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Old 07-26-2015, 02:53 PM   #31
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I'll third Way Station. Appears to be couponable at Kobo.
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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
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What? No ray-gun battles?
Nothing interesting happens. I know a lot of people who found it dry and dull.
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Only need one more vote for Stations of the Tide! 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
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Old 07-27-2015, 12:15 AM   #35
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Old 07-27-2015, 12:46 AM   #36
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The poll!

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Old 07-27-2015, 10:13 AM   #37
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Nothing interesting happens. I know a lot of people who found it dry and dull.
Nothing interesting happens. Nothing at all

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.
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Old 07-27-2015, 10:16 AM   #38
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Way Station is very good. Simak reminds me a bit of Clarke. This was his best book, I think.
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Old 07-27-2015, 10:21 AM   #39
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Old 07-27-2015, 01:39 PM   #40
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Nothing interesting happens. Nothing at all

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.
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Old 07-27-2015, 04:34 PM   #41
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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.
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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.
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There's a new article about Delany in the New Yorker.

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