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There are a lot of great ones. I still have to go with Burrough's Mars series, though I have a soft spot for his Carson of Venus books too.
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I stand partially corrected. When I look at the amazon (USA) site, I do see a couple titles by Arthur C. Clarke. None of his classics though with the exception of The Fountains of Paradise. I've been waiting for the Space Oddyssey series, Childhood's End, Rendezvous with Rama, and his collected short stories.
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Otis Adelbert Kline's Venus series. Similar in style and setting. A nice light read. You can get an omnibus created by HarryT by following the link below. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21236 |
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11-10-2011, 05:25 PM | #51 |
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As the OP I want to thank everyone for their comments... my reading list has grown as a result of your comments.... Thank you for posting..
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For a very good series that's all free try Bruce Bretthauer's Family Saga. Do a Google for him. Any of his stories are good.
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For another try Fel. Usually far more fantasy with a furry twist but his Subjugation series is very well done.
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First thanks to all. A couple of very interesting books ended up on my TBR list.
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I just want to point out that some of the classic stories at Gutenburg like E.E. "Doc" Smith's Triplanetary and Skylark are early magazine versions of stories that were later reworked for paperback publication.
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Yes, I said pretty much the same thing earlier in the thread - eg post #34.
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11-14-2011, 10:52 AM | #57 |
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Oops, I thought I had read the whole thread but it looks like I skipped a page.
Of course this doesn't mean that the magazine versions aren't worth reading. There can be some changes though. The magazine version of Triplanetary was reworked to be a prequel to Smith's Lensman series. |
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I was just about to come here and post about Watts. I loved the Rifters Trilogy, and I appreciate Peter Watts' philosophy about his books. They are all available from his website.
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