Annotated Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List

Edition Number 175
6th February 1999

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I've added my own ratings of the Top 100 list rating all the books that I've read on a scale of 1-1000.

My
Pos Title Type Author/Editor Score Score Buy
1 Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien 8.86( 1026) 965
2 The Ender Saga S Orson Scott Card 8.59 (846) -  -
3 The Lions of Al-Rassan Guy G. Kay 8.54 (70) -
4 The Vorkosigan Series S Lois M. Bujold 8.46 (101) -  -
5 Dune S1 Frank Herbert 8.40 (882) 915
6 Tigana Guy G. Kay 8.39 (206) -
7 The Annals of the Black Company S Glen Cook 8.36 (84) -  -
8 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 8.32 (155) -
^ 9 The Discworld Series S Terry Pratchett 8.31 (122) -  -
10 Gormenghast S2 Mervyn Peake 8.30 (52) -
11 The Hyperion Cantos S Dan Simmons 8.29 (423) -  -
12 A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess 8.29 (83) 945
13 The Princess Bride William Goldman 8.24 (69) 860
14 The Illuminatus Trilogy S R.Wilson/R.Shea 8.22 (36) 390
^ 15 The Stars my Destination Alfred Bester 8.22 (217) 790
16 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein 8.22 (426) -
17 Watership Down Richard Adams 8.21 (101) 950
18 The Wheel of Time Series S Robert Jordan 8.19 (422) 910
19 The First Chronicles of Amber S Roger Zelazny 8.17 (354) -  -
20 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 8.17 (229) -
21 A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge 8.17 (249) 950
^ 22 The Hobbit J.R.R.Tolkien 8.16 (634) 880
^ 23 Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 8.16 (94) -
24 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 8.16 (191) -
25 Palindor D.R. Evans 8.16 (19) -
^ 26 Picnic on the Roadside Strugatski 8.15 (27) -  -
^ 27 Expanded Universe C Robert A. Heinlein 8.15 (25) -
28 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 8.15 (138) 745
29 Bridge of Birds S1 Barry Hughart 8.15 (69) 855
30 Tales of the Continuing Time S Daniel Keys Moran 8.14 (67) -  -
31 Doorways in the Sand Roger Zelazny 8.14 (63) 860
32 True Names Vernor Vinge 8.14 (61) -
33 The Last Herald Mage Trilogy S Mercedes Lackey 8.13 (52) -  -
^ 34 Doors of his Face, Lamps of his Mouth C Roger Zelazny 8.13 (30) -
35 Memory, Sorrow and Thorn S Tad Williams 8.12 (182) -  -
^ 36 Persistence of Vision C John Varley 8.12 (46) -
37 Feersum Endjinn Iain M. Banks 8.12 (38) -
38 1984 George Orwell 8.11 (351) 990
^ 39 The Sword of Truth Series S Terry Goodkind 8.11 (106) -  -
40 Harpist in the Wind S3 Patricia McKillip 8.10 (54) -
41 The Dragon Never Sleeps Glen Cook 8.10 (14) 985
42 Way Station Clifford Simak 8.09 (154) -
43 The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson 8.09 (88) -
^ 44 The Deed of Paksennarion S Elizabeth Moon 8.08 (29) -
45 Dangerous Visions A Harlan Ellison 8.07 (35) -
46 The Gap into Madness S4 Stephen Donaldson 8.07 (69) 890
47 Something Wicked this Way Comes Ray Bradbury 8.07 (75) -
48 The Fionavar Tapestry S Guy G. Kay 8.07 (144) -  -
49 Ubik Philip K. Dick 8.06 (124) -
^ 50 Callahan's Crosstime Saloon S1 Spider Robinson 8.06 (34) -
51 Metaconcert S2 Julian May 8.06 (62) -
52 The Chrysalids John Wyndham 8.05 (70) -
53 Dying Inside Robert Silverberg 8.05 (58) -
54 Replay Ken Grimwood 8.04 (49) -
55 Tea with the Black Dragon R.A.MacAvoy 8.04 (41) 830
^ 56 Startide Rising David Brin 8.02 (380) -
57 The Cyberiad Stanislaw Lem 8.02 (76) -
^ 58 Snow Crash Neal Stephenson 8.01 (262) 915
59 The Foundation Trilogy S Isaac Asimov 8.01 (651) -
^ 60 Voice of the Whirlwind Walter Jon Williams 8.00 (29) -
61 Liege Killer S1 Christopher Hinz 8.00 (43) 705
^ 62 The Best of Cordwainer Smith C Cordwainer Smith 8.00 (24) -
63 Neutron Star C Larry Niven 8.00 (129) -
64 A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller 8.00 (284) 970
65 Dorsai! S3 Gordon Dickson 7.99 (63) 810
66 Futurological Congress Stanislaw Lem 7.99 (43) -
67 More than Human Theodore Sturgeon 7.98 (90) -
^ 68 The Last Unicorn Peter Beagle 7.98 (36) -
69 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe S1 C.S. Lewis 7.98 (224) -  -
70 Player of Games Iain M. Banks 7.98 (144) 882
71 Chanur's Homecoming S4 C.J. Cherryh 7.98 (29) -
72 The Lyonesse Trilogy S Jack Vance 7.97 (38) -  -
73 The Empire Trilogy S R.Feist/J.Wurts 7.96 (94) -  -
74 Norstrilia Cordwainer Smith 7.96 (50) -
75 Green Hills of Earth C Robert A. Heinlein 7.96 (50) -
76 Vlad the Assassin Series S Steven K.Z. Brust 7.95 (94) -  -
^ 77 Armor. John Steakley 7.95 (20) -  -
78 Exile. S2 R.A. Salvatore 7.95 (26) -
^ 79 Quarantine Greg Egan 7.94 (31) -
80 The Once and Future King T.H. White 7.94 (85) -
81 Lest Darkness Fall L. Sprague de Camp 7.93 (69) -
^ 82 The Blue Sword Robin McKinley 7.93 (26) -
83 The Door into Summer Robert A. Heinlein 7.93 (174) -
^ 84 On Stranger Tides Tim Powers 7.93 (29) -
85 The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke 7.93 (112) -
86 A Wizard of Earthsea S1 Ursula Le Guin 7.92 (312) -
87 A Song for Arbonne Guy G. Kay 7.92 (116) -
^ 88 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy S1 Douglas Adams 7.91 (546) 900
^ 89 The Book of the New Sun S Gene Wolfe 7.91 (195) -  -
90 Star Wars : Dark Force Rising S2 Timothy Zahn 7.90 (47) 725
91 Permutation City Greg Egan 7.89 (36) -
92 Good Omens Pratchett/Gaiman 7.89 (155) 420
^ 93 The Dispossessed Ursula Le Guin 7.88 (239) -
94 Animal Farm George Orwell 7.88 (114) 940
95 Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut 7.87 (88) -
^ 96 Crystal Express C Bruce Sterling 7.87 (15) -  -
^ 97 Against a Dark Background Iain M. Banks 7.87 (37) -  -
98 The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Philip K. Dick 7.87 (73) -
* 99 A Night in the Lonesome October Roger Zelazny 7.87 (28) -  -
100 Faerie Tale Raymond E. Feist 7.86 (35) -  -

