Sorted SF

December 5, 2006 — Niall

In lieu of actual textual content, and inspired by The Sorted Books Project:

Anyone for some audience participation? It’s trickier than it looks.

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14 Responses to “Sorted SF”

  1. Zara Says:
    December 5, 2006 at 1:09 pm

    Philosophers Look At Fiction:
    A Wealth of Fable,
    Drinking Coffee Elsewhere.

  2. Lasair Says:
    December 5, 2006 at 2:27 pm

    Yesterday I reread an MMS book; last night and this morning I reread Look to Windward. Flicking through my flist and glimpsing this was rather startling. :)

  3. Niall Says:
    December 5, 2006 at 3:49 pm

    Heh. I was trying to come up with some sort of expansive, exogamous pile that ended with What You Make It, but it wouldn’t click.

  4. Armchair Anarchist Says:
    December 5, 2006 at 8:10 pm

    I think we have some serious meme potential here, ladies and gents. Shall we leave links for contributions? Blog ‘em if you got ‘em…

  5. » Meme attack! Sorted science fiction » Velcro City Tourist Board » Blog Archive Says:
    December 5, 2006 at 9:22 pm

    [...] Well, we can blame Niall Harrison for this one, but he’s a nice guy, so don’t get too crazy at him when this little game consumes an hour of your life… [...]

  6. Armchair Anarchist Says:
    December 5, 2006 at 9:24 pm

    Just as an aside, Niall; while snooping around on your Flickr set, I noticed you’re using ShoZu. What carrier are you with? I’m on Three, and the b*ggers block ShoZu on principle …

  8. Niall Says:
    December 5, 2006 at 10:47 pm

    Paul: I’m on Orange. Which has been very reliable, thank you. (I used to be with O2, who were … much less reliable.)

    Mike: I think that almost qualifies for a <pred> … ;-)

  10. Nicholas Waller Says:
    December 6, 2006 at 2:24 am

    I don’t have photographic proof but these are on my shelves (Clarke, Ishiguro, MacLeod; Powers, Pratchett, Hornby):

    Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
    Never Let Me Go
    Learning the World

    Declare
    The Truth
    About a Boy

  11. Martin Says:
    December 6, 2006 at 11:32 am

    Number three is great, Graham.

    If only I wasn’t currently seperated from my library. Roll on Christmas.

  12. Pigeonhed Says:
    December 6, 2006 at 2:32 pm

    I’m reminded that a few years ago I had a run of cinema trips to see In The Bleak Midwinter/The Usual Suspects/Heat/Twelve Monkeys.

  13. Zara Says:
    December 6, 2006 at 6:22 pm

    1.
    City
    Cities
    Cities in Flight
    The Ascent of Wonder

    2.
    Conrad’s Fate:
    Life
    Mortal Love
    Requiem
    Nekropolis.

    3.
    The Dragon Waiting
    Outside The Dog Museum
    Looking for Jake
    The Interaction…
    Fiasco.


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