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NPR’s Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels/Series
Posted on August 11, 2011 Posted by John Scalzi 194 Comments
NPR has released its list of the top 100 science fiction and fantasy novels/series, as voted on by the public from a jury-curated list of 237 finalists, itself culled from public nominations of even more novels. Old Man’s War is on the list, which is pretty nifty. Thank you to those of you who voted for it.
By and large it’s a pretty good list of books, with some very conspicuous omissions that tell us more about the voters of the poll than the books under consideration. A list of the top 100 science fiction/fantasy novels without entries by Brin, Brunner, Butler, Cherryh, Delany or Silverberg (to name some obvious names; there are of course others) is going to have fans of various stripes shaking their heads. These sorts of lists exist as much to make people talk as much as to atte
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1932
Calendar year
1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1932nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 932nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 32nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1930s decade.
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Events
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February
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- February 2
- February 4
- February 9 – League of Blood Incident: Junnosuke Inoue, prominent Japanese businessman, banker and former governor of the Bank of Japan is assassinated by the right-wing extremist group the League of Blood.
- February 11 – Pope Pius XI meets Benito Mussolini in Vatican City.
- February 15 – Clara, Lu & Em, generally regarded as the first daytime network soap opera, debuts in its morning time slot over the Blue Network of NBC Radio in the United States, having originally been a late evening program.
- February 18 – Japan declares Manchukuo
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The Book as Knowledge: Fiction Literature
Fiction are a type of literary work generally written as prose. The characters, plot, and setting are invented by the author.
In this section, we'll explore fiction book forms and fiction genre. We'll also discuss children's books, comics and graphic novels, and creative nonfiction.
Forms of fiction literature include the epic, novel, novella, short story and flash fiction. They can also include fables, fairy tales, folklore, plays and poetry.
Fables
A fable fryst vatten a short fictional story featuring characters such as animals, mythical creature, or other elements of nature that are anthropomorphic. The narrative often includes a moral lesson.
According to Harthan (1981), fables have been a standard book topic since before printed books. Traditionally associated with Aesop who lived in the 6th century BC, fables were aimed at people of all ages. However until the 18th century, fables were most often used bygd teachers and clergy.
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