jtg (05/27/82)
Here are the results of the SF poll. A total of 47 people voted. In the following list, I probably made several spelling errors, and perhaps a few times gave credit to the wrong author. Additionally, some people voted for single books of a series, while others voted for the whole series. When- ever this happened, I gave credit to the whole series. However, some series were mentioned that I am not familiar with. Therefore, there may be errors in this department also. Please send any errors that you consider must be corrected to me, not the net, and I will summarize in a few weeks. Some people sent me more than just three names, and I only used the top three in these cases. Others sent me their top three series and top three books. In this case I used the series. Thanks go to all those who sent in their replies---I hope everyone enjoys the results of the survey as much as I enjoyed compiling them. Jim Grosch harpo!jtg 1st Annual (?) net.sf-lovers Science Fiction/Fantasy Book/Series Poll Results BOOK (AUTHOR) 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL ------------- --- --- --- ----- Lord of the Rings (Tolkien) 10 4 3 41 ---- Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (Donaldson) 7 4 4 33 ---- Foundation (Asimov) 7 3 4 31 ---- Riddlemaster of Hed (McKillip) 3 1 1 12 ---- Dune (Herbert) 1 1 4 9 ---- Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Heinlein) 0 4 0 8 Lord of Light (Zelazny) 2 1 0 8 The Left Hand of Darkness (Le Guin) 2 1 0 8 A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller) 2 1 0 8 ---- Dragonriders of Pern (McCaffrey) 1 2 0 7 ---- The City & The Stars (Clarke) 1 1 1 6 ---- Earthsea Trilogy (Le Guin) 0 1 3 5 The Lensman Series (Smith) 0 2 1 5 Giles Goat Boy (Barth) 1 1 0 5 ---- Future History (Heinlein) 0 2 0 4 Ringworld (Niven) 0 2 0 4 ---- The Dispossessed (Le Guin) 0 1 1 3 Well World Series (Chalker) 0 1 1 3 Childhood's End (Clarke) 0 1 1 3 Riverworld Series (Farmer) 1 0 0 3 Atlas Shrugged (Rand) 1 0 0 3 The Mote in God's Eye (Niven & Pournelle) 1 0 0 3 Arrive at Easterwine (Lafferty) 1 0 0 3 Too Long a Sacrifice (Broxon) 1 0 0 3 The Lathe of Heaven (Le Guin) 1 0 0 3 The Stars/Gentle Giants Series (Hogan) 1 0 0 3 I, Robot (Asimov) 1 0 0 3 Dancers at the End of Time Trilogy (Moorcock) 1 0 0 3 Time Enough For Love (Heinlein) 1 0 0 3 The Dreaming Jewels (Sturgeon) 1 0 0 3 ---- Future History (Anderson) 0 0 2 2 Chronicles of Amber (Zelazny) 0 0 2 2 Proton/Phaze Series (Anthony) 0 1 0 2 Chronicles of Narnia (Lewis) 0 1 0 2 Darkover (Bradley) 0 1 0 2 The Gods Themselves (Asimov) 0 1 0 2 A Scanner Darkly (Dick) 0 1 0 2 Songmaster (Card) 0 1 0 2 Shockwave Rider (Brunner) 0 1 0 2 Dorsai (Dickson) 0 1 0 2 Macroscope (Anthony) 0 1 0 2 The Forever War ( ) 0 1 0 2 Omnivore, Orn, & Ox (Anthony) 0 1 0 2 Lucifer's Hammer (Niven & Pournelle) 0 1 0 2 The Last Question (Asimov) 0 1 0 2 ---- The Lords of The Diamond (Chalker) 0 0 1 1 Titan & Wizard (Varley) 0 0 1 1 Sanctuary and Thieves' World (Asprin) 0 0 1 1 Witch World (Norton) 0 0 1 1 Doorways in the Sand (Zelazny) 0 0 1 1 Protector (Niven) 0 0 1 1 The Demolished Man (Bester) 0 0 1 1 Venus Plus X (Sturgeon) 0 0 1 1 Stainless Steel Rat (Harrison) 0 0 1 1 Stranger in a Strange Land (Heinlein) 0 0 1 1 The Flying Wizards (Niven) 0 0 1 1 Magic of Xanth Series (Anthony) 0 0 1 1 Time Traders (Norton) 0 0 1 1 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Wilhelm) 0 0 1 1 Rendevous with Rama (Clarke) 0 0 1 1 More Than Human (Sturgeon) 0 0 1 1 Duncton Wood ( ) 0 0 1 1