The Chronicles Network Hall of Fame - Voting Thread **PLEASE READ FIRST POST**

[littlemissattitude]

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Go away and think very carefully about your ten - yes, ten - favourite books in the realm of speculative fiction.

Quick question: does "speculative fiction" include horror?

 

[Culhwch]

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Of course. By speculative fiction I meant the main genres we discuss here - fantasy, science fiction, horror, and even (because it suited me, shhh) historical.

 

[Nesacat]

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Yep! I'm still in a truss from having to do this. This comes under the heading of cruel and unusual punishment, if you ask me....

Definitely cruel & unusual treatment. Every time I look at my post I want to go and change things.

 

[YOSSARIAN]

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Does Kurt Vonnegut fall into any of the appropriate categories? I already voted, but I'd like to know if I could've voted for him.

 

[j d worthington]

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I'd definitely say so. A fair chunk of his material would easily fit into some form of "speculative fiction", be it sf (The Sirens of Titan, Cat's Cradle), fantasy (Happy Birthday, Wanda June), or a blending of different types (Welcome to the Monkey House, Slaughterhouse Five, Breakfast of Champions, etc.). And Player Piano should be right up there with 1984 for rather pointed satire on several levels.....

 

[j d worthington]

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Definitely cruel & unusual treatment. Every time I look at my post I want to go and change things.

You and me both, hon. I keep wanting to add Anthony Boucher's A Treasury of Great Science Fiction (2-volume set) and Damon Knight's A Science Fiction Argosy, not only because they show an incredible range of the field (from near magic-realism to space opera) but because each of the volumes includes two novels, umpty-ump short stories, novellas and novelettes, making for a true cornucopia of how great the field can be; something for nearly all tastes....

 

[YOSSARIAN]

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I also avoided Brave New World, 1984, and We, overlooking the science fiction element to all these stories-probably because the politcal nature of these dystopian novels seem to overshadow the rather futuristic settings.

 

[Tau Zero]

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Very hard to do!

1. The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
2. Neuromancer by William Gibson
3. Little, Big by John Crowly
4. The Lovers by Philip Jose Farmer
5. The Stars, My Destination by Alfred Bester
6. Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny
7. The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
8. The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft
9. The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
10. Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny

 

[kyektulu]

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Ok, Ok I did my choices wrong, lets revisit my thoughts...

My top ten...

1. Dragonlance, Dragons of Autumn Twighlight, Dragons of Winter Night, Dragons of Spring Dawning.

2. Raymond E Feist, Magician.

3. Maggie Furey, Artefacts of Power quartet.

4. Phyllis Eisenstein, The Cray Ormaru series and Tales of Alaric The Minstrel series.

5. David Gemmel, Drenai Tales.

6. David Eddings, Belgariad.

7. Dragonlance, Time of the Twins, War of the Twins, Test of the Twins.

8. Forgotten Realms, Dark Elf Trilogy.

9. Tolkein, LOTR.

10. David Eddings, Mallorian.

 

[strider]

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I've gone with books that I have read time and time again,and still enjoy them as much as the first time .
1.A Game of Thrones , George.R.R.Martin

2.Memories of Ice , Steven Erikson

3.The Dragonbone Chair , Tad Williams

4.Intervention , Julian May

5.Red Mars , Kim Stanley Robinson

6.LOTR , J.R.R.Tolkien

7.The Last Battle , C.S.Lewis

8.Fortunes Favourites , Colleen McCullough

9.Dune , Frank Herbert

10.Eon , Greg Bear

 

[GOLLUM]

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Actually, the original brief was for your 10 favourite books.
Not 10 best genre novels, just your favourite 10 books.

That's how I understood it also WS. Now if I'm asked to provide a list of what I might consider the 10 most important or influential or seminal works of say Fanatay or more generally speculative fiction it would have been somewhat different. Mine was definitely the 10 most enjoyable reads and even then like many others there's plenty I had to leave out!

 

[Kettricken]

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Awww... this is sooo difficult.....

