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Annie already seconded Ringworld, so I guess I won't. But I will second Mote in God's Eye.
I nominate Legacy of Heorot, by Niven, Pournelle, and Barnes; Octavia Butler's Dawn (first of the Xenogenesis trilogy); and l'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time.
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I've read some LeGuin, and enjoyed them. A bit too surreal for my taste, though. I like books that make me think; but not (as much) books that I can't figure out what the heck to think. And some of her books just move so slowly. *shrug* To each his/her own.
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too surreal? I've always found her to be one of the more calm and sensible authors in the Sci-Fi genre. populated with the socially malleable, sure, but hardly surreal!
*shrugs*
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PS. I'm talking #$%*!. I still crave anything the Thieve's World folks might care to put forth.
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I nominate The Giver by Lois Lowry (even though it's YA, it's still Sci-fi), and A Brave New World which I never read, but I listened to it on tape and it was an absolutely awesome book. I'll third The Mote in God's Eye for what it's worth. I love that book too. Will we get to vote on these or will it just be a long list when we're done?
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I would "third" The Giver and A Wrinkle in Time.
I can't bring myself to really like Brave New World anymore since we had to debate it in a Western Civ class at KU, endlessly, until it stripped all enjoyment of the book for me.
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Here's the List: (* if seconded) Ender's Game* Speaker for the Dead* Nueromancer The Lathe of Heaven* How Few Remain Dune* Earth Abides* The Mote in God's Eye* Ringworld* Childhood's End* Rendevous With Rama* Rama II* 1984* There are Doors On the Beach* The War of the Worlds Titan* Fail Safe Foundation* Cat's Cradle Dawn A Wrinkle in Time* The Giver* Brave New World Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?* Eternity Starship Troopers Legacy of Heorot
Thanks for all the nominations. Let's keep this open until tomorrow. The poll will be announced when ready (prob'ly this weekend). Please let me know if there is anything I missed.
And I must second Androids!
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Here's the List: (* if seconded) Ender's Game* Speaker for the Dead* Nueromancer The Lathe of Heaven* How Few Remain Dune* Earth Abides* The Mote in God's Eye* Ringworld* Childhood's End* Rendevous With Rama* Rama II* 1984* There are Doors On the Beach* The War of the Worlds Titan* Fail Safe Foundation* Cat's Cradle Dawn* A Wrinkle in Time* The Giver* Brave New World Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Eternity Starship Troopers Legacy of Heorot*
Here's an attempt at an updated list, thanks rivka!
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Here's the List: (* if seconded) Ender's Game* Speaker for the Dead* Nueromancer The Lathe of Heaven* How Few Remain Dune* Earth Abides* The Mote in God's Eye* Ringworld* Childhood's End* Rendevous With Rama* Rama II* 1984* There are Doors On the Beach* The War of the Worlds Titan* Fail Safe Foundation* Cat's Cradle Dawn* A Wrinkle in Time* The Giver* Brave New World Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?* Eternity Starship Troopers Legacy of Heorot* Gateway Double Star The Moon is a Harsh Mistress*
Sorry mph!
*seconds Harsh Mistress*
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quote:Kibbitzing is also used as friendly banter in gaming
And here I thought it meant living on a communal farm in Israel!
I actually feel the same way porter does--it's why I haven't nominated anything until now. I want to play too, though, so I'll nominate a couple that should be on the list:
Ursula K. Leguin's Left Hand of Darkness David Brin's Kiln People Theodore Sturgeon's More than Human
...and oh, what the hell, Maureen McHugh's China Mountain Zhang
Elaine, after this is all finished, would you have any interest in doing one for best short SF?
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Since I see that Eric has already seconded Androids, I would like to nominate The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick and I will second The Left Hand of Darkness.
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mph: Save individual stories in I Robot for the short story polls.
Noemon and thrak: A freind of mine had the idea to work on a High Castle screenplay. He wanted to represent the old man that the protagonist meets in Aspen with Adolph Hitler as a very ancient man. Subtle. It could work....
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Here's the List: (* if seconded) Ender's Game* Speaker for the Dead* Nueromancer The Lathe of Heaven* How Few Remain Dune* Earth Abides* The Mote in God's Eye* Ringworld* Childhood's End* Rendevous With Rama* Rama II* 1984* There are Doors On the Beach* The War of the Worlds Titan* Fail Safe Foundation* Cat's Cradle Dawn* A Wrinkle in Time* The Giver* Brave New World Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?* Eternity Starship Troopers Legacy of Heorot* Gateway Double Star The Moon is a Harsh Mistress* Left Hand of Darkness* Kiln People More Than Human The Man in the High Castle* 2001 a Space Odyssey*
(I missed 2001, sorry!)
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Erik, I think that would work for a High Castle screenplay. I nominated High Castle because I feel it is one of Dick's best, but my personal favorites are Eye in the Sky and A Scanner Darkly.
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I have heard about a Linklater movie that will be filmed like Waking Life. That would be a very cool adaptation.
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I'm enjoying all of these stories of Dick's being brought to the screen today. I always knew that they would make good movies. Some attempts at this are better than others, however.
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I would have to say that I enjoy short story collections myself, but prefer Dick's short stories almost above all others. The man knew good quick fiction!
But they aren't novels.
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