The Internet Top 100 Sf Fantasy List

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Edition Number 234 18th September 2001

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===============================================================================Pos | Title | Type | Author/Editor | Score===============================================================================1 Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tol ien 8.90 (1296

2 A Song of Ice and Fire S George R. Martin 8.89 (135)3 Ender's Game S1 Orson Scott Card 8.65 (10554 The Vor osigan Series S Lois M. Bujold 8.60 (132)5 Roadside Picnic A & B Strugats i 8.49 (72)6 Krew Elfow F A. Sap ows i 8.48 (33)7 The Discworld Series S Terry Pratchett 8.44 (145)8 Dune. S1 Fran Herbert 8.40 (10859 The Lions of Al-Rassan Guy G. Kay 8.38 (113)

10 Palindor S1 D.R. Evans 8.36 (29)11 Tigana Guy G. Kay 8.35 (272)12 Armor. John Stea ley 8.33 (42)13 A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge 8.32 (328)14 The Hyperion Cantos S Dan Simmons 8.31 (512)

15 The Deed of Pa sennarion S Elizabeth Moon 8.29 (61)16 The Dragon Never Sleeps Glen Coo 8.27 (22)17 The Stars my Destination Alfred Bester 8.27 (275)18 Tales of the Continuing Time S Daniel Keys Moran 8.24 (75)19 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 8.23 (222)20 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein 8.22 (495)21 Replay. Ken Grimwood 8.22 (62)22 The Annals of the Blac Company S Glen Coo 8.21 (137)^23 The Nine Billion Names of God C Arthur C. Clar e 8.21 (33)24 The Hobbit J.R.R. Tol ien 8.21 (797)25 The Princess Bride William Goldman 8.21 (125)26 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 8.20 (286)27 Bridge of Birds S1 Barry Hughart 8.20 (89)

28 The Coldfire Trilogy S C.S. Friedman 8.19 (51)29 The Once and Future King T.H. White 8.18 (115)30 Doors of his Face, Lamps of his Mouth C Roger Zelazny 8.17 (45)^31 By the Sword Mercedes Lac ey 8.17 (29)32 Stone of Tears S2 Terry Good ind 8.16 (107)33 Watership Down Richard Adams 8.16 (162)^34 The Best of Cordwainer Smith C Cordwainer Smith 8.16 (34)35 Persistence of Vision C John Varley 8.16 (55)36 Memory, Sorrow and Thorn S Tad Williams 8.14 (231)^37 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 8.14 (243)


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38 True Names Vernor Vinge 8.14 (73)^39 Deathbird Stories C Harlan Ellison 8.14 (20)40 The First Chronicles of Amber S Roger Zelazny 8.13 (431)41 Snow Crash Neal Stephenson 8.13 (336)42 The Blue Sword Robin McKinley 8.13 (43)43 1984 George Orwell 8.12 (450)44 Quarantine Greg Egan 8.11 (43)^45 Norstrilia Cordwainer Smith 8.10 (62)^46 The Hero and the Crown Robin McKinley 8.10 (33)47 A Cloc wor Orange Anthony Burgess 8.10 (124)48 Fiasco Stanislaw Lem 8.10 (20)^49 Hard to be a God A & B Strugats i 8.08 (30)^50 The Last Unicorn Peter Beagle 8.08 (56)51 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 8.08 (171)52 Startide Rising David Brin 8.08 (433)53 The Cyberiad Stanislaw Lem 8.08 (91)^54 Beetle in the Anthill A & B Strugats i 8.08 (18)55 Vlad the Assassin Series S Steven Brust 8.08 (123)^56 The Invincible Stanislaw Lem 8.07 (28)57 Player of Games Iain M. Ban s 8.07 (170)58 Green Hills of Earth C Robert A. Heinlein 8.06 (71)59 Something Wic ed this Way Comes Ray Bradbury 8.06 (113)60 Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 8.05 (135)^61 Soldier of the Mist S1 Gene Wolfe 8.05 (22)

