Three Sci-fi paperbacks I Can’t Live Without

[mark, personal space invader]

The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Malignos by Richard Calder

ok, 3 more. just for backup.

Downward to the Earth by Robert Silverberg
The Winds of Gath by E.C. Tubb
Ice by Anna Kavan

[Larry]

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin
Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

[Jaime]

- This edition was my first ever copy. It finally fell apart two years ago and I had to get another.
- I still own a copy of this edition from the early 1970s!
- Same story as the Gibson. It finally fell apart in a haze of brown flakes and I promptly replaced it.

[Alexa]

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
and then it's a toss up between
Jaran by Kate Elliott or
Shards of Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold.
I couldn't ever keep any of them, because I kept giving them away to people.

[Gerry]

The Green Hills I recall very clearly. Nice list. Thanks for recalling these reads. I'll consider re-reading them.

[Gerry]

I just wanted to say that "Flowers for Alergnon" is wonderful and heartbreaking. My god, I read that years ago and wept at the end. Nice choice.

[Mickey]

All three from Kurt Vonnegut.

Cat's Cradle,
Welcome to the Monkey House
And Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons?

Ok the last one may not be actually science fiction but has great articles on science fiction. Example Semi Quote: "90% of all science fiction writers has no taste, 100% of all science fiction readers has no taste". I think Kurt is correct on that topic, if I remember the quote correctly :)

[Kirsten]

[LindaJ^]

mark wrote: "The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Malignos by Richard Calder

ok, 3 more. just for backup.

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What?! Mark, I was expecting [book:The Mote in God's Eye from you!

[mark, personal space invader]

ha! but surely you meant the elephantastic Footfall? that was rather an obsession, lasting years (and which haunted this group for years via various polls). but I conquered that obsession by finally reading it last December. and after reading it, not so sure why I was obsessed. fun but definitely not a reread.