moonlight, eyeing the entranceways to cemeteries, waiting for some terribly
propitious moment to crash the gate."
-- Thomas Ligotti, "Professor Nobody's Little
Lectures on Supernatural Horror"
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----======= THE INTERNET TOP 100 SF/FANTASY LIST =======----
Edition Number 56 21st January 1996
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| This chart was compiled using votes sent in by 969 people. If you want |
| to vote for a book, then send a message containing your votes to me at |
| tcooke@spam.maths.adelaide.edu.au. Each line of your message should |
| contain a vote for one book, and should be of the form: Score out of 10, |
| Title of the book, and then the Author or Editor of the book. |
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Pos | Title | Type | Author/Editor | Score
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1 Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien 8.73 (419)
^ 2 Ender's Game S1 Orson Scott Card 8.27 (370)
3 Tigana Guy G. Kay 8.26 (75)
4 Hyperion S1 Dan Simmons 8.17 (193)
5 The Long Run Daniel Keys Moran 8.13 (44)
6 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 8.12 (99)
^ 7 Dune S1 Frank Herbert 8.12 (384)
8 1984 George Orwell 8.12 (118)
9 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 8.12 (71)
10 Way Station Clifford Simak 8.06 (58)
11 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein 8.04 (224)
12 The First Chronicles of Amber S Roger Zelazny 8.02 (165)
13 Ubik Philip K. Dick 7.99 (50)
14 A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge 7.98 (132)
^15 The Stars my Destination Alfred Bester 7.94 (109)
^16 Lest Darkness Fall L. Sprague de Camp 7.93 (33)
17 Last Dancer Daniel Keys Moran 7.91 (29)
18 The Earthsea Trilogy S Ursula Le Guin 7.91 (143)
^19 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 7.90 (114)
20 Player of Games Iain M. Banks 7.90 (86)
^21 Timescape Gregory Benford 7.88 (43)
^22 Neutron Star C Larry Niven 7.87 (72)
23 Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner 7.87 (95)
^24 True Names Vernor Vinge 7.86 (32)
^25 A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller 7.85 (139)
26 The Hobbit J.R.R.Tolkien 7.85 (275)
27 Good Omens Pratchett/Gaiman 7.84 (50)
28 Witches of Karres James Schmitz 7.84 (32)
29 Aristoi Walter Jon Williams 7.84 (42)
30 The Book of the New Sun S Gene Wolfe 7.82 (104)
^31 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe S1 C.S. Lewis 7.79 (64)
^32 Startide Rising David Brin 7.78 (185)
33 Snow Crash Neal Stephenson 7.77 (126)
^34 The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke 7.77 (48)
35 A Song for Arbonne Guy G. Kay 7.75 (46)
^36 Tau Zero Poul Anderson 7.74 (42)
37 Past Through Tomorrow C Robert A. Heinlein 7.73 (38)
^38 The Door into Summer Robert A. Heinlein 7.71 (96)
39 Bridge of Birds S1 Barry Hughart 7.70 (30)
^40 Double Star Robert A. Heinlein 7.70 (66)
^41 The Foundation Trilogy S Isaac Asimov 7.70 (295)
42 A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick 7.70 (45)
43 Protector Larry Niven 7.70 (66)
44 The Dispossessed Ursula Le Guin 7.68 (125)
^45 To Your Scattered Bodies Go S1 Philip J. Farmer 7.68 (50)
46 The Dying Earth S1 Jack Vance 7.67 (53)
47 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 7.66 (121)
^48 Gateway S1 Frederick Pohl 7.65 (149)
^49 Use of Weapons Iain M. Banks 7.63 (75)
50 The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula Le Guin 7.62 (166)
^51 The Forever War Joe Haldeman 7.62 (136)
52 Speaker for the Dead S2 Orson Scott Card 7.62 (228)
^53 The Fionavar Tapestry S Guy G. Kay 7.61 (43)
54 The Wheel of Time Series S Robert Jordan 7.60 (136)
55 The Dragonbone Chair S1 Tad Williams 7.59 (72)
^56 Have Spacesuit, Will Travel Robert A. Heinlein 7.58 (80)
