Playing the book list game
Dec. 28th, 2018 05:05 pm"100 SF/F Books You Should Consider Reading in the New Year" by ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
james_davis_nicoll is an amazing list. For the first time with one of these "long lists of Awesome Good Books," I'm considering trying to read everything on it that I haven't. Which is most of them.
Books I have read:
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985)
The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold (1989)
War for the Oaks by Emma Bull (1987)
Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany (1975)
Enchantress From the Stars by Sylvia Louise Engdahl (1970)
Golden Witchbreed by Mary Gentle (1983)
God Stalk by P. C. Hodgell (1982)
Deryni Rising by Katherine Kurtz (1970)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (1962)
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (1974)
The Many-Colored Land by Julian May (1981)
Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre (1978)
His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik (2006)
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart (1970)
The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge (1980)
I think I've read a few more, but am not listing anything that I can't even remember the plot. (I'm not sure how much of the plot of Witchbreed I remember, but I do recall enjoying it quite a bit.) So I'm familiar with - and like - about 1/7 of the full list. Those are a solid enough set to say that, if the rest of the list is comparable in quality, I will enjoy reading all of them. Some of those 15 are long-time favorites; I wonder how many of the others I'll read and think, "Dammit, why didn't I find this when I was sixteen?"
( Sorting the rest into sublists )
james_davis_nicoll is an amazing list. For the first time with one of these "long lists of Awesome Good Books," I'm considering trying to read everything on it that I haven't. Which is most of them.Books I have read:
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985)
The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold (1989)
War for the Oaks by Emma Bull (1987)
Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany (1975)
Enchantress From the Stars by Sylvia Louise Engdahl (1970)
Golden Witchbreed by Mary Gentle (1983)
God Stalk by P. C. Hodgell (1982)
Deryni Rising by Katherine Kurtz (1970)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (1962)
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (1974)
The Many-Colored Land by Julian May (1981)
Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre (1978)
His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik (2006)
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart (1970)
The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge (1980)
I think I've read a few more, but am not listing anything that I can't even remember the plot. (I'm not sure how much of the plot of Witchbreed I remember, but I do recall enjoying it quite a bit.) So I'm familiar with - and like - about 1/7 of the full list. Those are a solid enough set to say that, if the rest of the list is comparable in quality, I will enjoy reading all of them. Some of those 15 are long-time favorites; I wonder how many of the others I'll read and think, "Dammit, why didn't I find this when I was sixteen?"
( Sorting the rest into sublists )
