Re: Lynn’s six star list (or top ten list) in September 2023

On 9/27/2023 1:01 PM, a425couple wrote:
> On 9/25/23 21:32, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> Lynn’s six star list (or top ten list) in September 2023:
>>
>> 1. “Mutineer’s Moon” by David Weber
>> 2. “Citizen Of The Galaxy” by Robert Heinlein
> 
> You have 27, or 28 in your "top ten" list.  OK.
> 
> I think a list like this should include:
> "Starship Troopers" by Robert Heinlein.
> "Rendezvous with Rama" by Arthur C. Clarke
> "The Fountains of Paradise" by Arthur C. Clarke
> "The Songs of Distant Earth" by Arthur C. Clarke
> "2001 a Space Odyssey" (and 2010 and 2061) by Arthur C. Clarke
> "Childhoods End" by Arthur C. Clarke
> Robert Silverberg deserves inclusion from his number of books,
> longevity, and variety of ideas,  I'll suggest "Nightwings",
> "Hawksbill Station" and "Tower of Glass".
> "Seed of Light" by Edmund Cooper
> 
> 
>> 3. “The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress” by Robert Heinlein
>> 4. “The Star Beast” by Robert Heinlein
>> 5. “Shards Of Honor” by Lois McMaster Bujold
>> 6. “Jumper” 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
>>
>> Lynn

Yup, those are all five star books.  Just not six stars for me.  Six 
stars means that I have read it three times or more.  And of course the 
xkcd rating rule applies.
    https://xkcd.com/1098/

Lynn