NPR Top 100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Books refreshingly Void-free

[james_davis_nicoll]

Just as I called it in June, "more sausages than Oktoberfest."



At quick glance says it's 13 15 women in the top 100. None in the top ten. In fact the first woman shows up at position 20 unless for some reason it's a bad idea to do this before coffee has sunk in and I missed one two.

[I am assuming Morgan's count is right and mine was wrong)

Comments

[bastets-place.livejournal.com]

my brain exploded on the idea that the Lord of the Rings trilogy was "A" "science fiction" book.

I mean, it was three (counts on fingers - yup, trilogy is three) and it wasn't real science-y.

But that discussion has been had elsewhere, I am sure.

[jamesenge.livejournal.com]

It's not really a trilogy, just a novel that fills three volumes. But they seem to be counting series as single works (e.g. the Foundation trilogy).

[chrysostom476.livejournal.com]

Tolkien was quite vigorous in his insistence that it was not a trilogy. And correctly so-he would have published it as a single volume, if he'd been able to find a publisher crazy enough to do it.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, I _do_ have it published in single volume :-) Big one, with Alan Lee drawings...

[chrysostom476.livejournal.com]

Me too. That's not really comparable to what Tolkien was facing at the time, though.

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

It's actually seven books and an index, which Tolkien wanted published as One Book, and his editor split into three books. And started publishing Before he was done with the Index, which made Book Three very late and drove his then fan base insane. Yes, I do have a few friends who were alive when they first came out in hardback.
Glad I bought the Ballentines as a set. ;)

[michaelgr.livejournal.com]

Better read the post's title again; It's a science fiction and fantasy list.