King Dinösaur's comments
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R.I.P. Phil
Check out the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett and the Myth Adventure series by Robert Aspirin. They're fun, clever and they don't give you a headache memorizing the "rules".
That's good to know. I've read a lot of Pratchett but dropped behind in recent years and have been reluctant to pick his stuff up now for that very reason. I was afraid I would have had to read the dozen or so books preceeding the ones I had the most interest in.
Thanks, Rosemary!
I'm kind of with Dan. But the guy was a legend and integral to SF.
R.I.P. Arthur
As far as YA lit goes, you can't go wrong with Diane Wynn Jones.
And, you are familiar with the classic works of Robert E. Howard? If so, and you like it, you might want to check out Karl Edward Wagner's series of stories following the adventures of immortal swordsman, Kane.
Which also reminds me to mention Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray MOuser books.
Yes, I think every used bookstore in my town has an entire section dedicated to the STar Trek books. That way you can get 'em cheap, too!
Kate Wilhelm! "When Late The Sweet Birds Sang" is a phenomenal book. So is her short story collection, "The Downstairs Room".
Octavia Butler also rules. "Kindred" is amazing.
I'll second Connie Willis, also.
What about Gene Wolfe's "Book of the New Sun"?
Cool, thanks!
My Zelazny experience has been hit-and-miss. My favorites, though, are "A Night In The Lonesome October" and his short-story collection, "The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth". Excellent stuff!
Jeez, Seth...take all the good ones. ;)How about "Glory Lane" by Alan Dean Foster; "Bug War" by Robert Aspirin; or "The Guardian" by John Christopher?
I wouldn't...
Great thread! Here are my votes (some will be repeats of those listed above, but I'm too lazy to keep going back and forth to check everyone else's lists) including short-story collections:
We - Yevgeny Zamyatin
His Share of Glory - C.M. Kornbluth
The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
Camp Concentration - Thomas M. Disch
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K. Dick
The Atrocity Exhibition - J.G. Ballard
Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang - Kate Wilhelm
The Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe
The Island of Dr. Moreau - H.G. Wells
The Doors of His Face, The Lamp of His Mouth - Roger Zelazny
Dangerous Visions - ed., Harlan Ellison
Herovitt's World - Barry N. Malzberg
The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
The Martian Chronicles/The Illustrated Man/Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
and
City - Clifford D. Simak
There is a comic book series called "Fables" that's really cool. They just issued their first hardback graphic novel.
I love Pratchett and Discworld. Also good is his collaborative novel with Neil Gaiman: "Good Omens".
I agree with Rindis, though - I am a big fan of Robert Aspirin's "Myth Adventures", probably more than the Discworld seris.
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is my favorite. It's pretty bizarre. That may be good or bad, depending...
Dang. I gotta find me some Dick fans! Well, I highly recommend most of his stuff. Some of it is obviously hack-work, done to buy the horse-meat he and his wife were living on, but overall, I think the guy was a warped genius.
Was that necessary?
I am a huge fan of Philip K. Dick...any other Dickheads out there?
My favorites are "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch"; "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"; "Valis"; "A Scanner Darkly"; "Confessions of a Crap Artist" (it's not S/F, but who cares?); and "Martian Time-Slip". I will talk about any and all of PKD's work if there's anybody out there?
I agree with Chrystal714 and Ben. I like the most recent posts being easy to find. I've almost stopped posting on the other group I belong to that started using this format.
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