Cdub100 3,380 Posted March 31, 2006 These are joint winners. I've read a few of these books and can recomend; Forever War, American Gods, Enders Game and Gateway has quility books. Some of them like, "The Gods Themselves" are just boring. 1966/60 Novel/Short Fiction: Flowers for Algernonby Daniel Keyes 1966/65 Novel: Dune by Frank Herbert 1966/65 /Short Story: "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison 1967/66 Novelette/Novella: "The Last Castle" by Jack Vance 1968/67 Novelette: "Gonna Roll the Bones" by Fritz Leiber 1970/69 Novel: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 1970/69 Novelette: Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones by S. R. Delany 1971/70 Novel: Ringworld by Larry Niven 1971/70 Novella: "Ill Met in Lankhmar" by Fritz Leiber 1971/70 Short Story/Novelette: "Slow Sculpture" by Theodore Sturgeon 1972/71 Novelette: "The Queen of Air and Darkness" by Poul Anderson 1973/72 Novel: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov 1973/72 Novelette: "Goat Song" by Poul Anderson 1974/73 Novel: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke 1975/74 Novel: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin 1976/75 Novel: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman 1976/75 Novella: "Home Is the Hangman" by Roger Zelazny 1976/75 Short Story: "Catch that Zeppelin!" by Fritz Leiber 1977/76 Novella: "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" by James Tiptree, Jr. 1977/76 Novelette: "The Bicentennial Man" by Isaac Asimov 1978/77 Novel: Gateway by Frederik Pohl 1978/77 Novella: "Stardance" by Spider and Jeanne Robinson 1978/77 Short Story: "Jeffty Is Five" by Harlan Ellison 1979/78 Novel: Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre 1979/78 Novella: "The Persistence of Vision" by John Varley 1980/79 Novel: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke 1980/79 Novella: "Enemy Mine" by Barry B. Longyear 1980/79 Novelette: "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin 1981/80 Short Story: "Grotto of the Dancing Deer" by Clifford D. Simak 1982/81 Novella: "The Saturn Game" by Poul Anderson 1983/82 Novelette: "Fire Watch" by Connie Willis 1984/83 Novel: Startide Rising by David Brin 1984/83 Novelette: "Blood Music" by Greg Bear 1985/84 Novel: Neuromancer by William Gibson 1985/84 Novella: "PRESS ENTER []" by John Varley 1985/84: Novelette: "Bloodchild" by Octavia E. Butler 1986/85 Novel: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 1987/86 Novel: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card 1987/86 Short Story: "Tangents" by Greg Bear 1989/88 Novella: "The Last of the Winnebagos" by Connie Willis 1989/88 Short Story/Novelette: "Schrödinger's Kitten" by George Alec Effinger 1990/89 Novella: "The Mountains of Mourning" by Lois McMaster Bujold 1991/90 Novella: "The Hemingway Hoax" by Joe Haldeman 1991/90 Short Story: "Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson 1992/91 Novella: "Beggars in Spain" by Nancy Kress 1993/92 Novel: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis 1993/92 Short Story: "Even the Queen" by Connie Willis 1994/93 Novelette: "Georgia on My Mind" by Charles Sheffield 1995/94 Novella: "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" by Mike Resnick 1996/95 Novelette: "The Martian Child" by David Gerrold 1998 Novel: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman 2001 Novella: "The Ultimate Earth" by Jack Williamson 2002 Novel: American Gods by Neil Gaiman 2002 Novelette: "Hell is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang 2003 Novella: Coraline by Neil Gaiman 2004 Novel: Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Riddlen 1 Posted March 31, 2006 NNNNEEEEERRRRRRRDDDDDDD also, I have read enders game, dune, doomsdaybook, American Gods, and a few others. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cdub100 3,380 Posted March 31, 2006 NNNNEEEEERRRRRRRDDDDDDD also, I have read enders game, dune, doomsdaybook, American Gods, and a few others. When do I get Eldest back? