NPR's final list of 100 greatest scifi/fantasy books of all time

stonester1 · August 11 2011, 10:17 PM

Agenda · August 11 2011, 11:00 PM

Some of that is just a popularity contest. When taken as a whole, in no way, shape, or form does Wheel of Time deserve to be rated that high.

cardinal biggles · August 11 2011, 11:53 PM

Of course it's a popularity contest. They polled their listeners, not a group of literature scholars.

Neroon · August 12 2011, 12:35 AM

Best to continue this in the earlier thread, noted here.

August 11 2011, 10:17 PM	#1
stonester1 Rear Admiral	NPR's final list of 100 greatest scifi/fantasy books of all time http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085...-fantasy-books __________________ "New and stirring things are belittled because if they are not belittled, the humiliating question arises, 'Why then are you not taking part in them?' " - H. G. Wells

August 11 2011, 11:00 PM	#2
Agenda Fleet Captain	Re: NPR's final list of 100 greatest scifi/fantasy books of all time Some of that is just a popularity contest. When taken as a whole, in no way, shape, or form does Wheel of Time deserve to be rated that high.

August 11 2011, 11:53 PM	#3
cardinal biggles Danny Donkey Hates You Location: potrzebie	Re: NPR's final list of 100 greatest scifi/fantasy books of all time Of course it's a popularity contest. They polled their listeners, not a group of literature scholars.

August 12 2011, 12:35 AM	#4
Neroon Memory and awareness Location: On my ship the Rocinante, wheeling thru the galaxy	Re: NPR's final list of 100 greatest scifi/fantasy books of all time Best to continue this in the earlier thread, noted here. __________________ “You break through the veil whenever you strap on a sword or chant the ancient verses. You escape when you write a poem or a tale that brings beauty into the world. You are set free whenever you love—even those who believe you’re crazy." ~ Jef Murray, 'Seer: A Wizard's Journal'