Evil... evil choices! And only 10! Aaarrgh!

Evil... evil choices! And only 10! Aaarrgh!

Originally shared by John Scalzi

NPR Books asked people to nominate books for its all-time Top 100 SF/F list; they nominated a few thousand books. A panel of SF/F experts narrowed that field down to a few hundred. Now you can vote to get it down to the final hundred. You can choose ten books. CHOOSE WISELY.
http://n.pr/pg2wIt

Comments

  1. Elaine Walker3 August 2011 at 11:20

    I can't believe the Silmarillion made it onto the ballot though.

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  2. Rob Masters3 August 2011 at 11:56

    There were a few that raised my eyebrows... Pleased to see the Liaden Universe listed, though :)

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  3. Alex Isle4 August 2011 at 10:46

    I tried to read the Silmarillion once, just couldn't do it. That was as difficult as trying to read Mein Kampf!

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  4. Elaine Walker4 August 2011 at 17:52

    I got through it, but it took 6 months and by the time I got to the end I'd forgotten the beginning. Never again.

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