----======= THE INTERNET TOP 100 SF/FANTASY LIST =======---- Edition Number 179 10th April 1999 r--------------------------------------------------------------------------, | This chart was compiled using votes sent in by 2510 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 with a score out of 10. For example | | | | 10 Imaginary Book Title A. Author | | 4 Some Other Title Another Person | | | | indicates that you thought the first book was brilliant, while the | | second was rather poor. | L__________________________________________________________________________J =============================================================================== Pos | Title | Type | Author/Editor | Score =============================================================================== 1 Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien 8.88(1051) 2 The Ender Saga S Orson Scott Card 8.60 (860) 3 The Lions of Al-Rassan Guy G. Kay 8.54 (72) 4 The Vorkosigan Series S Lois M. Bujold 8.47 (103) ^ 5 Tigana Guy G. Kay 8.40 (210) 6 Dune S1 Frank Herbert 8.40 (900) 7 The Annals of the Black Company S Glen Cook 8.35 (89) 8 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 8.34 (160) 9 The Discworld Series S Terry Pratchett 8.31 (124) 10 A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess 8.30 (88) 11 The Hyperion Cantos S Dan Simmons 8.29 (429) ^12 The Princess Bride William Goldman 8.26 (73) 13 Gormenghast S2 Mervyn Peake 8.24 (52) ^14 Picnic on the Roadside A & B Strugatski 8.24 (31) 15 The Stars my Destination Alfred Bester 8.22 (222) 16 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein 8.21 (432) ^17 Palindor D.R. Evans 8.20 (20) 18 The Illuminatus Trilogy S R.Wilson/R.Shea 8.20 (41) ^19 The Sword of Truth Series S Terry Goodkind 8.19 (112) 20 The First Chronicles of Amber S Roger Zelazny 8.19 (361) 21 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 8.19 (236) 22 The Wheel of Time Series S Robert Jordan 8.19 (434) 23 A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge 8.18 (253) 24 Watership Down Richard Adams 8.18 (108) ^25 The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien 8.18 (649) 26 Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 8.18 (99) 27 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 8.17 (194) 28 Bridge of Birds S1 Barry Hughart 8.15 (72) 29 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 8.15 (139) ^30 Tales of the Continuing Time S Daniel Keys Moran 8.15 (68) 31 Expanded Universe C Robert A. Heinlein 8.14 (27) ^32 Doors of his Face, Lamps of his Mouth C Roger Zelazny 8.14 (31) 33 Doorways in the Sand Roger Zelazny 8.14 (66) ^34 1984 George Orwell 8.14 (364) 35 True Names Vernor Vinge 8.13 (64) 36 The Last Herald Mage Trilogy S Mercedes Lackey 8.13 (52) ^37 Persistence of Vision C John Varley 8.13 (47) 38 Memory, Sorrow and Thorn S Tad Williams 8.13 (183) 39 The Deed of Paksennarion S Elizabeth Moon 8.13 (31) 40 The Dragon Never Sleeps Glen Cook 8.12 (17) 41 Feersum Endjinn Iain M. Banks 8.10 (40) 42 The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson 8.10 (89) 43 Harpist in the Wind S3 Patricia McKillip 8.09 (54) ^44 Something Wicked this Way Comes Ray Bradbury 8.08 (78) 45 Way Station Clifford Simak 8.08 (158) 46 Dangerous Visions A Harlan Ellison 8.07 (36) 47 The Fionavar Tapestry S Guy G. Kay 8.06 (146) 48 Ubik Philip K. Dick 8.06 (127) 49 Callahan's Crosstime Saloon S1 Spider Robinson 8.05 (37) ^50 Dying Inside Robert Silverberg 8.05 (58) ^51 Replay Ken Grimwood 8.05 (49) 52 The Gap into Madness S4 Stephen Donaldson 8.05 (69) ^53 Startide Rising David Brin 8.04 (385) 54 The Chrysalids John Wyndham 8.04 (73) 55 Metaconcert S2 Julian May 