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Organization: Statistics, Pure & Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide,
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----======= THE INTERNET TOP 100 SF/FANTASY LIST =======----
Edition Number 36 4th September 1995
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| This chart was compiled using votes sent in by 783 people. If you want |
| to vote for a book, then send a message containing your votes to me at |
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Pos | Title | Type | Author/Editor | Score
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1 Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien 8.69 (351)
2 Ender's Game SA1 Orson Scott Card 8.25 (312)
3 The Long Run Daniel Keys Moran 8.18 (37)
4 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 8.16 (77)
5 Dune S1 Frank Herbert 8.12 (320)
6 1984 George Orwell 8.10 (86)
7 Hyperion S1 Dan Simmons 8.09 (156)
8 Tigana Guy G. Kay 8.06 (53)
9 The Earthsea Trilogy S Ursula Le Guin 8.01 (119)
10 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 8.00 (56)
11 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein 8.00 (200)
12 Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner 7.95 (78)
13 A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge 7.92 (112)
^14 Player of Games Iain M. Banks 7.92 (68)
15 Aristoi Walter Jon Williams 7.91 (33)
16 The Stars my Destination Alfred Bester 7.91 (90)
17 Witches of Karres James Schmitz 7.83 (23)
18 The Book of the New Sun S Gene Wolfe 7.82 (88)
19 Neutron Star C Larry Niven 7.80 (61)
20 A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller 7.78 (109)
21 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 7.78 (97)
22 The Hobbit J.R.R.Tolkien 7.77 (228)
23 Lest Darkness Fall L. Sprague de Camp 7.75 (24)
24 Ubik Philip K. Dick 7.74 (36)
25 The Dispossessed Ursula Le Guin 7.70 (106)
26 The Dying Earth S1 Jack Vance 7.70 (43)
27 The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula Le Guin 7.68 (148)
28 The Door into Summer Robert A. Heinlein 7.68 (74)
29 Startide Rising David Brin 7.67 (160)
30 Snow Crash Neal Stephenson 7.65 (102)
31 Double Star Robert A. Heinlein 7.64 (50)
^32 A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick 7.62 (34)
33 The Forever War Joe Haldeman 7.62 (116)
34 Have Spacesuit, Will Travel Robert A. Heinlein 7.62 (65)
^35 The Foundation Trilogy S Isaac Asimov 7.61 (246)
36 Gateway S1 Frederick Pohl 7.61 (127)
37 Protector Larry Niven 7.60 (53)
^38 Last Dancer Daniel Keys Moran 7.58 (24)
39 City C Clifford Simak 7.57 (53)
40 Speaker for the Dead SA2 Orson Scott Card 7.56 (198)
^41 The First Chronicles of Amber S Roger Zelazny 7.55 (131)
42 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 7.55 (96)
43 Good Omens Pratchett/Gaiman 7.55 (35)
44 True Names Vernor Vinge 7.54 (25)
45 Use of Weapons Iain M. Banks 7.54 (65)
^46 Way Station Clifford Simak 7.50 (43)
47 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy S1 Douglas Adams 7.50 (234)
48 Jhereg S1 Steven Z. Brust 7.50 (54)
^49 Timescape Gregory Benford 7.47 (29)
50 The Fall of Hyperion S2 Dan Simmons 7.47 (107)
51 Past Through Tomorrow C Robert A. Heinlein 7.46 (26)
^52 The Dragonbone Chair S1 Tad Williams 7.42 (52)
53 Puppet Masters Robert A. Heinlein 7.42 (56)
54 I Robot C Isaac Asimov 7.41 (151)
55 The Mote in God's Eye L.Niven/J.Pournelle 7.40 (170)
56 Citizen of the Galaxy Robert A. Heinlein 7.39 (77)
57 Marooned in Realtime Vernor Vinge 7.38 (57)
58 Green Mars S2 K.S.Robinson 7.38 (40)
59 The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells 7.37 (64)
^60 The Snow Queen S1 Joan Vinge 7.36 (31)
61 Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein 7.36 (151)
^62 Methuselah's Children Robert A. Heinlein 7.36 (29)
63 The Wheel of Time Series S Robert Jordan 7.35 (104)
64 Bridge of Birds S1 Barry Hughart 7.33 (22)
^65 The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke 7.32 (36)
