The Internet SF Book Database Available at http://julmara.ce.chalmers.se/SF_archive/Vote_db/ What is it? This is the place where you can find, as well as add, all kinds of information about SF, Fantasy and Horror books. If an author or a book is not in the database, you can just add it. You can also perform searches for specific authors, titles, voters, scores, or combinations. Voting The main purpose of this database is to record your (i.e., all you SF fans out there) opinion of books and authors, as well as finding a guide to good books by what others have voted. Current Toplist: These are the top authors and titles based on your votes in the Internet SF Book Database (only titles voted for by at least 10 people are included), as of Mon Sep 8 1997: Mean No of Score Voters Title (Publishing year) Author ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5.00 (12) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) C S Lewis 4.96 (28) Lord of Light (1967) Roger Zelazny 4.95 (23) Lyonesse II: The Green Pearl (1985) Jack Vance 4.93 (30) Cugel's Saga (1983) Jack Vance 4.92 (13) Tiger! Tiger! (1956) Alfred Bester 4.92 (13) Maske: Thaery (1976) Jack Vance 4.91 (12) On Basilisk Station (1993) David Weber 4.90 (10) The Castle of Llyr (1966) Lloyd Alexander 4.90 (10) The Book of Three (1964) Lloyd Alexander 4.87 (16) The Stars My Destination (1957) Alfred Bester 4.86 (30) The Eyes of the Overworld (1966) Jack Vance 4.86 (15) Bridge of Birds (1984) Barry Hughart 4.85 (20) The Dragon Masters (1963) Jack Vance 4.84 (13) The Gap into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die (199Stephen Donaldson 4.82 (28) City of the Chasch (1968) Jack Vance 4.81 (93) Lord of the Rings (1954) J R R Tolkien 4.81 (16) The Guns of Avalon (1972) Roger Zelazny 4.80 (10) The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952) C S Lewis 4.80 (10) Stormbringer [C] (1965) Michael Moorcock 4.79 (91) Ender's Game (1985) Orson Scott Card 4.79 (10) The Citadel of the Autarch (1983) Gene Wolfe 4.78 (28) The Dirdir (1969) Jack Vance 4.78 (23) Lyonesse (1983) Jack Vance 4.78 (19) A Canticle for Leibowitz (1960) Walter Miller 4.78 (14) The Last Unicorn (1968) Peter Beagle 4.78 (14) Showboat World (1975) Jack Vance 4.78 (14) City (1952) Clifford Simak 4.77 (36) Tigana (1990) Guy Gavriel Kay 4.77 (22) The Forever War (1974) Joe Haldeman 4.76 (39) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966) Robert Heinlein 4.76 (17) The Last Castle (1967) Jack Vance 4.75 (25) Servants of the Wankh (1969) Jack Vance 4.75 (12) Time for the Stars (1956) Robert Heinlein 4.75 (12) The Ship Who Sang (1969) Anne McCaffrey 4.75 (12) Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962) Ray Bradbury 4.73 (23) The Shadow of the Torturer (1980) Gene Wolfe 4.73 (15) The Face (1979) Jack Vance 4.72 (25) The Pnume (1970) Jack Vance 4.72 (11) This Immortal (1966) Roger Zelazny 4.72 (11) The Gap into Madness: Chaos and Order (1994) Stephen Donaldson 4.72 (11) The Black Cauldron (1965) Lloyd Alexander 4.71 (56) Startide Rising (1983) David Brin 4.71 (45) Starship Troopers (1959) Robert Heinlein 4.71 (28) Childhood's End (1953) Arthur Clarke 4.71 (14) Ubik (1969) Philip Dick 4.71 (14) Marune: Alastor 933 (1975) Jack Vance 4.71 (14) First King of Shanarra (1996) Terry Brooks 4.71 (14) Dreamsnake (1978) Vonda McIntyre 4.70 (24) The Dying Earth [C] (1950) Jack Vance 4.70 (17) Emphyrio (1969) Jack Vance 4.70 (17) Double Star (1956) Robert Heinlein 4.70 (10) The Sword of the Lictor (1982) Gene Wolfe 4.70 (10) The Serpent Mage (1986) Greg Bear 4.70 (10) The Once and Future King (1939) TH White 4.70 (10) Journey to the Center of the Earth () Jules Verne 4.70 (10) Dorsai! (1976) Gordon Dickson 4.69 (26) The Anubis Gates (1983) Tim Powers 4.69 (20) To Green Angel Tower (1993) Tad Williams 4.69 (13) The War of the Worlds (1898) H G Wells 4.69 (13) The Claw of the Conciliator (1981) Gene Wolfe 4.69 (13) Lord Valentine's Castle (1980) Robert Silverberg 4.69 (10) Magic's Price (1990) Mercedes Lackey 4.68 (19) The Player of Games (1988) Iain Banks 4.68 (19) I, Robot (1950) Isaac Asimov 4.68 (16) The Palace of Love (1967) Jack Vance 4.67 (71) The Hobbit (1937) J R R Tolkien 4.66 (30) Nine Princes in Amber (1970) Roger Zelazny 4.66 (27) Snow Crash (1992) Neal Stephenson 4.66 (21) The Warrior's Apprentice (1986) Lois McMaster Bujold 4.66 (15) To Live Forever (1956) Jack Vance 4.66 (12) The Gap into Power: A Dark and Hungry God AriStephen Donaldson 4.66 (12) The Black Company (1984) Glen Cook 4.66 (12) Endymion (1995) Dan Simmons 4.65 (60) Dune (1965) Frank Herbert 4.64 (25) Lyonesse III: Madouc (1989) Jack Vance 4.64 (17) Watership Down (1972) Richard Adams 4.64 (17) The Day of the Triffids (1951) John Wyndham 4.64 (14) Flowers for Algernon (1966) Daniel Keyes 4.63 (41) Hyperion (1989) Dan Simmons 4.63 (22) The Lions of Al-Rassan (1995) Guy Gavriel Kay 4.63 (19) Trullion: Alastor 2262 (1973) Jack Vance 4.63 (19) Assassin's Apprentice (1995) Robin Hobb 4.63 (11) The Illustrated Man [C] (1951) Ray Bradbury 4.63 (11) Taran Wanderer (1967) Lloyd Alexander 4.63 (11) Inherit the Stars (1977) James Hogan 4.62 (48) Foundation (1951) Isaac Asimov 4.62 (45) Ringworld (1970) Larry Niven 4.62 (40) A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) Ursula LeGuin 4.62 (16) The Book of Dreams () Jack Vance 4.62 (16) Animal Farm (1945) George Orwell 4.61 (13) The Snow Queen (1980) Joan Vinge 4.61 (13) The Hand of Oberon (1976) Roger Zelazny 4.61 (13) The City and the Stars (1956) Arthur Clarke 4.61 (13) Daggerspell (1986) Katharine Kerr 4.60 (23) 1984 (1948) George Orwell 4.60 (20) Star King (1964) Jack Vance 4.60 (15) Night Lamp (1996) Jack Vance 4.60 (10) Those Who Hunt the Night (1988) Barbara Hambly 4.60 (10) The Riddlemaster of Hed (1976) Patricia McKillip 4.60 (10) Liege-Killer (1987) Christopher Hinz 4.60 (10) Lest Darkness Fall () L Sprague DeCamp 4.60 (10) Dragons of Winter Night (1985) Margaret Weis 4.59 (32) Lord of Chaos (1994) Robert Jordan 4.58 (67) Speaker for the Dead (1986) Orson Scott Card 4.58 (12) Sign of the Unicorn (1975) Roger Zelazny 4.57 (14) On a Pale Horse (1983) Piers Anthony 4.56 (16) Rhialto The Marvellous (1984) Jack Vance 4.55 (34) The Tombs of Atuan (1971) Ursula LeGuin 4.55 (27) The Dispossessed, An Ambiguous Utopia (1974) Ursula LeGuin 4.55 (18) The Anome (1973) Jack Vance 4.54 (11) The Stress of her Regard (1989) Tim Powers 4.54 (11) The Dark Tower: The Waste Lands (1991) Stephen King 4.54 (11) On Stranger Tides (1987) Tim Powers 4.53 (15) A Princess of Mars (1917) Edgar Rice Burroughs 4.53 (13) Whipping Star (1970) Frank Herbert 4.53 (13) The Courts of Chaos (1978) Roger Zelazny 4.53 (13) Royal