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Tantara
Posted 2012-04-27 1:15 PM (#3191 - in reply to #2887)
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chueca
Posted 2012-05-12 9:57 PM (#3212 - in reply to #2907)
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I like that.
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Emil
Posted 2012-05-13 3:34 AM (#3213 - in reply to #3212)
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Location: Grootfontein, Namibia		Certainly, Man in the Maze deserves an entry. Another Silverberg that I thoroughly enjoyed in my youth. Pity I cannot find a decent copy for my collection to re-read here in South Africa. I may have to settle for the Kindle edition.
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iftyzaidi
Posted 2012-05-17 4:18 AM (#3218 - in reply to #2887)
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Read a couple of books by grand-masters last month which I thought I should recommend for the database here:
- This Fortress World by James Gunn
- Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke

Wish I had the time to write up proper reviews. As it is I just knock out a few quick thoughts and reactions in the hope people might find them useful.
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keithstevenson
Posted 2012-06-03 9:07 PM (#3304 - in reply to #2887)
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Can you add Damon Knight's Double Meaning? It's available now as an ebook on the Gateway SF site.

Thanks
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Administrator
Posted 2012-06-05 6:15 PM (#3313 - in reply to #3304)
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Thanks to Jynnandtonnyx for the data entry:

That's a lot of Silverberg!

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Emil
Posted 2012-06-06 3:31 AM (#3325 - in reply to #3313)
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justifiedsinner
Posted 2012-06-06 9:21 PM (#3335 - in reply to #2887)
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That is a lot of Siverberg! Thanks a lot.
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valashain
Posted 2012-06-23 3:16 AM (#3474 - in reply to #2887)
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divinenanny
Posted 2012-06-27 1:56 AM (#3498 - in reply to #2887)
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Location: The Netherlands		And Frankenstein Unbound, also by Aldiss?

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Engelbrecht
Posted 2012-06-28 4:54 AM (#3509 - in reply to #2887)
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Speaking of Aldiss, I just remembered that Aldiss is another author who spent some time writing some non-genre "adult" books.  His The Hand-Reared Boy and A Soldier Erect were terrific fun, at least at the youngish age that I read them.

Some other Grand Master books that deserve to be added are:

  • The Image of the Beast by Philip Jose Farmer  (Exorcism 1)
  • Blown by Philip Jose Farmer  (Exorcism 2)
  • Expanded Universe by Robert A. Heinlein  (collection)
  • The Visitors by Clifford D. Simak
  • At Winter's End by Robert Silverberg
  • Born With the Dead by  Robert Silverberg
  • The Fantasy Hall of Fame edited by Robert Silverberg (The SF Hall of Fame is already in the database)
  • Cugel's Saga by Jack Vance  (Dying Earth 3)
  • Rhialto the Marvellous by Jack Vance  (Dying Earth 4)
  • Galactic Effectuator by Jack Vance
  • All About Emily by Connie Willis

You can never have enough Silverberg!  

These are just some missing "good stuff" I've read - it doesn't include books that are merely average...  There are also some other deserving collections that I haven't mentioned because they (sadly!) seem to have been out of print for a while.  The Farmer books are actually far, FAR stronger stuff than The Lovers (1961), the book that caused so much controversy when it was released, probably because because they were published in the permissive late 60s.

 


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Administrator
Posted 2012-06-28 11:01 AM (#3520 - in reply to #3509)
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Location: Dallas, Texas		Hey everybody, we'll be catching up on these books soon.  Sorry for the delay.
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dustydigger
Posted 2012-06-28 4:54 PM (#3527 - in reply to #3520)
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chuhl
Posted 2012-07-06 5:58 PM (#3627 - in reply to #2887)
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Could we add Andre Norton''s Sargasso of Space?
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justifiedsinner
Posted 2012-07-07 10:25 AM (#3632 - in reply to #2887)
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whargoul - the Heinlein's, Anderson's and Asimov's are already in the database.
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chuhl
Posted 2012-07-08 2:09 PM (#3655 - in reply to #2887)
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Also, could I ask you to add Three Novels : Rule golden, Natural state, The Dying Man by Damon Knight. (That's all one book.) Thanks.

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Administrator
Posted 2012-07-08 10:46 PM (#3663 - in reply to #3655)
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Hey all, in an effort to consolidate all the different "missing books" threads into one place I've just created a new thread:

Can't find the book you want? Make your book requests here!

All the books from this thread have been moved over there and the GMRC requests will still get priority.  I'm having a hard time keeping up with the requests all spread out so this should make things easier to manage and hopefully I won't miss any!

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