tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post8688404438621490267..comments2024-03-24T18:58:13.583-07:00Comments on Divers and Sundry: Another Science Fiction Book ListDivers and Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-69393887349086473352013-09-28T05:58:24.021-07:002013-09-28T05:58:24.021-07:00that's the truth! simak was one of my favorite...that's the truth! simak was one of my favorites back in the day, and now i find many haven't even heard of him. most of what i read by him i found in the library in short story collections, and "way station" is the only book by him i own. It's wonderful, and i can't imagine why it's not still in print. i think "city" is also out of print. sad.<br /><br />Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-74179312415502947142013-09-28T02:58:02.186-07:002013-09-28T02:58:02.186-07:00Catching up with the older stuff can be really dif...Catching up with the older stuff can be really difficult. Some of the really good authors of the 40's and 50's like Clifford Simak and A.E. Van Vogt are out of print and because they are treasured are rarely found used.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122361539939744451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-49128117168917980162013-09-27T11:37:55.638-07:002013-09-27T11:37:55.638-07:00i thought you read ender's game and the once &...i thought you read ender's game and the once & future king, Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-10195525984197062152013-09-27T08:52:27.334-07:002013-09-27T08:52:27.334-07:00I've read:
The Lord of the Rings trilogy, J.R....I've read:<br />The Lord of the Rings trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien<br />Frankenstein, Mary Shelley<br />Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut<br />The Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling<br />The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis<br />Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne<br />The Dune Chronicles, Frank Herbert (only the first one)<br />Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell<br />The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester<br />Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll<br />Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury<br />The Time Machine, H.G. Wells<br /><br />So, that's 12 lines of reading, with Potter and Lewis being 7 books each, Tolkien 3, and only 1 of the Dunes. Better than you thought, huh?<br />--A PalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-61710341936858685622013-09-27T06:01:12.410-07:002013-09-27T06:01:12.410-07:00i figure if i hadn't started so young there wo...i figure if i hadn't started so young there would be no way to catch up on the older stuff. as it is i find it impossible to keep up with even the major works that come out. at least this way i've read most of the foundational classics.Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-81456045272879699142013-09-27T03:10:48.039-07:002013-09-27T03:10:48.039-07:00I have read 14 of these, more or less. I agree tha...I have read 14 of these, more or less. I agree that s-f is a bug easier to catch in one´s teens. Probably, the need to escape anything resembling real life is greater...Viktoria Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608160759512904861noreply@blogger.com