62 The Foundation Trilogy S Isaac Asimov 8.05 (780)63 The Island of Doctor Death and ... C Gene Wolfe 8.05 (15)64 The Boo of the New Sun S Gene Wolfe 8.05 (225)65 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe S1 C.S. Lewis 8.04 (290)66 Tea with the Blac Dragon R.A. MacAvoy 8.04 (57)^67 The Dar Elf Trilogy S R.A. Salvatore 8.04 (52)68 Magic's Pawn S1 Mercedes Lac ey 8.04 (73)^69 Raising the Stones Sheri S. Tepper 8.03 (29)70 Dying Inside Robert Silverberg 8.03 (73)^71 A Wizard of Earthsea S1 Ursula Le Guin 8.03 (390)^72 Crystal Express C Bruce Sterling 8.03 (20)73 The Wheel of Time Series S Robert Jordan 8.03 (549)74 On Stranger Tides Tim Powers 8.03 (44)

75 The Crystal Cave S1 Mary Stewart 8.02 (41)76 Arrow's Fall S3 Mercedes Lac ey 8.02 (30)77 Harpist in the Wind S3 Patricia McKillip 8.02 (70)^78 God Stal S1 P.C. Hodgell 8.02 (20)79 Ubi Philip K. Dic 8.02 (153)80 Way Station Clifford Sima 8.01 (191)^81 The Fionavar Tapestry S Guy G. Kay 8.01 (186)^82 A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller 8.01 (348)83 Voice of the Whirlwind Walter J. Williams 8.01 (37)84 Futurological Congress Stanislaw Lem 8.00 (57)85 Against a Dar Bac ground Iain M. Ban s 8.00 (53)86 Neutron Star C Larry Niven 8.00 (151)87 Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut 8.00 (121)

^88 The Tactics of Mista e S2 Gordon Dic son 8.00 (39)89 More than Human Theodore Sturgeon 7.99 (120)90 Brightness Reef S1 David Brin 7.99 (60)91 A Song for Arbonne Guy G. Kay 7.99 (138)92 The Door into Summer Robert A. Heinlein 7.98 (211)^93 The Madness Season C.S. Friedman 7.98 (19)94 The Chrysalids John Wyndham 7.98 (97)^95 A Night in the Lonesome October Roger Zelazny 7.97 (42)96 Expanded Universe C Robert A. Heinlein 7.97 (46)97 The Hitchhi er's Guide to the Galaxy S1 Douglas Adams 7.97 (645)


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^98 Legend. S1 David Gemmell 7.97 (37)99 The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson 7.96 (139)100 Spea er for the Dead S2 Orson Scott Card 7.96 (581)===============================================================================

{S1} indicates that the boo is the 1'st boo in a series.{C} indicates a collection of short stories.{A} indicates an anthology.{F} indicates that the boo is not available in English.* indicates that the boo was not on the chart last wee .^ indicates that the boo has risen from last wee 's position.

{SA1} and {SB1} distinguish the first boo s from different series.-

NOTE 1 : When voting for series, _The Boo of the New Sun_ will referto the first four boo s. _The Urth Cycle_ includes _The Urth of theNew Sun_. Also _The Chronicles of Amber_ refers to all ten boo s. Youare also allowed to vote for each boo in the series individually.

NOTE 2 : The series below are listed in order of publication rather thaninternal chronology.

A Song of Ice and Fire

----------------------A Game of Thrones S1 8.89 (135)A Clash of Kings S2 8.27 (60)A Storm of Swords S3 8.10 (27)

The Hyperion Cantos-------------------Hyperion S1 8.31 (512)Fall of Hyperion S2 7.94 (325)Endymion S3 8.26 (139)Rise of Endymion S4 8.13 (84)

The Deed of Pa sennarion

------------------------The Sheepfarmer's Daughter S1 8.22 (61)Divided Allegiance S2 7.97 (51)Oath of Gold S3 8.29 (55)

The Annals of the Blac Company-------------------------------The Blac Company S1 7.96 (137)Shadows Linger S2 7.94 (88)The White Rose S3 8.21 (88)The Silver Spi e S4 7.88 (68)Shadow Games S5 8.13 (74)Dreams of Steel S6 8.00 (70)

The Coldfire Trilogy--------------------Blac Sun Rising S1 8.08 (51)When True Night Falls S2 8.19 (46)Crown of Shadows S3 7.86 (37)