Okay, in no particular order:

- The Lions of Al-Rassan - Guy Gavriel Kay
- the Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
- Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
- The tombs of Atuan - Ursula le Guin
- Ender's game - Orson Scott Card
- The Mad Ship - Robin Hobb
- A game of thrones - George R.R. Martin
- Shadowmarch - Tad Williams
- Tales of Nevèrÿon - Samuel R. Delaney
- Nightwatch - Sergej Lukyanenko
- Son of the Shadows - Juliet Marillier
- Books of blood - Clive Barker (a lot of stories... does this count??)
- Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell (parts of SF, so I'll count it as speculative fiction)

Difficult, because it was hard to choose between books of my favourite writers (e.g. Hobb, Martin, Williams, Gaiman...).
If you would ask me next year, the list would probably be quite different.

 

[Jen526]

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This was actually surprisingly easy for me...especially the top five. There are lots of books I *like*, but only a select few that have really stood the test of time (and my changing tastes) to feel as fresh on each reread as they did the first time I picked them up.

1. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld - Patricia McKillip
2. Lyonesse - Jack Vance
3. Taran Wanderer - Lloyd Alexander
4. Dragonflight - Anne McCaffrey
5. Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay
6. Death of the Necromancer - Martha Wells
7. Transformation - Carol Berg
8. The Snow Queen - Joan D. Vinge
9. Memories of Ice - Steven Erikson
10. Good Omens - Pratchett/Gaiman

 

[Culhwch]

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...Okay, in no particular order...

Kettricken, you might want to check out the first post again. We're after your top ten ranked books. Cheers.

 

[kaneda]

1. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
2. Perfume - Patrick Suskind
3. Knights of Dark Renown - David Gemmel
4. Dragons of Spring Dawning - Tracy Hickman
5. The Briar King - Greg Keyes
6. Shadow of the Torturer - Gene Wolfe
7. The Charnel Prince - Greg Keyes
8. Elfstones of Shannara - Terry Brooks
9. Watchmen - Alan Moore
10. Lion of Macedon - David Gemmel

I'm not 100% certain on the order, but thats what I'm going with!

 

[Thadlerian]

Easy to fill, hard to rank:

1: The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut
2: The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin
3: Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino
4: Ronia the Robber's Daughter - Astrid Lindgren
5: The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
6: Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
7: Watership Down - Richard Adams
8: Titus Groan - Mervyn Peake
9: One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
10: Haroun and the Sea of Stories - Salman Rushdie

 

[jenna]

not too hard for me, here's my list:

1. For Love Of Evil - Piers Anthony
2. With A Tangled Skein - Piers Anthony
3. Legend - David Gemmell
4. The Firebrand - Marion Zimmer Bradley
5. Gates Of Fire - Steven Pressfield
6. Swords Of Night And Day - David Gemmell
7. Bio Of A Space Tyrant 2: Mercenary - Piers Anthony
8. The First Chronicles Of Druss The Legend - David Gemmell
9. The Horse And His Boy - C.S. Lewis
10. Virtual Mode - Piers Anthony

 

[Rosemary]

Amended list of favourite books

1. Sara Douglass – Battle Axe
2. Tad Williams – The Dragonbone Chair
3. Tolkein - Lord Of The Rings
4. David Eddings – Belgarath The Sorcerer
5. Raymond Feist – Tear of The Gods
6. Steven Erikson - Memories Of Ice
7. Mercedes Lackey – Winds Of Fate
8. Anne McCaffrey - Dragon Flight
9. Cecilia Dart-Thornton - The Battle of Evernight
10 Marion Zimmer Bradley - Witchlight

 

[genisis2]

my faveorite boook is caillou

 

[LeoCrow]

The great and secret show , Clive Barker
Mona Lisa Overdrive , William Gibson
Foundation , Isaak Asimov
Dune , Frank Herbert
The running man , Stephen King
Congo , Michael Crichton
Robots of Dawn , Isaak Asimov
Timeline , Michael Crichton
Harry Potter , JK Rowlings
The Time Machine , H G Wells