Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

NPR Science Fiction list (or, nerd up!)

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 7
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous 1 2 3 4 5 7 template Next
  • #1

    NPR Science Fiction list (or, nerd up!)

    So in the vein of the DFG Nerd thread: How many of the top 100 NPR Science Fiction/Fantasy books have you read? I would count the opening work of a series even if you didn't finish the series (but finished that entire one book).


    NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
    http://www.listchallenges.com/npr-top-100-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books
    More than 5,000 of you nominated. More than 60,000 of you voted. And now the results are in. The winners of NPR's Top 100


    I got an 87, counting 3 that I didn't finish the series of (Wheel of Time, Game of Thrones, Sword of Truth, though I read enough of the latter that it had petered out before I finished reading).
    33
    0-24 Meh, pathetic.
    33.33%
    11
    25-49 Apprentice Nerd
    33.33%
    11
    50-74 Journeyman Nerd
    21.21%
    7
    75+ Master Nerd
    6.06%
    2
    [img]http://i.imgur.com/AKor71z.gif[/img]
    6.06%
    2
    Last edited by snoopy369; July 30, 2013, 16:27.
    <Reverend> IRC is just multiplayer notepad.
    I like your SNOOPY POSTER! - While you Wait quote.
    Tags: None
  • #2
    36 for me.
    “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
    - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

    Comment

    • #3
      64
      <p style="font-size:1024px">HTML is disabled in signatures </p>

      Comment

      • #4
        22.

        Not a single CJ Chyrrah title!? Where is Philip Jose Farmer???
        No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

        Comment

        • #5
          Only 33, but lots of good suggestions for reading.
          With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

          Steven Weinberg

          Comment

          • #6
            Yeah, there was a bit of recency in that list. Find/make a better list
            <Reverend> IRC is just multiplayer notepad.
            I like your SNOOPY POSTER! - While you Wait quote.

            Comment

            • #7
              Well, the list had "Something Wicked This Way Comes" so it's not that bad
              With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

              Steven Weinberg

              Comment

              • #8
                33.

                So to up my nerd-cred, I present this link to a flowchart, which I found here.
                Pool Manager - Lombardi Handicappers League - An NFL Pick 'Em Pool

                https://youtu.be/HLNhPMQnWu4

                Comment

                • #9
                  Nice flowchart, I remember seeing that somewhere (perhaps at SFSignal, who I used to read an RSS from before that RSS disappeared)...
                  <Reverend> IRC is just multiplayer notepad.
                  I like your SNOOPY POSTER! - While you Wait quote.

                  Comment

                  • #10
                    One of the issues I have with this is that series count the same as standalone novels.
                    No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

                    Comment

                    • #11
                      Weird list. Two Stephen King novels?

                      My total = 59.

                      Not bad, considering how little pleasure reading I've done the past 20 years.
                      Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
                      RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-Arms

                      Comment

                      • #12
                        Originally posted by snoopy369 View Post
                        Nice flowchart, I remember seeing that somewhere (perhaps at SFSignal, who I used to read an RSS from before that RSS disappeared)...
                        Apparently it is from SFSignal, but my search there ended in failure and the link in my link was broken.
                        Pool Manager - Lombardi Handicappers League - An NFL Pick 'Em Pool

                        https://youtu.be/HLNhPMQnWu4

                        Comment

                        • #13
                          I thought I'd have higher considering I'd read the first 5 on the list, but my score was 25.

                          ACK!
                          Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!

                          Comment

                          • #14
                            43, but I eliminate almost half the books as I am not much into fantasy and tend to avoid them.
                            Founder of The Glory of War, CHAMPIONS OF APOLYTON!!!
                            '92 & '96 Perot, '00 & '04 Bush, '08 & '12 Obama, '16 Clinton, '20 Biden, '24 Harris

                            Comment

                            • #15
                              7. I don't read much fiction and when I did, it tended to be among a few authors.
                              “As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
                              "Capitalism ho!"

                              Comment

                              Previous 1 2 3 4 5 7 template Next
                              Working...
                              X