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Top 100 Science Fiction/Fantasy books
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Posted on 08/11/2011 5:46:33 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith
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To: freejohn
I heard of that one long ago but only now read it. HA! Thanks.
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:19:11 PM PDT
by
ctdonath2
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To: Kellis91789
He has links to a vanity publisher where you can order a print copy. I like real books too, but I like having my library on my phone too, and ebooks, especially Baen’s earcs (advance reader copy) are available almost a year before the print books, and I just can’t wait :-)
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:20:48 PM PDT
by
msgt
(Press any key to continue...Press any other key to quit.)
To: FredZarguna
I liked his “Tool of the Trade” a lot. Soviet sleeper in the US working as a psychology professor for twenty years inadvertently discovers an audible tone that will put most people into a hypnotic state and do whatever he tells them.
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:22:09 PM PDT
by
Kellis91789
(There's a reason the mascot of the Democratic Party is a jackass.)
To: OnlyTurkeysHaveLeftWings
I re-read I, Robot of late. It has not aged well.
Watchmen will age well because it was written as retro-history to begin with.
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:22:32 PM PDT
by
ctdonath2
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To: Tanniker Smith
Starship Troopers the movie was based on the back cover of a novel by Robert Heinlein.
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:23:45 PM PDT
by
ctdonath2
($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
To: Eepsy
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:25:12 PM PDT
by
reed13
To: jocon307
Canticle is worth the read. Very good; probably my intro to “heavy” sci fi in high school.
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:25:32 PM PDT
by
ctdonath2
($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
To: Tanniker Smith
Other than LoTR, I just can’t get into the Fantasy novels. I prefer the harder sci-fi stuff...
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:26:33 PM PDT
by
Paradox
(Obnoxious, Bumbling, Absurd, Maladroit, Assinine)
To: EN1 Sailor
John Ringo’s series - definitely and I would have liked to see the John Carter series by Edgar Rice Burroughs as well. Not sure if everyone would agree but it was one of my early favorites.
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:26:55 PM PDT
by
JMS
To: ctdonath2
It actually was one that I remembered from my teenage years!
(Good Lord .. A Long Time Ago!) LOL
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:34:09 PM PDT
by
freejohn
("Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference." --- Mark Twain)
To: Tanniker Smith
Cryptonomican is Scifi/Fantasy?
Awesome Book but I always thought SCIFI was about the "possible future" and Fantasy was about the "impossible past". Crypto is a Historical Novel with a present day plot line as well using technology that is nothing out of the ordinary.
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:34:43 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: Tanniker Smith
Only three Heinlein books in the top 100 and one in the top 20?
Ludicrous.
To: Kellis91789
Ive read everything Heinlein ever wrote and I was shocked when I found out hed once been a socialist. I wasn't. His understanding of freedom comes from having once believed in the other side's values and then thought about that belief system. Someone who has never been a socialist would not have as deep an understanding of its flaws as a convert.
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:36:02 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
(Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
To: jocon307
"I really need to read A Canticle for Leibowitz Ive just always wanted to read it because of the great title and never have."
Wonderful story. Apocalyptic and a bit dark though...
To: Tanniker Smith
No Laumer? No Retief, or Bolos? Meh.....
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:39:22 PM PDT
by
Othniel
(There is no god named Allah, and Mohammed is its false prophet.)
To: Tanniker Smith
Anyone read "Eon" by Greg Bear?
Pretty good sci-fi...at least I thought.
To: Psycho_Bunny
That was one of the few I liked.
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:40:42 PM PDT
by
TradicalRC
(Zero Debt Now.)
To: arkady_renko
Nothing by Alfred Bester? Sad. The Stars My Destination was epic and one of my favorites.
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:41:22 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(The only 'NO' a liberal understands is the one that arrives at muzzle velocity.)
To: msgt
I looked all over fsand.com and couldn’t find the vanity publisher link you mention. Could you point it out ?
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:42:32 PM PDT
by
Kellis91789
(There's a reason the mascot of the Democratic Party is a jackass.)
To: Tanniker Smith
Wait Wicked makes the list but S.M. Stirling's Island in the Sea of Time doesn't?
B.S. Meter just pegged into the Red!
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posted on
08/11/2011 7:42:57 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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