Memory, Sorrow and Thorn------------------------The Dragonbone Chair S1 7.85 (231)


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The Stone of Farewell S2 8.14 (183)To Green Angel Tower S3 8.06 (185)

The First Chronicles of Amber-----------------------------Nine Princes in Amber S1 7.93 (431)The Guns of Avalon S2 8.13 (317)Sign of the Unicorn S3 8.08 (302)The Hand of Oberon S4 8.05 (306)The Courts of Chaos S5 8.08 (305)

Vlad the Assassin Series------------------------Jhereg S1 7.61 (123)Yendi S2 8.03 (74)Tec la S3 7.50 (61)Taltos. S4 8.08 (64)Phoenix. S5 7.64 (54)Athyra S6 7.36 (51)Orca. S7 7.33 (38)Dragon. S8 6.51 (6)

Foundation Series-----------------

Foundation S1 8.05 (780)Foundation and Empire S2 7.99 (632)Second Foundation S3 8.01 (643)Foundation's Edge S4 6.99 (233)Foundation and Earth S5 6.81 (215)Prelude to Foundation S6 6.83 (196)Forward the Foundation S7 6.90 (175)

The Boo of the New Sun / The Urth Cycle----------------------------------------The Shadow of the Torturer S1 7.96 (225)The Claw of the Conciliator S2 7.91 (196)The Sword of the Lictor S3 8.04 (176)

The Citadel of the Autarch S4 8.05 (175)The Urth of the New Sun S5 7.38 (70)

The Dar Elf Trilogy--------------------Homeland S1 7.57 (52)Exile S2 8.04 (48)Sojourn S3 7.97 (37)

Wheel of Time Series--------------------The Eye of the World S1 7.92 (549)The Great Hunt S2 7.97 (521)

The Dragon Reborn S3 7.99 (517)The Shadow Rising S4 8.03 (504)The Fires of Heaven S5 7.95 (498)Lord of Chaos S6 7.96 (478)A Crown of Swords S7 7.84 (295)The Path of Daggers S8 6.34 (49)Winter's Heart S9 5.01 (8)

The Fionavar Tapestry---------------------


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The Summer Tree S1 7.83 (186)The Wandering Fire S2 7.98 (171)The Dar est Road S3 8.01 (169)

It is not necessary to read the following series in order, since theyare more or less separate novels set in the same universe. Because of this,could you please vote for each of the boo s comprising the seriesindividually (instead of having one vote for the entire series).

The Vor osigan Series---------------------Shards of Honor 8.22 (119)Barrayar 8.16 (132)The Warrior's Apprentice 8.16 (127)Borders of Infinity 8.05 (84)The Vor Game 7.80 (108)Ethan of Athos 7.28 (72)Falling Free 7.32 (73)Brothers in Arms 7.98 (82)Mirror Dance 8.59 (121)Cetaganda 7.21 (64)Memory. 8.60 (59)Komarr 7.45 (37)A Civil Campaign 7.64 (18)

Tales of the Continuing Time----------------------------Emerald Eyes 8.24 (31)The Armageddon Blues 7.34 (18)The Long Run 8.21 (75)The Last Dancer 8.21 (62)

The Discworld Series--------------------The Colour of Magic 7.53 (145)The Light Fantastic 7.65 (113)Equal Rites 7.50 (100)

Mort. 7.79 (134)Sourcery 7.60 (85)Wyrd Sisters 7.81 (91)Pyramids 7.38 (99)Guards! Guards! 8.05 (109)Eric. 7.52 (80)Moving Pictures 7.63 (72)Reaper Man 8.25 (92)Witches Abroad 7.97 (79)Small Gods 8.02 (104)Lords and Ladies 7.72 (79)Men at Arms 8.27 (88)Soul Music 8.02 (64)

Interesting Times 8.44 (54)Mas erade 7.73 (40)Feet of Clay 7.60 (39)Hogfather 6.60 (23)Jingo 6.67 (21)The Last Continent 5.48 (11)Carpe Jugulum 5.53 (10)The Fifth Elephant 5.68 (6)

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