Top 100 Speculative Fiction Works - Poll by Eruthros

[cereus]

Remember the NPR “Top 100 SF/F”  list that came out a while back?  That (at least in my opinion, although opinions vary) cane out very white, male, and also boring.  There was a process by which the judges narrowed the selection I don’t fully understand.

Eruthros has gathered nominations for the past two weeks for a list of the top 100 Speculative Fiction works.  It’s very long, so here’s where she’s taking votes to narrow it down to a short list.  Please go vote!  You can also vote with OpenID.

The Poll:
http://eruthros.dreamwidth.org/325707.html

Go vote!

EDIT:  Voting is closed, but the short list should be out sometime soon.

Comments

Will Do

[elizabethmcclung.blogspot.com]

Thanks, I will do. Thanks for the postcard! It came at a time of particular darkness when the light of friendship was welcome indeed.

Re: Will Do

[cereus]

I'm glad it got there at the right time. I got something in the mail today from you that brightened my heart.

The short list for voting on isn't up yet, but as soon as it is I'll post the link.

[ranunculus]

Very interesting poll. As a very long time SF/F reader it was interesting to see who was and wasn't included. For example: Lois McMaster Bujold is well represented in several categories but Charles de Lint isn't mentioned anywhere that I saw.

The list did leave me feeling like an "old stick in the mud" though, due in large part to the listings of TV and Fan-fic. I've kept up well with world-building in the mainstream press, but not fan-fic. I suspect that untold hundreds or thousands of good plotlines are generated on fan-fic sites that I don't have time to go read. Sigh.

[cereus]

Yeah, the amount of fan-fiction threw me at first, too. Because I don't read a lot of it and I didn't think of it as big of a thing (which I've since re-thought).
But if it was supposed to be based on "what Cereus likes and thinks is worth it" then there wouldn't be a serious poll like this. It would need 1 participant. :P

But yeah, I find it interesting what is and isn't on there, too. Besides de Lint, I'm wondering why is there no Arthur C. Clarke? He was totally over-represented in NPR, but Songs of Distant Earth? The list is kind of fun to just browse over.