tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post2720387370210462763..comments2024-02-12T17:59:33.534-06:00Comments on RAZORED ZEN: SF Books for WritersCharles Gramlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-78683603356737407622007-01-26T16:46:00.000-06:002007-01-26T16:46:00.000-06:00I enjoyed Ray Bradbury's, Martian Chronicles. A qu...I enjoyed Ray Bradbury's, Martian Chronicles. A quick fun read.Lucas Pedersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13072101177732602824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-83282875509585457002007-01-26T05:24:00.000-06:002007-01-26T05:24:00.000-06:00I have quite a few Simak short stories to read. I ...I have quite a few Simak short stories to read. I really liked Cemetery World, and I need to read Project Pope. I wish I could read faster.Sidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284680909152676159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-36743838071072645492007-01-25T21:36:00.000-06:002007-01-25T21:36:00.000-06:00Good list, Stewart. "I haven't read "Joymakers." ...Good list, Stewart. "I haven't read "Joymakers." Simak is good. I've read quite a lot of his stuff. But I William Tenn is even better. "Of Monsters and Men" is one of my favorite books of all time. It starts with something like: "Humanity consisted of 113 people."Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-2262551085932736652007-01-25T21:34:00.000-06:002007-01-25T21:34:00.000-06:00Nice list(s). Sounds good to me. One of my sister...Nice list(s). Sounds good to me. One of my sisters is way big into SF, so I've poached most of her stuff along the way. I'd throw in <i>Brave New World</i> as another golden oldie, perhaps, maybe Bellamy's <i>Looking Backward</i> and maybe <i>Time Machine</i>?Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-36195961510565467752007-01-25T21:07:00.000-06:002007-01-25T21:07:00.000-06:00Oh, and Sid, I love Clifford D. Simak. I used to h...Oh, and Sid, I love Clifford D. Simak. I used to have just about everything he had written in paperback. I think I still have a few of his titles drifting around. Him and William Tenn. I am going to have to sit down and reread some of Simak's work.Stewart Sternberg (half of L.P. Styles)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00895152179113722902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-70817802593178340232007-01-25T21:06:00.000-06:002007-01-25T21:06:00.000-06:00Ah, allow me to contribute. SF for writers?
1. ...Ah, allow me to contribute. SF for writers? <br /><br />1. Asimov's "Foundation Trilogy"<br />2. Clarke's "Childhood's End"<br />3. Herbert's "Dune"<br />4. Gunn's "Joymakers"<br />5. Orwell's "1984"<br />6. Moorcock's "Alien Heat"<br />7. Chalker's "Midnight At The Well of Souls"<br />8. Niven's "Ringworld" and "Mote In God's Eye"Stewart Sternberg (half of L.P. Styles)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00895152179113722902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-40295188195513641342007-01-25T14:38:00.000-06:002007-01-25T14:38:00.000-06:00Neuromancer is very good to point out. I enjoyed ...Neuromancer is very good to point out. I enjoyed that book too. Just didn't think of it.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-24707953620090550882007-01-25T14:36:00.000-06:002007-01-25T14:36:00.000-06:00I would throw in Neuromancer not so much for plot ...I would throw in Neuromancer not so much for plot or even it's place as a seminal cyberpunk novel but because there is such density to the material, so many interesting nuances and hints of a society that's bigger than the story. I like Asimov's robot stories also, and Clifford D. Simak is a writer I like, and I want to read more by him. Those are just a few.Sidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284680909152676159noreply@blogger.com