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Lex Wood
Sep 1, 07 - 5:50 PM |
have you heard of More Than Human, by Theodore Sturgeon?
It looks somewhat interesting, but I have alot of other books I want to read--books on nanotechnology, human future evolution, neuroscience, general science--and I want to restrict myself more to safe-bets for the next few years. Could you put it on your list, if it's not already there? Or if you've already read it (I'm kind of thinking you have), could you give a short from what you remember? |
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Thomas M. Wagner
Sep 1st, 2007 - 10:00 PM |
Re: have you heard of More Than Human, by Theodore Sturgeon?
Not only have I heard of it, but I was lucky enough to interview Sturgeon way back in 1981 for my fanzine and got him to sign my copy, which I still have. Sturgeon is high on my MIA list as a gap that needs filling. More Than Human is pretty short, so I see no reason why I can't slip it into the queue sooner rather than later. It's been quite a while (about 25 years) since I read it, so I'd hate to give an assessment -- even a short one -- that stale. I remember being very impressed at the time, but times do change. |
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Lex Wood
Sep 2nd, 2007 - 3:01 PM |
Re: have you heard of More Than Human, by Theodore Sturgeon?
So, maybe by the end of the year? |
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Lex Wood
Sep 6th, 2007 - 7:25 PM |
Re: have you heard of More Than Human, by Theodore Sturgeon?
Oh, and, do you know of any 4- to 5-star books on the subjects in my OP? Does someone know of any that he hasn't reviewed? |
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Richard Hayden
Sep 7th, 2007 - 8:14 AM |
Re: have you heard of More Than Human, by Theodore Sturgeon?
Hi Lex I know what you mean about wanting to streamline your reading to take in only quality genre classics. Tom does a brilliant job but there's a lot out there. Over here in the UK, a lot of the major classics of the genre have been collected into a library series. They are all listed with synopses at: www.sfsite.com/lists/orion01.htm Based on your preference for hard science fiction, I suspect you will want to try Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement (in fact, almost anything by Clement features ingenious scientific tales -another good one is Needle), Arthur Clarke's Rendevous with Rama and Poul Anderson's Tau Zero. Your interest in nanotechnology should lead you to Greg Bear's Blood Music and perhaps Man Plus by frederick Pohl (not strictly nanotech, but still human engineering). Other good general science tales in the series are Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes and Non-stop by Brian Aldiss. There are seventy titles in the whole series and Tom has reviewed a lot of them. I also imagine they are easily available from US publishers or secondhand stores. I hope that helps Richard |
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Lex Wood
Sep 7th, 2007 - 10:03 AM |
Re: have you heard of More Than Human, by Theodore Sturgeon?
It does help. Thank you. I'll look into them. |
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Thomas M. Wagner
Sep 10th, 2007 - 12:04 PM |
Re: have you heard of More Than Human, by Theodore Sturgeon?
So, maybe by the end of the year? Oh, I think I can manage it sooner than that. 
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Lex Wood
Sep 12th, 2007 - 1:47 PM |
Re: have you heard of More Than Human, by Theodore Sturgeon?
Thanks. Seeing as how it's short, I think I'll read it before I start on my 137+-book-long reading list. |
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