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Postby Lyion » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:00 pm

http://www.phobosweb.com/features/100bo ... index.html

Not how I'd rank them, but I do believe I've read almost every book on this list.
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Postby Arlos » Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:03 am

Hrm, on that list I have read:
2, 3, 5, 8, 12, 15, 16, 22, 27, 30, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 46, 47, 51, 53, 57, 61, 62, 63, 65, 67, 73, 75, 76, 79, 85, 98, & 100.

So, about 1/3, I guess.

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Postby Tikker » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:40 pm

list is obviously wrong if Ender's Game isn't #1
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Postby Arlos » Sun Mar 19, 2006 2:15 pm

Ender's Game was decent, but it wasn't all that.

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Postby kaharthemad » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:45 am

Tikker is partially right. it should be up there towards the top of the list. Lets see..

2,3,5,15,16,27,28,29,30,33,34,37(worth reading if you have not, VERY underrated),38, 39,40,46,49,51,52,53,60,61,65(costner should be shot for doing this as a movie),73,79,84,85(Should be higher on the list).

So about 28 books read on the list.
For those that have not read the Eon series by Greg Bear it is definently worth reading, I found it more enjoyable than alot of the other books on the list. Eon could be construde as "Hardcore Scif-Fi".
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Postby Phlegm » Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:05 pm

28, 30, 39, 51, 61, 79, 84, and 98
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Postby Tossica » Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:34 pm

Nerds.
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Postby Tikker » Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:26 pm

"To your scattered bodies go" by Farmer (the riverworld series) was one of my favourite series growing up

as far as just raw enjoyment, Ender's Game (and Ender's Shadow) are probably my fav sci-books period~



I also really like Robert Sawyer
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Postby kaharthemad » Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:47 am

Tossica wrote:Nerds.

fucking turn table freak :P

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Postby Tikker » Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:09 am

ps, now requesting from the library the books I hadn't read yet~
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Postby Witty » Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:20 am

How did Stand on Zanzibar get up there and Sheep Look Up not?
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Postby Tikker » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:57 pm

Just finished the Arthur C Clarke books on the list


Childhood's End was pretty good, but it'd be down towards the bottom of the top 100 for me


I guess they must be using the social impact of the books as part of the critereon?
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