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The Top 100
Aug. 11th, 2011 01:11 pmThe NPR Top 100 SF/F Novels list is up ...
And, wow, that's a lot of Neil Gaiman on that list. Not that I have an issue with that. Sandman is right there (at 29, I think?), so go comics!
I raised an eyebrow at how far down the list Ursula K. LeGuin came, was excited to see Robin McKinley on it, and overall thought it was a pretty good list.
However.
For the three people who read this blog, allow me to say: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler is freaking amazing, and you ought to read it, even though it is not on that Top 100 list. Because it ought to be. It is rocking near-future, semi-post-apocalyptic* science fiction, and I'm telling you, it's really good.
So, there.
*There was no big disaster, the world just sort of slid into dystopian chaos.
And, wow, that's a lot of Neil Gaiman on that list. Not that I have an issue with that. Sandman is right there (at 29, I think?), so go comics!
I raised an eyebrow at how far down the list Ursula K. LeGuin came, was excited to see Robin McKinley on it, and overall thought it was a pretty good list.
However.
For the three people who read this blog, allow me to say: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler is freaking amazing, and you ought to read it, even though it is not on that Top 100 list. Because it ought to be. It is rocking near-future, semi-post-apocalyptic* science fiction, and I'm telling you, it's really good.
So, there.
*There was no big disaster, the world just sort of slid into dystopian chaos.
