William T Goodall wrote:

> I've read all of those and none would be in my top five...which would
> be (a tough call and in date order)
>
> -1968 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny
> -1970 The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K LeGuin
> - 1985 Neuromancer William Gibson
> - 1990 Hyperion Dan Simmons
> - 2000 A Deepness in the Sky Vernor Vinge

I really enjoyed "Hyperion" (as well as the three sequels) and "A Deepness
in the Sky."  I'd put the rest as average or below.

 Nebula Winners still to Read

> > - 1966    Babel-17
> > Samuel R.
> > Delany
> > - 1968    Einstein Intersection                                 Samuel
> > R.
> > Delany
> > - 1971    A Time of Changes                                   Robert
> > Silverberg
> > - 1981    The Claw of the Conciliator                      Gene Wolfe
>
> I've read all of those...

I have all of these but something keeps jumping past them in my want to read
list.  I've been putting off Delany because my one experience with him was
"Dahlgren" -- HATED IT!  I'm afraid the two mentioned above will be more of
the same.  Nevertheless, I will eveentually read them.


> ...and none of those. My fiction reading has been declining steadily
> for years. Down from > 400 novels a year to ~ 20.

What happened?  That is a considerable drop.

George A



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