On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 11:41:28 -0500, David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b at dd-b.net> wrote: > "Howard Brazee" <howard at brazee.net> writes: > >> Jeffrey Kiok wrote: >>> I don't think it's possible to talk about '60's SF >>> without mentioning Dune, which, if anyone cares to note, shared the >>> Huge Award ('66) with ...And Call me Conrad by Zelazny (also >>> published as This Immortal). > >> And despite the influence of _Dune_, there never has been a time in >> which I would have voted it in ahead of the Zelazny work. > > I find This Immortal pleasant but light, whereas Dune is a major > classic. (There are, however, no sequels. :-)) None. Note that I modified my original statement to consider _Dune_ ahead of _Call me Conrad_ for the best of the decade, even though I wouldn't vote that way for the best of the year. I hope that makes sense - but with a larger period, I prefer the more major (and more influential) work. What would be nice to have is a list of works that have received critical nominations as best ever (books such as _The Stars My Destination_), and vote on them. I think I will start a thread in rec.arts.sf.written -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/