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Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
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Fri, 17 Dec 1999 12:07:31 GMT
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Selçuk <teyyareci> <sgore@superonline%NoSpam%.com>
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Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 17:09:41 GMT, Sproaticus <jsproat@io.com> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> 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.
>
> > > Either "Dune" (the obvious choice) or "God Emperor of Dune"
> > > for Herbert.
> >
> > Definitely _Dune_. The storyline in God Emperor was pretty much
> > one-dimensional.
>
> Yup. All of the sequels sucked.
> >
> > > "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).
>
> _Heorot_ was a great book. Up there with the Mote, I'd say.
>
> Niven solo, I'm goig to have to go with Known Space, if that's
> allowed, or _Ringworld_ if it isn't.
> >
> > > I can't pick a "best" by Asimov (the too-easy choice: Foundation)
> > > or the others on your list.
> >
> > _The Caves of Steel_.
>
> I'm sure there was another Asimov that was better.. but I can't think
> of the title right now.
>
> > Anne McCaffery: _White Dragon_.
>
> The whole first trilogy, IMHO. The rest is chaff. Enjoyable chaff
> (most of which I own), but chaff nonetheless.
> >
> > Ray Bradbury: _Martian Chronicles_, or possibly _Illustrated Man_ • (another
> > collection).
>
> I'm gonna have to disagree with you, and say nominate Fahrenheit 451.
> It's got everything a book needs.
Like gasoline and lighther?..:-) Great book anyway. Movie was also very
nice.
By the way, why no body mentions Douglas Adam's Hitchiker series?..:-)
Selçuk
> Jasper
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| On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 12:07:31 GMT, "Selçuk <teyyareci>" <sgore@nospam.superonline.com> wrote: <451F's got everything a book needs> (...) Yup ;) (...) There's a movie? (...) Probably because everyone thinks he's a hack, or something. Whyfor is pterry (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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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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