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Ranking RJ - Scott Miller - 11-09-2011
I wonder how FPW would rank them? I suppose it might be like trying to rate your children. I wonder if an author can enjoy his product once its completed or are they too familiar with its nuts and bolts to separate it from the work that went into creating it?
Ranking RJ - Dave F - 11-09-2011
My quick attempt
The tomb
The haunted air
Legacies
By the sword
Conspiracies
All the rage
Harbingers
Bloodline
Gateways
Hosts
Ground zero
The dark at the end
Fatal error
Crisscross
Infernal
If I were to include Nightworld it would be top 5
Ranking RJ - The Mad American - 11-10-2011
Britfan Wrote:If I were to include Nightworld it would be top 5
Yeah, if we added the Adversary Cycle it would pretty much be the top of my list. All of them.
Ranking RJ - Dave F - 11-10-2011
The Mad American Wrote:Yeah, if we added the Adversary Cycle it would pretty much be the top of my list. All of them.
I second that, except The Touch, which would be mid table for me
And if we include Young Jack the first one would be very near the top & the other two would be mid table
Ranking RJ - cobalt - 11-11-2011
I loved them all...some more than others and it's hard to pick and place an order on the books. But I can give you my top 3.
The Tomb
The Haunted Air
Crisscross
If the Adversary series is added....then Nightworld wins the top spot.
Ranking RJ - Kenji - 11-11-2011
1.BY THE SWORD
2.THE HAUNTED AIR
3.THE TOMB
4.FATAL ERROR
5.CONSPIRACIES
6.GATEWAYS
7.ALL THE RAGE
8.BLOODLINE
9.HARBINGERS
10.HOSTS
11.CRISSCROSS
12.THE DARK AT THE END
13.INFERNAL
14.GROUND ZERO
15.LEGACIES
No.1 is definitely BY THE SWORD.
Ranking RJ - Bluesman Mike Lindner - 11-15-2011
Jeez, Scott--Ah's malabusing this computer in Chinatown. Just so you don't think I left our game so monsterously. Now..how to get back to music...
Ranking RJ - KRW - 11-17-2011
Scott Miller Wrote:Now that the final installment has been written, I thought it might be fun to rank them in order of enjoyment. I decided against including Nightworld in this as its truly not an RJ book and I have yet to read the revised edition. I would also like to say that while it may appear as though I don't like the lower ranked books, this is not the case; I've enjoyed everything I've have ever read from the pen of FPW, just some more than others(his worst book is better than most people's best book).
1. CONSPIRACIES
2. THE TOMB
3. ALL THE RAGE
4. GATEWAYS
5. THE HAUNTED AIR
6. BLOODLINE
7. HARBINGERS
8. THE DARK AT THE END
9. GROUND ZERO
10. LEGACIES
11. HOSTS
12. FATAL ERROR
13. BY THE SWORD
14 CRISSCROSS
15. INFERNAL
The top three are among my favorite books of all time and are separated by the tiniest of margins.
The Tomb
Legacies
All The Rage
Crisscross
Conspiracies
Gateways
Conspiracies
By The Sword
Bloodline
Ground Zero
Harbingers
Infernal
Fatal Error
Hosts
The Haunted Air
I can't rate The Dark At The End yet since I haven't read it yet. I should be able to update this list soon.
Ranking RJ - Libby - 11-21-2011
My top three are Legacies, All the Rage, and Crisscross. I love the non-otherness fix-its. And Jack was just so awesome and brilliant in crisscross... The haunted air would have to be fourth....
Ranking RJ - Bluesman Mike Lindner - 11-22-2011
I once asked my dear, dear friend Carol, back in Brockport, which of her three children she loved the best.
"My first, Michael. Men can't understand. But the other two are catching up fast. To put it in a man's way."