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ven's Ratings (Why is Sven?)
(And if you are curious about our ratings
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High Fantasy (i.e., Highly Tolkienesque)
The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit
-- J.R.R. Tolkien
Tigana -- Guy Gavriel Kay
The
Belgariad -- David Eddings
The
Shannara Series (Books 1-3) -- Terry
Brooks
The Once and Future King --
T.H. White
The
Tales of Alvin Maker -- Orson Scott Card
Bridge
of Birds -- Barry Hughart
The Lions of Al-Rassan -- Guy
Gavriel Kay
The
Riftwar Saga -- Raymond Feist
The Amber Series (Books 1-5) -- Roger Zelazny
A Game of Thrones -- George R. R. Martin
The
Chronicles of Thomas Covenant -- Stephen
R. Donaldson
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Incarnations of Immortality (Books 1-3)
-- Piers Anthony
The Princess Bride -- William Goldman
The
Myth Adventures Series -- Robert Asprin
The Discworld Series (Books 1-6
- Sven, 1-8, Bjorn) -- Terry Pratchett
Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone -- J.K.
Rowling
The
Death of the Necromancer -- Martha Wells
A Wrinkle
in Time/A Wind in the Door -- Madeline
L'Engle
The
Night Watch -- Sean Stewart
The
Gunslinger Series -- Stephen King
A
Fire Upon the Deep -- Vernor
Vinge
A Deepness in the
Sky -- Vernor Vinge
Forge of God, Anvil of Stars -- Greg Bear
Footfall -- Larry
Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Ringworld -- Larry
Niven
Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead
-- Orson Scott Card
The Miles Vorkosigan Series
-- Lois McMaster Bujold
1984 -- George Orwell
Dune
-- Frank Herbert
The Sirens of Titan -- Kurt
Vonnegut
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
-- Orson Scott Card
Brave New World -- Aldous Huxley
The Foundation Trilogy (Books 1-3) -- Isaac
Asimov
The
Gap Series -- Stephen Donaldson
The
Player of Games -- Ian M. Banks
Excession
-- Ian M. Banks
The Last Dancer -- Daniel Keys Moran
The
Diamond Age -- Neal Stephenson
A Canticle For Leibowitz -- Walter M. Miller,
Jr.
The Long Run -- Daniel Keys Moran
Fool's
War -- Sarah Zettel
Expedition -- Wayne Douglas Barlowe
The Stars My Destination -- Alfred Bester
Armor -- John Steakley
Time Enough For Love -- Robert
Heinlein
Hyperion -- Dan Simmons
Cyteen -- C.J. Cherryh
The
Moon is a Harsh Mistress -- Robert
Heinlein
I, Robot (Screenplay) -- Harlan
Ellison
The
Robot Series -- Isaac Asimov
Emerald Eyes -- Daniel Keys Moran
The Night's Dawn Trilogy
-- Peter Hamilton
Cosmic
Banditos -- A.C. Weisbecker
The Hitchhiker's Guide to
the Galaxy Series -- Douglas Adams
The
Callahan's Cross-Time Saloon Series -- Spider
Robinson
Snow
Crash -- Neal Stephenson
Neuromancer -- William Gibson
The Complete Stories, Vol 1 and 2 -- Isaac
Asimov (S: Required reading for the sci-fi
fan. Actually, this is probably where you started...)
Maps in a Mirror -- Orson
Scott Card
Best of (any year since1983)
-- Gardner Dozois, ed. (S:
The definitive year end anthology)
Edgeworks
1, 2 -- Harlan Ellison
New
Legends -- Greg Bear, ed.
Other Bests - Comic
Books, Other Books, Movies,
Radio Shows, Television
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