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Posted 2012-01-12 8:26 AM (#2887)
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Posted 2012-01-12 4:13 PM (#2893 - in reply to #2887)
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Posted 2012-01-14 3:35 PM (#2900 - in reply to #2887)
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Posted 2012-01-14 3:42 PM (#2901 - in reply to #2887)
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Posted 2012-01-14 9:37 PM (#2902 - in reply to #2901)
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Heinlein - Methuselah's Children
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Posted 2012-01-15 7:23 AM (#2903 - in reply to #2902)
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Posted 2012-01-15 11:50 AM (#2904 - in reply to #2903)
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Posted 2012-01-17 3:13 AM (#2907 - in reply to #2887)
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Posted 2012-01-18 11:11 PM (#2918 - in reply to #2887)
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It would be great to get some of these classic PJF books added

The Maker of Universes
The Gates of Creation
A Private Cosmos
Behind the Walls of Terra
The Lavalite World

A Feast Unknown
Lord of the Trees
Tarzan Alive
Lord Tyger

Night of Light

Dayworld
Dayworld Rebel
Dayworld Breakup

no hurry though, I've read them all and don't plan to be reading them for the challenge.
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valashain
Posted 2012-01-20 2:33 PM (#2924 - in reply to #2887)
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Posted 2012-01-20 3:23 PM (#2925 - in reply to #2924)
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I'll get these books added this weekend, along with a bunch of requests that have come in from the Overlooked books thread and via email.  I'm going to give preference to Grand Master books so they'll be there for you guys to tag for your challenge.  I've got about 60 or so titles on my list right now.  I suspect I'll get at least 20 in this weekend.

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justifiedsinner
Posted 2012-01-20 10:57 PM (#2926 - in reply to #2887)
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Posted 2012-01-22 2:54 PM (#2930 - in reply to #2887)
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There are a lot of missing Jack Vance books. The Demon Prince series is a classic: The Star King, The Killing Machine, The Palace of Love, The Face and The Book of Dreams. The Planet of Adventure series: City of the Chasch, Servants of the Wankh (he didn't know what this meant in British English), The Dirdir and The Pnume. The Alastor series: Trullion - Alastor 2262, Marune - Alastor 933, and Wyst - Alastor 1716. Also the Durdane series: The Anome, The Brave Frre Men, and The Asutra.
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Posted 2012-01-23 2:24 AM (#2931 - in reply to #2887)
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Posted 2012-01-23 7:34 AM (#2932 - in reply to #2930)
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justifiedsinner - 2012-01-21 7:54 PM

There are a lot of missing Jack Vance books. The Demon Prince series is a classic: The Star King, The Killing Machine, The Palace of Love, The Face and The Book of Dreams. The Planet of Adventure series: City of the Chasch, Servants of the Wankh (he didn't know what this meant in British English), The Dirdir and The Pnume. The Alastor series: Trullion - Alastor 2262, Marune - Alastor 933, and Wyst - Alastor 1716. Also the Durdane series: The Anome, The Brave Frre Men, and The Asutra.

But which one are you planning to read for the Challenge? Surely that's the important factor here, rather than just loading our poor Admin with extra work?

I bought a load of Vance over Christmas, in the SFGateway sale, and already had the complete Lyonesse waiting on my Kindle, but I haven't decided which one of his I'm going to read, yet. (Not on the site and not in your list: Araminta Station, The Blue World.)
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Posted 2012-01-23 3:06 PM (#2933 - in reply to #2887)
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Location: Gunnison, Colorado		@DrNefario. Your comment saddens me, since I also want to load up on Vance (and lots of other books) from the SF Gateway, but most of them can't be purchased in the U.S. Why don't these authors/agents/publishers want my money? (Not a question I expect anyone here to be able to answer!)

Of the Vance that I have read, The Languages of Pao is a favorite...

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justifiedsinner
Posted 2012-01-23 4:17 PM (#2937 - in reply to #2887)
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@DrNeafrio. This is a wonderful site and I hope we are not burning out the people behind the scenes but like, I suspect, a lot of SF fans I am a compulsive listophile and completist.
A lot of the Grand Masters greatest works were published before the Hugos and Nebulas started and so it's inevitable that a lot is going to be missing.
I haven't read the Cadwal series of which Araminta Station is the first I will have to add it to my list!. The Blue World is also one I haven't read. If you are into Vance I would recommend The Demon Princes series - his best in my estimation.
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Posted 2012-01-23 4:23 PM (#2938 - in reply to #2887)
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Posted 2012-01-23 4:30 PM (#2939 - in reply to #2937)
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Hey guys, don't sweat the book requests.  We're just happy ya'll are paying attention.  I'll typically add a bunch of books by the same author together because it's easier to do the data entry that way so no worries.  I didn't get any books added last weekend because of family and work etc. but I did get a ton more book covers together.  That's a mindless activity that I really enjoy.  So much great cover art out there!

We're total completists around here too so it's all gonna get in there eventually.  I get a little freaked out when I discover that a series I thought we had complete turns out to have 2 more books that we missed!  So, for instance, you'll be seeing Fortress of Dragons and Fortress of Ice by C. J. Cherryh pop in there soon.  I'll troll through the series pages just to find those missing books sometimes.

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Posted 2012-01-23 4:32 PM (#2940 - in reply to #2938)
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Rhondak101 - 2012-01-23 4:23 PM I've actually started a document on my computer called Wishlist for WWE. I've been adding books and hoping that I can squeeze a few requests in when the guys aren't so busy. At least I'm not forgetting the books!

