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jwharris28
Posted 2015-02-13 8:33 AM (#9628 - in reply to #9627)
Subject: Re: The Definitive 1950s Reading Challenge		Quote Reply



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dustydigger - 2015-02-13 8:05 AM
Cant wait!-Interesting about which authors get chosen,and who are ignored. I remember back in the 60s Sturgeon was massive,the author young writers aspired to. ,famous for his short stories,but now that people hardly read short stories in the genre he is mostly forgotten,apart from More Than Human,of course


I totally agree. Systematically going through these 1950s SF books is revealing the true classics. What we need to do is find the forgotten gems and encourage people to read them. For example, today (2/13/15) Amazon has The Dreaming Jewels on sale for the Kindle for a $1.99 - and you can add the Audible edition for another $1.99. That's a good indicator that people are still remembering Sturgeon. There's even a quote on the Amazon page that hooked me:

"I look upon Sturgeon with a secret and growing jealousy." Ray Bradbury

Even though I'm not familiar with this novel, and the plot description is unappealing to me, the glowing reader reviews made me go ahead and buy it. I'm hoping it will be a gem. What I'd really like to do from participating in this 1950's SF reading challenge is find books that will thrill me like SF thrilled me back in the 1960s, when I first discovered SF as a teen.

Edited by jwharris28 2015-02-13 8:34 AM

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