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Edition Number 185 10th July 1999
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Pos | Title | Type | Author/Editor | Score
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1 Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien 8.89(1087)
2 Ender's Game S1 Orson Scott Card 8.60 (886)
3 The Lions of Al-Rassan Guy G. Kay 8.52 (81)
4 The Vorkosigan Series S Lois M. Bujold 8.50 (114)
5 Tigana Guy G. Kay 8.41 (222)
6 Dune S1 Frank Herbert 8.40 (924)
7 Picnic on the Roadside A & B Strugatski 8.36 (37)
8 The Annals of the Black Company S Glen Cook 8.33 (99)
9 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 8.33 (171)
10 The Discworld Series S Terry Pratchett 8.32 (127)
11 A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess 8.29 (95)
12 The Hyperion Cantos S Dan Simmons 8.29 (441)
13 The Sword of Truth Series S Terry Goodkind 8.28 (119)
14 The Princess Bride William Goldman 8.27 (81)
15 Palindor D.R. Evans 8.26 (21)
16 The Stars my Destination Alfred Bester 8.23 (235)
^17 A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge 8.21 (268)
18 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert Heinlein 8.21 (442)
19 The First Chronicles of Amber S Roger Zelazny 8.19 (371)
20 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 8.19 (244)
21 The Deed of Paksennarion S Elizabeth Moon 8.19 (34)
22 Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 8.18 (106)
23 The Illuminatus Trilogy S R.Wilson/R.Shea 8.18 (49)
24 The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien 8.17 (674)
25 Tales of the Continuing Time S Daniel Keys Moran 8.17 (68)
26 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 8.17 (203)
^27 Watership Down Richard Adams 8.16 (118)
^28 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 8.16 (145)
29 Gormenghast S2 Mervyn Peake 8.16 (56)
^30 The Dragon Never Sleeps Glen Cook 8.15 (18)
31 Bridge of Birds S1 Barry Hughart 8.15 (77)
32 Doors of his Face, Lamps of his .. C Roger Zelazny 8.15 (33)
33 Persistence of Vision C John Varley 8.14 (48)
^34 1984 George Orwell 8.13 (379)
35 The Last Herald Mage Trilogy S Mercedes Lackey 8.13 (58)
36 The Wheel of Time Series S Robert Jordan 8.13 (450)
37 Memory, Sorrow and Thorn S Tad Williams 8.13 (190)
38 True Names Vernor Vinge 8.12 (67)
^39 The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson 8.11 (99)
40 Doorways in the Sand Roger Zelazny 8.11 (70)
41 Expanded Universe C Robert Heinlein 8.11 (32)
42 Something Wicked this Way Comes Ray Bradbury 8.10 (85)
43 Harpist in the Wind S3 Patricia McKillip 8.09 (56)
44 Feersum Endjinn Iain M. Banks 8.07 (47)
45 Dangerous Visions A Harlan Ellison 8.07 (40)
^46 The Best of Cordwainer Smith C Cordwainer Smith 8.07 (24)
47 Ubik Philip K. Dick 8.06 (132)
^48 Armor. John Steakley 8.06 (24)
49 Snow Crash Neal Stephenson 8.06 (276)
50 Replay. Ken Grimwood 8.06 (51)
51 Dying Inside Robert Silverberg 8.06 (62)
52 The Last Unicorn Peter Beagle 8.05 (42)
53 Startide Rising David Brin 8.05 (395)
54 Way Station Clifford Simak 8.04 (165)
55 The Fionavar Tapestry S Guy G. Kay 8.04 (155)
56 The Cyberiad Stanislaw Lem 8.04 (79)
57 The Foundation Trilogy S Isaac Asimov 8.03 (680)
58 The Chrysalids John Wyndham 8.03 (75)
59 Voice of the Whirlwind Walter Williams 8.03 (31)
60 Tea with the Black Dragon R.A. MacAvoy 8.02 (42)
61 Callahan's Crosstime Saloon S1 Spider Robinson 8.01 (44)
^62 Norstrilia Cordwainer Smith 8.01 (52)
^63 Player of Games Iain M. Banks 8.00 (153)
^64 Green Hills of Earth C Robert Heinlein 8.00 (54)
^65 The Empire Trilogy S R.Feist/J.Wurts 8.00 (99)
66 The Gap into Madness S4 Stephen Donaldson 8.00 (72)