{S1}indicates that the book is the 1'st book in a series.
{C}indicates a collection of short stories.
{A}indicates an anthology.
*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.

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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.

The Ender Saga
Ender's Game   S1  8.59  (846)   My score: 995
Speaker for the Dead   S2  7.87  (486)   My score: 930
Xenocide  S3  7.01  (207)   -
Children of the Mind  S4  6.45  (49)   -

The Annals of the Black Company
The Black Company   S1  8.01  (84)   My score: 970
Shadows Linger   S2  7.87  (43)   My score: 910
The White Rose   S3  8.36  (46)   My score: 980
The Silver Spike   S4  7.58  (31)   My score: 715
Shadow Games   S5  8.03  (35)   My score: 875
Dreams of Steel   S6  7.91  (32)   My score: 920

The Hyperion Cantos
Hyperion   S1  8.29  (423)   My score: 975
Fall of Hyperion  S2  7.79  (255)   -
Endymion   S3  8.12  (81)   My score: 895
Rise of Endymion  S4  2.36  (26)   -

The Illuminatus Trilogy
The Eye in the Pyramid  S1  8.22  (36)   -
The Golden Apple  S2  8.20  (40)   -
Leviathan  S3  8.22  (35)   -

Wheel of Time Series
The Eye of the World   S1  8.04  (422)   My score: 890
The Great Hunt   S2  8.06  (401)   My score: 900
The Dragon Reborn   S3  8.12  (397)   My score: 920