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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I quit reading sci-fi years ago when the genre ran out of spaceships and blasters and was reduced to dragons and magic. It’s been 10-15 years since I bought anything off the sci-fi shelf.

Sad, really.


14 posted on 04/11/2015 4:05:15 AM PDT by JJ_Folderol (Diagonally parked in a parallel universe...)
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To: JJ_Folderol

I love vintage sci fi. Its most of what I have on my kindle that I’ve gotten for free from the Gutenburg Project.


15 posted on 04/11/2015 4:12:55 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: JJ_Folderol

I highly recommend the “Wool Omnibus” by Hugh Howey. It’s available from Amazon in Kindle and paperback. The author started out this series as a self published novel on Amazon and it took off. Sales were big enough that “Wool” is scheduled to be made into a movie directed by Ridley Scott.


19 posted on 04/11/2015 4:36:43 AM PDT by Flick Lives ("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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To: JJ_Folderol
I was once an avid consumer of Astounding and the later iteration Analog, and F&SF. I especially appreciated Gahan Wilson and I sought out most of the authors that were published in those magazines.
In one issue, either Astounding or Analog, there was an article that was the most logical speculative explanation of Ezekiel's Wheels I have ever encountered. I so not remember what issue that was and cannot find it on line or any reference to it. I wish I could.
27 posted on 04/11/2015 5:33:35 AM PDT by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: JJ_Folderol

Check out www.baen.com . They are still publishing good science fiction.


28 posted on 04/11/2015 5:39:36 AM PDT by TexasBarak (I aim to misbehave!)
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To: JJ_Folderol

Get a Kindle.

There are many self-published eBooks on Amazon in the “space opera” genre. Some are lame, but others are really interesting. They are inexpensive, too. $2-$4 is typical.

Drop me a line, and I wll suggest a few authors.


40 posted on 04/11/2015 8:11:06 AM PDT by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
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