Caro.PA@PARC-MAXC.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP (08/23/83)
))) Moderator's Intervention Requested!! ((( ))) ** For the moderator's eyes only ** ((( ))) COVER LETTER BEGINS ** ** ** ** ** If there have been too many surveys requested through SF-LOVERS recently, or if someone has already done this survey, or if you feel that it is inappropriate in any way for me to make a request like this via the digest, please delete this message and send me a note telling me that it has been deleted (so that I at least know that it was received, but rejected.) If this request is within the bounds of proper SF-LOVERS and network ettiquette, then please place the following in the digest ... ** ** ** ** COVER LETTER ENDS ((( ))) BEGIN TEXT I'm interested in compiling a list of the best Science Fiction and Fantasy novels OF A PARTICULAR TYPE. The type of novels I'm interested in are those novels that you, the SF-LOVERS of America, feel are novels of Great Literary Merit. This is not a simple Vote-For-Your-Favorite-Novel-Of-All-Time. I would like to know what everyone considers a work of literary art in the SF & F genres. Some examples might be: "The Left Hand of Darkness", U.K. LeGuin "The Man in the High Castle," P. Dick "The King of Elfland's Daughter," Lord Dunsany. The question to be answered: Are there any Tolstoys in SFdom? Send me a simple list of those novels that you think fit this criteria. You may rank them if you wish. I will compile the entries, rank them by number of votes, and send the results to SF-LOVERS. Deadline for submission of replies will be September 1, 1983. Thanks Pre Facto, Commodore Perry Caro.Pa@PARC-MAXC ((( TEXT ENDS