tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post6758865086483802139..comments2024-03-26T01:52:45.563-07:00Comments on Fred's Place: Favorite SF novels or short works--2016Fredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-9971480725575427932017-04-10T07:29:08.436-07:002017-04-10T07:29:08.436-07:00Mel u,
The '60s. That was the time the "...Mel u,<br /><br />The '60s. That was the time the "new wave" emerged. I know that drove a lot of SF readers away. Any connection?<br /><br />Although I know you have an extensive reading program already, I hope you look into some of the titles.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-29955181264495390932017-04-10T01:48:45.917-07:002017-04-10T01:48:45.917-07:00Thank you for this post. I was into Science Fict...Thank you for this post. I was into Science Fiction in maybe the mid to late 1960s. I appreciate your list on what I have missed. Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-59471791253591543562017-04-09T18:46:04.562-07:002017-04-09T18:46:04.562-07:00Yvette,
Yes, Wolfe's premise is definitely un...Yvette,<br /><br />Yes, Wolfe's premise is definitely unique. I liked the way he works it out.<br /><br />Yes, I read the Winter's trilogy--an interesting mix of an impending SF catastrophe and police procedural. I think it's the first time I've encountered that.<br /><br />I read the Clines' The Fold. It was a strange one, a relatively straightforward time travel or alternate universe which then ends with the alien monsters invasion. I wasn't expecting that. I wonder it there's going to be a sequel. The ending certainly left room for one.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-55076552320418756312017-04-09T12:11:39.739-07:002017-04-09T12:11:39.739-07:00I am definitely intrigued by the premise of the Ge...I am definitely intrigued by the premise of the Gene Wolfe book, Fred. I will be looking to read it. I read SLEEPING GIANTS and talked about it on my blog - loved it (though I could have done without the love story). I too will be reading the sequel. Have you read Ben H. Winters dystopian trilogy about the end of the world? (THE LAST POLICEMAN is the first.) Wonderful. Another novel you might like is THE FOLD by Peter Clines. It's funny how I've begun reading sci-fi more and more as I get older. Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-11490963597059724882017-03-28T08:54:52.434-07:002017-03-28T08:54:52.434-07:00Greetings Scott,
I read a lot of Zelazny years ag...Greetings Scott,<br /><br />I read a lot of Zelazny years ago but very little recently. I just found a collection of some of his short stories, so I'm looking at that. One of these days, I will dust off my copy of _Lord of Light_ (if I still have it somewhere) reread it. It's my favorite novel by Zelazny. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-25857650889679222312017-03-28T08:20:59.239-07:002017-03-28T08:20:59.239-07:00I have Aurora on my Kindle and plan on reading it ...I have Aurora on my Kindle and plan on reading it soon. I am a fan of Roger Zelazny, and have been slowing re-reading the Amber series.Scott Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503780797389981719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-79691507406348977982017-03-27T09:07:35.340-07:002017-03-27T09:07:35.340-07:00Tim,
The past is always with us. Enjoy. Tim,<br /><br />The past is always with us. Enjoy. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-83881560854717309102017-03-27T08:31:44.994-07:002017-03-27T08:31:44.994-07:00Mission impossible? Well, thank you, sir. I really...Mission impossible? Well, thank you, sir. I really do appreciate your Rx for reading. This tape will self destruct in 10 seconds. Cue theme music. Light the fuse! Onward!RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-90381453929482729802017-03-27T08:28:06.286-07:002017-03-27T08:28:06.286-07:00Brian,
I hope you get to read more Lem this year....Brian,<br /><br />I hope you get to read more Lem this year. He really is a rather unique writer.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-46068229611664181382017-03-27T08:20:11.960-07:002017-03-27T08:20:11.960-07:00Tim,
You ask the impossible! I would recommend t...Tim,<br /><br />You ask the impossible! I would recommend the entire list. However, I will compromise and list several you should read first: LeGuin's The Left Hand of Darkness, Gene Wolfe's A Borrowed Man, Harrison's The Pastel City. <br /><br />Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-51856525701104105422017-03-27T07:12:32.349-07:002017-03-27T07:12:32.349-07:00Damn, Fred, you've complicated my life again. ...Damn, Fred, you've complicated my life again. Yep! Life is short (really!) and there are too many books left to read. So, help me out here. Boil your list down to two or three that I must add to my bucket list. Then I will try to add them to my necessarily very short bucket list of books. Okay, the ball is in your court. Lob away!RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-88812526466259733252017-03-27T02:09:52.217-07:002017-03-27T02:09:52.217-07:00I wish that I read enough science fiction in 2016 ...I wish that I read enough science fiction in 2016 to make a list.<br /><br />Your list is so impressive too.<br /><br />I like the way that you describe Solaris. It really is a about an alien in a way that most other science fiction is not. I love the book. I want to read more Stanislaw Lem this year. <br /><br />Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-72784110710970104062017-03-26T14:41:42.584-07:002017-03-26T14:41:42.584-07:00CyberKitten,
It was when someone brought up his n...CyberKitten,<br /><br />It was when someone brought up his name and that he had died several years ago that I decided to at least read one of his Culture books. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-35641485827412162017-03-26T13:22:22.961-07:002017-03-26T13:22:22.961-07:00I LOVE the Culture-verse and want to 'respawn&...I LOVE the Culture-verse and want to 'respawn' their when I die. The death of Iain Banks is a HUGE loss to literature. I miss him every day.CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-20862192272833691412017-03-26T13:01:01.192-07:002017-03-26T13:01:01.192-07:00Mudpuddle,
Aurora is a depressing book for those ...Mudpuddle,<br /><br />Aurora is a depressing book for those who are enamored of space travel and generation ships. You are far ahead of me in reading the Culture books. I read two last year and those were the first I've read. I definitely will read more in the future. I've read a number of Vance's works and some work for me while others don't, probably a lot like your reaction to LeGuin.<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words. Some of them are my choice while others were the selection of the SF book group I meet with every month.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-31643097772961282017-03-26T11:51:02.022-07:002017-03-26T11:51:02.022-07:00a wonderful selection, some of which i've read...a wonderful selection, some of which i've read and some not... i got half way thru Aurora and Buried Giant before quitting - don't know why, really, maybe too scary for me... i've read all the Culture except for one, but i quite them for the same reason, i think... kudos for reading Zanzibar-i tried but couldn't hack it at the time... LeGuin, although she's sort of a neighbor, i've found to be either wonderful or boring - probably me, not her... i highly recommend anything by Lem; there's a lot of his work that hasn't been translated; i think Cyberiad is particularly good... and last, i've read almost of Wolfe, i think, and have found him constantly amazing... postscript: if there's one writer i would recommend over all most all, it would be Jack vance; i've read all his work once or twice and love his books a lot... RIP... <br /><br />I'll look into Simmons and the others as time provides opportunity; many tx for the interesting and eclectic list...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.com