Most 'significant' Fantasy & Sci-Fi, 1952-2003

The Science Fiction Book Club has authored its list of the 50 most significant fantasy/sci-fi books of the past 50 years.

It's hard to interpret what is meant by 'significant', but I'll go out on a limb and say that these are their take on the books that have had the most impact on their readers and the genre. Approaching it from that angle, it looks pretty reasonable - although, like Rex (whose site alerted me to this first), I do take exception to how lightly the influence of some of the entries (Ender's Game, Interview with the Vampire) have been regarded. Clearly, if my definition were to hold, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone would move from #26 to somewhere in the top 5 - if for no other reason than the legions of new sci-fi/fantasy book fans it has (and will continue to) create.

Posted by Dan on March 07, 2003 at 02:43 PM | TrackBack