8.03 (63) ^56 Snow Crash Neal Stephenson 8.03 (265) ^57 The Cyberiad Stanislaw Lem 8.03 (77) ^58 The Best of Cordwainer Smith C Cordwainer Smith 8.03 (24) 59 Tea with the Black Dragon R.A. MacAvoy 8.03 (41) 60 The Foundation Trilogy S Isaac Asimov 8.02 (661) 61 Voice of the Whirlwind Walter Jon Williams 8.01 (29) 62 The Last Unicorn Peter Beagle 8.01 (37) ^63 Armor. John Steakley 8.00 (23) 64 Neutron Star C Larry Niven 7.99 (130) 65 Player of Games Iain M. Banks 7.99 (146) 66 A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller 7.99 (287) ^67 Chanur's Homecoming S4 C.J. Cherryh 7.99 (30) 68 More than Human Theodore Sturgeon 7.99 (92) 69 Dorsai! S3 Gordon Dickson 7.99 (63) 70 Futurological Congress Stanislaw Lem 7.98 (44) 71 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe S1 C.S. Lewis 7.98 (229) ^72 Norstrilia Cordwainer Smith 7.98 (50) ^73 The Empire Trilogy S R.Feist/J.Wurts 7.98 (96) 74 Liege Killer S1 Christopher Hinz 7.98 (43) ^75 Green Hills of Earth C Robert A. Heinlein 7.98 (51) 76 The Lyonesse Trilogy S Jack Vance 7.97 (39) ^77 Quarantine Greg Egan 7.96 (32) ^78 Exile. S2 R.A. Salvatore 7.96 (26) 79 Vlad the Assassin Series S Steven Brust 7.96 (99) 80 On Stranger Tides Tim Powers 7.96 (29) 81 The Blue Sword Robin McKinley 7.95 (26) 82 The Once and Future King T.H. White 7.95 (87) 83 The Door into Summer Robert A. Heinlein 7.94 (178) 84 A Wizard of Earthsea S1 Ursula Le Guin 7.94 (318) ^85 The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke 7.93 (115) 86 Lest Darkness Fall L. Sprague de Camp 7.93 (69) ^87 The Book of the New Sun S Gene Wolfe 7.93 (196) 88 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy S1 Douglas Adams 7.92 (553) 89 A Song for Arbonne Guy G. Kay 7.92 (117) ^90 Against a Dark Background Iain M. Banks 7.90 (38) 91 Star Wars : Dark Force Rising S2 Timothy Zahn 7.90 (47) 92 Permutation City Greg Egan 7.89 (37) ^93 Crystal Express C Bruce Sterling 7.89 (16) 94 The Dispossessed Ursula Le Guin 7.89 (242) 95 Good Omens Pratchett/Gaiman 7.89 (156) ^96 A Night in the Lonesome October Roger Zelazny 7.88 (30) ^97 Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut 7.88 (91) *98 Raising the Stones Sheri S. Tepper 7.88 (23) ^99 The Crystal Cave S1 Mary Stewart 7.88 (26) 100 Faerie Tale Raymond E. Feist 7.88 (35) =============================================================================== {S1} indicates that the book is the 1'st book in a series. {C} indicates a collection of short stories. {A} indicates an anthology. * indicates that the book was not on the chart last week. ^ indicates that the book has risen from last week's position. {SA1} and {SB1} distinguish the first books from different series. - This chart is also available via WWW at http://www.clark.net/pub/iz/Books/Top100/top100.html NOTE 1 : 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. NOTE 2 : The series below are listed in order of publication rather than internal chronology. The Ender Saga -------------- Ender's Game S1 8.60 (860) Speaker for the Dead S2 7.89 (493) Xenocide S3 7.01 (215) Children of the Mind S4 6.59 (55) The Annals of the Black Company ------------------------------- The Black Company S1 8.00 (89) Shadows Linger S2 7.88 (47) The White Rose S3 8.35 (50) The Silver Spike S4 7.61 (34) Shadow Games S5 8.04 (38) Dreams of Steel S6 7.92 (35) The Hyperion Cantos ------------------- Hyperion S1 8.29 (429) Fall of Hyperion S2 7.81 (260) Endymion S3 8.13 (87) Rise of Endymion S4 2.84 (32) The Illuminatus Trilogy ----------------------- The Eye in the Pyramid S1 8.20 (37) The Golden Apple S2 8.17 (41) Leviathan S3 8.20 (36) The Sword of Truth Series ------------------------- Wizard's