From: tcooke@maths.adelaide.edu.au (Tristrom Cooke) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.announce ----======= THE INTERNET TOP 100 SF/FANTASY LIST =======---- Edition Number 29 17th July 1995 r--------------------------------------------------------------------------, | This chart was compiled using votes sent in by 694 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. | L__________________________________________________________________________J =============================================================================== Pos | Title | Type | Author/Editor | Score =============================================================================== 1 Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien 8.68 (315) 2 Ender's Game SA1 Orson Scott Card 8.19 (279) 3 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 8.15 (74) 4 The Long Run Daniel Keys Moran 8.13 (34) 5 Hyperion S1 Dan Simmons 8.08 (138) 6 Dune S1 Frank Herbert 8.04 (290) ^ 7 1984 George Orwell 8.01 (71) 8 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 8.00 (50) ^ 9 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein 7.97 (189) 10 The Earthsea Series S Ursula Le Guin 7.96 (104) 11 A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge 7.94 (106) ^12 Tigana Guy G. Kay 7.94 (49) 13 The Stars my Destination Alfred Bester 7.93 (85) 14 Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner 7.91 (74) 15 Aristoi Walter Jon Williams 7.91 (32) 16 Player of Games Iain M. Banks 7.87 (65) ^17 The Book of the New Sun S Gene Wolfe 7.83 (84) 18 A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller 7.83 (101) 19 Neutron Star C Larry Niven 7.76 (58) ^20 Witches of Karres James Schmitz 7.75 (21) 21 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 7.75 (93) 22 The Hobbit J.R.R.Tolkien 7.74 (205) 23 The Dispossessed Ursula Le Guin 7.71 (99) 24 The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula Le Guin 7.69 (137) 25 The Dying Earth S1 Jack Vance 7.66 (39) 26 Have Spacesuit, Will Travel Robert A. Heinlein 7.64 (62) 27 The Door into Summer Robert A. Heinlein 7.62 (70) ^28 Lest Darkness Fall L. Sprague de Camp 7.62 (23) 29 Snow Crash Neal Stephenson 7.61 (93) ^30 Gateway S1 Frederick Pohl 7.58 (120) 31 City C Clifford Simak 7.58 (49) 32 Startide Rising David Brin 7.58 (148) 33 The Forever War Joe Haldeman 7.57 (110) 34 A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick 7.55 (34) ^35 Ubik Philip K. Dick 7.54 (34) 36 Double Star Robert A. Heinlein 7.53 (47) 37 Use of Weapons Iain M. Banks 7.52 (62) 38 The Foundation Trilogy S Isaac Asimov 7.52 (221) 39 Jhereg S1 Steven Z. Brust 7.51 (53) ^40 Speaker for the Dead SA2 Orson Scott Card 7.49 (181) 41 Fall of Hyperion S2 Dan Simmons 7.49 (99) ^42 Protector Larry Niven 7.48 (49) ^43 The First Chronicles of Amber S Roger Zelazny 7.45 (125) 44 The Wheel of Time Series S Robert Jordan 7.45 (94) 45 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy S1 Douglas Adams 7.44 (214) ^46 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 7.43 (80) 47 Puppet Masters Robert A. Heinlein 7.43 (52) 48 The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells 7.38 (53) 49 Marooned in Realtime Vernor Vinge 7.38 (53) 50 I Robot C Isaac Asimov 7.37 (136) 51 Green Mars S2 K.S.Robinson 7.36 (37) ^52 Last Dancer Daniel Keys Moran 7.36 (23) 53 The Dragonbone Chair S1 Tad Williams 7.36 (49) ^54 True Names Vernor Vinge 7.35 (24) 55 Citizen of the Galaxy Robert A. Heinlein 7.35 (72) ^56 Good Omens Pratchett/Gaiman 7.33 (30) 57 The Mote in