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Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
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Thu, 16 Dec 1999 17:09:41 GMT
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jsproat@io.com#spamcake#
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Nephilim wrote:
> I would submit:
> "Rendezvous with Rama" as Clarke's best work.
Agreed. I read this in one night when I was 15. Couldn't put the dang book
down.
> "Ender's Game" as Card's.
_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
one's pretty specific to Mormon culture.
> Either "Dune" (the obvious choice) or "God Emperor of Dune"
> for Herbert.
Definitely _Dune_. The storyline in God Emperor was pretty much
one-dimensional.
> "The Mote In God's Eye" by Niven (and Pournelle). (Argue with
> me about this one, if you please, Ben =)
Again, I would nominate a close second, with _Legacy of Heorot_ (N+W with
Stephen Barnes).
> I can't pick a "best" by Asimov (the too-easy choice: Foundation)
> or the others on your list.
_The Caves of Steel_.
> In the "too-easy" category, RAH usually gets props for
> Stranger in a Strange Land - I'd like to hear another
> choice. Go for it, Lar.
_Children of the Sky_. Oops, sorry, now go ahead, Lar. :-,
> Authors not on your list, with works I would list as canon
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> Varley: "Steel Beach"
> Farmer: "To Your Scattered Bodies Go"
> Robinson: "Time Pressure"
Anne McCaffery: _White Dragon_.
Ray Bradbury: _Martian Chronicles_, or possibly _Illustrated Man_ (another
collection).
Dan Simmons: _Hyperion_ followed by _Fall of Hyperion_. Damn good sequel.
Avoid the next two, though.
Cheers,
- jsproat
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
"Hello. My name is Jeremy, and I'm a...a brick chewer."
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| (...) It's good. I still need to read 2001 some time, though, to compare. Oh, and I think the space-elevator one (first edition hardback, whoopee!) is as good as Rama. (...) Yup. All of the sequels sucked. (...) _Heorot_ was a great book. Up there (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) 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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