This article has the table in a bit more legible format: http://r-spec.org/node/118
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:55 PM, SteveC <[email protected]> wrote: > > My friend Bob Sabella went though a large number of lists of the best > books of 2008 and created a composite listing of the most mentioned > titles for his apazine. I'm sure he won't mind my copying the list > here. It sort of formats for me, so I hope it's not too unreadable > once Google does the usual horrible things it does to text. Three of > the top four books are Hugo nominated. The other two nominess, Charles > Stross (Saturn's Children) and John Scalzi (Zoe's Tale), don't make > even 3 best lists. I'm sure that says something or other about > popularity and those darn intellectual critics who have been ruining > the field since 1965. > > Title Author # of lists > Anathem Neal Stephenson 17 > Little Brother Cory Doctorow 15 > Matter Iain M. Banks 9 > The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 7 > Tender Morsels Margo Lanagan 6 > The Quiet War Paul McAuley 6 > Implied Spaces Walter Jon Williams 6 > City at the End of Time Greg Bear 5 > The Gone Away World Nick Harkaway 5 > Sly Mongoose Tobias S. Buckell 4 > Toll the Hounds Steven Erikson 4 > The Shadow Year Jeffrey Ford 4 > Pandemonium Daryl Gregory 4 > The Steel Remains Richard Morgan 4 > Liberation Brian Francis Slattery 4 > The Dragons of Babel Michael Swanwick 4 > Flood Stephen Baxter 3 > Ink and Steel Elizabeth Bear 3 > All the Windwracked Stars Elizabeth Bear 3 > The January Dancer Michael Flynn 3 > The Temporal Void Peter F. Hamilton 3 > How to Make Friends With Demons Graham Joyce 3 > The Night Sessions Ken MacLeod 3 > Last Dragon J.M. McDermott 3 > The Devil’s Eye Jack McDevitt 3 > House of Suns Alastair Reynolds 3 > > > > -- Dave Henn [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
