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The idea is simple: To poll the memebers of The Book Forum who read Science Fiction and Fantasy to find out what the best books in those genre are. To vote for your favorite all time Sciene Fiction or Fantasy books please abide by the following guidelines in your posts: Vote for either...

Well I've tried to post this darn thing twice. To quote Roger Zelazny "Its just one damn thing after another." * One thread for Science Fiction and Fantasy * No limit no duplicates * Author-Title-Ranking (On a scale of 1-10 this book is a...) * No discussion, votes only...

So how did this... ...end up as a discussion about whoring for your publisher?

Fortunately, hay, I had the sort of emergency this morning that occurs when you have a house full of kids. We'll give it some thinking time and I'll come back to it on Monday--here in about 36 hours.

Thanks Ell! I appreciate that! Here's what I've got in mind for scoring. Each poster picks their top ten books. Number one, the best in their opinion, gets the highest score--probably ten. Number two gets a nine, number three gets an eight, and so on. So ten people pick LOTR to be the...

Well its not as pretty as the Encyclopedia of Arda but it IS the FAQ for the newsgroup where each detail of each hair of Frodo's left big toe has been discussed ad infinitum.

Categorization As far as SF and Fantasy categories I think we'd have to stick with the publishers--sometimes arbitrary--categorization. Why do all that work again AND argue over it? As far as the 10 book limit goes...the list should (hopefully) continue to be updated as members come and go...

(Round two)The story so far: Two threads:Science Fiction and Fantasy post up to ten books in order rated 1-10 discussion at bottom of post only Stand alone books or series No deadline. We'll update periodically--monthly or quarterly 10 book limit Questions? Maybe we can...

Good point about Tulkas...wasn't he the one who made dwarves without telling anyone?

The story so far: Two threads:Science Fiction and Fantasy post up to ten books in order rated 1-10 discussion at bottom of post only Questions: Stand alone books or series? Or does it matter? For example, Fellowship of the Ring vs. Lord of the Rings trilogy And whats the...

Hot Damn! I knew it was all about ME! :p

Thats a dandy idea but I don't think the current five best thread will cut it. No order and it would be a nightmare for tabulation. If its going to be serious then there has to be an pre-agreed format. Entries only numbered 1 - 5 at the top of the post with discussion at the bottom of the...

Bump I remembered this old but and excellent thread and thought it would be interesting to see--since there seems to be more girls around these days--what new thoughts it would churn up.

Incarnations was really difficult for me to follow--I.e., I'd check them out of a library before I decided to invest in them. My opinions on Xanth haven't changed much. Its sort of the same story recycled over and over...and over and over and over.... But you've got to give him credit for...

*claps and whistles* If you have to prompt them to laugh you're not doing it right.

Me too. See? I fixed it.

*buff nails My thought last night--we watched the Two Towers again--was this. Manwe and Varda were the first to enter Middle Earth, which jives with Bombadil being called the First. Also, one of the points raised in what I read was that Gandalf and others of the wise should have known him...

Actually its sarsaparilla and if you're going to make fun of the redneck try not to spell like one.

One of those. Tulkas, Manwe...Don't forget about the girl, though. He wouldn't be the first guy on the block to do something unexpected for a woman. Can't remember the name of Manwe's love...hmmm. Must read more. I KNOW he's not a maia though case in point...Gandalf was dreadfully afraid...

Actually beings like Gandalf, Sauron, Saruman and the Balrog were all manifestations of the Maia. I believe Bombadil was Manwe.