01-31-2013, 06:19 PM | #106 |
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The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester I don't know if these books qualify as obscure, but they were written before I was born and I never read them until last year. They are listed on several top 100 SF books of all time. |
02-01-2013, 01:46 AM | #107 | |
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If you like the Otto Prohaska books and you're willing to switch period, take a look at Arthur Conan Doyle's Brigadier Gerard short stories. They're about a retired French brigadier, and apparently the inspiration for the Flashman series. The Mobile Read library has The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard and The Adventures of Gerard. They're both good fun. |
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02-01-2013, 04:08 AM | #108 | |
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02-01-2013, 07:43 AM | #109 |
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02-01-2013, 07:44 AM | #110 |
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Amazon (U.S.) has The Stars My Destination (and I wouldn't call books obscure if they're on several top 100 lists).
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02-04-2013, 04:43 PM | #113 |
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Lol. I just borrowed Golem100 from my library in hardcover. I have seen Bester on the lists before and figured I would read what is supposed to be his worst book since I needed a title for 1980. It looks so cheesy b-movie science fiction that I think I am going to love it.
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02-05-2013, 02:33 AM | #114 |
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I really enjoyed all of Bester's SF novels, even the supposedly bad ones.
He does like to mess with text formatting, though. I don't know how easy it would be to reproduce some the text art in an ebook. |
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