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NPR is torturing geeks by asking them to vote for the top 100 science fiction and fantasy titles of all time.  Or at least I feel tortured by the limit of 10 votes.

Here is the long list of choices:

• The Acts Of Caine Series, by Matthew Woodring Stover
• The Algebraist, by Iain M. Banks
• Altered Carbon, by Richard K. Morgan
• American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
• Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman
• Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
• Animal Farm, by George Orwell
• The Anubis Gates, by Tim Powers
• Armor, by John Steakley
• The Baroque Cycle, by Neal Stephenson
• Battlefield Earth, by L. Ron Hubbard
• Beggars In Spain, by Nancy Kress
• The Belgariad, by David Eddings
• The Black Company Series, by Glen Cook
• The Black Jewels Series, by Anne Bishop
• The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
• Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
• Bridge Of Birds, by Barry Hughart
• The Callahan’s Series, by Spider Robinson
• A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller
• The Cat Who Walked Through Walls, by Robert Heinlein
• Cat’s Cradle , by Kurt Vonnegut
• The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov
• The Change Series, by S.M. Stirling
• Childhood’s End, by Arthur C. Clarke
• Children Of God, by Mary Doria Russell
• The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny
• The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson
• The City And The City, by China Mieville
• City And The Stars, by Arthur C. Clarke
• A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
• The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher
• The Coldfire Trilogy, by C.S. Friedman
• The Commonwealth Saga, by Peter F. Hamilton
• The Company Wars, by C.J. Cherryh
• The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard
• Contact, by Carl Sagan
• Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
• The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
• The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks
• The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King
• The Day of Triffids, by John Wyndham
• Deathbird Stories, by Harlan Ellison
• The Deed of Paksennarion Trilogy, by Elizabeth Moon
• The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester
• The Deverry Cycle, by Katharine Kerr
• Dhalgren, by Samuel R. Delany
• The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson
• The Difference Engine, by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling
• The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin
• Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
• Don’t Bite The Sun, by Tanith Lee
• Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis
• Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey
• Dreamsnake, by Vonda McIntyre
• The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert
• Earth, by David Brin
• Earth Abides, by George R. Stewart
• The Eisenhorn Omnibus, by Dan Abnett
• The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock
• Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card
• Eon, by Greg Bear
• The Eyes Of The Dragon, by Stephen King
• The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
• The Faded Sun Trilogy, by C.J. Cherryh
• Fafhrd & The Gray Mouser Series, by Fritz Leiber
• Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
• The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb
• The Female Man, by Joanna Russ
• The Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy, by Guy Gavriel Kay
• A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge
• The First Law Trilogy, by Joe Abercrombie
• Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys
• The Foreigner Series, by C.J. Cherryh
• The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
• The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov
• Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
• The Gaea Trilogy, by John Varley
• The Gap Series, by Stephen R. Donaldson
• The Gate To Women’s Country, by Sheri S. Tepper
• Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
• The Gone-Away World, by Nick Harkaway
• The Gormenghast Trilogy, by Mervyn Peake
• Grass, by Sheri S. Tepper
• Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
• The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
• Hard-Boiled Wonderland And The End of The World, by Haruki Murakami
• The Heechee Saga, by Frederik Pohl
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
• The Hollows Series, by Kim Harrison
• House Of Leaves, by Mark Danielewski
• The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons
• I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
• I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
• The Illuminatus! Trilogy, by Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
• The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
• The Incarnations Of Immortality Series, by Piers Anthony
• The Inheritance Trilogy, by N.K. Jemisin
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
• A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne
• Kindred, by Octavia Butler
• The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss
• Kraken, by China Mieville
• The Kushiel’s Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey
• Last Call, by Tim Powers
• The Last Coin, by James P. Blaylock
• The Last Herald Mage Trilogy, by Mercedes Lackey
• The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
• The Lathe Of Heaven, by Ursula K. LeGuin
• The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin
• The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore
• The Lensman Series, by E.E. Smith
• The Liaden Universe Series, by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
• The Lies Of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch
