"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/15/2014 at 17:41 • Filed to: None
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/15/2014 at 17:41 • Filed to: None | 1
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I'm in the mood to read some good, pulpy 1950s-1960s science fiction. Got any good suggestions? (No Heinlein, please.)
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> ttyymmnn
09/15/2014 at 17:44 |
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Andre Norton? Just read "Sargasso of Space" recently, but it wasn't as adventuresome as Sioux Spaceman or some of her other works. Short of that, have you tried Gene Wolfe or C. J. Cherryh? The Heinlein rejection does cramp my style, though - I'd otherwise suggest The Door Into Summer, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, or All You Zombies.
Oh, try Robert Silverberg. More of his ouevre is fantasy, but it's very straightforward and pulpy fantasy at that. Jack Chalker can be a perv from time to time, but Well of Souls and Four Lords of the Diamond are pretty entertaining.
ACESandEIGHTS
> ttyymmnn
09/15/2014 at 17:45 |
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Bill, the Galactic Hero.
Conan
> ttyymmnn
09/15/2014 at 17:51 |
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It's 1921 but I really love this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_(novel…
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ttyymmnn
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
09/15/2014 at 17:52 |
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Some good leads. I've read Heinlein, and except for Space Cadet, which was written for a younger audience, I find his work laborious. I read some Silverberg back in high school, but that was 30 years ago. Thanks.
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ttyymmnn
> Conan
09/15/2014 at 17:53 |
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That looks interesting! Thanks.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> ttyymmnn
09/15/2014 at 17:54 |
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Door Into Summer surprised me. It's pretty short, and almost at more of a YA level. It was much easier than others from him to read.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> ttyymmnn
09/15/2014 at 17:57 |
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I also neglected to mention Larry Niven, but it's somewhat laborious, so if Heinlein put you off on that account, probably best to leave it be. Have you tried Alan_Dean_Foster ?
tromoly
> ttyymmnn
09/15/2014 at 17:57 |
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I'm about half way through the first book, it's fantastic, and in some ways prophetic.
Agrajag
> ttyymmnn
09/15/2014 at 17:58 |
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The only sci-fi on my shelf from that era is Childhood's End from Clarke. Probably not in the pulp category though.
Your image got me thinking Frazetta and how I wished he did more sci-fi work. So here are two of my favorites of his.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> ttyymmnn
09/15/2014 at 17:59 |
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While I'm remembering things...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Smi…
I've heard nothing but praise for him - some hold him to be the best Sci-fi writer of all time. Still haven't tried him, but maybe you can.
The Transporter
> ttyymmnn
09/15/2014 at 18:00 |
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The pulpiest thing I've ever read is The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke . It has a lot of his early short stories including The Sentential and a number of pre-war ones as well.
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ttyymmnn
> Agrajag
09/15/2014 at 18:00 |
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Awesome artwork, of course. By "pulpy" what I really meant was not too heavy. Which is why I ruled out Heinlein. I think I've read one work by Clarke many, many years ago. It was over my head at the time, but probably bears revisiting. Thanks.
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ttyymmnn
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
09/15/2014 at 18:02 |
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That is very intriguing. I've never heard of him. Thanks!
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ttyymmnn
> tromoly
09/15/2014 at 18:03 |
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I've started that book three times, most recently this summer. I'm not sure why I can't stick with it. It's brilliant and hilarious, but I find it hard to finish. I need to, though.
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ttyymmnn
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
09/15/2014 at 18:07 |
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The only work of Foster's I've read is Splinter of the Mind's Eye , an early novel based on Star Wars characters. That must have been about 1978, and I thought I was reading the next Star Wars movie. It was a decent story, but I'm glad they didn't make a movie out of it! I think I've also read some of his Star Trek stories.
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Conan
> ttyymmnn
09/15/2014 at 18:08 |
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These should do you well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Demol…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weapo…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stars…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Canticl…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_i…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drown…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stain…
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> ttyymmnn
09/15/2014 at 18:08 |
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I've also only read Splinter of the Mind's Eye, actually, but I know he's otherwise well known. The Georgia Tech library has a first edition of it I devoured.
NaturallyAspirated
> The Transporter
09/15/2014 at 18:09 |
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I Agree, I was going to suggest Tales from the White Hart.
macanamera
> ttyymmnn
09/15/2014 at 18:16 |
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I assume you have read Asimov? He's basically the king.
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ttyymmnn
> macanamera
09/15/2014 at 18:21 |
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Just about everything he wrote, and the Foundation series twice.
anonsagainstanonymous
> ttyymmnn
09/15/2014 at 20:12 |
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Not sure what you mean by pulpy, but the ringworld series is pretty cool and likable, though it's from the '70s I think.
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ttyymmnn
> anonsagainstanonymous
09/15/2014 at 20:34 |
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By "pulpy" I mean mass market paperback, nothing too heavy or inscrutable. Science fiction was at its best when the science was far behind the fiction. In other words, now that science has come so far, it's that much harder to blow people's minds or simply amaze them with what might be. We're so much more jaded these days.
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anonsagainstanonymous
> ttyymmnn
09/15/2014 at 21:13 |
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Oh yeah then ringworld fits right into that.