^66 Nova Samuel R. Delany 7.31 (26)
67 The Uplift War David Brin 7.31 (112)
68 Neuromancer William Gibson 7.30 (202)
69 The Time Machine H.G. Wells 7.29 (100)
70 Tunnel in the Sky Robert A. Heinlein 7.29 (42)
71 Lord Valentine's Castle S1 Robert Silverberg 7.28 (33)
72 Downbelow Station C.J. Cherryh 7.26 (37)
73 Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke 7.25 (142)
74 The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick 7.25 (93)
75 The High Crusade Poul Anderson 7.24 (27)
76 Cyteen C.J. Cherryh 7.24 (66)
77 Stranger in a Strange Land Robert A. Heinlein 7.22 (205)
^78 Ringworld S1 Larry Niven 7.21 (197)
79 Red Mars S1 K.S. Robinson 7.20 (78)
80 Mission of Gravity Hal Clement 7.20 (55)
81 The Caves of Steel S1 Isaac Asimov 7.18 (123)
^82 Mort S4 Terry Pratchett 7.18 (37)
83 Babel 17 Samuel R. Delany 7.16 (45)
^84 A Song for Arbonne Guy G. Kay 7.14 (32)
^85 Eon S1 Greg Bear 7.12 (53)
86 The Peace War Vernor Vinge 7.11 (53)
87 Five Hundred Years After Steven K.Z. Brust 7.11 (13)
88 Rendezvous with Rama S1 Arthur C. Clarke 7.10 (165)
89 Magician S1 Raymond E. Feist 7.09 (115)
^90 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe S1 C.S. Lewis 7.08 (44)
91 The Naked Sun S2 Isaac Asimov 7.08 (110)
92 Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury 7.07 (113)
^93 To Your Scattered Bodies Go S2 Philip J. Farmer 7.07 (33)
94 Blood Music Greg Bear 7.07 (65)
95 The Eyes of the Overworld S2 Jack Vance 7.06 (30)
96 The Colour of Magic S1 Terry Pratchett 7.04 (45)
^97 Seventh Son SB1 Orson Scott Card 7.03 (40)
*98 Creatures of Light and Darkness Roger Zelazny 7.03 (22)
*99 The Many Coloured Land S1 Julian May 7.03 (29)
*100 Castle of Wizardry S4 David Eddings 7.03 (37)
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{S1} indicates that the book is the 1'st book in a series.
{C} indicates a collection of short stories.
* indicates that the book was not on the chart last week.
^ indicates that the book has risen from last week's position.
A,B indicate that two books by the same author are in different series.
This chart is also available via WWW at
http://www.clark.net/pub/iz/Books/Top100/top100.html
NOTE: 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.
The Book of the New Sun / The Urth Cycle
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The Shadow of the Torturer S1 7.82 (88)
The Claw of the Conciliator S2 7.52 (71)
The Sword of the Lictor S3 7.70 (56)
The Citadel of the Autarch S4 7.68 (57)
The Urth of the New Sun S5 7.02 (45)
Wheel of Time Series
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The Eye of the World S1 6.98 (104)
The Great Hunt S2 6.95 (98)
The Dragon Reborn S3 7.21 (95)
The Shadow Rising S4 7.33 (88)
The Fires of Heaven S5 7.35 (83)
Lord of Chaos S6 7.34 (68)
Foundation Series
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Foundation S1 7.61 (246)
Foundation and Empire S2 7.27 (173)
Second Foundation S3 7.36 (179)
Prelude to Foundation S4 5.61 (65)
Forward the Foundation S5 5.74 (54)
Foundation and Earth S6 5.96 (74)
Foundation's Edge S7 6.06 (83)
The First Chronicles of Amber
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Nine Princes in Amber S1 7.50 (131)
The Guns of Avalon S2 7.55 (37)
Sign of the Unicorn S3 7.27 (35)
The Hand of Oberon S4 7.29 (35)
The Courts of Chaos S5 7.43 (35)
The Earthsea Series
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A Wizard of Earthsea S1 8.01 (119)
The Tombs of Atuan S2 7.39 (61)
The Farthest Shore S3 7.26 (45)
Tehanu S4 4.66 (28)
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tcooke@maths.adelaide.edu.au | Internet Top 100
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Date: 09-11-95 Time: 03:01a Number: 1802
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From: tcooke@maths.adelaide.edu.au (Tristrom Cooke)
Subject: --= THE INTERNET TOP 100 SF/FANTASY LIST =--
Organization: Statistics, Pure & Applied Mathematics, University of Adelaide,