First Rule S1 7.93 (112) Stone of Tears S2 8.19 (55) Blood of the Fold S3 4.54 (33) Temple of the Winds S4 1.61 (20) The First Chronicles of Amber ----------------------------- Nine Princes in Amber S1 7.95 (361) The Guns of Avalon S2 8.19 (259) Sign of the Unicorn S3 8.11 (248) The Hand of Oberon S4 8.09 (249) The Courts of Chaos S5 8.11 (249) Wheel of Time Series -------------------- The Eye of the World S1 8.05 (434) The Great Hunt S2 8.07 (414) The Dragon Reborn S3 8.13 (409) The Shadow Rising S4 8.19 (397) The Fires of Heaven S5 8.16 (392) Lord of Chaos S6 8.16 (375) A Crown of Swords S7 8.17 (192) P.S. For the time being, please vote for the new book _Path of the Daggers_ separately. The Last Herald Mage Trilogy ---------------------------- Magic's Pawn S1 8.12 (48) Magic's Promise S2 7.78 (46) Magic's Price S3 8.13 (52) Memory, Sorrow and Thorn ------------------------ The Dragonbone Chair S1 7.75 (183) The Stone of Farewell S2 8.13 (138) To Green Angel Tower S3 8.02 (142) The Deed of Paksennarion ------------------------ The Sheepfarmer's Daughter S1 8.13 (31) Divided Allegiance S2 7.59 (24) Oath of Gold S3 8.12 (27) The Fionavar Tapestry --------------------- The Summer Tree S1 7.84 (146) The Wandering Fire S2 8.02 (132) The Darkest Road S3 8.06 (130) Foundation Series ----------------- Foundation S1 8.02 (661) Foundation and Empire S2 7.94 (530) Second Foundation S3 7.95 (540) Foundation's Edge S4 6.94 (205) Foundation and Earth S5 6.81 (187) Prelude to Foundation S6 6.73 (170) Forward the Foundation S7 6.84 (149) The Empire Trilogy ------------------ Daughter of the Empire S1 7.86 (96) Servant of the Empire S2 7.98 (93) Mistress of the Empire S3 7.97 (81) The Lyonesse Trilogy -------------------- Suldrun's Garden S1 7.97 (39) The Green Pearl S2 7.63 (35) Madouc S3 7.91 (38) Vlad the Assassin Series ------------------------ Jhereg S1 7.44 (99) Yendi S2 7.96 (51) Teckla S3 7.43 (37) Taltos. S4 7.93 (40) Phoenix. S5 7.40 (36) Athyra S6 6.98 (31) Orca S7 5.01 (19) The Book of the New Sun / The Urth Cycle ---------------------------------------- The Shadow of the Torturer S1 7.88 (196) The Claw of the Conciliator S2 7.83 (168) The Sword of the Lictor S3 7.92 (148) The Citadel of the Autarch S4 7.93 (148) The Urth of the New Sun S5 7.26 (65) All of the following novels are not part of "series" as such. Instead of all belonging to a single story, they are more or less separate novels set in the same universe. Because of this, could you please vote for each of the books comprising the series individually (instead of having one vote for the entire series). The Vorkosigan Series --------------------- Shards of Honor 8.18 (95) Barrayar 8.04 (103) The Warrior's Apprentice 8.05 (100) Borders of Infinity 7.87 (61) The Vor Game 7.71 (87) Ethan of Athos 7.19 (58) Falling Free 7.32 (53) Brothers in Arms 7.83 (59) Mirror Dance 8.47 (83) Cetaganda 5.97 (39) Memory. 5.31 (25) Tales of the Continuing Time ---------------------------- Emerald Eyes 8.15 (27) The Armageddon Blues 6.91 (15) The Long Run 8.11 (68) The Last Dancer 8.15 (58) The Discworld Series -------------------- The Colour of Magic S1 7.48 (124) The Light Fantastic S2 7.64 (93) Equal Rites S3 7.51 (85) Mort S4 7.75 (117) Sourcery S5 7.59 (71) Wyrd Sisters S6 7.85 (80) Pyramids S7 7.39 (94) Guards! Guards! S8 8.10 (94) Eric. S9 7.57 (74) Moving Pictures S10 7.73 (63) Reaper Man S11 8.20 (81) Witches Abroad S12 8.01 (67) Small Gods S13 7.87 (90) Lords and Ladies S14 7.75 (70) Men at Arms S15 8.31 (77) Soul Music S16 8.09 (51) Interesting Times S17 8.29 (41) Maskerade S18 7.09 (26) Feet of Clay S19 5.68 (27) Hogfather S20 3.13 (15) Jingo S21 1.70 (12)