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To: Tanniker Smith

Has anyone WRITTEN any good books that the rest of us should check out?


Best writers in the English language:
Lawrence Durrell - “The Alexandria Quartet”; all his other books
Nikos Kazantzakis - “The Odyssey, a Modern Sequel”
Gene Wolfe - “The Book of the New Sun”; “The Book of the Long Sun”; “The Book of the Short Sun”
Joyce Carry - “The Horse’s Mouth”; “Herself Surprised”

Egyptology:
Robert Temple - “Egyptian Dawn”; “The Sphinx Mystery”

SyFy:
Cixin Liu - “Three Body Problem” trilogy (the TV series comes in March)
Stephen Baxter - “Xeelee”

Extended SyFy reading:
Gregory Benford - “Into the Ocean of Night” series.
James SA Corey - “The Expanse” - all 9 volumes.


99 posted on 01/23/2024 7:12:37 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF
Thank you for this.

I was actually encouraging any resident FR writers to step forward and let us know.

You enjoyed "Three Body Problem"? I haven't read it, but I've read mixed reviews about it. Initial feedback was great, but later I started seeing dissent present itself.

167 posted on 01/23/2024 11:01:55 AM PST by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either)
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