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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 4, 2014 22:32:37 GMT -5
I whole book of time travel stories? My head hurts just thinking about it  Sounds pretty decent, actually.. maybe I've become more accepting of time travel in my old age. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2014 11:39:38 GMT -5
Twists in Time is a short story collection of 7 tales-not 6 as the cover states.Stories include Rogue Star-A celestial body of anti-matter enters our galaxy and a scientist believes its the pathway to time travel Dear Charles-A man writes to his 52nd removed grandson how he went back in time and snatched away his girlfriend to make her his wife Dead City-A stainless steel knife 8,000 years old found in the ancient ruins of a city.The knife was not made for human hands Sam,This Is You-So you get a phone call from yourself who lives 2 weeks in the future The Other Now-Jimmy and Jane where so much in love when Jane died in a car crash.But is it possible for Jimmy to communicate with the world that she lived and he died? The Fourth Dimentional Demonstrator-Humourous tale of a machine that can pluck duplicate objects from the past The End-The Universe is contracting,the milky way galaxy is days away from destruction.Is it the end? These tales were written between 1935 and 1960 for Fantastic Story Monthly,Thrilling Wonder Stories,Galaxy and Astounding.Some humorous,some deadly serious,some bogged down in super science claptrap (The End),some genuinely heart warming (The Other Now).Overall a good sampler from an under rated but important SF author Don't think I've ever seen this; sounds right up my alley & sort of reminscent of an author I like a lot, Jack Finney (though minus any tendency toward becoming "bogged down in super science claptrap"). Finney is of course best known for The Body Snatchers , but time travel & related phenomena were something he returned to time & again (no pun intended!), as shown not only by his last couple of novels (I think) but also various short story collections like The Fourth Level & The Woodrow Wilson Dime. Almost certainly Richard Powers (again). |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 6, 2014 11:15:00 GMT -5
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
I've been working my way through the Discworld novels. This is Pratchett's first YA novel in the series. And it's okay, but generally weaker in my opinion than most of the rest. I'm not much of a YA guy though...so theres that. It's an alright take on the Pied Piper tale though.
The Guns of Avalon by Roger Zelazny.
The second Amber novel. Corwin consolidates his power as the effects of his curse cut across Shadow and to the foot of Amber itself. I love the first five books. Probably my favorite extended fantasy.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 6, 2014 12:53:31 GMT -5
Since time travel stories were mentioned... Decades ago I read an anthology of time travel stories and have completely forgotten the title and author of a very funny one that was included. It featured a man who is visited by his future self, whom he doesn't immediately recognizes, and although the details elude me I remember that this visit caused some problem down the line, forcing a third iteration of the man to come back from the future to try and stop the second one, which caused even more problems, causing a fourth future self to travel back in time to try and stop the third one, and son on until the house was full of time travellers.
Does it ring a bell to anyone? I think it was by a big-name writer (in the Theodore Sturgeon class) but I really can't remember who it was...and would love to read that story again.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 6, 2014 13:43:16 GMT -5
That sounds just enough like Me, Myself and I by William Tenn to mention it...but not enough to be it. But I like to throw out William Tenn's name whenever possible.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 6, 2014 15:15:26 GMT -5
I definitely liked the Amber series... I think I have it in one big honking volume called 'the great book of Amber' or some such.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 6, 2014 15:18:17 GMT -5
Definitely sounds familiar but can't pin it down.Slam could be correct.I've read too many short stories for too long a time to pin it down but I know I read it before
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 6, 2014 22:02:39 GMT -5
Took a break from my sci fi hoard to read Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. I had read it long ago (for a High School paper) and had found a hardcover copy at a library book sale that's been sitting on my to read shelf a while. I didn't recall it being so short-story-ish, but man is it a great read... equal parts absurdist humor, fatalism, and philosophy. The tales of Yossarian and his 'friends' are really something to think about and enjoy. Also, I just wanted to say Milo was definitely right up there with JR Ewing as my early role models [/b] |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 6, 2014 22:10:32 GMT -5
Took a break from my sci fi hoard to read Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. I had read it long ago (for a High School paper) and had found a hardcover copy at a library book sale that's been sitting on my to read shelf a while. I didn't recall it being so short-story-ish, but man is it a great read... equal parts absurdist humor, fatalism, and philosophy. The tales of Yossarian and his 'friends' are really something to think about and enjoy. Also, I just wanted to say Milo was definitely right up there with JR Ewing as my early role models [/b][/quote] I read that as well way back when,after the movie version came out.Both are favorites |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 6, 2014 22:31:27 GMT -5
THere's a movie? Neat! I'll have to track that down.
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Post by MDG on Jun 7, 2014 8:20:38 GMT -5
THere's a movie? Neat! I'll have to track that down. The movie's very good--early and interesting Mike Nichols, which didn't seem to last long. very good cast. Haven't seen it in a while, though, and never read to the book, though the local library had an LP of Heller reading from it that I got out a couple times. |
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 10, 2014 17:39:17 GMT -5
Here's a new one that looks interesting: Comic Book Babylon by Clifford Meth Introduction by Stan Lee, illustrations by Michael Netzer Aardwolf Publishing aardwolfpublishing.com/ap/?page_id=1559From the book: "Who are the real villains? Green Goblin? Dr. Doom? The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants? Or the corporations publishing comics and leaving creators penniless? You be the judge." I haven't read it yet; I found the book via Tony Isabella's blog: tonyisabella.blogspot.com/2014/06/comic-book-babylon.html |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 11, 2014 12:00:31 GMT -5
I finished Flashman today. (not posting the cover since it's not PG).... pretty good stuff. As with most similar historical fiction, you have to suspend disbelief a bit (one guy being at every major historical event in a given pretend lifetime is always a stretch), but that's the genre.
It was very interesting to have a non-heroic hero, especially the way things worked out. I'll very likely get the next one at some point.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 11, 2014 12:51:00 GMT -5
I finished Flashman today. (not posting the cover since it's not PG).... pretty good stuff. As with most similar historical fiction, you have to suspend disbelief a bit (one guy being at every major historical event in a given pretend lifetime is always a stretch), but that's the genre. It was very interesting to have a non-heroic hero, especially the way things worked out. I'll very likely get the next one at some point. It's a genre conceit I can live with. Especially with Flashy, because he's so damn funny. And Frasier really did know his history so the feel is almost always right. I had to look at the cover again. I guess it's at least PG-13. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 11, 2014 13:43:31 GMT -5
You're in the wrong thread bub.Music's in aisle 5
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