{"id":893,"date":"2011-08-12T19:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-08-13T02:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.omphalosbookreviews.com\/?p=893"},"modified":"2014-10-21T12:34:14","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T19:34:14","slug":"nprs-100-best-sff-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.omphalosbookreviews.com\/?p=893","title":{"rendered":"NPR’s 100 Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Book List"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAfter 5,000 online nominations, 60,000 votes and parsing by some of the genre’s brightest and most knowledgeable critics and scholars, NPR<\/a> has published its list of the 100 most vote-gettingest SFF books<\/a> that a bunch of web-surfers can remember. I have been awaiting this list since I first heard about it a few weeks ago. NPR has a lot of credibility, as far as I am concerned, as do John Clute<\/a>, Farah Mendlesohn<\/a>, and Gary K. Wolfe<\/a>, the afore-mentioned big brains of the SFF\/criticism world. But I just cannot help but be disappointed when I see that some fool(s) decided that the Xanth series deserves a place on this list. Or that American Gods<\/em> is top-10, while Watchmen<\/a><\/em> is not. And seriously; Jasper-fucking-Fforde? Why not add Robert Asprin as well? <\/p>\n

I suppose I should be happy, because overall the list is pretty strong. But I had such high hopes here. I am a sucker for best-of lists, but I have yet to see a really great one for SFF books. Most other online vote lists are a bloody mess. (Uh-huh<\/a>. Uh-huh<\/a>. Uh-huh<\/a>). (Although, some ain’t bad<\/a>. Nope. Not at all). Individual lists, while sometimes great, almost always include a few books like The Birth of the People’s Republic of Antarctica (thanks, Mr. Pringle<\/a>), or some other bullshit personal favorite that is wholly incapable of standing with the books that really belong on lists of this type. <\/p>\n

Well, as much of a whiner as I am about this, I am eagerly awaiting the publish date (set sometime next year) of The 101 Best Science Fiction Novels, 1985-2010<\/a>, by Damien Broderick and Paul di Filippo; basically a second volume to Pringle’s work, linked above. With a year or so to go, I’ve got plenty of time to heighten my hopes again. <\/p>\n

Oh yeah. And instead of “Be British,” it might be “Be British or American,” as the other half<\/em> of the authors in the top ten are from . . . guess where? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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