 | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | (...) I can hardly wait for "deepness" to come out. Fire was *that* good. My only beef with Dr. Vinge is that he doesn't write as a full time job... Many of his works have decided libertarian bents (the tinker character is another John Galt, just (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —Jordan Maynard
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| | | | (...) "A Deepness in the Sky" is out in hardcover now. Will be out in paperback soon, check your favorite online book-seller ; ) I was at a local (San Diego) signing for Deepness, and he happened to mention that he wrote the entire thing (~1000pp) (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Well, when I meant come out I meant paperback, I'm too cheap to buy hardcover. It would break me, I go through a lot of books... (...) Whoa, that's cool! (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | (...) I used to mainly buy paperback as well, and used at that. I still buy used paperbacks, but with the various coupons and promotions I find on the web, I've been buying new hardbacks from B&N, Borders, Amazon, etc for usually 1/4 - 1/3 cover (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:38639005.70A15C...ger.net... (...) You can "hardly" wait for the "soft"?..:-) Selçuk (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —Matthew Miller
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| | | | (...) That's what libraries are for. :) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Last time I checked, most libraries don't fit in the overhead compartment, much less under the seat in front of you. :-) So taking the library with me is out, that only leaves borrowing individual books. Run the numbers here with me, if you (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars) —Matthew Miller
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| | | | (...) True, that can be a problem. You can skip the first part by using an online catalog, though. Most decent-sized libraries have them these days. (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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