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Ganked from gridlore 

The top fifty SF books. Bold the ones you've read, strike the ones you hated, italicize the ones you couldn't get through. Asterisks for the ones you loved - more asterisks, more love. (addition from griffen + the ones you own)

1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Foundation Trilogy***, Isaac Asimov
3. Dune, Frank Herbert
4. Stranger in a Strange Land*+, Robert A. Heinlein
5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Leguin
6. Neuromancer**+, William Gibson
7. Childhood's End**, Arthur C. Clarke
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?***+, Philip K. Dick
9. The Mists of Avalon+, Marion Zimmer Bradley
10. Fahrenheit 451**+, Ray Bradbury
11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz***, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
13. The Caves of Steel***+, Isaac Asimov
14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
15. Cities in Flight*, James Blish
16. The Colour of Magic****+, Terry Pratchett
17. Dangerous Visions**+, edited by Harlan Ellison
18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
22. Ender's Game****+, Orson Scott Card
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
24. The Forever War+, Joe Haldeman
25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl
26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone+, J.K. Rowling
27. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy***+, Douglas Adams
28. I Am Legend*+, Richard Matheson
29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
31. Little, Big, John Crowley
32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement 
35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
38. Rendezvous with Rama+, Arthur C. Clarke
39. Ringworld*+, Larry Niven
40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
42. Slaughterhouse-5+, Kurt Vonnegut
43. Snow Crash****+, Neal Stephenson
44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer.

Yes, I followed the herd on this one.



What does your drawing say about YOU?

The personality isn't based on your drawing so much as questions *about* your drawing. And with only three answers per question the results are so general as to be laughable.

The results of your analysis say:

• You are driven and ambitious and tend to make radical moves to reach your goals.


• You have a peaceful mind, viewing the world with calm and serenity. To you, life is not about struggle and strife but about existence and co-existence.


• You like following the rules and being objective. You are precise and meticulous, and like to evaluate decisions before making them.


• You have a sunny, cheerful disposition.

The last one in particular is interesting. I didn't put any real indicators in my sky as it was a line drawing from inside the mountains. I thought of the sun reflecting off the aspen. The mental picture to me has sun filtered through cirrus clouds, mountains and trees. Not exactly covered by their "Sun, stars, rain" choices.

Since a few other people I know have gotten one of these and they don't ask for any identifiable information...


Get your own valentinr

I'd like to know why some of the interests like "fantasy" and "jokes" have more nudity than "sex".

( My Interests Collage! )

An involved meme I got from zdashamber:

1. Pick fifteen(!) films you love/thoroughly enjoyed. (And it was hard for me to limit it to 15. I was tempted to do a couple different categories...)


2. Find screen captures (stills) for each film, preferably from scenes you like. If you can't find a still, pick a new movie.


3. Post the pictures with the rules; let your readers guess which still is from which movie. (Readers, no cheating. No Google.) Screen all comments.


4. Post the answers.

( Pictures behind cut )