Tuesday, November 21, 2006

50 Sci Fi novels

50 Significant SF/F Novels
This is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club. Bold the ones you've read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished and put an asterisk beside the ones you loved.


* 1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien

*2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov


*3. Dune, Frank Herbert


4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein

5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin

6. Neuromancer, William Gibson

7. Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke

8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick


*9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley


10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury


11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe

12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.

*13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov


14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras

15. Cities in Flight, James Blish

*16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett


17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison

18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison

19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester

20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany

*21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey


22. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card

23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R.
Donaldson


24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman

25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl

*26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling


*27. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams


28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson

*29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice


30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin

31. Little, Big, John Crowley

32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny

33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick

34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement

35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon

36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith

37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute

38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke

39. Ringworld, Larry Niven

40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys

41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien


42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut


43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson

44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner

45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester

46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein

47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock

48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks


49. Timescape, Gregory Benford

50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer

Monday, November 20, 2006


You are The High Priestess


Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.


The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you need to know. The High Priestess is also associated with the moon however and can also indicate change or fluxuation, particularily when it comes to your moods.


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