South Australia
Message-Id: <4301pj$pbk@spam.maths.adelaide.edu.au>
----======= THE INTERNET TOP 100 SF/FANTASY LIST =======----
Edition Number 37 11th September 1995
r--------------------------------------------------------------------------,
| This chart was compiled using votes sent in by 797 people. If you want |
| to vote for a book, then send a message containing your votes to me at |
| tcooke@spam.maths.adelaide.edu.au. Each line of your message should |
| contain a vote for one book, and should be of the form: Score out of 10, |
| Title of the book, and then the Author or Editor of the book. |
L__________________________________________________________________________J
===============================================================================
Pos | Title | Type | Author/Editor | Score
===============================================================================
1 Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien 8.70 (359)
2 Ender's Game S1 Orson Scott Card 8.25 (316)
3 The Long Run Daniel Keys Moran 8.19 (37)
4 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 8.15 (78)
5 Dune S1 Frank Herbert 8.13 (326)
6 1984 George Orwell 8.11 (89)
7 Hyperion S1 Dan Simmons 8.10 (160)
8 Tigana Guy G. Kay 8.07 (55)
9 The Earthsea Trilogy S Ursula Le Guin 8.01 (122)
10 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 8.01 (57)
11 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein 8.00 (201)
12 Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner 7.94 (81)
^13 Player of Games Iain M. Banks 7.93 (69)
14 A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge 7.92 (112)
15 Aristoi Walter Jon Williams 7.91 (33)
16 The Stars my Destination Alfred Bester 7.90 (91)
17 Witches of Karres James Schmitz 7.84 (24)
18 The Book of the New Sun S Gene Wolfe 7.82 (88)
19 Neutron Star C Larry Niven 7.80 (63)
20 A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller 7.79 (112)
^21 The Hobbit J.R.R.Tolkien 7.78 (232)
22 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 7.77 (98)
23 Lest Darkness Fall L. Sprague de Camp 7.77 (24)
24 Ubik Philip K. Dick 7.76 (36)
25 The Dispossessed Ursula Le Guin 7.71 (108)
26 The Dying Earth S1 Jack Vance 7.70 (43)
27 The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula Le Guin 7.68 (149)
28 The Door into Summer Robert A. Heinlein 7.68 (76)
29 Startide Rising David Brin 7.67 (161)
30 Snow Crash Neal Stephenson 7.66 (103)
31 Double Star Robert A. Heinlein 7.65 (52)
^32 The Foundation Trilogy S Isaac Asimov 7.63 (253)
33 A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick 7.63 (35)
34 The Forever War Joe Haldeman 7.62 (118)
^35 Gateway S1 Frederick Pohl 7.61 (130)
36 Have Spacesuit, Will Travel Robert A. Heinlein 7.61 (67)
37 Protector Larry Niven 7.61 (55)
38 Last Dancer Daniel Keys Moran 7.61 (24)
^39 The First Chronicles of Amber S Roger Zelazny 7.59 (133)
^40 Good Omens Pratchett/Gaiman 7.57 (35)
41 Speaker for the Dead S2 Orson Scott Card 7.57 (199)
42 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 7.56 (99)
^43 True Names Vernor Vinge 7.56 (25)
44 City C Clifford Simak 7.56 (54)
^45 Way Station Clifford Simak 7.54 (44)
46 Use of Weapons Iain M. Banks 7.54 (65)
^47 Timescape Gregory Benford 7.50 (30)
48 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy S1 Douglas Adams 7.50 (240)
49 Jhereg S1 Steven Z. Brust 7.50 (54)
^50 Past Through Tomorrow C Robert A. Heinlein 7.49 (27)
51 The Fall of Hyperion S2 Dan Simmons 7.48 (109)
52 The Dragonbone Chair S1 Tad Williams 7.43 (53)
53 Puppet Masters Robert A. Heinlein 7.42 (60)
54 I Robot C Isaac Asimov 7.41 (155)
55 The Mote in God's Eye L.Niven/J.Pournelle 7.40 (173)
56 Citizen of the Galaxy Robert A. Heinlein 7.39 (78)
^57 Green Mars S2 K.S.Robinson 7.39 (40)
^58 The Snow Queen S1 Joan Vinge 7.38 (32)
^59 Methuselah's Children Robert A. Heinlein 7.38 (31)
60 Marooned in Realtime Vernor Vinge 7.38 (58)
