----======= THE INTERNET TOP 100 SF/FANTASY LIST =======---- Edition Number 256 6th July 2003 r--------------------------------------------------------------------------, | This chart was compiled using votes sent in by 3316 people. If you want | | to vote for a book, then send a message containing your votes to me at | | tcooke@maths.adelaide.edu.au. Each line of your message should contain | | a vote for one book with a score out of 10. For example | | | | 10 Imaginary Book Title A. Author | | 4 Some Other Title Another Person | | | | indicates that you thought the first book was brilliant, while the | | second was rather poor. | | | | See http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/6113/top100.html for more | | information. | L__________________________________________________________________________J =============================================================================== Pos | Title | Type | Author/Editor | Score =============================================================================== 1 A Song of Ice and Fire S George R. Martin 8.97 (231) 2 Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien 8.92 (1428) 3 The Vorkosigan Series S Lois M. Bujold 8.69 (142) 4 Ender's Game S1 Orson Scott Card 8.67 (1156) 5 The Wiedzmin Stories FS A. Sapkowski 8.56 (41) 6 Dune. S1 Frank Herbert 8.44 (1177) 7 The Discworld Series S Terry Pratchett 8.43 (158) 8 Roadside Picnic A & B Strugatski 8.39 (87) ^ 9 Hard to be a God A & B Strugatski 8.37 (37) 10 The Hyperion Cantos S Dan Simmons 8.36 (561) 11 The Lions of Al-Rassan Guy G. Kay 8.35 (134) 12 Tigana Guy G. Kay 8.35 (310) 13 Beetle in the Anthill A & B Strugatski 8.33 (23) 14 A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge 8.30 (358) 15 Palindor S1 D.R. Evans 8.30 (31) 16 Armor. John Steakley 8.29 (52) 17 Deathbird Stories C Harlan Ellison 8.29 (21) 18 The Dragon Never Sleeps Glen Cook 8.28 (24) 19 Replay. Ken Grimwood 8.28 (65) ^20 Bridge of Birds S1 Barry Hughart 8.28 (97) 21 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 8.27 (241) 22 The Stars my Destination Alfred Bester 8.27 (297) 23 The Nine Billion Names of God C Arthur C. Clarke 8.25 (42) 24 Tales of the Continuing Time S Daniel Keys Moran 8.25 (76) 25 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein 8.24 (522) 26 The Deed of Paksennarion S Elizabeth Moon 8.23 (71) 27 The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien 8.23 (871) 28 Fiasco Stanislaw Lem 8.22 (26) 29 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 8.21 (304) 30 By the Sword Mercedes Lackey 8.20 (35) 31 The Coldfire Trilogy S C.S. Friedman 8.20 (67) 32 The Blue Sword Robin McKinley 8.19 (49) 33 The Best of Cordwainer Smith C Cordwainer Smith 8.18 (38) 34 The Once and Future King T.H. White 8.18 (124) 35 The Annals of the Black Company S Glen Cook 8.18 (149) 36 The Hero and the Crown Robin McKinley 8.17 (39) ^37 The Farseer Trilogy S Robin Hobb 8.17 (74) 38 The First Chronicles of Amber S Roger Zelazny 8.16 (468) 39 Snow Crash Neal Stephenson 8.15 (366) 40 Doors of his Face, Lamps of his Mouth C Roger Zelazny 8.15 (47) 41 The Princess Bride William Goldman 8.15 (141) ^42 Watership Down Richard Adams 8.14 (183) 43 1984 George Orwell 8.14 (493) 44 The Cyberiad Stanislaw Lem 8.14 (103) 45 The Invincible Stanislaw Lem 8.14 (31) 46 Persistence of Vision C John Varley 8.13 (57) ^47 The Island of Doctor Death and ... C Gene Wolfe 8.12 (16) 48 Quarantine Greg Egan 8.12 (49) 49 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 8.12 (266) ^50 Soldier of the Mist S1 Gene Wolfe 8.12 (25) ^51 Legend. S1 David Gemmell 8.12 (50) 52 True Names Vernor Vinge 8.12 (77) ^53 God Stalk S1 P.C. Hodgell 8.10 (24) 54 Memory, Sorrow and Thorn S Tad Williams 8.10 (205) 55 The Foundation Trilogy S Isaac Asimov 8.09 (837) 56 Norstrilia Cordwainer Smith 8.09 (67) ^57 The Honor Harrington Series S David Weber 8.07 (50) 58 Vlad the Assassin Series S Steven Brust 8.07 (133) 59 Green Hills of Earth C Robert A. Heinlein 8.07 (77) 60 Player of Games Iain M. Banks 8.07 (185) ^61 A Deepness in the Sky Vernor Vinge 8.07 (38) 62 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 8.07 (186) 63 The Book of the New Sun S Gene Wolfe 8.07 (246) 64 Raising the Stones Sheri S. Tepper 8.06 (30) 65 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe S1 C.S. Lewis 8.06 (320) 66 Tea with the Black Dragon R.A. MacAvoy 8.05 (58) 67 Stone of Tears S2 Terry Goodkind 8.05 (129) 68 The Last Unicorn Peter Beagle 8.05 (66) 69 The Chung Kuo Series S David Wingrove 8.05 (30) 70 Startide Rising David Brin 8.05 (455) 71 A Song for Arbonne Guy G. Kay 8.04 (151) ^72 Way Station Clifford Simak 8.03 (203) ^73 The Tactics of Mistake S2 Gordon Dickson 8.03 (43) ^74 A Night in the Lonesome October Roger Zelazny 8.03 (48) ^75 The Madness Season C.S. Friedman 8.03 (24) 76 A Wizard of Earthsea S1 Ursula Le Guin 8.03 (419) ^77 The Fionavar Tapestry S Guy G. Kay 8.02 (199) 78 A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess 8.02 (137) 79 Ubik Philip K. Dick 8.02 (170) ^80 Last Call Tim Powers 8.02 (39) 81 On Stranger Tides Tim Powers 8.02 (45) 82 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy S1 Douglas Adams 8.01 (703) 83 The Crystal Cave S1 Mary Stewart 8.01 (47) 84 Something Wicked this Way Comes Ray Bradbury 8.01 (123) 85 A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller 8.01 (366) 86 Futurological Congress Stanislaw Lem 8.01 (64) 87 Against a Dark Background Iain M. Banks 8.00 (60) 88 More than Human Theodore Sturgeon 8.00 (130) ^89 Neutron Star C Larry Niven 7.99 (158) ^90 Sojourn S3 R.A. Salvatore 7.99 (53) 91 Crystal Express C Bruce Sterling 7.99 (21) ^92 Dying Inside Robert Silverberg 7.99 (79) 93 Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut 7.99 (133) 94 The Shadow Rising S4 Robert Jordan 7.98 (539) ^95 The Sparrow. S1 Mary D. Russell 7.98 (24) 96 Tides of Light S3 Gregory Benford 7.98 (26) ^97 City. C Clifford Simak 7.98 (164) *98 Cugel's Saga S3 Jack Vance 7.98 (25) *99 What Mad Universe? Frederic Brown 7.98 (19) 100 Magic's Pawn S1 Mercedes Lackey 7.98 (77) =============================================================================== {S1} indicates that the book is the 1'st book in a series. {C} indicates a collection of short stories. {A} indicates an anthology. {F} indicates that the book is not available in English. * indicates that the book was not on the chart last week. ^ indicates that the book has risen from last week's position. {SA1} and {SB1} distinguish the first books from different series. - NOTE 1 : When voting for series, _The Book of the New Sun_ will refer to the first four books. _The Urth Cycle_ includes _The Urth of the New Sun_. Also _The Chronicles of Amber_ refers to all ten books. You are also allowed to vote for each book in the series individually. NOTE 2 : The series below are listed in order of publication rather than internal chronology. A Song of Ice and Fire ---------------------- A Game of Thrones S1 8.97 (231) A Clash of Kings S2 8.82 (148) A Storm of Swords S3 8.72 (107) The Wiedzmin Stories -------------------- Krew Elfow S1 8.56 (41) Czas Pogardy S2 7.34 (14) Chrzest Ognia S3 7.65 (16) Wieza Jaskolki S4 7.70 (16) Pani Jeziora S5 6.14 (6) Wiedzmin C 6.98 (6) Miecz Przeznaczenia C 8.00 (17) Ostatnie Zyczenie C 7.60 (16) The Hyperion Cantos ------------------- Hyperion S1 8.36 (561) Fall of Hyperion S2 8.02 (360) Endymion S3 8.32 (169) Rise of Endymion S4 8.36 (110) The Deed of Paksennarion ------------------------ The Sheepfarmer's Daughter S1 8.16 (71) Divided Allegiance S2 7.98 (61) Oath of Gold S3 8.23 (65) The Coldfire Trilogy -------------------- Black Sun Rising