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Top 10 favorite books ever. Aeryn Send a noteboard - 22/04/2010 04:12:31 AM
Inspired by The Shrike, name your 10 favorite books (not necessarily "the best" books, but the ones you Y). You may present 2 versions of the list - all books, including non-fiction, and sf/f only (marginally sf/f at least). But it must be strictly 10! No alternates allowed. Series don't count as one book unless it's really one book like LotR.

Here's mine (and yes, it hurt). It's ordered by how many times I've re-read the book.

1. Tolkien - Lord of the Rings
2. Catherine Asaro - Primary Inversion
3. Catherynne M. Valente - Palimpsest
4. Nicola Griffith - Slow River
5. Tanith Lee - The Birthgrave
6. Vera Nazarian - Lords of Rainbow
7. China Mieville - Perdido Street Station
8. Kim Stanley Robinson - Red Mars
9. Samuel R. Delany - Tales of Neveryon
10. Storm Constantine - Calenture


Edit: I need more people to respond to this thread! This is invaluable information.
This message last edited by Aeryn on 23/04/2010 at 02:22:40 AM
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authors? *NM* - 23/04/2010 02:14:01 AM 492 Views
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on ode to engineering and world-building - the literal kind - 23/04/2010 02:34:56 PM 1020 Views
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A bit late... - 30/04/2010 01:33:13 AM 956 Views
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For the moment... - 23/04/2010 01:39:29 AM 1154 Views
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Alright I'll do the cutting for you. - 23/04/2010 02:58:43 PM 1102 Views
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Some awesome books on this list. *NM* - 24/04/2010 04:37:40 AM 466 Views
My Top Eleven* - 23/04/2010 03:58:49 PM 1120 Views
It's going to be hard for me - 23/04/2010 10:36:02 PM 1107 Views
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That first one is subject to opinion, I must say. - 24/04/2010 04:39:55 AM 902 Views
Hmmm... - 24/04/2010 09:10:41 AM 1071 Views
Here goes. - 24/04/2010 07:47:33 AM 1101 Views
It feels like choosing among children must be, but... - 24/04/2010 05:49:01 PM 1057 Views
Here is a list... - 30/04/2010 08:36:32 PM 912 Views

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