67 Metaconcert S2 Julian May 8.00 (65)
68 Chanur's Homecoming S4 C.J. Cherryh 8.00 (33)
^69 On Stranger Tides Tim Powers 8.00 (33)
^70 Quarantine Greg Egan 7.99 (33)
71 Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe S1 C.S. Lewis 7.99 (238)
^72 Futurological Congress Stanislaw Lem 7.99 (49)
73 A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller 7.99 (296)
^74 The Blue Sword Robin McKinley 7.99 (29)
75 Neutron Star C Larry Niven 7.99 (134)
76 More than Human Theodore Sturgeon 7.99 (96)
77 Exile. S2 R.A. Salvatore 7.98 (28)
78 The Lyonesse Trilogy S Jack Vance 7.98 (41)
79 Dorsai! S3 Gordon Dickson 7.97 (66)
80 The Once and Future King T.H. White 7.97 (91)
^81 A Wizard of Earthsea S1 Ursula Le Guin 7.96 (328)
82 Vlad the Assassin Series S Steven Brust 7.96 (104)
83 Liege Killer S1 Christopher Hinz 7.95 (46)
84 The Book of the New Sun S Gene Wolfe 7.95 (202)
85 The Door into Summer Robert Heinlein 7.94 (184)
^86 A Game of Thrones S1 George R. Martin 7.93 (40)
^87 The Coldfire Trilogy S C.S. Friedman 7.93 (32)
88 The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke 7.93 (118)
89 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy S1 Douglas Adams 7.93 (569)
^90 The Crystal Cave S1 Mary Stewart 7.92 (28)
91 Crystal Express C Bruce Sterling 7.92 (16)
92 Lest Darkness Fall L.Sprague de Camp 7.92 (72)
93 A Song for Arbonne Guy G. Kay 7.92 (121)
94 Raising the Stones Sheri S. Tepper 7.92 (24)
95 Against a Dark Background Iain M. Banks 7.92 (41)
96 The Arrows Trilogy S Mercedes Lackey 7.91 (26)
^97 The Nine Billion Names of God C Arthur C. Clarke 7.91 (21)
98 Faerie Tale Raymond E. Feist 7.91 (40)
99 Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut 7.90 (96)
100 The Power that Preserves S3 Stephen Donaldson 7.90 (193)
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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 Annals of the Black Company
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The Black Company S1 7.98 (99)
Shadows Linger S2 7.91 (56)
The White Rose S3 8.33 (59)
The Silver Spike S4 7.66 (42)
Shadow Games S5 8.06 (47)
Dreams of Steel S6 7.95 (44)
The Hyperion Cantos
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Hyperion S1 8.29 (441)
Fall of Hyperion S2 7.83 (271)
Endymion S3 8.14 (99)
Rise of Endymion S4 7.20 (44)
The Sword of Truth Series
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Wizard's First Rule S1 7.92 (119)
Stone of Tears S2 8.28 (62)
Blood of the Fold S3 7.13 (39)
Temple of the Winds S4 6.72 (26)
The First Chronicles of Amber
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Nine Princes in Amber S1 7.95 (371)
The Guns of Avalon S2 8.19 (267)
Sign of the Unicorn S3 8.11 (256)
The Hand of Oberon S4 8.09 (257)
The Courts of Chaos S5 8.11 (257)
The Deed of Paksennarion
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The Sheepfarmer's Daughter S1 8.18 (34)
Divided Allegiance S2 7.68 (26)
Oath of Gold S3 8.19 (29)
The Illuminatus Trilogy
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The Eye in the Pyramid S1 8.18 (45)
The Golden Apple S2 8.14 (49)
Leviathan S3 8.17 (44)
The Last Herald Mage Trilogy
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Magic's Pawn S1 8.13 (54)
Magic's Promise S2 7.80 (52)
Magic's Price S3 8.12 (58)
Wheel of Time Series
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The Eye of the World S1 8.01 (450)
The Great Hunt S2 8.03 (431)
The Dragon Reborn S3 8.08 (427)
The Shadow Rising S4 8.13 (414)
The Fires of Heaven S5 8.09 (409)
Lord of Chaos S6 8.09 (392)
A Crown of Swords S7 8.10 (208)
P.S. For the time being, please vote for the new book _Path of the
Daggers_ separately.
