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Referring to this[^], what was the first SciFi book you read? Mine was Tom Swift Jr. and his Megascope Space Prober[^]. It was a gift from my Mom. I went on to read all the Tom Swift books I could find and went on from there to some of the greats like Heinlein, ee 'doc' smith, etc... 'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
Mine was The Dying Earth, by Jack Vance (the first of the four works contained in this single-volume reprint), which I read at the tender age of four. Vance wound up becoming my favorite scifi/fantasy writer; if you haven't read Cugel's Saga, you haven't lived! The Demon Princes novels are also great, without exception. Nobody I ever met who's read his mature stuff is anything but a rabid fan. His early stuff, like The Last Castle and The Dragon Masters, are most familiar to people, but they were written before he really hit his stride. Regards, Jeff Varszegi
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Referring to this[^], what was the first SciFi book you read? Mine was Tom Swift Jr. and his Megascope Space Prober[^]. It was a gift from my Mom. I went on to read all the Tom Swift books I could find and went on from there to some of the greats like Heinlein, ee 'doc' smith, etc... 'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
I don't have any idea..... But there is a sci fi book from my childhood that I have been trying to track down. I cannot for the life of me remember the name though. It was basically about this kid that lived in a domed city. All the people in the city had implants in the back of their neck that told them when to go to work, and when to go to school and things of that nature. So this kid goes and escapes to the world outside, and has to learn to survive. That's about all I can remember of it. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Anyone remember the name of the book? I think it may have been a short series. Anyone? Anyone? Beuller?
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Referring to this[^], what was the first SciFi book you read? Mine was Tom Swift Jr. and his Megascope Space Prober[^]. It was a gift from my Mom. I went on to read all the Tom Swift books I could find and went on from there to some of the greats like Heinlein, ee 'doc' smith, etc... 'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
My god that's a long time ago :) I have no idea what my first sci-fi book was - probably something by H.G.Wells or similar... Rob Manderson http://www.mindprobes.net "I killed him dead cuz he was stepping on my turf, cutting me out of my bling the same way my ho cuts cookies, officer" "Alright then, move along" - Ian Darling, The Lounge, Oct 10 2003
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Referring to this[^], what was the first SciFi book you read? Mine was Tom Swift Jr. and his Megascope Space Prober[^]. It was a gift from my Mom. I went on to read all the Tom Swift books I could find and went on from there to some of the greats like Heinlein, ee 'doc' smith, etc... 'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
Jesse Evans wrote: Referring to this[^], what was the first SciFi book you read? If I can remember correctly, it was Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke.....great book....and series.... Cheers, Miah
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Referring to this[^], what was the first SciFi book you read? Mine was Tom Swift Jr. and his Megascope Space Prober[^]. It was a gift from my Mom. I went on to read all the Tom Swift books I could find and went on from there to some of the greats like Heinlein, ee 'doc' smith, etc... 'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
Mine was Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game[^] Wonderful book - although I never got into any of its sequels... -- Russell Morris "So, broccoli, mother says you're good for me... but I'm afraid I'm no good for you!" - Stewy
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Referring to this[^], what was the first SciFi book you read? Mine was Tom Swift Jr. and his Megascope Space Prober[^]. It was a gift from my Mom. I went on to read all the Tom Swift books I could find and went on from there to some of the greats like Heinlein, ee 'doc' smith, etc... 'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
That's a tough one. I've been reading Sci-Fi since I was a wee lad. The earliest one I distinctly remember reading is Andromeda Strain, though the novelizations of the [original] Star Trek TV series may have preceded that. Actually the more I think about it, I'd say it's the best book of all time Where the Wild Things Are. Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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Mine was Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game[^] Wonderful book - although I never got into any of its sequels... -- Russell Morris "So, broccoli, mother says you're good for me... but I'm afraid I'm no good for you!" - Stewy
The sequels were nothing on the original. Actually I rather think Card is a one hit wonder. But many will disagree. It was a great original though. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: "Cynicism has it's place in life - but it should be kept well away from your inner self." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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Referring to this[^], what was the first SciFi book you read? Mine was Tom Swift Jr. and his Megascope Space Prober[^]. It was a gift from my Mom. I went on to read all the Tom Swift books I could find and went on from there to some of the greats like Heinlein, ee 'doc' smith, etc... 'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
Too early in my life to remember exacts but it must have been an Asimov, Silverberg or Heinlen. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: "Cynicism has it's place in life - but it should be kept well away from your inner self." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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Referring to this[^], what was the first SciFi book you read? Mine was Tom Swift Jr. and his Megascope Space Prober[^]. It was a gift from my Mom. I went on to read all the Tom Swift books I could find and went on from there to some of the greats like Heinlein, ee 'doc' smith, etc... 'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
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Referring to this[^], what was the first SciFi book you read? Mine was Tom Swift Jr. and his Megascope Space Prober[^]. It was a gift from my Mom. I went on to read all the Tom Swift books I could find and went on from there to some of the greats like Heinlein, ee 'doc' smith, etc... 'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
It was Leo Szilard, "Voice of the Dolphin" (or something like that, the title of the translation was "Die Stimme der Delphine"). I was about 9, and I read it because of the beautiful Dolphins printed on the outside. I only later learned about Szilards biography and that he was NOT a writer in the first place.
Who is 'General Failure'? And why is he reading my harddisk?!?