Heh.  You replied at the same time I did!  I will say further that if you write bad ass reviews like Rhondak101 your book requests will move up my list precipitously!

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Posted 2012-01-24 5:04 PM (#2941 - in reply to #2940)
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Location: SC, USA		Well! Since I have a bit of a cache here, I'll pop my list on:
Mary Shelley, The Last Man
Harlan Ellison, Angry Candy
Nnedi Okorafor Akata Witch (YA), Zahrah the Windseeker (YA) and The Shadow Speaker (YA)
Octavia Butler Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago--These are the Xenogenesis (or Lilith's Brood) series
Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea, The Illuminatus Trilogy (usually in one volume)
Robert Anton Wilson The Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy (also one volume)
Robert Anton Wilson The Earth Will Shake, The Widow's Son, and Nature's God--These are the Historical Illuminatus Trilogy. I don't think that they are in one volume.

I plan to review the Okorafor and Butler novels for Outside the Norm. (Maybe the Shelley, too.)
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Posted 2012-01-24 9:32 PM (#2943 - in reply to #2941)
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@Rhondak101:  Your books are on the list now!

For everyone else here are the latest additions:

Robert A. Heinlein:
The Number of the Beast
To Sail Beyond the Sunset
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
The Rolling Stones aka Space Family Stone
Starman Jones
Time for the Stars
Citizen of the Galaxy

Ursula K. le Guin
Tales from Earthsea
Four Ways to Forgiveness
Always Coming Home

Philip Jose Farmer:
World of Tiers
Maker of Universes
The Gates of Creation
A Private Cosmos
Behind the Walls of Terra
The Lavalite World
More Than Fire
Dayworld
Dayworld
Dayworld Rebel
Dayworld Breakup

Damon Knight
Analogue Men
Beyond the Barrier
The Other Foot (Mind Switch in the US)

C. J. Cherryh
The Morgaine Cycle
Gate of Ivrel
Well of Shiuan
Fires of Azeroth
Exile's Gate
The Fortress
Fortress of Dragons
Fortress of Ice

James P. Blaylock:
The Narbondo Series
The Digging Leviathan
Lord Kelvin's Machine
The Ghosts Trilogy
Night Relics
Winter Tides

My thanks to Jynnantonnyx for the data entry on this batch!  While he does the data I can focus on the cover art.  We'll have another update shortly.

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Posted 2012-01-25 1:45 AM (#2944 - in reply to #2943)
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Location: Dallas, TX		Found some missing books rummaging through my "box o books" trying to find the next one for the GMRC.

Farnham's Freehold - Robert A Heinlein
Revolt in 2100 - Robert A Heinlein

Trader to the Stars - Poul Anderson
The Horn of Time - Poul Anderson

Stowaway to Mars - John Wyndham (not a GM)

Agent of Chaos - Norman Spinrad (not a GM)

Ground Zero Man - Bob Shaw (not a GM)

The People: No Different Flesh - Zenna Henderson (not a GM)

Space Lash (formerly, Small Changes) - Hal Clement (not a GM)

Wild Talent - Wilson Tucker (not a GM)

RORK! - Avram Davidson (not a GM)

Citadels of Mystery (or Ancient Ruins and Archaeology) - L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine C. de Camp

At the Seventh Level - Suzette Haden Elgin (not a GM)

The Space Swimmers - Gordon Dickson (not a GM)

A Mile Beyond the Moon - C.M. Kornbluth (not a GM)

Earth is Room Enough - Isaac Asimov
The Stars Like Dust - Issac Asimov

Double in Space - Fletcher Pratt (not a GM)

Nine Hundred Grandmothers - R.A. Lafferty
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Posted 2012-01-25 11:29 AM (#2947 - in reply to #2944)
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iftyzaidi
Posted 2012-01-28 4:36 AM (#2956 - in reply to #2947)
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I've chosen some of the grand masters for my challenge and was browsing through others. Anyway, I noticed a few books missing which I thought I would suggest.
Firstly, Ray Bradbury, who was a seminal SF author when it came to develop my interest in the genre and in reading generally at an early age. Some suggested books:

Death is a Lonely Business
Golden Apples of the Sun
A Graveyard for Lunatics
Quicker Than the Eye
The October Country
The Halloween Tree
Farewell Summer (which is a sort of sequel to Dandelion Wine)

In fact now that I've looked it up, I've just discovered that Bradbury has 4 books in his 'Green Town' setting which are:
1. Dandelion Wine
2. Farewell Summer
3. Something Wicked This Way Comes
4. Summer Morning, Summer Night
http://www.librarything.com/series/Green+Town
So perhaps that's one for the 'series list' as well!

Another Grand Master on my reading list is James E. Gunn. unfortunately there are only 3 books by him in the database. Other books I would suggest are:
The Joy Makers
The Immortals
The Dreamers

Finally Harry Harrison. Now there are a large number of Harrison's books in the database but almost all are from either the Stainless Steel Rat or Bill the Galactic Hero series, so I would suggest a few more:
A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!
The Hammer and the Cross
The Technicolor Time Machine
Planet of the Damned

The Eden Series:
1. West of Eden
2. Winter in Eden
3. Return to Eden
http://www.librarything.com/series/West+of+Eden

and the Stars and Stripes series:
1. Stars and Stripes Forever
2. Stars and Stripes in Peril
3. Stars and Stripes Triumphant
http://www.librarything.com/series/Stars+%2526+Stripes
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