brucec@iddic.UUCP (07/02/84)
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Just got my latest LOCUS complete with the "LOCUS poll" results. I
try to read most of the books on their list, just because I've found
from experience that their recommendations match my taste. Here is the
list for BEST SF NOVEL:
I've read I've got
1. Startide Rising D. Brin x
2. The Robots of Dawn I. Asimov x
3. Millenium J. Varley x
4. Helliconia Summer B. Aldiss o
5. The Void Captains Tale N. Spinrad x x
6. Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern A. McCaffrey o
7. Thendara House M. Z. Bradley o
8. Against Infinity G. Benford x x
9. Orion Shall rise P. Anderson o
10. The Nonborn King J. May o
11. Superliminal V. Mcintyre o
12. Welcome, Chaos K. Wilhelm o
13. The Crucible of Time J. Brunner o
14. Worlds Apart J. Haldeman o
15. Valentine Pontifex R. Silverberg o
16. God of the Riverworld P.J. Farmer o
17. The Citadel of the Autarch G. Wolfe x
18. Forty Thousand in Gehenna C.J. Cherryh o
19. A Matter for Men D. Gerrold o
20. Birth of People's Republic of Antartica J. Calvino
21. Wall Around a Star F. Pohl x x
22. Golden Witchbreed M. Gentle o
23. Broken Symmetries P. Preus o
24. Roderick at Random J. Sladel o
25. There is No Darkness J & J Haldeman x x
26. Code of the Lifemaker J. Hogan o
27. Tik-Tok J. Sladek o
28. Transformer M.Foster o
They also list 26 BEST FANTASY NOVELS, and 10 BEST First Novels, with
the winners The Mists of Avalon M Z Bradley and Tea with the Black Dragon
R A MacAvoy respectively.
So here's a deal: Have you got any of these in paperback? Would you
like any of the ones I have in paperback? Fourth Class Special Book Rate
can't be very expensive for a paperback. I'd certainly be willing to mail
mine. If interested, RSVP to UUCP ...!tektronix!iddic!brucec (I'm sure)
CSNET iddic!brucec@tektronix (I think)
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(I think)
"I feel more like I do now than I did when I first got here."
Bruce Cheney