http://cmoore.com/2005/05/16/lotrtwo-towers-movie-3/ Sun, 06 Jun 2010 07:43:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://cmoore.com/2005/05/16/lotrtwo-towers-movie-3/comment-page-1/#comment-290 CMoore.com » Top 20 geek novels? Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:00:50 +0000 http://cmoore.com/2005/05/16/lotrtwo-towers-movie-3/#comment-290 [...] 1. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings. I hate the series and I can’t abide Tolkien, but you have to give the series its due. 2. Adams, HHGttG. From the list above, who am I to argue? 3. Pratchett, Discworld. 4. Stephenson, Diamond Age. Also included here would be Snow Crash and maybe, maybe Cryptonomicon. Definately not the latest trilogy. P’tooie! 5. Lovecraft, collected works. C’mon, only geeks read Lovecraft. 6. William Gibson, Neuromancer. Collected works. Yes, I put the cyberpunk originator below the copy (Stephenson). That’s what I thought of first. 7. George RR Martin, Song of Fire and Ice series. 8. Aasimov, Foundation series. 9. Arthur C. Clarke, Rama series. 10. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land and a few other stories. Again, hate the guy and most of his works, but he wrote some enduring classics. 11. O. S. Card, Ender’s Game. He’s written a lot of books, all generally with some form of his Mormon philosophy, but EG and the first two books of the Alvin Maker series kicked ass. 12. Mists of Avalon. I haven’t read it, of course, but every woman I know has so that must mean something. I’m going to throw in TH White’s The Once and Future King here too, just because. 13. Greg Bear, Eon, Eternity, Moving Mars, Forge of God. Just those four books, but they were good enough to put him on the permanent list. 14. Gaiman, Sandman series and Neverwhere. Haven’t read Anansi Boys yet, but most of his other work has been shyte. Except for Good Omens (with Pratchett). That ruled. 15. Alan Moore, Watchmen, V for Vendetta. 16. Jordan, Wheel of Time series. First three books only, before each book turned into a parody of the books before it, with increasing one-dimensional characters and ever more detailed discussions of food. Stop me if I’ve mentioned this before, but man.. after the third book… stinky poo series. 17. Erikson, Gardens of the Moon series. 18. Connie Willis, Doomsday Book, To Say Nothing of the Dog. 19. Philip K. Dick, collected works, though I prefer the pre-crazy Valis trilogy. 20. Herbert, Dune. I thought it was OK, but longevity gets it in. [...] [...] 1. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings. I hate the series and I can’t abide Tolkien, but you have to give the series its due. 2. Adams, HHGttG. From the list above, who am I to argue? 3. Pratchett, Discworld. 4. Stephenson, Diamond Age. Also included here would be Snow Crash and maybe, maybe Cryptonomicon. Definately not the latest trilogy. P’tooie! 5. Lovecraft, collected works. C’mon, only geeks read Lovecraft. 6. William Gibson, Neuromancer. Collected works. Yes, I put the cyberpunk originator below the copy (Stephenson). That’s what I thought of first. 7. George RR Martin, Song of Fire and Ice series. 8. Aasimov, Foundation series. 9. Arthur C. Clarke, Rama series. 10. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land and a few other stories. Again, hate the guy and most of his works, but he wrote some enduring classics. 11. O. S. Card, Ender’s Game. He’s written a lot of books, all generally with some form of his Mormon philosophy, but EG and the first two books of the Alvin Maker series kicked ass. 12. Mists of Avalon. I haven’t read it, of course, but every woman I know has so that must mean something. I’m going to throw in TH White’s The Once and Future King here too, just because. 13. Greg Bear, Eon, Eternity, Moving Mars, Forge of God. Just those four books, but they were good enough to put him on the permanent list. 14. Gaiman, Sandman series and Neverwhere. Haven’t read Anansi Boys yet, but most of his other work has been shyte. Except for Good Omens (with Pratchett). That ruled. 15. Alan Moore, Watchmen, V for Vendetta. 16. Jordan, Wheel of Time series. First three books only, before each book turned into a parody of the books before it, with increasing one-dimensional characters and ever more detailed discussions of food. Stop me if I’ve mentioned this before, but man.. after the third book… stinky poo series. 17. Erikson, Gardens of the Moon series. 18. Connie Willis, Doomsday Book, To Say Nothing of the Dog. 19. Philip K. Dick, collected works, though I prefer the pre-crazy Valis trilogy. 20. Herbert, Dune. I thought it was OK, but longevity gets it in. [...]

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