tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177161405083769316.post1306264928631852761..comments2024-02-14T09:00:51.793-07:00Comments on in principio erat verbum: NPR's Top 100 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Bookscbhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11165235578101226421noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177161405083769316.post-60953555971311761852011-08-17T12:25:10.287-06:002011-08-17T12:25:10.287-06:00I've got Jonathan Strange, if you want to borr...I've got Jonathan Strange, if you want to borrow it. I could bring it to training next week if you want.<br />Prydain is children's fantasy, 5 books, all very brief. And, BYU Library just acquired Lloyd Alexander's office, so you can see a recreation of the place where those great books were written!<br /><br />And I agree about the Wrinkle in Time. Even as I kid I realized it was a bit too didactic. Good, but probably not Top 100. Maybe Top 200, though.Scott Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12217679561632322299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177161405083769316.post-38324880006321304072011-08-17T08:06:42.431-06:002011-08-17T08:06:42.431-06:00Skoticus! Thanks for the recommendations! Left H...Skoticus! Thanks for the recommendations! Left Hand of Darkness and Farseer have always occupied varying spots on my list, but I'll have to bump them up further. And I hadn't heard of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel, really, until this list and your recommendation, so I'm DEFINITELY going to have to look into that asap.<br /><br />I definitely agree about The Dark is Rising (one of my favorite series when I was younger...and now) deserving a spot on the list. However, while I enjoyed A Wrinkle in Time, and I do think its a pretty formative work for the genre, I'm not entirely convinced it belongs on the list. I've never read Prydain--I'll have to pick that one up as well.<br /><br />And definitely feel free to steal this post, as well as feel inspired to read/write more sci-fi/fantasy! I'm all about that. :-)cbhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165235578101226421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177161405083769316.post-23815309698829184482011-08-16T19:26:18.733-06:002011-08-16T19:26:18.733-06:00I think your blog is going to inspire me to start ...I think your blog is going to inspire me to start reading/writing fantasy again.<br /><br />I have read very few on this list, but there's a few on here you haven't read that I want to strongly recommend:<br /><br />--The Left Hand of Darkness. Probably the best Sci-Fi book I have ever read.<br />--The Farseer Trilogy. A great trilogy. She's written a few other trilogies in that same world, and frankly, I think they get better and better. She's working on another trilogy in that world now, and I can't wait for her to finish it. (My favorite is the second trilogy, The Liveship Traders) Her Second Son trilogy fell flat though, as far as I am concerned.<br />--Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel. SO SO awesome. About halfway through the book I was convinced the mythology she'd created was real.<br />--The Riftwar Saga. Not genius by any means, but a favorite as a kid and when I reread them last year, I still like them a lot.<br /><br />Some series that should be on the list:<br />The Chronicles of Prydain (Llyod Alexander)<br />The Dark Is Rising (Susan Cooper)<br />A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'Engle)<br />Maybe these books aren't really the best ones ever (though, I think they might be) but they were formative ones for me growing up, and so are ones I think of as "classic" and "the best."<br /><br />Also...I am going to steal this post.Scott Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12217679561632322299noreply@blogger.com