Vote For Top-100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Titles (including The Stand & Dark Tower)

[mae]

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/02/138894873/vote-for-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-titles

Last month we asked you, our audience, to nominate titles for a top-100 list of the best science fiction and fantasy ever written. The response was overwhelming — almost 5,000 of you posted to the NPR site alone, and many thousands more offered suggestions on Facebook.

We've tabulated those suggestions and, with the help of an expert panel, narrowed the list to a manageable field of a few hundred titles.

Scrolling through the list of great science fiction and fantasy reads below will feel like a journey back in time for some of us, a voyage of discovery for others. But novice or veteran, everyone loves a contest. So, let the voting begin!

Here's how: Everyone gets 10 votes. Select your top 10 favorite titles, and then scroll down to the bottom of the poll and click "Submit." Feel free to lobby for your favorites in the comments. We'll be back in about 10 days with the results.

Quite a list, which includes King's The Eyes of the Dragon, The Stand, and The Dark Tower series. I know how we all like voting :) So have at it.

[mae]

I missed it, but NPR had other polls, and here's "Top 100 Killer Thrillers": http://www.npr.org/2011/06/13/128718927/audience-picks-top-100-killer-thrillers

King appears six times in the top 45, with The Dead Zone (#45), Pet Sematary (#44), 'Salem's Lot (#37), It (#22), The Stand (#12), and The Shining (#7).

[mae]

And Stephen also makes a brief appearance in another poll, "100 Best Beach Books Ever": http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106983620

With just The Shining at #96 and The Stand at #52.

[Jean]

bears voted

Cat's Cradle
The Dark Tower
The Day of Triffidas
Frankenstein
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Lord of the Rings
The Stand
The Time Machine
Way Station

did I overlook something or there really wasn't any Lovecraft on the list?

[Merlin1958]

"A Big Front Yard" Hugo Award winning Short Story

Clifford D. Simak

[mae]

The results are in:

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books

The Dark Tower series makes it all the way to #23! The Stand is not far behind at #25. Looks like The Eyes of the Dragon did not make it, understandably.

[Randall Flagg]

Thanks. I need to read more books. I've only read a handful of the 100.

[Brainslinger]

In a way I'm surprised that The Stand is under The Dark Tower. While I think I prefer the latter, I'd have thought the former more widely read. On the other hand it's a fantasy/sci-fi poll, and while both are fantasies of a kind The Dark Tower fits that genre mould that little bit better. (Mind you The Stand's would fit Post Apocalyptic which is a staple of Sci-fi, albeit there's a strong horror/fantasy element too.)

[Merlin1958]

Thanks. I need to read more books. I've only read a handful of the 100.

Oh, shame on you, Jerome. I would say I've read most on the list. 65% maybe? Gotta get down with some Sci-fi and Fantasy, my brother from another mother!!!!!!!


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