scifi - clean, classic, 50's 60's type suggestions - Page 2

1611mac · 04-30-2011, 03:32 PM

Thanks to all for helping and thanks for your suggestions. I really do appreciate your posts and your time.

HarryT · 04-30-2011, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by 1611mac

Ahhh... Here's a good example I just found... 99 cents
A Princess of Mars

Why would you pay for it when you can download the entire "Barsoom Omnibus" free right here at MR?

Lemurion · 04-30-2011, 03:49 PM

I believe Feedbooks has a lot of Murray Leinster's work available free - and I would think that would meet your requirements.

Catlady · 04-30-2011, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 1611mac

Ahhh... Here's a good example I just found... 99 cents
A Princess of Mars

There are several omnibus volumes of Edgar Rice Burroughs's works here in the MR library for free.

dwig · 04-30-2011, 04:14 PM

I would think that most of the YA books (they used to call them "Juvenals") from the '50s would fit well. What agenda they typically had was pretty much the same as the '50s Superman's tagline, "Truth, Freedom, and the American Way". Something like Murray Leinster's "Space Tug" (http://www.manybooks.net/titles/lein...871918719.html).

1611mac · 04-30-2011, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Why would you pay for it when you can download the entire "Barsoom Omnibus" free right here at MR?

Because I feel bad reading for free and I want to support Amazon????

or perhaps because I missed Burroughs somehow in the libs... (Guess I'd better peruse the libs again!)

Thanks for the heads-ups.

1611mac · 04-30-2011, 06:24 PM

Thanks again all.... You've all been a great help.

ardeegee · 04-30-2011, 08:36 PM

You know, it occurs to me that for the second time today James White's Sector General books would be a fitting recommendation. Google for Sector General epub and-- well-- you'll find places to get them all for free, but if you are inclined to buy a few, here's a set of three books for ten bucks:

http://www.ebooks.com/ebooks/book_di...asp?IID=597371

1611mac · 04-30-2011, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ardeegee

You know, it occurs to me that for the second time today James White's Sector General books would be a fitting recommendation. Google for Sector General epub and-- well-- you'll find places to get them all for free, but if you are inclined to buy a few, here's a set of three books for ten bucks:

http://www.ebooks.com/ebooks/book_di...asp?IID=597371

I just googled "Sector General epub" and was returned this thread as 4th entry

- gotta love it...

(thanks for the suggestion - obviously am checking it out)

cearbhallain · 04-30-2011, 08:54 PM

I don't recall where I found it but I picked up Space Prison for free. Typical 50's long on revenge short on actual character building. Kind of fun but really limited. It's hard to flesh out a character when you take away the dirty parts of being human.

GlenBarrington · 04-30-2011, 10:14 PM

I'm having trouble with the premise of the OP. The whole POINT of science Fiction and Fantasy (Speculative fiction in general) is to free us from what is 'possible' and what is 'approved' so we can consider the impossible and the unapproved. To take an idea and extend the trend it represents to its ultimate conclusion regardless of how comfortable it makes us.

To me, it sounds as if the OP wants some stories of substance with ray-guns and spaceships, but no Amazon women wearing armored Lingerie.

I consider myself a Christian and a conservative so I think I understand how hard it is to remain true to your faith and beliefs in this culture. But I think the OP is asking for the impossible. Ultimately, all beliefs must be tested repeatedly. And Science Fiction is good for that.

1611mac · 04-30-2011, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington

I'm having trouble with the premise of the OP. The whole POINT of science Fiction and Fantasy (Speculative fiction in general) is to free us from what is 'possible' and what is 'approved' so we can consider the impossible and the unapproved. To take an idea and extend the trend it represents to its ultimate conclusion regardless of how comfortable it makes us.

To me, it sounds as if the OP wants some stories of substance with ray-guns and spaceships, but no Amazon women wearing armored Lingerie.

I consider myself a Christian and a conservative so I think I understand how hard it is to remain true to your faith and beliefs in this culture. But I think the OP is asking for the impossible. Ultimately, all beliefs must be tested repeatedly. And Science Fiction is good for that.

I'm looking for suggestions, not an analysis of my "premise." Many fine suggestions have been given.. Thanks to those who did.

queentess · 04-30-2011, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by 1611mac

I'm not looking for Christian SF. Just fun reads like (using Heinlein for example) "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress," "Starship Troopers", "Glory Road", "Have Spaceship, Will Travel" etc. There may have been some suggestive dialog at times but nothing like you read today!

