bother if you are not exactly up on this reading list????????S.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00696246515215639169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23053767.post-25463789780259376942007-04-04T18:48:00.000-04:002007-04-04T18:48:00.000-04:00Congratulation on the list - Here are some suggest...Congratulation on the list - <BR/><BR/>Here are some suggestions, for what they are worth. <BR/><BR/>Frederick Pohl's - Any of Gateway books instead of the Quantum Cats (although that was a good read). <BR/><BR/>Joe Haldeman - The Forever War<BR/><BR/>Robert Sawyer's - Illegal Alien <BR/><BR/>Mike Resnick - Birthright, the book of Man. <BR/><BR/>Jack L Chalker - The Well of Souls series (maybe???)Psycholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14979824582570452278noreply@blogger.com