News for Mar. 03, 2003

Editors crown Tolkien lord of science fiction

3/03/03, 11:04 am EST - Xoanon

The master, J.R.R. Tolkien, is No. 1 in a new ranking of science fiction and fantasy books. The newcomer, J.K. Rowling, failed to make the top 10. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, a trilogy about the battle between good and evil, is the "most significant" science fiction or fantasy book of the past 50 years, according to editors of the 50-year-old Science Fiction Book Club. [More]