Assassin (1996) Robin Hobb 4.52 (17) The Killing Machine (1964) Jack Vance 4.52 (17) Space Cadet (1948) Robert Heinlein 4.52 (17) Dragonsong (1976) Anne McCaffrey 4.51 (31) A Fire Upon the Deep (1992) Vernor Vinge 4.51 (29) The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) Ursula LeGuin 4.51 (29) The Fires of Heaven (1993) Robert Jordan 4.50 (24) The Martian Chronicles (1950) Ray Bradbury 4.50 (24) The Dragonbone Chair (1988) Tad Williams 4.50 (18) The Mists of Avalon (1983) Marion Zimmer Bradley 4.50 (18) The Languages of Pao (1958) Jack Vance 4.50 (18) The Asutra (1974) Jack Vance 4.50 (16) Permutation City (1994) Greg Egan 4.50 (16) Downbelow Station (1981) C J Cherryh 4.50 (12) Cyteen (1988) C J Cherryh 4.50 (10) The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965) Philip Dick 4.50 (10) The Infinity Concerto (1984) Greg Bear 4.49 (67) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979) Douglas Adams 4.49 (26) Araminta Station (1988) Jack Vance 4.49 (22) The Demolished Man (1953) Alfred Bester 4.49 (14) Quarantine (1992) Greg Egan 4.48 (31) The fall of Hyperion (1990) Dan Simmons 4.47 (23) The Man in the High Castle (1962) Philip Dick 4.47 (23) The Door Into Summer (1957) Robert Heinlein 4.47 (19) Way Station (1963) Clifford Simak 4.47 (17) The Stand (1978) Stephen King 4.46 (15) Wyst: Alastor 1716 (1978) Jack Vance 4.45 (22) Gateway (1977) Frederik Pohl 4.45 (11) The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three (198Stephen King 4.44 (27) The Farthest Shore (1972) Ursula LeGuin 4.44 (27) Consider Phlebas (1987) Iain Banks 4.44 (18) The Brave Free Men (1973) Jack Vance 4.44 (18) The Blue World (1966) Jack Vance 4.44 (18) A Wrinkle in Time (1962) Madeleine LEngle 4.43 (25) Eon (1985) Greg Bear 4.43 (16) Dragonsinger (1977) Anne McCaffrey 4.42 (26) Lucifer's Hammer (1977) Larry Niven 4.42 (21) The Diamond Age (1995) Neal Stephenson 4.42 (21) Citizen of the Galaxy (1957) Robert Heinlein 4.42 (14) The Stainless Steel Rat (1961) Harry Harrison 4.41 (17) The Time Machine (1895) H G Wells 4.41 (12) The Honor of the Queen (1993) David Weber 4.41 (12) Neutron Star [C] (1968) Larry Niven 4.41 (12) Dragondrums (1979) Anne McCaffrey 4.41 (12) All the Weyrs of Pern (1991) Anne McCaffrey 4.40 (32) Second Foundation (1953) Isaac Asimov 4.40 (30) The Mote in God's Eye (1975) Larry Niven 4.40 (25) Stone of Tears (1995) Terry Goodkind 4.40 (10) Heir of Sea and Fire (1977) Patricia McKillip 4.39 (20) The Many-Colored Land (1981) Julian May 4.38 (18) Against a Dark Background (1993) Iain Banks 4.38 (13) The Engines of God (1994) Jack Charles McDevitt 4.37 (35) Magician (1982) Raymond Feist 4.37 (27) Dragonflight (1968) Anne McCaffrey 4.37 (16) The White Dragon (1978) Anne McCaffrey 4.37 (16) Stand on Zanzibar (1968) John Brunner 4.36 (22) Protector (1973) Larry Niven 4.36 (22) Count Zero (1986) William Gibson 4.36 (11) World of Ptavvs (1966) Larry Niven 4.36 (11) The Short Victorious War (1994) David Weber 4.36 (11) The Dying Earth (1950) Jack Vance 4.36 (11) Jack of Shadows (1971) Roger Zelazny 4.36 (11) Field of Dishonor (1994) David Weber 4.36 (11) Dragons of Autumn Twilight (1984) Margaret Weis 4.36 (11) Crystal Singer (1982) Anne McCaffrey 4.36 (11) Another Fine Myth (1978) Robert Asprin 4.35 (28) Seventh Son (1987) Orson Scott Card 4.35 (17) The Naked