sims@hou2b.UUCP (J.SIMESTER) (01/05/84)
My tendency in SF reading is to find a good author, then read
everything by that author that I can get my hands on. My problem is
that I need some new authors! I've got reasonably complete
collections of the works of Larry Niven, Frank Herbert, and Robert
Heinlein (my 3 favorites to date), plus some of Isaac Asimov (esp.
the Foundation trilogy (quadrilogy?)), Ray Bradbury, and Arthur C.
Clarke. I also enjoyed ERB's Mars series (found his Venus series
somewhat disappointing by comparison), and have read numerous other
single works by various authors.
What I'd like to request from netland are some suggestions about other
authors (it's kinda tough to browse through the local mall bookstore
completely cold). I'm interested primarily in novels, particularly
(though not exclusively) those which are built around some established
"other" world or universe a la Niven's Known Space.
Please respond via mail unless you have some revelations which you
feel are especially noteworthy. If I get enough input and can see any
general patterns, I'll summarize my findings to the net.
Patton's forces moving ahead!
Jim Simester
houxm!hou2b!sims
P.S. - I'm relatively new to the net (t~3 months), so please forgive
if this sort of request has been made and answered previously.
If such is the case, I'd appreciate any synopsis of the
previous results.
P.P.S - For those with insufficiently warped minds, that last line
before the signature implies "Tanks in Advance!" (ouch!)richard@sequent.UUCP (01/08/84)
I tend to follow the same pattern of reading as you do - I was fortunate that my roommate in college was an avid (extremely) reader. His collection by the time I graduated was over 1500 softbacks. I felt like I was living in a library (imagine the paper dust!) My all-time favorite author is Roger Zelazny. He deals with rather soft SF, being into reality-alteration trips (don't mind me). His best books include: Doorways in the Sand and Lord of Light. I think he's got somewhere around 25 books out - all are good, some are great. Since I left college, I discover I don't know what to buy (although a good cover will often sang me), and so I'll be glad to see responses to your querey posted. ...!sequent!richard The rider in black P.S. One good way of getting author's names is to read the mags - Analog and Asimov are the leaders (ignore Omni) and are always worth buying.