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Description says "Note: Spam will be deleted if detected." Done! I have deleted "Reversed Order Existence"
Please support The Devouring (Last of the Magi #1). Its primary author G. S. Eli is an American Roma an ethnic group more commonly known by the misnomer (Gypsy). He's the first person from his highly traditional American Roma community to write a fantasy novel. The story features a Roma hero and is meant to inspire Roma youth and help combat prejudice.
What on earth is a list of the works of great SF doing without Sturgeon? Goodness! Or Ellison?Guys, More Than Human just has to be here.
And Deathbird Stories.
How about Stanley Weinbaum? The Best Of Stanley G. Weinbaum is a necessary addition to include the writer who brought aliens that weren't just disguised humans to the genre.
b.c. stevenson wrote: "Stephy wrote: ""American Gods" by Neil Gaiman does not deserve to be on this or any list of the best anything. I read it, and if I could vote for worst book ever written, from this selection, He wo..."Nearly. I'd put anything by Dan Brown first though. Just my opinion, but wow, the guy's a bad writer.
I finished reading Horn-Horn by ADT Mcclellan and I think it is amazing oh my god. I hope everybody checks it out because you won't be sorry!
Douetja wrote: "b.c. stevenson wrote: "Stephy wrote: ""American Gods" by Neil Gaiman does not deserve to be on this or any list of the best anything. I read it, and if I could vote for worst book ever written, fro..."Douetja wrote: "b.c. stevenson wrote: "Stephy wrote: ""American Gods" by Neil Gaiman does not deserve to be on this or any list of the best anything. I read it, and if I could vote for worst book ever written, fro..."
Really? I read it, and liked it very much. An interesting concept. To import old-world gods into North America, and have them altered by this new culture.
How is this considered science fiction? It is definitely one of my favorite thrillers. The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)by Dan Brown
Not sure if this list is monitored/maintained but the following books have multiple entries:Project Hail Mary (3)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (3)
1984 (2)
Neuromancer (2)
Midnight Library (2)
I'm sure there are more duplicates.
William, thanks for calling attention to this! In the past 15 minutes I've tried several times to use the "edit" function to "check for duplicates." Every time I click on that command, I get a screen that says, "Page unavailable." The Goodreads management is supposed to be looking into that issue. I'll keep trying periodically, and get back to you when ! succeed.
The "check for duplicates' command is still inoperable. I messaged the Goodreads support staff about the issue this morning, but haven't received any reply yet.
Back in September, I got a generic, "one size fits all" reply from the Goodreads staff, and apparently they've never done anything about the glitch. It's not fixed yet (I keep checking every so often). :-(
Thanks for your diligence! It seems we've lost some tools and general oversight monitoring since the last "upgrade".
William wrote: "Thanks for your diligence! It seems we've lost some tools and general oversight monitoring since the last "upgrade"."You're welcome! Sadly, the quality of the site's maintenance has been declining ever since Amazon bought it some years ago; and I don't think the current management has much interest in the lists feature.
YAY! I tried again just now, and the "check for duplicates" function finally worked! 57 duplicates have now been removed.
Wow, your persistence paid off! Thanks for sticking with it!
You're welcome, William! Thank you for calling attention to the problem to start with.
Too many multiple listings for Foundation and the Hyperion series. If we are to stick with 1 book per series, we should leave out The Hobbit.
The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man STILL STILL STILL are NOT NOT NOT novels.And neither is the phone book!
Steve, I just ran a "check for duplicates" edit on this list, and it deleted 49 duplicates. Hopefully, that will have caught the ones you mentioned!The list description doesn't actually limit the inclusions to novels; it just says "books." It also doesn't (at least currently --it's apparently been edited at some point, originally having been limited to SF) have a one book per series stipulation.
Werner,Thanks for letting me know. I'm afraid the varying stipulations for the assorted lists overwhelmed me a bit. We appreciate your efforts - if we ever make it to the Draco Tavern, or the White Hart, or Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, or Ten-Forward - I will owe you a round.
Steve wrote: "We appreciate your efforts - if we ever make it to the Draco Tavern, or the White Hart, or Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, or Ten-Forward - I will owe you a round."Glad to help out, Steve. If we ever get to any of those places, I'll take you up on that. Make mine a root beer! :-)
Stephy wrote: ""American Gods" by Neil Gaiman does not deserve to be on this or any list of the best anything. I read it, and if I could vote for worst book ever written, from this selection, He would have my vot..."I just today saw your comment. You were way ahead of all of us on the trash that is neil gaiman! I've created a new shelf for all of his shit, I call it "rapists/abusers"
Patrick wrote: "I must be the only person on Earth who can't stand Ender's Game.Of course, I find Card personally obnoxious and to me his personality oozes through all his books."
worry not, I agree wholeheartedly
Patrick wrote: "I must be the only person on Earth who can't stand Ender's Game.Of course, I find Card personally obnoxious and to me his personality oozes through all his books."
It, like much of Heinlein, is a crypto-fascist narrative. So, you are not alone in your dislike of Card. Not sure why I read it except that it was there and not much else was available in English.
Agreed