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Riddlen 1 Posted March 31, 2006 When do I get Eldest back? its next. I am plwong through the third book of a trilogy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cdub100 3,380 Posted March 31, 2006 its next. I am plwong through the third book of a trilogy. So you borrowed a book from me 3 months ago that you had no intention of reading any time soon. Also check out TDZ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 5,191 Posted March 31, 2006 I enjoyed Enders Game, have Speaker for the Dead in my pile but haven't started it yet. Also I loved Hyperion which won but I don't see on your list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EndGame 0 Posted March 31, 2006 1986/85 Novel: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swirvenirvin 25 Posted March 31, 2006 You nerds read real books Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpnov 0 Posted March 31, 2006 The following were all pretty greta 1966/60 Novel/Short Fiction: Flowers for Algernonby Daniel Keyes Read it long ago, remember the premise and liking it 1971/70 Novel: Ringworld by Larry Niven One of his best 1976/75 Novel: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman I really liked this entire triology 1984/83 Novel: Startide Rising by David Brin The middle book of one of my all time favorite series 1985/84 Novel: Neuromancer by William Gibson One of the first cyber punk novels, rather enjoyable if you don't nit pick to much 1986/85 Novel: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Read this one in one night. Great book. 1998 Novel: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman Not a sequal exactly but a nice explanation for what happened at the end of Forever War 1966/65 Novel: Dune by Frank Herbert OK book but I never really got the hype The following were bad. The people voting for them should have had bad things happen to them for it. Phillybear bad. 1980/79 Novelette: "Sandkings" by George R. R. Martin I read a colection of his short stories including this one. They all sucked really, really bad. As far as I can tell his entire collection of good writing resides in the Song of Fire and Ice series 1987/86 Novel: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card I can't describe how disappointed I was by this book. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 5,191 Posted March 31, 2006 The following were bad. The people voting for them should have had bad things happen to them for it. Phillybear bad. 1987/86 Novel: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card I can't describe how disappointed I was by this book. Why? Just wondering as I was planning to read it. I've heard it was better than Ender's Game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 0 Posted April 1, 2006 issac asimov= yes i am a huge nerd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpnov 0 Posted April 1, 2006 Why? Just wondering as I was planning to read it. I've heard it was better than Ender's Game. I suspect it is all personal taste but Ender as continually debating the right and wrong of what he did and pondering whether or not to re introduce an alien species had no appeal to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cdub100 3,380 Posted April 1, 2006 1987/86 Novel: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card I can't describe how disappointed I was by this book. I heard the same thing. that's why I skiped to Enders Shadow (which I like more then Enders Game) I also enjoyed Shadow of the Hegmon which picked up where enders game left off with Peter and his Sister. Bean = Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whoisjgalt 0 Posted April 1, 2006 1985/84 Novel: Neuromancer by William Gibson One of the first cyber punk novels, rather enjoyable if you don't nit pick to much One of? Gibson invented the sci-fi genre. And he remains the best at it (although Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash was as good as Gibson's stuff - Stephenson just didn't continue writing in that genre). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpnov 0 Posted April 2, 2006 One of? Gibson invented the sci-fi genre. And he remains the best at it (although Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash was as good as Gibson's stuff - Stephenson just didn't continue writing in that genre). Yeah, I know he did, but every time I speak in absolutes on the Internet some one rushes in to point out the fact that there was some Estonian language novel that had a total of six books printed, all of which were subsequently destroyed, 4 days before Neuromancer went to print. Also Agree about Stephenson BTW, I am big fan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cdub100 3,380 Posted April 3, 2006 One of? Gibson invented the sci-fi genre. And he remains the best at it (although Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash was as good as Gibson's stuff - Stephenson just didn't continue writing in that genre). You mean Cyber Punk, not Sci-Fi. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cdub100 3,380 Posted April 3, 2006 Saturday night I went to B&N and bought a bunch of books. The one near me has a used book section so I picked up Neuromance, Burning Chrome, RingWorld, Other Land book 3 all in paper back and Other land book 4 hard cover for under $16 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
