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Mims 07-26-2015 03:53 PM
I'll third Way Station. Appears to be couponable at Kobo.

bfisher 07-26-2015 05:50 PM
It's only $CDN 6.15 at amazon.ca
http://www.amazon.ca/Way-Station-Cli.../dp/B00YO78RRS
so probably less than $5.00 in real money ;)

JSWolf 07-26-2015 06:20 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by WT Sharpe (Post 3139950)
What? No ray-gun battles?
Nothing interesting happens. I know a lot of people who found it dry and dull.

sun surfer 07-26-2015 11:06 PM
Only need one more vote for Stations of the Tide! :D Here are some links:

Amazon CA / Amazon US / Kobo / Audible AU / Audible UK / Audible US


ETA - Some more:

The Maze Runner Amazon AU / Amazon CA / Amazon UK (Kindle Unlimited) / Amazon US / Audible US

The Martian Amazon AU / Amazon CA / Amazon UK / Amazon US / Audible US

WT Sharpe 07-27-2015 01:15 AM
The nominations are now closed.

Be back with the poll shortly.

WT Sharpe 07-27-2015 01:46 AM
The poll!

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=263313

Rizla 07-27-2015 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by JSWolf (Post 3140252)
Nothing interesting happens. I know a lot of people who found it dry and dull.
Nothing interesting happens. Nothing at all :smack:

Spoiler:

Huge alien vessel arrives in solar-system.
Have to work out what to do.
Only one vessel near enough to intercept.
Dock with massive rotating object.
Enter a dark object as dark and mysterious and a million times bigger than the Great Pyramid.
Explore a strange, alien interior.
Environment wakes up as approaches sun, and...
Aliens appear.
Cross an alien sea and get stranded.
Launch a rescue party.
Daring escape.
Last-ditch attempt to breach the environment's secret before escaping.
Oh, and there's the possibility Earth will blow it up with the exploration crew inside.


It's not my favourite Clarke book, far from it, but he was one the three greatest sci-fi writers of the 20th Century. His droppings are better than most writers' masterworks.

To say nothing interesting happens is, as my list proves, silly :) You should have stuck with your subjective assertion that you find it boring.

Rizla 07-27-2015 11:16 AM
Way Station is very good. Simak reminds me a bit of Clarke. This was his best book, I think.

HomeInMyShoes 07-27-2015 11:21 AM
I love the new avatar JSWolf.

JSWolf 07-27-2015 02:39 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rizla (Post 3140562)
Nothing interesting happens. Nothing at all :smack:

Spoiler:

Huge alien vessel arrives in solar-system.
Have to work out what to do.
Only one vessel near enough to intercept.
Dock with massive rotating object.
Enter a dark object as dark and mysterious and a million times bigger than the Great Pyramid.
Explore a strange, alien interior.
Environment wakes up as approaches sun, and...
Aliens appear.
Cross an alien sea and get stranded.
Launch a rescue party.
Daring escape.
Last-ditch attempt to breach the environment's secret before escaping.
Oh, and there's the possibility Earth will blow it up with the exploration crew inside.


It's not my favourite Clarke book, far from it, but he was one the three greatest sci-fi writers of the 20th Century. His droppings are better than most writers' masterworks.

To say nothing interesting happens is, as my list proves, silly :) You should have stuck with your subjective assertion that you find it boring.
AC Clarke is a good writer. But every writer can have a dud and this is Clarke's dud.

WT Sharpe 07-27-2015 05:34 PM
August 2015 Book Club Nominations
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JSWolf (Post 3140680)
AC Clarke is a good writer. But every writer can have a dud and this is Clarke's dud.

I don't know. 4.02 average rating at Goodreads, its many awards include a Hugo and a Nebula award...

Somebody liked it.

JSWolf 07-27-2015 07:22 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by WT Sharpe (Post 3140765)
I don't know. 4.02 average rating at Goodreads, its many awards include a Hugo and a Nebula award...

Somebody liked it.
Some Hugo awarded books are lousy and this is one of them.

It's just an awful book. It's got a really dull plot and nothing actually ends up happening.

HomeInMyShoes 07-28-2015 11:58 AM
^I sense it winning, but I'm not voting for it.

BenG 08-03-2015 02:52 PM
There's a new article about Delany in the New Yorker.

http://www.newyorker.com/uncategoriz...cience-fiction

ccowie 08-04-2015 10:02 AM
Thanks BenG - very interesting article.


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