In Which We Count Down The 100 Greatest Science Fiction or Fantasy Novels of All Time
No idea why they should be "counted down" rather than listed, but what do we know any more? Bonus: Covers of virtually (We've only scanned, as usual.) all of the Top 100.
WAIT! Upon further investigation, appears to have been compiled by an illiterate.
Although many have made a distinction between the fantasy and science fiction fields, I see no reason to arbitrary draw such a lien.One should not draw liens arbitrary. An attorney's advice can be invaluable.
At the nexus of the two genres is where the human imagination begins to reveal frightful and hopeful things about our own society. Sometimes I will come across someone reading what looks to me like a really boring book; e.g. anything by F. Scott Fitzgerald or James Patterson or Bill Bryson. Instead look to the vast store of cheap entertainment found in these immemorial classics of the page:Fine, then, consider it 100 (we assume) book covers, which may have amusement or even nostalgia value.
Nope, forget it. (The "count down" should have been the first clue.) If we hadn't typed so much already, we'd delete this whole mess, because of this:
You can't convince us that anyone who's actually read 100 books (Theoretically even more, or how could he know which are the 100 best?) could type that poorly.49. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Rand took as subject the plight of the individual in a society that attempted to squelch his purpose and initiative at every turn. Through the story of Howard Roark, we begin to appreciate and see for the first time the visible constraints on ourselves that were invisible before. Among the most widely read books ever written.
4 comments:
Ayn Rand stinks like a skunk that was hit on the highway last week.
There, that's my review.
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Ayn Rand's ideals were a rejection of her experience in a "prison," and her reaction would be the same as anyone else escaping it, except she put an ideology to it and described its opposite, individual freedom. This is what Americans today are rejecting because they have never experienced what it is like living in a "prison," although Obama is building the cage now under the guise of community interests being more important than self-interest. See Save Pebble Droppers & Prosperity on claysamerica.com.
Ayn Rand stinks like a skunk that was hit on the highway last week.
On first read I thought that said "thinks like a skunk..." of course that would still make sense.
Fact & Truth Based Editor Responds:
We think that Rand's problems, shall we say, stem more from her family than any alleged "prison" she was in.
Any American who has held a "job" is a prisoner of the parasites who employ him or her.
Anyway, Mr. Barham, could you advise us if you're a Titan Of Industry, a successful genius whose brilliant ideas provide wage-slavery for millions, or are you just some sort of loser who thinks he's special, & shows it by Googling Ayn Rand & whining about honest statements made about her?
Try this, Brainiac, if you can get through the large words.
See you in Galt Gulch!! How's the perpetual motion machine research going, by the way?
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