Most-Reviewed Books (1996)
Updated: Mon Jan 3 12:43:18 CST 2005
Novels:
11 Idoru William Gibson
11 Pirates of the Universe Terry Bisson
9 Holy Fire Bruce Sterling
9 Walking the Labyrinth Lisa Goldstein
8 Ancient Shores Jack McDevitt
8 Bellwether Connie Willis
8 Humpty Dumpty: An Oval Damon Knight
8 Lunatics Bradley Denton
8 Night Sky Mine Melissa Scott
8 Panda Ray Michael Kandel
8 The Tooth Fairy Graham Joyce
7 City of Golden Shadow Tad Williams
7 Empire of the Ants Bernard Werber
7 Excession Iain M. Banks
7 Gibbon's Decline and Fall Sheri S. Tepper
7 Godmother Night Rachel Pollack
7 Looking for the Mahdi N. Lee Wood
7 Night Lamp Jack Vance
7 The Ringworld Throne Larry Niven
7 River of Dust Alexander Jablokov
7 Spares Michael Marshall Smith
7 The Sparrow Mary Doria Russell
7 Wildside Steven Gould
6 Blue Mars Kim Stanley Robinson
6 Celestial Matters Richard Garfinkle
6 Dradin, in Love Jeff VanderMeer
6 Exodus From the Long Sun Gene Wolfe
6 Faraday's Orphans N. Lee Wood
6 Mainline Deborah Christian
6 Oaths and Miracles Nancy Kress
6 The Other End of Time Frederik Pohl
6 Silicon Embrace John Shirley
6 Starborne Robert Silverberg
6 The Tranquillity Alternative Allen Steele
5 Blameless in Abaddon James Morrow
5 Blueheart Alison Sinclair
5 Brand New Cherry Flavor Todd Grimson
5 The Cockatrice Boys Joan Aiken
5 Darker Angels S. P. Somtow
5 Dreamfall Joan D. Vinge
5 Fair Peril Nancy Springer
5 Firestar Michael F. Flynn
5 The Fortunate Fall Raphael Carter
5 A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin
5 The Golden Compass Philip Pullman
5 Hogfather Terry Pratchett
5 Neverwhere Neil Gaiman
5 Signs of Life Cherry Wilder
5 Starplex Robert J. Sawyer
5 Voyage Stephen Baxter
5 War Amongst the Angels Michael Moorcock
5 Whiteout Sage Walker
5 Winter Rose Patricia A. McKillip
4 The 37th Mandala Marc Laidlaw
4 Ancient Echoes Robert Holdstock
4 Archangel Sharon Shinn
4 Armed Memory Jim Young
4 Attila's Treasure Stephan Grundy
4 Automated Alice Jeff Noon
4 Cetaganda Lois McMaster Bujold
4 Children of the Mind Orson Scott Card
4 Cocaine Nights J. G. Ballard
4 Cradle of Splendor Patricia Anthony
4 Dead Things Richard Calder
4 Exquisite Corpse Poppy Z. Brite
4 Feet of Clay Terry Pratchett
4 The Golden Key Melanie Rawn and
Jennifer Roberson and
Kate Elliott
4 Higher Education Jerry Pournelle and
Charles Sheffield
4 Infinity's Shore David Brin
4 Inheritor C. J. Cherryh
4 The Lost Jonathan Aycliffe
4 Memory Lois McMaster Bujold
4 Murder in the Solid State Wil McCarthy
4 One for the Morning Glory John Barnes
4 Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher
Columbus Orson Scott Card
4 The Pillow Friend Lisa Tuttle
4 Reclamation Sarah Zettel
4 Red Star Rising
[vt Dragonseye] Anne McCaffrey
4 Remnant Population Elizabeth Moon
4 Saturn Rukh Robert L. Forward
4 Serial Killer Days David Prill
4 Shadow of Ashland Terence M. Green
4 Time Famine Lance Olsen
4 The Two Dead Girls Stephen King
4 The Waterborn J. Gregory Keyes
4 Wind From a Foreign Sky Katya Reimann
4 The Wood Wife Terri Windling
3 '48 James Herbert
3 The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix Stephen King
3 Beggars Ride Nancy Kress
3 Blood Brothers Steven Barnes
3 The Bones of Time Kathleen Ann Goonan
3 Branch Point Mona Clee
3 Cage of Night Ed Gorman
3 Chaos Comes Again Wilhelmina Baird
3 Clouds End Sean Stewart
3 Coffey's Hands Stephen King
3 Cosmic Thunder William John Watkins
3 The Dark Shore A. A. Attanasio (as Adam Lee)
3 Desperation Stephen King
3 The Drag Queen of Elfland Lawrence Schimel
3 Enchanter's Glass Susan Whitcher
3 Endymion Dan Simmons
3 Escape Velocity Mark Dery
3 The Fall of Sirius Wil McCarthy
3 Ferman's Devils Joe Clifford Faust
3 First Contact J. M. Dillard
3 The Galactic Gourmet James White
3 Glory's People Alfred Coppel
3 Hard Questions Ian Watson
3 Innerverse John DeChancie
3 The Jigsaw Woman Kim Antieau
3 Kings of the High Frontier Victor Koman
3 Ladylord Sasha Miller
3 Little Sister Kara Dalkey
3 Luck in the Shadows Lynn Flewelling
3 Mage Heart Jane Routley
