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Originally Posted by starrigger
Ooh, sorry to hear that. My most painful Golden Age reread was Asimov's "Nightfall." I didn't do much better with Foundation, which I loved as a kid. On the other hand, I can with pleasure reread the old Tom Corbett Space Cadet books, and a few of my favorite old Winston SF juveniles. I'm not sure what the difference is, since the writing is pretty clunky in all of them.
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It is interesting to go back to books we liked when we were younger and see what we think. I've done that and some are still good and others not so good. The first Star Trek novel I've ever read turned out to be not so good. It was
Spock Must Die by James Blish.