When I read your initial request, the first thing I thought was "Wow, I hope he stayed FAR away from Heinlein!" Everything you listed as "don'ts" are spot-on Heinlein, so it's hilarious that you listed him as an example of what you're looking for. But that also makes it confusing and difficult to recommend anything because what you want doesn't match up to what you've asked for. But if you've enjoyed Heinlein in the past, it sounds like you may like Heinlein's juvee novels.

(As an aside, I'm trying Have Spacesuit, Will Travel right now, and I have to admit that I find the dialog... unbelievable. "Gee golly whiz! That guy's scary!" Ack. People don't talk like that.)

I'd also recommend pretty much anything by Asimov as 1950s sci-fi that's good clean fun. I can't promise no agenda, as that is rather the point of speculative fiction. Start with the Foundation series and move on from there.

And come to think of it, Mike Resnick has some good stories out there, specifically the Penelope Bailey series.

queentess · 04-30-2011, 11:01 PM

Ooo! And Clarke! Rendezvous with Rama, Childhood's End, 2001.

You should check out the Science Fiction Hall of Fame reading lists for Space Opera and Golden Age of SF. I think you'd find a lot you like there.

Ender's Game (probably the whole series) by Card

ardeegee · 04-30-2011, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by queentess

(As an aside, I'm trying Have Spacesuit, Will Travel right now, and I have to admit that I find the dialog... unbelievable. "Gee golly whiz! That guy's scary!" Ack. People don't talk like that.)

"I wish we lived in a place more like the America of yesteryear that only exists in the brains of us Republicans."
–Ned Flanders

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queentess Reading is sexy Posts: 1,303 Karma: 544517 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: none	Ooo! And Clarke! Rendezvous with Rama, Childhood's End, 2001. You should check out the Science Fiction Hall of Fame reading lists for Space Opera and Golden Age of SF. I think you'd find a lot you like there. Ender's Game (probably the whole series) by Card Last edited by queentess; 04-30-2011 at 11:05 PM.

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1611mac eWanderer Posts: 523 Karma: 1441998 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: NC, USA Device: iMac,iPad3,iPhone5-Kindle Fire,Touch,PaperWhite	Thanks to all for helping and thanks for your suggestions. I really do appreciate your posts and your time.

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Lemurion eReader Posts: 2,750 Karma: 4968470 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad	I believe Feedbooks has a lot of Murray Leinster's work available free - and I would think that would meet your requirements.

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dwig Wizard Posts: 1,613 Karma: 6718541 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Paradise (Key West, FL) Device: Current:Surface Go & Kindle 3 - Retired: DellV8p, Clie UX50, ...	I would think that most of the YA books (they used to call them "Juvenals") from the '50s would fit well. What agenda they typically had was pretty much the same as the '50s Superman's tagline, "Truth, Freedom, and the American Way". Something like Murray Leinster's "Space Tug" (http://www.manybooks.net/titles/lein...871918719.html).

04-30-2011, 06:24 PM	#22
1611mac eWanderer Posts: 523 Karma: 1441998 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: NC, USA Device: iMac,iPad3,iPhone5-Kindle Fire,Touch,PaperWhite	Thanks again all.... You've all been a great help.

04-30-2011, 08:36 PM	#23
ardeegee Maratus speciosus butt Posts: 3,292 Karma: 1162698 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-350	You know, it occurs to me that for the second time today James White's Sector General books would be a fitting recommendation. Google for Sector General epub and-- well-- you'll find places to get them all for free, but if you are inclined to buy a few, here's a set of three books for ten bucks: http://www.ebooks.com/ebooks/book_di...asp?IID=597371

04-30-2011, 08:54 PM	#25
cearbhallain Groupie Posts: 183 Karma: 1053258 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Fort Vancouver Device: nook	I don't recall where I found it but I picked up Space Prison for free. Typical 50's long on revenge short on actual character building. Kind of fun but really limited. It's hard to flesh out a character when you take away the dirty parts of being human.

04-30-2011, 10:14 PM	#26
GlenBarrington Cheese Whiz Posts: 1,986 Karma: 11677147 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Springfield, Illinois Device: Kindle PW, Samsung Tab A 10.1(2019), Pixel 6a.	I'm having trouble with the premise of the OP. The whole POINT of science Fiction and Fantasy (Speculative fiction in general) is to free us from what is 'possible' and what is 'approved' so we can consider the impossible and the unapproved. To take an idea and extend the trend it represents to its ultimate conclusion regardless of how comfortable it makes us. To me, it sounds as if the OP wants some stories of substance with ray-guns and spaceships, but no Amazon women wearing armored Lingerie. I consider myself a Christian and a conservative so I think I understand how hard it is to remain true to your faith and beliefs in this culture. But I think the OP is asking for the impossible. Ultimately, all beliefs must be tested repeatedly. And Science Fiction is good for that.