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  • #46
    Nerds!!!

    Only 9 for me. If you can count movies I'm up to 21!
    Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012

    When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - Rah

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    • #47
      18. There are some glaring holes in my read list. I do however have 31 Asimov books on my bookshelf right now. :shrug:

      8 books from the second list that snoopy posted.

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      • #48
        Ringworld wasn't even the best larry niven book. Definitely The Smoke Ring/Integral Trees.

        I don't like Asimov much.
        If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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        • #49
          Oh yeah, and my list is:

          Lord of the Rings
          The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
          Ender's Game (Possibly my favorite book)
          Dune
          A Game of Thrones
          1984
          Fahrenheit 451
          Frankenstein
          Ringworld
          Small Gods
          Going Postal
          The Sword of Shannara
          Thrawn Trilogy
          Red Mars

          I started reading Anathem, not sure if I'm going to finish it. I've also read parts of Animal Farm, Brave New World, Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five, and Watchmen.
          If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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          • #50
            6

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            • #51
              Originally posted by Dinner View Post
              hundreds of Star Wars books, the hundreds of Star Trek books, the hundreds of D&D books (including the various non-cannon books which are widely read like E. Gary Gygax's Gord the Rogue series), the Robotech & Battletech books, and so many more I can't name them all.

              Those worlds are certainly more popular than 3/4ths of the books which did make the list.
              stuff I wouldn't read if you held me at gunpoint

              To each his own I suppose.

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              • #52
                Originally posted by snoopy369 View Post
                Borders' booksellers ran rings around BN's both for sales and knowledge/love of books. However the inventory management was so terrible we never had the books in stock to sell

                If you want a "better" list, how about http://www.listchallenges.com/hugo-a...s-1946-2012-in ? 51/64 here, not great and missing some important ones, but at least one of those 13 is the Harry Potter novel
                Hmmmm... only 47. I thought I had read most of the Hugo award winners. And like you, No Harry Potter for me either.
                I've voted for the Hugo awards many times, and there are a "few" winners I didn't vote for
                Keep on Civin'
                RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                • #53
                  I only read books if they're on the reading rainbow



                  BUTTERFLY IN THE SKYYYY
                  I CAN GO TWICE AS HIIIGH
                  If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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                  • #54
                    Originally posted by regexcellent View Post
                    stuff I wouldn't read if you held me at gunpoint
                    +1

                    An I enjoy sci-fi!
                    “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)

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                    • #55
                      The thrawn trilogy is, surprisingly, legitimately good fiction in its own right, independent of star wars. But it's the only star wars book that isn't crap.

                      By the way, it bothers me that the reading rainbow video says "retro junk" on it. I'm 20. Things that happened when I was in grade school are not retro.
                      If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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                      • #56
                        I got 14.
                        Do movies count?

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                        • #57
                          I'm not sure being a bookworm makes you a nerd.

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                          • #58
                            Originally posted by snoopy369 View Post
                            So in the vein of the DFG Nerd thread: How many of the top 100 NPR Science Fiction/Fantasy books have you read?
                            Movies are not books. One does not read a movie.
                            Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
                            RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-Arms

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                            • #59
                              jonmiller
                              jonmiller
                              Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
                              RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-Arms

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                              • #60
                                Originally posted by -Jrabbit View Post
                                Movies are not books. One does not read a movie.

                                true

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