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Geez, have to go back to my youth ... i think it may have been the "Wizard of Earthsea" series by Ursula K LeGuin (spelling likely wrong) ... really can't remember. ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set
cmk wrote: "Wizard of Earthsea" series Still excellent books - I just reread them a few weeks ago!:-D "Your village called -
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I'm not sure but there's two possibilities, neither of which I can remember the title [memorable books they were]. One book might have been called "Space Prison" or something like that, a star ship gets caught by aliens, the aliens dump the crew on a desserted planet, the story then goes through there plans, failures, success as they adapt to this planet. A decent story. The other book, I have no idea of to the title :~ . Would love to get my hands on the book though. All I remember about it was that there was a story some people involved, some lightning, some mountains, and that's about it. The cool thing about it was that in signifigant parts of the book it asked you to type in the Basic code on the pages and run the program when you were finished. You then had to figure out a password or something like that to do something with the program. You then continued on with the story. Obviously the programming part of the book was very easy to do, just a simple copy/type but got me hooked on programming. The only program I remember typing in was were the people were in a storm and there was lighting going on, the program reflected this by showing lighting on the screen, didn't work to well as it was all ascii characters, no graphics, no colour. Anybody know what I'm talking about? :confused: Greba, My lack of content on my home page should be entertaining.
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Referring to this[^], what was the first SciFi book you read? Mine was Tom Swift Jr. and his Megascope Space Prober[^]. It was a gift from my Mom. I went on to read all the Tom Swift books I could find and went on from there to some of the greats like Heinlein, ee 'doc' smith, etc... 'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
I read a bunch of Tom Swift books, I think the first was Tom Swift and his Diving Seacopter. I also read quite a few of the Rick Brant series. Gary Kirkham A working Program is one that has only unobserved bugs I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks
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You are correct. It's _Space Prison_. It was originally named something else, but was renamed to this. I have the book somewhere. Decent read. Haven't heard of the other, sorry. Mike
Don't really expect anybody to have heard of the other one. Remember finding it in my school library. Couldn't find it after that. I'm thinking it's a figment of my imagination. Thanks for verifing the other book title though.:) Greba, My lack of content on my home page should be entertaining.
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Mine was Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game[^] Wonderful book - although I never got into any of its sequels... -- Russell Morris "So, broccoli, mother says you're good for me... but I'm afraid I'm no good for you!" - Stewy
Russell Morris wrote: although I never got into any of its sequels... That's just wrong! :omg::wtf::eek: OSC books are amazing! (the Alvin series, the Homecoming series, and the Ender series are all some of my favorite books) Another amazing book by OSC is Treason (or A Planet Called Treason). But it's been out of print forever. :( The kindest thing you can do for a stupid person, and for the gene pool, is to let him expire of his own dumb choices. [Roger Wright on stupid people] We're like private member functions [John Theal on R&D] We're figuring out the parent thing as we go though. Kinda like setting up Linux for the first time ya' know... [Nitron]
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The sequels were nothing on the original. Actually I rather think Card is a one hit wonder. But many will disagree. It was a great original though. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: "Cynicism has it's place in life - but it should be kept well away from your inner self." Crikey! ain't life grand?
Paul Watson wrote: Actually I rather think Card is a one hit wonder. :Atlantys does the David-Wulff-patented "Come closer, just a little closer, SLAP!" action: Paul Watson wrote: The sequels were nothing on the original. Obviously, but they were still amazing books, nonetheless. The kindest thing you can do for a stupid person, and for the gene pool, is to let him expire of his own dumb choices. [Roger Wright on stupid people] We're like private member functions [John Theal on R&D] We're figuring out the parent thing as we go though. Kinda like setting up Linux for the first time ya' know... [Nitron]
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Paul Watson wrote: Actually I rather think Card is a one hit wonder. :Atlantys does the David-Wulff-patented "Come closer, just a little closer, SLAP!" action: Paul Watson wrote: The sequels were nothing on the original. Obviously, but they were still amazing books, nonetheless. The kindest thing you can do for a stupid person, and for the gene pool, is to let him expire of his own dumb choices. [Roger Wright on stupid people] We're like private member functions [John Theal on R&D] We're figuring out the parent thing as we go though. Kinda like setting up Linux for the first time ya' know... [Nitron]
Ok, well recommend something of Cards worthy of reading :) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: "Cynicism has it's place in life - but it should be kept well away from your inner self." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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Ok, well recommend something of Cards worthy of reading :) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: "Cynicism has it's place in life - but it should be kept well away from your inner self." Crikey! ain't life grand?
Paul Watson wrote: Ok, well recommend something of Cards worthy of reading :omg: Where to begin?? <takes a deep breath> Treason - excellent book - about exiles on a metal-less world - hard to find Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus - simply amazing: i love "what if" stories. Homecoming series - 5 books. about a group of humans on another planet trying to get back to earth (that summary doesn't do it justice though) Alvin Maker - 5 books (so far, but still hasn't finished them :sigh: ) - "what if" history of the US during the early 1800s (throwing magic/knacks into the mix) Bean series - take the Ender's Game story and look at it from Bean's POV. also delves into what happens after the Bugger War. Ender's Game series - the trilogy after EG - all about Ender after the Bugger War - amazing stuf (makes your head spin) </> What else? those are the main books of his. My friend's read some of the others, I'll try find out what he recommends. as you can tell, I like OSC's books. If you can only pick 1 or 2 books: try Treason (aka A Planet Called Treason (printed '79), but it was re-written slightly and re-sold as Treason in the early 80s (which is why it's so damn hard to find!) and Pastwatch. Now, go read! :-D (I got Treason as an xmas gift 2 years ago, and promptly snuck off for a few hours to go read it (in one sitting!): my family was NOT amused that i had disappeared, but it was worth it) ;P The kindest thing you can do for a stupid person, and for the gene pool, is to let him expire of his own dumb choices. [Roger Wright on stupid people] We're like private member functions [John Theal on R&D] We're figuring out the parent thing as we go though. Kinda like setting up Linux for the first time ya' know... [Nitron]