God's Eye L.Niven/J.Pournelle 7.32 (159) 58 Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein 7.31 (139) ^59 Timescape Gregory Benford 7.27 (28) 60 The Time Machine H.G. Wells 7.27 (88) ^61 Past Through Tomorrow C Robert A. Heinlein 7.23 (24) 62 Tunnel in the Sky Robert A. Heinlein 7.22 (41) ^63 Neuromancer William Gibson 7.22 (186) ^64 The Uplift War David Brin 7.21 (102) 65 Red Mars S1 K.S. Robinson 7.20 (73) 66 Mission of Gravity Hal Clement 7.20 (54) ^67 Way Station Clifford Simak 7.20 (38) 68 The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick 7.20 (91) 69 Stranger in a Strange Land Robert A. Heinlein 7.19 (190) 70 Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke 7.18 (128) ^71 The Snow Queen S1 Joan Vinge 7.17 (30) ^72 Methuselah's Children Robert A. Heinlein 7.16 (28) ^73 The High Crusade Poul Anderson 7.16 (24) 74 The Caves of Steel S1 Isaac Asimov 7.15 (113) 75 Ringworld S1 Larry Niven 7.15 (180) 76 Cyteen C.J. Cherryh 7.15 (62) ^77 Nova Samuel R. Delany 7.14 (25) 78 Downbelow Station C.J. Cherryh 7.14 (34) 79 Babel 17 Samuel R. Delany 7.14 (45) ^80 Bridge of Birds S1 Barry Hughart 7.09 (21) 81 The Peace War Vernor Vinge 7.09 (50) ^82 The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke 7.05 (29) 83 Magician S1 Raymond E. Feist 7.04 (108) 84 Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury 7.04 (102) ^85 Lord Valentine's Castle S1 Robert Silverberg 7.04 (26) 86 Blood Music Greg Bear 7.03 (56) 87 Rendezvous with Rama SA1 Arthur C. Clarke 7.02 (151) 88 The Naked Sun S2 Isaac Asimov 7.02 (101) 89 Mort S4 Terry Pratchett 7.01 (31) ^90 Consider Phlebas Iain M. Banks 6.98 (59) 91 A Man Rides Through S2 Stephen Donaldson 6.98 (54) ^92 The Eyes of the Overworld S2 Jack Vance 6.97 (26) 93 The Colour of Magic S1 Terry Pratchett 6.97 (40) ^94 Five Hundred Years After Steven K.Z. Brust 6.96 (13) 95 2001 : A Space Odyssey SB1 Arthur C. Clarke 6.96 (103) 96 Star Beast Robert A. Heinlein 6.92 (29) 97 The Mirror of Her Dreams S1 Stephen Donaldson 6.92 (41) ^98 Seventh Son SB1 Orson Scott Card 6.91 (34) 99 Restaurant at the End of the Universe S2 Douglas Adams 6.90 (79) 100 The Mists of Avalon Marion Z. Bradley 6.85 (39) =============================================================================== {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. This chart is also available via WWW at http://www.clark.net/pub/iz/Books/Top100/top100.html The Book of the New Sun / The Urth Cycle ---------------------------------------- The Shadow of the Torturer S1 7.83 (84) The Claw of the Conciliator S2 7.54 (67) The Sword of the Lictor S3 7.71 (52) The Citadel of the Autarch S4 7.69 (53) The Urth of the New Sun S5 7.03 (43) Wheel of Time Series -------------------- The Eye of the World S1 6.98 (94) The Great Hunt S2 6.95 (84) The Dragon Reborn S3 7.22 (83) The Shadow Rising S4 7.39 (80) The Fires of Heaven S5 7.36 (74) Lord of Chaos S6 7.45 (60) Foundation Trilogy ================== Foundation S1 7.52 (221) Foundation and Empire S2 7.20 (155) Second Foundation S3 7.29 (161) The First Chronicles of Amber ============================= Nine Princes in Amber S1 7.45 (125) The Guns of Avalon S2 7.22 (34) Sign of the Unicorn S3 6.98 (32) The Hand of Oberon S4 6.99 (32) The Courts of Chaos S5 7.12 (32) The Earthsea Series =================== A Wizard of Earthsea S1 7.96 (104) The Tombs of Atuan S2 7.24 (50) The Farthest Shore S3 7.00 (36) Tehanu S4 4.09 (25) -- Tristrom Cooke | Editor of the tcooke@maths.adelaide.edu.au | Internet Top 100 | SF/Fantasy List