Memory, Sorrow and Thorn
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The Dragonbone Chair S1 7.76 (190)
The Stone of Farewell S2 8.13 (145)
To Green Angel Tower S3 8.02 (147)
The Fionavar Tapestry
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The Summer Tree S1 7.83 (155)
The Wandering Fire S2 8.00 (141)
The Darkest Road S3 8.04 (139)
Foundation Series
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Foundation S1 8.03 (680)
Foundation and Empire S2 7.94 (548)
Second Foundation S3 7.96 (557)
Foundation's Edge S4 6.96 (211)
Foundation and Earth S5 6.83 (194)
Prelude to Foundation S6 6.77 (176)
Forward the Foundation S7 6.88 (156)
The Empire Trilogy
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Daughter of the Empire S1 7.88 (99)
Servant of the Empire S2 8.00 (97)
Mistress of the Empire S3 8.00 (84)
The Lyonesse Trilogy
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Suldrun's Garden S1 7.98 (41)
The Green Pearl S2 7.65 (37)
Madouc S3 7.92 (41)
Vlad the Assassin Series
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Jhereg S1 7.45 (104)
Yendi S2 7.96 (56)
Teckla S3 7.43 (41)
Taltos. S4 7.94 (46)
Phoenix. S5 7.41 (39)
Athyra S6 7.01 (35)
Orca S7 6.36 (23)
The Book of the New Sun / The Urth Cycle
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The Shadow of the Torturer S1 7.90 (202)
The Claw of the Conciliator S2 7.85 (175)
The Sword of the Lictor S3 7.95 (155)
The Citadel of the Autarch S4 7.95 (155)
The Urth of the New Sun S5 7.28 (67)
The Arrows Trilogy
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Arrows of the Queen S1 7.91 (26)
Arrow's Flight S2 7.50 (22)
Arrow's Fall S3 7.91 (21)
The Coldfire Trilogy
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Black Sun Rising S1 7.91 (32)
When True Night Falls S2 7.93 (31)
Crown of Shadows S3 7.24 (24)
All of the following novels are not part of "series" as such. Instead
of all belonging to a single story, they are more or less separate
novels set in the same universe. Because of this, could you please vote
for each of the books comprising the series individually (instead of
having one vote for the entire series).
The Vorkosigan Series
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Shards of Honor 8.20 (103)
Barrayar 8.07 (114)
The Warrior's Apprentice 8.07 (108)
Borders of Infinity 7.90 (71)
The Vor Game 7.72 (94)
Ethan of Athos 7.21 (64)
Falling Free 7.32 (59)
Brothers in Arms 7.84 (66)
Mirror Dance 8.50 (93)
Cetaganda 6.24 (49)
Memory. 7.71 (37)
Komarr 6.51 (20)
Tales of the Continuing Time
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Emerald Eyes 8.17 (27)
The Armageddon Blues 6.99 (15)
The Long Run 8.12 (68)
The Last Dancer 8.16 (58)
The Discworld Series
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The Colour of Magic S1 7.49 (127)
The Light Fantastic S2 7.64 (96)
Equal Rites S3 7.52 (88)
Mort S4 7.76 (121)
Sourcery S5 7.60 (73)
Wyrd Sisters S6 7.84 (83)
Pyramids S7 7.40 (94)
Guards! Guards! S8 8.09 (98)
Eric. S9 7.57 (75)
Moving Pictures S10 7.73 (65)
Reaper Man S11 8.21 (86)
Witches Abroad S12 8.03 (72)
Small Gods S13 7.90 (93)
Lords and Ladies S14 7.75 (72)
Men at Arms S15 8.31 (79)
Soul Music S16 8.10 (54)
Interesting Times S17 8.32 (42)
Maskerade S18 7.20 (28)
Feet of Clay S19 6.83 (29)
Hogfather S20 5.74 (16)
Jingo S21 6.00 (16)
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