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

[kcs_hiker]

ok after reading through everyone's list, I have a few observations...

- there is a definite age factor involved
- I also think that there must be a US/UK breakdown
- I am woefully deficient in my SF/F knowledge and reading... Mervyn Peake? Robin Hobb? Guy Gavriel Kay? Who are these guys?
- fortunately I found this board, and can rectify my egregious shortcomings

edited: oops sorry just found the discussion thread

 

[gully_foyle]

Hmmm, tricky.

1. Tiger Tiger (The Stars, My Destination) by Alfred Bester
2. The Algrebraist by Iain M Banks
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
4. Gateway by Frederik Pohl
5. Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
6. Dune by Frank Herbert
7. The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
8. War of the Worlds by HG Wells
9. Ringworld by Larry Niven
10. Neuromancer by William Gibson

 

[CryHavoc]

now Ima gonna go read everyone elses list (and probably smack myself on the forehead repeatedly... oh I forgot THAT one!)

Oh, I forgot THAT one!

10. Flowers For Algernon Daniel Keyes

. *Kicks self*

 

[DeepThought]

Memories of Ice, Steven Erikson
A Game of Thrones, George R.R Martin
The Broken Sword, Paul Anderson
The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
The Silmarillion, JRR Tolkien
Chasm City, Alystair Reynolds
Excession, Iain M. Banks
Dune, Frank herbert
The Eye of the World, Robert Jordan

 

[Alia]

[FONT=&quot]Its good to see some Marion Zimmer Bradley books made other’s favorite lists. Of course, I make this list realizing I have a lot of reading to do. So here’s my list…[/FONT]

• [FONT=&quot]Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]The Dragon’s King – Kate Elliott[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Crown of Stars – Kate Elliott[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]The Golden Compass – Philip Pullman[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]The [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Forest[/FONT][FONT=&quot] House – Marion Zimmer Bradley[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]The Mists of Avalon – Marion Zimmer Bradley[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe – C S Lewis [/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Magician – Raymond E Feist[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]The Amulet of [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Samarkand[/FONT][FONT=&quot] – Jonathan Stroud[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]The Illustrated Man – Ray Bradbury[/FONT]

 

[svalbard]

After some consideration I have come up with my list. Unfortunately there is no sc1-fi on it.

A Game of Thrones, Martin
Deadhouse Gates , Erikson
The Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien
Legend , Gemmell
The Dragonbone Chair, Williams
The IIIearth War, Donaldson
Gates of Fire , Pressfield
The Winter King, Cornwell
A Storm of Swords, Martin
Wolf in Shadow, Gemmell

 

[nj1]

Here's mine, can't put an order on them.

Transformation - Carol Berg
Legend - David Gemmel
Gates of Fire - Steven pressfield
EMPEROR Field of Swords - Conn Iggulden
The Eagles Prey - Simmon Scarrow
Rage of a Demon King - Raymond Fiest
Hannibal (pride of carthage) - David Antony Durham
The Enemy of God - Bernard Cornwell
Sword in the Storm - David Gemmell
Memnoch the Devil - Anne Rice

No Sci-fi, I'm all for Fantasy and Historic Fiction, sorry.

 

[Feordel]

1) Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows- J.K. Rowling
2) The Amber Spyglass- Philip Pullman
3) Firesong- William Nicholson
4) Nightrise- Anthony Horowitz
5) Abhorsen- Garth Nix
6) Eldest- Christopher Paolini
7) The High Lord- trudi Canavan
8) Enchanters End Game- David Eddings
9) Mister Monday- Garth Nix
10) Outcast- Michelle Paver

 

[Hari Seldon]

1. Foundation - Asimov
2. Dune - Herbert
3. A Game of Thrones - Martin
4. Sirens of Titan - Vonnegut, Jr.
5. Ubik - PKD
6. The Day of the Triffids - Wyndham
7. Neverwhere - Gaimen
8. The Martian Chronicles - Bradbury
9. Homeland - Salvatore
10. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Adams

 

[Grimward]

Hmmm, on a different day I could (possibly have, and probably will!) choose differently, but.....

LOTR
Second Chronicles of Amber (Zelazny)
Sorceror's Legacy (Wurts)
And Call me Conrad/This Immortal (Zelazny)
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn (Tad Williams)
A Darkness at Sethanon (Feist)
Angel Fire East (Terry Brooks)
The Prohet of Akhran (Weis/Hickman)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis)
Heir of Sea and Fire (McKillip)

What a wrench! Would have easily included Wurts' Wars of Light and Shadow, only it's not sold as a series (Yet!, Woe to the forest that has to become that paper!), and I found it impossible to choose between the member books. Couldn't go with more than one Weis/Hickman offering, even though there are several that are all close.

Choices, Choices, Choices!

Had The IllEarth War in it until the very end, Svalbard (would be 11th, at least today, though! ).

Great thread, Cul, even if I am finding it well after the fact.