How many of these have you read?

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markfiend wrote:Any books that people should have made it on but didn't?
Ahem, mine?
Yours are still too new ... ;D :wink: ...
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I agree that list is full of lame books. I checked 15 but there was only a handful of Dick and no Gibson that I saw. Surprised to see The Forever War on there, which I read but don't rate.
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12.5 ... Only got halfway through The Mote In Gods Eye.

Going to use this list though for my future library orders.
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and no Gibson that I saw
Neuromancer was on the list, though.
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Only 20! :eek:

No Aldiss (Greybeard?) and some odd other choices I thought; The Moon is a Harsh Mistress but no Time Enough For Love or Friday? No Protector for Niven?

Nice to see a Connie Willis there at the end, although they picked the gloomy one instead of To Say Nothing of the Dog or Blackout/All Clear.
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bismarck wrote:there was only a handful of Dick
Am very impressed that no-one posted any fnarring comments about this. I suppose this is one of HL's more cerebral threads after all
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13. :eek: :oops: :cry:


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Well I got ten, when I saw Sci Fi and Fantasy I thought I would get a big zero. I was however quite happy to see somme quality dystopian books, I am a big fan of dystopian writings. I have created a dystopian children's book for children, me dad did his masters in dystopian literature, were a happy lot in my family.
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Alex66 wrote:I have created a dystopian children's book for children,
would be interested to red that. :D
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eastmidswhizzkid wrote:
Alex66 wrote:I have created a dystopian children's book for children,
would be interested to red that. :D
Its here, http://jamesagrady.co.uk/Exodusofmonkeys/index1.html
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Currently engrossed in the Why My Cat Is Sad Twitter feed. One of the reasons My Cat Is Sad is
My Cat Is Sad wrote:...because he came over to sit next to me & chat about Joy Division albums but I said this seat was taken.
Perfectly reasonable, I feel. Perhaps an upcoming reason will be "My cat is sad because this other cat feels that YCBTO is overrated."

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Excellent read, very detailed but presented in a very easily-understood format for the non-military layman. Pretty much the last word in how the French got a shoeing in Vietnam, and lays the groundwork for the failure of the later American venture. Fall's prose style is neat and precise, his research thorough, and his presentation is refreshingly objective. Looking forward to reading Street Without Joy (his other work on the conflict).
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Correction, this is not a sad cat but a sadist one :innocent:
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Alex66 wrote:
eastmidswhizzkid wrote:
Alex66 wrote:I have created a dystopian children's book for children,
would be interested to red that. :D
Its here, http://jamesagrady.co.uk/Exodusofmonkeys/index1.html
i only just saw this so will read it shortly. nice one.
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Alex66 wrote:children's book for children
:D

WoW Hey Alex!

I Love reading

Love The Message

any future release

Looking forward

Waiting serene
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As far as I know

Genghis Khan never read Any books
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SomVildTiger wrote:
Alex66 wrote:children's book for children
:D

WoW Hey Alex!

I Love reading

Love The Message

any future release

Looking forward

Waiting serene
Im not sure I should be working on new ones, I am thinking of doing a kick starter thing for them. Thanks and Im glad you liked it. My iMac died hence long delay in catching up.
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20! that was a surprise. i read a lot of this stuff. or i thought i did...
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