S1 8.08 (67) When True Night Falls S2 8.20 (61) Crown of Shadows S3 8.00 (50) The Annals of the Black Company ------------------------------- The Black Company S1 7.96 (149) Shadows Linger S2 7.96 (99) The White Rose S3 8.18 (98) The Silver Spike S4 7.89 (78) Shadow Games S5 8.12 (85) Dreams of Steel S6 8.00 (79) Bleak Seasons S7 5.70 (13) She is the Darkness S8 5.95 (11) Water Sleeps S9 6.22 (9) Soldiers Live S10 5.64 (6) The Farseer Trilogy ------------------- Assassin's Apprentice S1 8.17 (74) The Royal Assassin S2 8.10 (65) Assassin's Quest S3 7.32 (49) The First Chronicles of Amber ----------------------------- Nine Princes in Amber S1 7.97 (468) The Guns of Avalon S2 8.16 (350) Sign of the Unicorn S3 8.11 (334) The Hand of Oberon S4 8.09 (337) The Courts of Chaos S5 8.12 (336) Memory, Sorrow and Thorn ------------------------ The Dragonbone Chair S1 7.80 (256) The Stone of Farewell S2 8.10 (205) To Green Angel Tower S3 8.02 (207) Foundation Series ----------------- Foundation S1 8.09 (837) Foundation and Empire S2 8.02 (683) Second Foundation S3 8.05 (694) Foundation's Edge S4 7.01 (250) Foundation and Earth S5 6.80 (232) Prelude to Foundation S6 6.86 (213) Forward the Foundation S7 6.92 (186) The Honor Harrington Series --------------------------- On Basilisk Station S1 7.95 (50) The Honor of the Queen S2 8.07 (48) The Short Victorious War S3 7.86 (37) The Field of Dishonor S4 8.07 (40) Flag in Exile S5 8.03 (36) Honor Among Enemies S6 8.00 (34) In Enemy Hands S7 5.24 (9) Echoes of Honor S8 5.54 (8) Vlad the Assassin Series ------------------------ Jhereg S1 7.62 (133) Yendi S2 8.01 (83) Teckla S3 7.50 (70) Taltos. S4 8.07 (72) Phoenix. S5 7.68 (62) Athyra S6 7.44 (57) Orca. S7 7.59 (46) Dragon. S8 6.70 (8) The Book of the New Sun / The Urth Cycle ---------------------------------------- The Shadow of the Torturer S1 7.98 (246) The Claw of the Conciliator S2 7.91 (218) The Sword of the Lictor S3 8.05 (193) The Citadel of the Autarch S4 8.07 (191) The Urth of the New Sun S5 7.39 (73) The Chung Kuo Series -------------------- The Middle Kingdom S1 8.05 (30) The Broken Wheel S2 7.77 (22) The White Mountain S3 8.05 (21) The Stone Within S4 7.56 (17) Beneath the Tree of Heaven S5 7.66 (18) White Moon, Red Dragon S6 6.47 (5) The Fionavar Tapestry --------------------- The Summer Tree S1 7.84 (199) The Wandering Fire S2 7.99 (184) The Darkest Road S3 8.02 (182) It is not necessary to read the following series in order, since they are more or less separate novels set in the same universe. Because of this, could you please vote for each of the books comprising the series individually (instead of having one vote for the entire series). The Vorkosigan Series --------------------- Shards of Honor 8.20 (129) Barrayar 8.13 (142) The Warrior's Apprentice 8.15 (136) Borders of Infinity 8.07 (88) The Vor Game 7.80 (115) Ethan of Athos 7.30 (76) Falling Free 7.33 (79) Brothers in Arms 7.98 (86) Mirror Dance 8.52 (130) Cetaganda 7.39 (71) Memory. 8.69 (67) Komarr 7.73 (44) A Civil Campaign 7.91 (27) Tales of the Continuing Time ---------------------------- Emerald Eyes 8.25 (32) The Armageddon Blues 7.46 (19) The Long Run 8.25 (76) The Last Dancer 8.23 (64) The Discworld Series -------------------- The Colour of Magic 7.51 (158) The Light Fantastic 7.63 (122) Equal Rites 7.51 (108) Mort. 7.81 (148) Sourcery 7.58 (95) Wyrd Sisters 7.85 (101) Pyramids. 7.42 (114) Guards! Guards! 8.08 (120) Eric. 7.52 (85) Moving Pictures 7.64 (81) Reaper Man 8.29 (102) Witches Abroad 7.96 (87) Small Gods 8.05 (115) Lords and Ladies 7.73 (84) Men at Arms 8.27 (97) Soul Music 7.97 (73) Interesting Times 8.43 (63) Maskerade 7.85 (48) Feet of Clay 7.81 (47) Hogfather 6.95 (29) Jingo 6.96 (25) The Last Continent 5.79 (17) Carpe Jugulum 6.28 (14) The Fifth Elephant 6.74 (16) The Truth. 6.50 (13)