• Lilith’s Brood, by Octavia Butler
• Little, Big, by John Crowley
• The Liveship Traders Trilogy, by Robin Hobb
• Lord Of Light, by Roger Zelazny
• The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Lord Valentine’s Castle, by Robert Silverberg
• Lucifer’s Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
• Lud-in-the-Mist, by Hope Mirrlees
• The Magicians, by Lev Grossman
• The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson
• The Man In The High Castle, by Philip K. Dick
• The Manifold Trilogy, by Stephen Baxter
• The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson
• The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury
• Memory And Dream, by Charles de Lint
• Memory, Sorrow, And Thorn Trilogy, by Tad Williams
• Mindkiller, by Spider Robinson
• The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson
• The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein
• Mordant’s Need, by Stephen Donaldson
• More Than Human, by Theodore Sturgeon
• The Mote In God’s Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
• The Naked Sun, by Isaac Asimov
• The Neanderthal Parallax Trilogy, by Robert J. Sawyer
• Neuromancer, by William Gibson
• Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
• The Newsflesh Trilogy, by Mira Grant
• The Night’s Dawn Trilogy, by Peter F. Hamilton
• Novels Of The Company, by Kage Baker
• Norstrilia, by Cordwainer Smith
• The Number Of The Beast, by Robert Heinlein
• Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi
• On Basilisk Station, by David Weber
• The Once And Future King, by T.H. White
• Oryx And Crake, by Margaret Atwood
• The Otherland Tetralogy, by Tad Williams
• The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldan
• Parable Of The Sower, by Octavia Butler
• The Passage, by Justin Cronin
• Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson
• Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville
• The Prestige, by Christopher Priest
• The Pride Of Chanur, by C.J. Cherryh
• The Prince Of Nothing Trilogy, by R. Scott Bakker
• The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
• Rainbows End, by Vernor Vinge
• Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
• Replay, by Ken Grimwood
• Revelation Space, by Alistair Reynolds
• Riddley Walker, by Russell Hoban
• The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist
• Ringworld, by Larry Niven
• The Riverworld Series, by Philip Jose Farmer
• The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
• The Saga Of Pliocene Exile, by Julian May
• The Saga Of Recluce, by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
• The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman
• The Sarantine Mosaic Series, by Guy Gavriel Kay
• A Scanner Darkly, by Philip K. Dick
• The Scar, by China Mieville
• The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks
• The Shattered Chain Trilogy, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Sirens Of Titan, by Kurt Vonnegut
• Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
• Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett
• Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
• The Snow Queen, by Joan D. Vinge
• Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem
• Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
• Song for the Basilisk, by Patricia McKillip
• A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin
• The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis
• The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell
• The Stainless Steel Rat Books, by Harry Harrison
• Stand On Zanzibar, by John Brunner
• The Stand, by Stephen King
• Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
• The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester
• Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
• Stations Of The Tide, by Michael Swanwick
• Steel Beach, by John Varley
• Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
• Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
• The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind
• The Swordspoint Trilogy, by Ellen Kushner
• The Tales of Alvin Maker, by Orson Scott Card
• The Temeraire Series, by Naomi Novik
• The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn
• Tigana , by Guy Gavriel Kay
• Time Enough For Love, by Robert Heinlein
• The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
• The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
• To Say Nothing Of The Dog, by Connie Willis
• The Troy Trilogy, by David Gemmell
• Ubik, by Philip K. Dick
• The Uplift Saga, by David Brin
• The Valdemar Series, by Mercedes Lackey
• VALIS, by Philip K. Dick
• Venus On The Half-Shell, by Kilgore Trout/Philip Jose Farmer
• The Vlad Taltos Series, by Steven Brust
• The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold
• The Vurt Trilogy, by Jeff Noon
• The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells
• Watchmen, by Alan Moore
• Watership Down, by Richard Adams
• The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
• Way Station, by Clifford D. Simak
• We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin
• The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan
• When Gravity Fails, by George Alec Effinger
• Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
• Wild Seed, by Octavia Butler
• The Windup Girl, by Paolo Bacigalupi
• World War Z, by Max Brooks
• The Worm Ouroboros, by E.R. Edison
• The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony
• The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, by Michael Chabon
• 1632, by Eric Flint
• 1984, by George Orwell
• 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke
• 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne

I may need some help deciding how to cast my final votes.

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