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  Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
 
(...) Agreed. I read this in one night when I was 15. Couldn't put the dang book down. (...) _The Worthing Saga_ might be a close second, though it's an collection and not technically a "book" per se. And then there's _Folk on the Fringe_, but that (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Transit Time to Mars
 
(...) Care to expand on these "USAF experiments"? Got links? Steve (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
 
(...) **snip of several authors about whom my opinion varies widely** (...) I like some of his short stories, but I haven't read much of his stuff overall. (...) I haven't read it all the way through, but I understand Mona Lisa Overdrive is quite (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
 
(...) Quite possibly. Ironically, the sequels are some of his worst. (...) Definitely. (...) Dune, I'd say. (...) Caves of Steel, I think. I'm not too big a fan of the Foundation series. Ray Bradbury: The Martian Chronicles William Gibson: (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
 
(...) I smell a fun geek topic. Best books by these authors? I would submit: "Rendezvous with Rama" as Clarke's best work. "Ender's Game" as Card's. Either "Dune" (the obvious choice) or "God Emperor of Dune" for Herbert. "The Mote In God's Eye" by (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)


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