I don't remember reading "Homecoming," which means I need to read it again. Obviously, I was short on memory cells the last time, and it is something I should remember reading, barring brain damage or pollen.

I have mixed feelings about the list in general, but I'm glad they did it in the "it's a start" sort of way. Mostly I've been boggled that they didn't split fantasy and science fiction into two different lists.

(And come to think of it, my Dad wouldn't argue that point.)

How do we know your Dad isn't Uncle Einar?

How do we know your Dad isn't Uncle Einar?

Good question! I mean, I'd like to think that if Dad had giant bat wings and flew around at night, he would have told me by now, but I can't discount the possibility.

Please don't dismiss all of David's list.

Yeah! What? Were they?

I can go wrangle up Neil Gaiman's endorsement of Lud-in-the-Mist if that would help. I know some other Buffistas have read it - maybe Anne?

The Dying Earth has the best wizard stories I've read, with a really interesting angle on how magic works in that world.

Oh, I love Lud-in-the-Mist.

I'd love to see a horror list, myself.

I don't particularly look for wordsmithery in my fantasy, honestly. I don't mind it when it's there, but it's not what I'm looking for. I'm looking for compelling reads, which means I read a fair amount of fantasy I'd objectively call bad or hackish, and enjoy it.

I quite liked The Left Hand of Darkness, but it took me many tries to get into it, and I don't remember much about it now.

I LOVE Bujold and would totally rank her above all of the authors I mentioned in a full fledged SF/Fantasy list. I still haven't read any Connie Willis, but I plan to soon.

Octavia Butler is one of those authors who writes works that feel like fantasy but have "scientific" reasons - even Fledgling, a vampire novel, spent a fair amount of time building up the scientific explanation for the vampirism. So I have a hard time placing her. It's also why I'm personally glad when lists like this don't split SF and Fantasy - they have plenty of overlaps that are hard to place.

I'd love to see a horror list, myself.

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I'd love to see a horror list, myself.

Agreed.

We could start one, here.

I'm very happy, by the way, that The Thrawn Trilogy made it on there. When I was in 7th-11th grades, I read every book available in the Expanded Star Wars universe, and would have been able to tell you everything there was to know about that galaxy in the 20+ years following Return of the Jedi. In general, that was a positive experience, with very few of those books being anywhere close to as terrible as the prequels, but most of them were mediocre at best. The Thrawn Trilogy, which I believe was the first approved set of Star Wars novels, was the exception, and the only part of the entire canon I would highly recommend to anybody. I basically found it to be masterfully crafted space opera, with brilliant characterization that meshed with the characters as portrayed in the films but expanded them to something much more like real people. I've read the trilogy 10+ times, and am strongly considering investing in another copy to read again soon.