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October 27, 2005
Best Ever Science Fiction Poll
New Scientists poll of The World's Best Space Sci-Fi Ever is all over the SF Blogosphere.
I have to comment because it is just ridiculous.
Like many of these polls, the recent releases are overrated by vast porportions. Yes I love Firefly, yes I loved Serenity, but to say that Serenity is the best Scence Fiction film ever, is just rubbish. Better than rest of the top ten...The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: A New Hope, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alien, Dune, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Forbidden Planet, Return of the Jedi and Revenge of the Sith?? I don't think so. Well, Dune maybe, but those other films are classics and Serenity is not yet. It's just this months release.
The book list is equally uninspired. Not a mention of Gibson or Stephenson. Maybe that's just the New Scientist readership?
The TV show list I'll let off, it's reasonable.
Perhaps we need to arrange the definitive blog meme best SF list to get some sense.
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who shook his head when he saw those results. Mainly I put it down to how active the Firefly fans seem to be on the net right now.
Yeah, a (very) vocal minority!