57 Mort S4 Terry Pratchett 7.57 (53)
^58 Methuselah's Children Robert A. Heinlein 7.56 (38)
59 Nova Samuel R. Delany 7.55 (30)
60 The Fall of Hyperion S2 Dan Simmons 7.54 (128)
61 The Snow Queen S1 Joan Vinge 7.54 (41)
62 Lord Valentine's Castle S1 Robert Silverberg 7.53 (46)
63 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy S1 Douglas Adams 7.52 (280)
^64 Guards! Guards! S8 Terry Pratchett 7.51 (38)
^65 I Robot C Isaac Asimov 7.49 (178)
^66 Creatures of Light and Darkness Roger Zelazny 7.49 (32)
67 City C Clifford Simak 7.48 (68)
^68 Eon S1 Greg Bear 7.48 (72)
^69 The Warrior's Apprentice L.M. Bujold 7.48 (32)
^70 More than Human Theodore Sturgeon 7.47 (28)
71 Downbelow Station C.J. Cherryh 7.46 (49)
72 Five Hundred Years After Steven K.Z. Brust 7.46 (20)
73 Jhereg S1 Steven Z. Brust 7.46 (66)
74 The Saga of the Pliocene Exile S Julian May 7.46 (49)
^75 The Shockwave Rider John Brunner 7.44 (29)
^76 To Green Angel Tower S3 Tad Williams 7.44 (37)
77 Green Mars S2 Kim S. Robinson 7.43 (51)
^78 The Uplift War David Brin 7.43 (131)
^79 Glory Road Robert A. Heinlein 7.42 (33)
80 The Mote in God's Eye L.Niven/J.Pournelle 7.42 (191)
81 Puppet Masters Robert A. Heinlein 7.41 (72)
82 Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein 7.41 (175)
^83 The High Crusade Poul Anderson 7.39 (36)
84 Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke 7.39 (163)
^85 The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells 7.39 (79)
86 Neuromancer William Gibson 7.39 (242)
87 Citizen of the Galaxy Robert A. Heinlein 7.39 (90)
^88 Marooned in Realtime Vernor Vinge 7.37 (63)
89 The Time Machine H.G. Wells 7.37 (116)
^90 Jack the Bodiless S1 Julian May 7.36 (28)
^91 Cyberiad Stanislaw Lem 7.36 (21)
92 Slaughterhouse 5 Kurt Vonnegut 7.36 (38)
^93 Songmaster Orson Scott Card 7.36 (29)
94 Cyteen C.J. Cherryh 7.36 (79)
95 Tunnel in the Sky Robert A. Heinlein 7.34 (52)
96 Legacy of Heorot L.Niven/S.Barnes 7.32 (36)
^97 Burning Chrome C William Gibson 7.31 (37)
^98 Enchanter's End Game S5 David Eddings 7.31 (46)
99 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick 7.30 (51)
100 Count Zero William Gibson 7.30 (55)
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{S1} indicates that the book is the 1'st book in a series.
{C} indicates a collection of short stories.
* indicates that the book was not on the chart last week.
^ indicates that the book has risen from last week's position.
A,B indicate that two books by the same author are in different series.
This chart is also available via WWW at
http://www.clark.net/pub/iz/Books/Top100/top100.html
NOTE: When voting for series, _The Book of the New Sun_ will refer to the
first four books. _The Urth Cycle_ includes _The Urth of the New Sun_.
Also _The Chronicles of Amber_ refers to all ten books. You are also allowed
to vote for each book in the series individually.
The Book of the New Sun / The Urth Cycle
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The Shadow of the Torturer S1 7.82 (104)
The Claw of the Conciliator S2 7.57 (86)
The Sword of the Lictor S3 7.73 (70)
The Citadel of the Autarch S4 7.72 (71)
The Urth of the New Sun S5 7.00 (47)
Wheel of Time Series
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The Eye of the World S1 7.30 (136)
The Great Hunt S2 7.20 (131)
The Dragon Reborn S3 7.47 (130)
The Shadow Rising S4 7.57 (123)
The Fires of Heaven S5 7.60 (116)
Lord of Chaos S6 7.58 (101)
Foundation Series
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Foundation S1 7.70 (295)
Foundation and Empire S2 7.44 (217)
Second Foundation S3 7.51 (224)
Prelude to Foundation S4 5.82 (77)
Forward the Foundation S5 6.00 (67)
Foundation's Edge S6 6.22 (98)
Foundation and Earth S7 6.09 (88)
The First Chronicles of Amber
