tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post6490870220732622806..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: Apparently there's this new meme about the Guardian SFF listLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-18824074945092456392009-01-23T15:25:00.000-06:002009-01-23T15:25:00.000-06:00They have in fact included all of the Discworld no...They have in fact included <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/22/o-novels-science-fiction-fantasy-books" REL="nofollow">all of the <I>Discworld</I> novels</A> as one choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-33261713777999425152009-01-23T12:40:00.000-06:002009-01-23T12:40:00.000-06:00The lack of Pratchett on a British SFF list is a b...The lack of Pratchett on a British SFF list is a bit mind-boggling.ambyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05591575196404711154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-46266362375170010182009-01-23T07:55:00.000-06:002009-01-23T07:55:00.000-06:00Ah, the numbering threw me.Ah, the numbering threw me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-3020563323037309222009-01-23T05:51:00.000-06:002009-01-23T05:51:00.000-06:00Thanks, Martin! I'll add those after work.Thanks, Martin! I'll add those after work.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-87908055307447250682009-01-23T05:08:00.000-06:002009-01-23T05:08:00.000-06:00Larry, you've missed 25 of the titles on the list ...Larry, you've missed 25 of the titles on the list off. See my blog for the full list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-81767436709741658142009-01-22T23:52:00.000-06:002009-01-22T23:52:00.000-06:00Well, the order is strictly alphabetical, so we ca...Well, the order is strictly alphabetical, so we can't really fault them for that.<BR/><BR/>I agree, though, that the list as a whole is strange, and contains much that doesn't seem to be within strict genre boundaries. But if it somehow gets a few more people interested, then what the heck? Maybe they'll try Toni Morrison and think, well, that was fun, what else is on the list? And then try Mieville and get hooked on the real stuff.<BR/><BR/>It could happen.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635730789965217445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-66563677902032461002009-01-22T22:32:00.000-06:002009-01-22T22:32:00.000-06:00True Jeff. I suppose you could say "Well, it's a B...True Jeff. I suppose you could say "Well, it's a British newspaper..." but that's no excuse. <BR/><BR/>Hope I'm not coming across as too much of a molotov-cocktail chucking genre-crusader here by the way, it's just that literary elitism is something I absolutely cannot stand in any shape or form. It really gets my back up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-238859053938601052009-01-22T22:25:00.000-06:002009-01-22T22:25:00.000-06:00I also find it British writer skewed. will be blog...I also find it British writer skewed. will be blogging about it soon. some real crap on the list, too. jeffvAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-19150017225980163552009-01-22T20:45:00.000-06:002009-01-22T20:45:00.000-06:00Of your haven't-reads, I strongly recommend Ri...Of your haven't-reads, I strongly recommend Riddley Walker. Post-apocalyptic, written in a demotic form of English, sort of like A Clockwork Orange, except much more extreme, and a truly strange take on Punch & Judy shows.Daniel Ausemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00478942286366751753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-20017477834672264072009-01-22T19:35:00.000-06:002009-01-22T19:35:00.000-06:00That list is very odd. I mean, Toni Morrison? And ...That list is very odd. I mean, Toni Morrison? And where the heck was Dean Koontz? What exactly qualified as speculative fiction for them?<BR/><BR/>They listed a couple of utopian/dystopian novels there, so why not Thomas More's <I>Utopia</I>, the book that started the entire genre? What about Edward Bellamy's <I>Looking Backward</I>? Not too many people have heard of it now, but it was the bestselling novel of the 19th century after <I>Uncle Tom's Cabin</I> and <I>Ben-Hur</I>.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11058705381647529328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-7640757355059078432009-01-22T18:47:00.000-06:002009-01-22T18:47:00.000-06:00That is a very odd list. Strangely, a lot of the b...That is a very odd list. Strangely, a lot of the books I have read on there I wouldn't consider to be SFF...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com