Sun (1957) Isaac Asimov 4.35 (17) Songmaster (1980) Orson Scott Card 4.35 (17) Green Mars (1994) Kim Stanley Robinson 4.35 (14) Titan (1979) John Varley 4.35 (14) The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (1982) Stephen King 4.34 (41) Neuromancer (1984) William Gibson 4.33 (30) Glory Road (1963) Robert Heinlein 4.33 (18) To Your Scattered Bodies Go (1971) Philip Jose Farmer 4.33 (15) Starman Jones (1953) Robert Heinlein 4.33 (12) Red Planet (1949) Robert Heinlein 4.33 (12) Legacy (1995) Greg Bear 4.33 (12) Dragonsdawn (1988) Anne McCaffrey 4.33 (12) Creatures of Light and Darkness (1969) Roger Zelazny 4.33 (12) Aristoi (1992) Walter Jon Williams 4.32 (34) Fahrenheit 451 (1953) Ray Bradbury 4.32 (31) The Dragon Reborn (1991) Robert Jordan 4.32 (28) The Shadow Rising (1992) Robert Jordan 4.31 (22) Stone of Farewell (1990) Tad Williams 4.31 (16) Glory Season (1993) David Brin 4.30 (42) The Uplift War (1987) David Brin 4.30 (23) The Caves of Steel (1954) Isaac Asimov 4.30 (13) Big Planet (1957) Jack Vance 4.30 (10) Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's CrusadKurt Vonnegut 4.30 (10) Slan (1946) A E VanVogt 4.30 (10) Harpist in the Wind (1979) Patricia McKillip 4.30 (10) A Night in the Lonesome October (1993) Roger Zelazny 4.29 (20) Barrayar (1991) Lois McMaster Bujold 4.29 (10) When Gravity Fails (1986) George Alec Effinger 4.28 (28) Have Spacesuit, Will Travel (1958) Robert Heinlein 4.28 (28) A Song for Arbonne (1992) Guy Gavriel Kay 4.28 (14) Split Infinity (1980) Piers Anthony 4.28 (14) Magic's Pawn (1989) Mercedes Lackey 4.27 (33) Wizard's First Rule (1994) Terry Goodkind 4.27 (18) Red Prophet (1988) Orson Scott Card 4.27 (18) Mission of Gravity (1954) Hal Clement 4.27 (11) The Faded Sun: Kutath (1980) C J Cherryh 4.27 (11) The Currents of Space (1952) Isaac Asimov 4.27 (11) Dragon Prince (1988) Melanie Rawn 4.27 (11) Dawnspell (1989) Katharine Kerr 4.26 (19) Throy (1992) Jack Vance 4.25 (40) Rendezvous with Rama (1973) Arthur Clarke 4.25 (35) Foundation and Empire (1952) Isaac Asimov 4.25 (28) The Summer Tree (1985) Guy Gavriel Kay 4.25 (24) Red Mars (1993) Kim Stanley Robinson 4.25 (12) The Guns of the South (1992) Harry Turtledove 4.25 (12) Soldier, Ask Not (1967) Gordon Dickson 4.25 (12) It (1986) Stephen King 4.23 (51) Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) Robert Heinlein 4.23 (34) The Great Hunt (1991) Robert Jordan 4.23 (17) The Lathe of Heaven (1971) Ursula LeGuin 4.22 (44) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (19Douglas Adams 4.21 (28) Footfall (1985) Larry Niven 4.21 (23) The Puppet Masters (1951) Robert Heinlein 4.21 (23) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) Philip Dick 4.21 (19) Black Sun Rising (1991) C S Friedman 4.20 (10) When True Night Falls (1994) C S Friedman 4.20 (10) The Silent Tower (1986) Barbara Hambly 4.20 (10) The Ruins of Ambrai (1994) Melanie Rawn 4.20 (10) The King's Buccaneer (1992) Raymond Feist 4.20 (10) The Gray Prince (1974) Jack Vance 4.20 (10) The Faded Sun: Shon'Jir (1979) C J Cherryh 4.20 (10) The Boat of a Million Years (1989) Poul Anderson 4.20 (10) Tales of Known Space [C] (1975) Larry Niven 4.20 (10) Mythago Wood (1984) Robert Holdstock 4.20 (10) Anvil of Stars (1992) Greg Bear 4.19 (26) A Crown of Swords (1996) Robert Jordan 4.19 (21) A Spell for Chameleon (1977) Piers Anthony 4.19 (15) Brothers in Arms (1989) Lois McMaster Bujold 4.19 (10) The White Plague (1982) Frank Herbert 4.19 (10) Heart of the Comet (1986) Gregory Benford 4.18 (16) Prentice Alvin (1989) Orson Scott Card 4.18 (11) Waldo & Magic, Inc (1950) Robert Heinlein 4.18 (11) The Five Gold Bands (1953) Jack Vance 4.18 (11) Magic's Promise (1990) Mercedes Lackey 4.18 (11) Blood of the Fold (1996) Terry Goodkind 4.17 (17) The Gods Themselves (1972) Isaac Asimov 4.16 (18) Shards of Honor (1986) Lois McMaster Bujold 4.16 (12) Darkspell (1987) Katharine Kerr 4.15 (33) The Illearth War (1977) Stephen Donaldson 4.15 (20) Marooned in Real Time (1986) Vernor Vinge 4.15 (19) The Vampire Lestat (1985) Anne Rice 4.15 (19) The Rolling Stones (1952) Robert Heinlein 4.15 (13) Good Omens (1990) Terry Pratchett 4.13 (22) Tunnel in the Sky (1955) Robert Heinlein 4.13 (15) The Gap into Vision: Forbidden Knowledge (199Stephen Donaldson 4.13 (15) The Adversary (1984) Julian May 4.13 (15) Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern (1983) Anne McCaffrey 4.12 (33) The Power that Preserves (1977) Stephen Donaldson 4.12 (16) Elric of Melnibone (1972) Michael Moorcock 4.11 (25) A Man Rides Through (1987) Stephen Donaldson 4.10 (19) Dragonquest (1971) Anne McCaffrey 4.10 (10) The Fabulous Riverboat (1971) Philip Jose Farmer 4.10 (10) Out of the Silent Planet (1938) C S Lewis 4.09 (31) Queen of Sorcery (1982) David Eddings 4.09 (21) Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988) William Gibson 4.09 (11) Wizard (1980) John Varley 4.09 (11) The Faded Sun: Kesrith (1978) C J Cherryh 4.09 (11) Jack the Bodiless (1992) Julian May 4.09 (11) Dragon Wing (1990) Margaret Weis 4.09 (10) First Lensman (1950) E E Doc Smith 4.08 (25) A Darkness at Sethanon (1986) Raymond Feist 4.08 (12) The High Crusade (1960) Poul Anderson 4.08 (12) Jhereg (1983) Steven Brust 4.08 (12) Between Planets (1951) Robert Heinlein 4.07 (27) The Mirror of Her Dreams (1986) Stephen Donaldson 4.07 (13) The Star Beast (1954) Robert Heinlein 4.06 (16) Moving Mars (1993) Greg Bear 4.06 (16) Mirror Dance (1994) Lois McMaster Bujold 4.06 (15) A Gift from Earth (1968) Larry Niven 4.05 (40) Life, the Universe and Everything (1982) Douglas Adams 4.05 (18) Use of Weapons (1990) Iain Banks 4.05 (17) Pebble In The Sky (1950) Isaac Asimov 4.04 (24) Silverthorn (1985) Raymond Feist 4.03 (32) Pawn of Prophecy (1982) David Eddings 4.00 (23) The Postman (1985) David Brin 4.00 (21) Farmer in the Sky (1950) Robert Heinlein 4.00 (18) The Magic of Recluce (1991) L E Modesitt Jr 4.00 (16) Doomsday Book (1992) Connie Willis 4.00 (15) Revolt in 2100 (1953) Robert Heinlein 4.00 (15) Borders of Infinity [C] (1989) Lois McMaster Bujold 4.00 (13) The Maker of Universes (1965) Philip Jose Farmer 4.00 (13) Midnight at the Well of Souls (1977) Jack Chalker 4.00 (11) The Rowan (1990) Anne McCaffrey 4.00 (10) The Witching Hour (1990) Anne Rice 4.00 (10) The Tar-Aiym Krang (1972) Alan Dean Foster 4.00 (10) Space Opera (1965) Jack Vance 4.00 (10) Arrows of the Queen (1987) Mercedes Lackey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The SF book database This database is a public service produced by: Stefan Petersson (stefanp@ce.chalmers.se) Peter Folkesson (peterf@ce.chalmers.se) ---- Stefan L. 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