• Re: 29 Best S.F. books (Wired list)

    From Steve Hayes@21:1/5 to occam on Fri Nov 26 06:30:18 2021
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    On Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:00:05 +0100, occam wrote:

    I hold Wired magazine in high regard, hence the reason why I am
    circulating their list of "29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read". Plus I know that there are a few S.F. readers in this
    group.

    <https://www.wired.co.uk/article/best-sci-fi-books>

    If you were asked to add one missing book title, which would it be? And
    which title would you eliminate from the list, to keep the list to 29
    long?

    I'll look at the list when I'm back in Windows and can look at the web
    more easily.





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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to hayesstw@telkomsa.net on Fri Nov 26 12:01:39 2021
    On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 06:30:18 -0000 (UTC), Steve Hayes
    <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:

    On Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:00:05 +0100, occam wrote:

    I hold Wired magazine in high regard, hence the reason why I am
    circulating their list of "29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone
    Should Read". Plus I know that there are a few S.F. readers in this
    group.

    <https://www.wired.co.uk/article/best-sci-fi-books>

    If you were asked to add one missing book title, which would it be? And
    which title would you eliminate from the list, to keep the list to 29
    long?

    I'll look at the list when I'm back in Windows and can look at the web
    more easily.

    Clearly not the usual list of books!

    My response was to go to my local library online service and put holds
    on 5 of them (and found 2 more on that list they didn't have).

    The next month should be interesting as each of these comes in -
    thanks for sharing

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  • From Kerr-Mudd, John@21:1/5 to Steve Hayes on Fri Nov 26 20:50:08 2021
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    On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 06:30:18 -0000 (UTC)
    Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:

    On Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:00:05 +0100, occam wrote:

    I hold Wired magazine in high regard, hence the reason why I am
    circulating their list of "29 of the Best Science Fiction Books
    Everyone Should Read". Plus I know that there are a few S.F.
    readers in this group.

    <https://www.wired.co.uk/article/best-sci-fi-books>

    If you were asked to add one missing book title, which would it be?
    And which title would you eliminate from the list, to keep the list
    to 29 long?

    I'll look at the list when I'm back in Windows and can look at the
    web more easily.

    Well, I'm sure it's a fun game but I see no reason to stick to 29.

    Sounds like one of those clickbait "17 things you must see" (serving suggestion:) "before you die", or "13 top household cleaning tips etc"


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    Steve Hayes http://khanya.wordpress.com


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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to admin@127.0.0.1 on Fri Nov 26 15:23:10 2021
    On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 20:50:08 +0000, "Kerr-Mudd, John"
    <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:

    I hold Wired magazine in high regard, hence the reason why I am
    circulating their list of "29 of the Best Science Fiction Books
    Everyone Should Read". Plus I know that there are a few S.F.
    readers in this group.

    <https://www.wired.co.uk/article/best-sci-fi-books>

    If you were asked to add one missing book title, which would it be?
    And which title would you eliminate from the list, to keep the list
    to 29 long?

    I'll look at the list when I'm back in Windows and can look at the
    web more easily.

    Well, I'm sure it's a fun game but I see no reason to stick to 29.

    Sounds like one of those clickbait "17 things you must see" (serving >suggestion:) "before you die", or "13 top household cleaning tips etc"

    Obviously there's nothing special about the number 29 - for me it was
    a chance to look at the various synopses (is that the plural of
    synopsis?) and try to find any that sounded interesting on our local
    library website. (Our town is only 85000 but has a pretty good public
    library system for a community our size - it's a suburb of a major
    city)

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