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Old 06-02-2014, 09:56 AM   #11
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I read the first five or six Mission Earth books. They were okay, but I just got tired of them after a while.

Battlefield Earth was better...
I read them all a few years back (had actually started them as a kid, but library didn't have them all and never finished them). They aren't bad, but they really needed some serious editing to pare things down. The way I put it was "they needed to be edited with an axe."

If they had been pared down to say 3-4 volumes from 10, they'd have been quite excellent.

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How do I get that? Is this a bargain?
You need a membership with the 2014 World Science Fiction Convention held in London this year. A supporting membership will allow you to vote but doesn't give attendance rights. I had to hunt down the price on another page, but it's £25 (US$40 / €35) for the supporting membership. With that you can download the voting packet and vote for the Hugo awards.
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