Re: Lynn’s six star list (or top ten list) in August 2025

Lynn McGuire wrote:
> Lynn’s six star list (or top ten list) in August 2025:
> 
> 1. “Mutineer’s Moon” by David Weber
> 2. “Citizen Of The Galaxy” by Robert Heinlein
> 3. “The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress” by Robert Heinlein
> 4. “The Star Beast” by Robert Heinlein
> 5. “Shards Of Honor” and "Barrayar" by Lois McMaster Bujold
> 6. “Jumper”, "Reflex", "Impulse", and "Exo" by Steven Gould
> 7. “Dies The Fire” by S. M. Stirling
> 8. “Emergence” by David Palmer
> 9. “The Tar-Aiym Krang” by Alan Dean Foster
> 10. “Under A Graveyard Sky” by John Ringo
> 11. “Live Free Or Die” by John Ringo
> 12. “Footfall” by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
> 13. “Lucifer’s Hammer” by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
> 14. “The Zero Stone” by Andre Norton
> 15. “Going Home” by A. American
> 16. “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card
> 17. “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline
> 18. “The Martian” by Andy Weir
> 19. “The Postman” by David Brin
> 20. “We Are Legion” by Dennis E. Taylor
> 21. “Bitten” by Kelley Armstrong
> 22. “Moon Called” by Patrica Briggs
> 23. “Red Thunder” by John Varley
> 24. "Lightning" by Dean Koontz
> 25. "The Murderbot Diaries" by Martha Wells
> 26. "Friday" by Robert Heinlein
> 27. "Agent Of Change" by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
> 28. "Monster Hunter International" by Larry Correia
> 29. "Among Others" by Jo Walton
> 30. "Skinwalker" and "Blood Of The Earth" By Faith Hunter
> 31. "Time Enough For Love" by Robert Heinlein
> 32. "Methuselah's Children" by Robert Heinlein
> 33. "When the Wind Blows", "The Lake House" by James Patterson
> 34. "A Soldier's Duty (Theirs Not to Reason Why)" by Jean Johnson
> 35. "Human by Choice" by Travis S. Taylor and Darrell Bain
> 36. "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir
> 37. "Agent To The Stars" by John Scazi
> 38. "Starter Villain" by John Scalzi
> 
> Somebody told me that these are a bunch of young men's adventure 
> stories.  Being an old man, I liked that.

A gentleman on Youtube has put out three short videos on what are in his 
opinion the best and second best books not to get a Hugo, Nebula, or 
Locus nomination from 1960-89,

As no less than five of these books are by Alan Dean Foster, you might 
have similar taste.  Harry Harrison is another favourite.

I find the list interesting. It is by no means a new wave list, but nor 
is it a sad puppies list.  I quite agree with him on some of these 
underappreciated books - he mentions John Brunner's "The Long Result", 
which I have talked about here, as well as "Greybeard".  And even where 
I don't agree, he's usually citing a book I liked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tACdYWOC9OA

William Hyde