3 Memory Seed Stephen Palmer
3 Midnight Promises Richard T. Chizmar
3 The Mines of Behemoth Michael Shea
3 Moonrise Ben Bova
3 Mordred's Curse Ian McDowell
3 Motherfuckers: The Auschwitz of Oz David Britton
3 The Mouse on the Mile Stephen King
3 The Regulators Stephen King (as Richard Bachman)
3 Richter 10 Arthur C. Clarke and
Mike McQuay
3 Royal Assassin Megan Lindholm (as Robin Hobb)
3 Ruins Kevin J. Anderson
3 Sacrifice of Fools Ian McDonald
3 Salamander's Fire Brian Stableford
3 Scenting Hallowed Blood Storm Constantine
3 Shade and Shadow Francine G. Woodbury
3 Thunder Mountain Uncle River
3 Ticktock Dean R. Koontz
3 The Unicorn Sonata Peter S. Beagle
3 Voices of Hope David Feintuch
Anthologies:
6 Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology John Kessel and
Mark L. Van Name and
Richard Butner
6 War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches Kevin J. Anderson
5 Paragons: Twelve Master Science Fiction
Writers Ply Their Craft Robin Scott Wilson
5 Starlight 1 Patrick Nielsen Hayden
3 Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex Ellen Datlow
3 The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Ninth
Annual Collection Ellen Datlow and
Terri Windling
2 The Chronicles of the Holy Grail Mike Ashley
2 Discovering Classic Fantasy Fiction Darrell Schweitzer
2 A Nightmare's Dozen: Stories from the Dark Michael Stearns
2 St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers David Pringle
2 The Tale of the Next Great War, 1871-1914 I. F. Clarke
2 Twists of the Tale Ellen Datlow
2 The Williamson Effect Roger Zelazny
2 Women of Wonder: The Contemporary Years Pamela Sargent
2 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth
Annual Collection Gardner Dozois
Collections:
8 Ribofunk Paul Di Filippo
6 The Invisible Country Paul J. McAuley
6 Killdozer! Theodore Sturgeon
6 Over the River and Through the Woods Clifford D. Simak
6 Synthesis and Other Virtual Realities Mary Rosenblum
5 Georgia On My Mind, and Other Places Charles Sheffield
5 None So Blind Joe Haldeman
3 All One Universe Poul Anderson
3 Before...12:01...and After Richard A. Lupoff
3 Bible Stories for Adults James Morrow
3 The Book of Lost Places Jeff VanderMeer
3 The Drag Queen of Elfland Lawrence Schimel
3 The Exploded Heart John Shirley
3 Midnight Promises Richard T. Chizmar
3 S. Fowler Wright's Short Stories S. Fowler Wright
3 Standard Candles: The Best Short Fiction of
Jack McDevitt Jack McDevitt
2 The Agonizing Resurrection of Dr.
Frankenstein & Other Gothic Tales Thomas Ligotti
2 All-American Alien Boy Allen Steele
2 Burning Your Boats: The Complete Stories Angela Carter
2 Exorcisms and Ecstasies Karl Edward Wagner
2 Fables and Fantasies Brian Stableford
2 Mad Amos Alan Dean Foster
2 A Spell for the Fulfillment of Desire Don Webb
2 The White Papers James White
Non-Fiction:
6 The Tough Guide to Fantasyland Diana Wynne Jones
3 Aliens and Alien Societies: A Writer's Guide
to Creating Extraterrestrial Life-Forms Stanley Schmidt
3 The Angle Between Two Walls: The Fiction of
J. G. Ballard Roger Luckhurst
3 Cosmic Engineers: A Study of Hard Science
Fiction Gary Westfahl
3 Escape Velocity Mark Dery
3 Imagined Worlds Freeman Dyson
3 World-Building: A Writer's Guide to
Constructing Star Systems and
Life-Supporting Planets Stephen L. Gillett, Ph.D. (as Stephen L. Gillett)
2 Blood and Volts Thom Metzger
2 Creating Babylon 5 David Bassom
2 The Faces of Fantasy Patti Perret
2 Hard Curves: The Fantasy Art of Julie Bell Julie Bell and
Nigel Suckling
2 Islands in the Sky: The Space Station Theme
in Science Fiction Literature Gary Westfahl
2 Outposts: Literatures of Milieux Algis Budrys
2 The Psychotronic Video Guide Michael J. Weldon
2 St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers David Pringle
2 Star Wars: The Galactic Empire - Ships of
the Fleet Bill Smith
2 Star Wars: The Rebel Alliance - Ships of the
Fleet Bill Smith
2 A User's Guide to the Millennium: Essays and
Reviews J. G. Ballard
2 The Work of Stephen King: An Annotated
Bibliography & Guide Michael R. Collings