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jwharris28
Posted 2015-01-23 10:30 AM (#9350 - in reply to #9348)
Subject: Re: The Definitive 1950s Reading Challenge		Quote Reply



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DrNafario, libraries are an indicator, but they are changing. I do a lot of used book shopping and I'm amazed at the number of library discards out there. My libraries removes thousands of books each year. If they aren't checked out, they aren't retained. I know people who go to libraries to check out books to help their favorites remain in the collection. But there are other good indicators of long term life for books. I think getting the audiobook treatment on Audible is a good sign. Ditto for the ebook treatment. Or inspiring a movie.

I also thought about starting a 50 SF Books in 50 Months book club - but at Yahoogroups. Mailing lists make a great way to participate in a book club. But you got this one started, so I'm putting in here instead.

By the way, I'm listening to The Man Who Sold the Moon, not one of my 10, but an extra one. D. D. Harriman reminds me of Elon Musk. The first story, "Let There Be Light" is about inventing LED lights and solar panels, and the problem of corporations blocking the roll-out of solar energy and high efficiency.

I think this experiment of reading books by order of year is working out. I can feel the early 1950s in what I'm reading. I'm expecting the SF to evolve with the years.

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