No John Crowley: no Little, Big, Engine Summer, or Aegypt.
Three books by J.G. Ballard (who, as great as he is, has less range than Derek Jeter) but only one by Gene Wolfe, including no Peace or The Fifth Head of Cerberus (and, frankly, a list this big should include The Book of the Long / Short Sun, too).
Two worthy entries by Le Guin, but no The Dispossesed, her best. Two worthy by Philip K. Dick, but no Ubik, his most Phildickian.
When an authority recommends 143 titles and overlooks at least half a dozen of the top twenty, it's not worth paying attention to.
Completely Made of Fail
Three books by J.G. Ballard (who, as great as he is, has less range than Derek Jeter) but only one by Gene Wolfe, including no Peace or The Fifth Head of Cerberus (and, frankly, a list this big should include The Book of the Long / Short Sun, too).
Two worthy entries by Le Guin, but no The Dispossesed, her best. Two worthy by Philip K. Dick, but no Ubik, his most Phildickian.
When an authority recommends 143 titles and overlooks at least half a dozen of the top twenty, it's not worth paying attention to.
IMHO.