Any Sci-FI bookfans here on Idig? - Page 11

bellzeybubba · November 17th, 2009, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by cyra

Then you'll be happy to hear Pratchett and Neil Gaiman are collaborating on a book...?

Another one? I read Good Omens... it was ok. Some funny parts, but I imagine it'd be funnier if I were more familiar with British humor.

CityPlantin · December 1st, 2009, 01:38 PM

Anyone ever read Heinlein's To Sail Beyond the Sunset? It's the most unique Sci Fi book I think i have ever read. It chronicles the life of a character that lives from 1882 to far in the future and it reads like a autobiography.

kefirmaven · December 1st, 2009, 01:44 PM

I think I might have read that a long time ago. I've been a RAH fan for a long time.

gulfcoastguy · December 1st, 2009, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by CityPlantin

Anyone ever read Heinlein's To Sail Beyond the Sunset? It's the most unique Sci Fi book I think i have ever read. It chronicles the life of a character that lives from 1882 to far in the future and it reads like a autobiography.

I believe I read it years ago.

TastyofHasty · December 1st, 2009, 05:43 PM

Anybody here read The Star Rover by Jack London? I read it in my teens (only a short while ago ... ahem) and have always remembered it.

redbrick · December 1st, 2009, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by CityPlantin

Anyone ever read Heinlein's To Sail Beyond the Sunset? It's the most unique Sci Fi book I think i have ever read. It chronicles the life of a character that lives from 1882 to far in the future and it reads like a autobiography.

Seams to me that I did, about twenty years ago. My response was, "fricken weird!" if I remember correctly. As I recall, it focused on some, shall we say, odd social mores. Yeah, odd would definitely be the word I'd use.

CityPlantin · December 2nd, 2009, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by redbrick

Seams to me that I did, about twenty years ago. My response was, "fricken weird!" if I remember correctly. As I recall, it focused on some, shall we say, odd social mores. Yeah, odd would definitely be the word I'd use.

Yeap! 100% agreed lol, the subject matter is definitely slightly off-putting but the narrative is good. It also provides some answers to the end of The Cat That Walks Through Walls.

TastyofHasty · December 3rd, 2009, 02:41 PM

Okay, I'm reading a series by Garth Nix; "The Keys to the Kingdom series." This guy is a darned good writer and SOOOOOOOOO CREATIVE! Swashbuckling ... bouncy ... resourceful ... page-turners!

silverseeds · December 3rd, 2009, 02:59 PM

I read the cat that walks through walls. (because it didnt know that was impossible LOL)
and time enough for love....... other heinlein as well.... I hadnt heard of the one mentioned above so I loked it up.....

I think I will skip that one......

CityPlantin · January 8th, 2010, 04:15 PM

Just read Greg Bear's The Forge of God and am reading The Anvil of Stars. Anyone read these?

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TastyofHasty Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NW Arkansas "newzone7" USDA Zone: 6b Posts: 6,117	Re: Any Sci-FI bookfans here on Idig? Okay, I'm reading a series by Garth Nix; "The Keys to the Kingdom series." This guy is a darned good writer and SOOOOOOOOO CREATIVE! Swashbuckling ... bouncy ... resourceful ... page-turners! __________________ Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things noble, whatever things just, whatever things pure, whatever things lovely, whatever things of good report, if any virtue and if anything praiseworthy -- meditate on these things.

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