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Mary (Meesa) asked this question about The Space Merchants (The Space Merchants, #1):
I am about half way through this book and enjoying it. I am only just dipping into the water with SciFi (abandoned many years ago). I have also read 'I Robot' and loved that. Where should I go after I finish The Space Merchants? Suggestions for a novice, please.
Jim Davis This is difficult because I don't know what it was about these two books you enjoyed. What is interesting also is I would be interested to know why yo…moreThis is difficult because I don't know what it was about these two books you enjoyed. What is interesting also is I would be interested to know why you are starting out with classic SF.

But based on your enjoyment of the Frederick Pohl/C. M. Kornbluth collaboration you may want to try one of their other collaborations like "Search the Sky" (1954), "Gladiator at Law" (1955) or "Wolfbane" (1959).

C. M. Kornbluth died young so there isn't much out there by him to read but it is all excellent. If you like short stories you might want to try one of his collections.

Frederick Pohl is a SF legend published his first short story in 1940 (ironically a collaboration with Kornbluth) and continued until shortly before his death in 2013. You can't go wrong reading Pohl. You might want to try one of his Nebula award winning novels "Man Plus" (1976) or "Gateway" (1977).


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