61 The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells 7.37 (66)
62 Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein 7.36 (153)
^63 The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke 7.36 (38)
64 Bridge of Birds S1 Barry Hughart 7.35 (23)
65 The Wheel of Time Series S Robert Jordan 7.35 (105)
66 Nova Samuel R. Delany 7.33 (26)
67 The Uplift War David Brin 7.31 (113)
68 Neuromancer William Gibson 7.31 (207)
^69 Lord Valentine's Castle S1 Robert Silverberg 7.30 (34)
70 The Time Machine H.G. Wells 7.30 (100)
71 Tunnel in the Sky Robert A. Heinlein 7.29 (43)
72 Downbelow Station C.J. Cherryh 7.27 (37)
73 Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke 7.27 (145)
74 The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick 7.26 (93)
75 The High Crusade Poul Anderson 7.26 (27)
76 Cyteen C.J. Cherryh 7.25 (66)
77 Stranger in a Strange Land Robert A. Heinlein 7.23 (209)
78 Ringworld S1 Larry Niven 7.21 (201)
79 Red Mars S1 K.S. Robinson 7.21 (78)
^80 Mort S4 Terry Pratchett 7.20 (37)
81 Mission of Gravity Hal Clement 7.19 (56)
^82 A Song for Arbonne Guy G. Kay 7.19 (33)
83 The Caves of Steel S1 Isaac Asimov 7.19 (125)
84 Babel 17 Samuel R. Delany 7.16 (46)
85 Eon S1 Greg Bear 7.16 (57)
^86 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe S1 C.S. Lewis 7.14 (45)
87 Five Hundred Years After Steven K.Z. Brust 7.13 (13)
88 The Peace War Vernor Vinge 7.12 (54)
^89 To Your Scattered Bodies Go S2 Philip J. Farmer 7.11 (33)
90 Rendezvous with Rama S1 Arthur C. Clarke 7.11 (170)
91 Magician S1 Raymond E. Feist 7.09 (116)
92 The Naked Sun S2 Isaac Asimov 7.09 (112)
93 Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury 7.08 (115)
94 Blood Music Greg Bear 7.08 (65)
*95 Tau Zero Poul Anderson 7.07 (30)
96 The Eyes of the Overworld S2 Jack Vance 7.07 (30)
^97 Creatures of Light and Darkness Roger Zelazny 7.06 (23)
^98 The Many Coloured Land S1 Julian May 7.06 (30)
99 The Colour of Magic S1 Terry Pratchett 7.06 (46)
100 Castle of Wizardry S4 David Eddings 7.05 (39)
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{S1} indicates that the book is the 1'st book in a series.
{C} indicates a collection of short stories.
* indicates that the book was not on the chart last week.
^ indicates that the book has risen from last week's position.
A,B indicate that two books by the same author are in different series.
This chart is also available via WWW at
http://www.clark.net/pub/iz/Books/Top100/top100.html
NOTE: 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.
The Book of the New Sun / The Urth Cycle
----------------------------------------
The Shadow of the Torturer S1 7.82 (88)
The Claw of the Conciliator S2 7.51 (71)
The Sword of the Lictor S3 7.70 (56)
The Citadel of the Autarch S4 7.68 (57)
The Urth of the New Sun S5 7.02 (45)
Wheel of Time Series
--------------------
The Eye of the World S1 6.99 (105)
The Great Hunt S2 6.96 (99)
The Dragon Reborn S3 7.22 (97)
The Shadow Rising S4 7.33 (90)
The Fires of Heaven S5 7.35 (85)
Lord of Chaos S6 7.35 (69)
Foundation Series
-----------------
Foundation S1 7.63 (253)
Foundation and Empire S2 7.30 (180)
Second Foundation S3 7.38 (186)
Prelude to Foundation S4 5.63 (66)
Forward the Foundation S5 5.76 (55)
Foundation and Earth S6 5.97 (75)
Foundation's Edge S7 6.07 (84)
The First Chronicles of Amber
-----------------------------
Nine Princes in Amber S1 7.50 (133)
The Guns of Avalon S2 7.59 (40)
Sign of the Unicorn S3 7.30 (38)
The Hand of Oberon S4 7.32 (38)
The Courts of Chaos S5 7.46 (38)
The Earthsea Series
-------------------
A Wizard of Earthsea S1 8.01 (122)
The Tombs of Atuan S2 7.40 (64)
The Farthest Shore S3 7.29 (48)
Tehanu S4 4.74 (29)
--
Tristrom Cooke | Editor of the
tcooke@maths.adelaide.edu.au | Internet Top 100
| SF/Fantasy List
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* Origin: Statistics, Pure & Applied Mathematics, University of Adelai (1:1/1)
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