I wrote:
> > Speaking of those classics that every sci-fi fan should read, if we had
>to
> > come up with a list of 10 (or 50 or 100) sci-fi books or series that are
> > must-reads, what would we as a group put on it? And should the Uplift
>books
> > count as one series, or as two?
Julia replied:
>I think the Uplift books should count as one series, personally.
>
>As a start to making such a list, I'd go over lists of books that have
>won Hugo and/or Nebula awards and pick good ones from those lists, then
>go on to other books. For one thing, it'll take less time than going
>through all the SF books I have in this room. :)
I understand completely. I can see forty or fifty I love from where I'm
sitting right now...
>This is a neat idea, and I hope to have some time to devote to it before
>the end of the week.
Thank you!
I hope you don't mind, but I had a bit of (somewhat) free time, and copied
the list below of Hugo winners as a start. (I guess this means we're really
going to do this!)
Please vote for whichever of the books/series below you think should be on
the Brin-L Required Reading List (I'm open to suggestions for a better
name...). Vote for as many or as few of these as you want, but DON'T SEND
YOUR VOTE TO THE LIST! In the interest of keeping list volume down to a
reasonable level, please email your votes to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I will tabulate the votes and report them periodically back to the list.
Voting for the first round will last... (picking a time frame at random)...
1 week. I will accept votes on the list below until 11:59 pm Central
Standard Time on September 5. I will then post the results both here and
online (URL to be announced later), and will post a list of the Nebula
winners for the next phase of voting.
After that, the real chaos begins. I'm open for suggestions on how to have
open discussion of other books/series people want to have added to the list
of books without completely disrupting brin-l. If the consensus of replies
is that it's ok to do this on-list, cool. If people would like to privately
send nominations to the email listed above, then have those nominations
posted and voted on, cool also. If anyone feels uncomfortable doing it
either of those ways, please feel free to offer an alternate suggestion or
three.
That brings us to the question of how many books we want on the list.
Looking at just the Hugo list, and thinking of all the others I personally
would like to add, I suggest 100, but if the consensus of the group is for
10 or 50 or 500 or whatever, so be it.
Hugo winners, as listed at http://worldcon.org/hy.html :
1953: The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester (by the way, for you B5 fans
that might not know, this is the book that much of PsiCore is based on,
including the name I'm sure you all recognize)
1954: no award given
1955: They'd Rather Be Right, by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley
1956: Double Star, by Robert A. Heinlein
1957: no award given for best novel
1958: The Big Time, by Fritz Leiber (This award is listed as "Best Novel or
Novelette," and I'm not sure which it is -- I guess I haven't read enough
Leiber. Anybody know this one?)
1959: A Case of Conscience, by James Blish
1960: Starship Troopers, by Robert A. Heinlein
1961: A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
1962: Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A.,Heinlein
1963: The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick
1964: Way Station, by Clifford D. Simak
1965: The Wanderer, by Fritz Leiber
1966: ...And Call Me Conrad, by Roger Zelazny; Dune, by Frank Herbert (a
tie!)
Also from 1966, special award for best all-time series: Foundation, by
Isaac Asimov
1967: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, by Robert A. Heinlein
1968: Lord of Light, by Roger Zelazny
1969: Stand on Zanzibar, by John Brunner
1970: The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin
1971: Ringworld, by Larry Niven
1972: To Your Scattered Bodies Go, by Philip Jose Farmer
1973: The Gods Themselves, by Isaac Asimov
1974: Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
1975: The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin
1976: The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
1977: Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang, by Kate Wilhelm
1978: Gateway, by Frederik Pohl
1979: Dreamsnake, by Vonda McIntyre
1980: The Fountains of Paradise, by Arthur C. Clarke
1981: The Snow Queen, by Joan D. Vinge
1982: Downbelow Station, by C. J. Cherryh
1983: Foundation's Edge, by Isaac Asimov (I think we should count all of
the Asimov Foundation books as one series, but the Killer B trilogy as a
separate series. Thoughts?)
1984: Startide Rising, by David Brin (Julia's vote is for all six Uplift
books to count as one series. Thoughts?)
1985: Neuromancer, by William Gibson
1986: Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
1987: Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card
1988: The Uplift War, by David Brin (see 1984 comment)
1989: Cyteen, by C. J. Cherryh
1990: Hyperion, by Dan Simmons
1991: The Vor Game, by Lois McMaster Bujold
1992: Barrayar, by Lois McMaster Bujold
1993: A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor Vinge; Doomsday Book, by Connie
Willis (a tie again!)
1994: Green Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson
1995: Mirror Dance, by Lois McMaster Bujold
1996: The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson
1997: Blue Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson
1998: Forever Peace, by Joe Haldeman
1999: To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis
2000: A Deepness in the Sky, by Vernor Vinge
There's the list. The 2001 winner will be announced sometime in September,
iirc.
Please remember to send you votes to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let the
voting begin!
Thanks,
Reggie Bautista
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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