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The other half has taken to reading on a Kindle. He's getting into sci fi and is having a hard time trying to find authors.

I got him "The Martian" he enjoyed that. Told him to check out Amazon and Baen. He's been reading some Charles Sheffield, likes the accuracy of some of the writing but says the books seem like they leave a reader hanging. They need another chapter.

He didn't like Ringworld, I think Nessus got him, so Niven is out. He liked most of the Mars books I had, but hated Blue, Green and Red Mars. He said all they discussed was politics. He did like the Ben Bova Mars books.

I think he wants a planetary survey type book which is reasonably believable in scientific fact and plausible in the character. Where would I find, or who would have a discussion on books like these? I'm not even sure what genre they'd belong to. If there is such a site, I'd like to read it first, then give him the URL and tell him to check it out. He doesn't have the patience to go check out a whole thread from the beginning.

Thanks