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From this list I've positively identified only 10.
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"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
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Two: "Time Machine" and "War of the Worlds".
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I can only positively identify 31, but that doesn't mean much. For example, I know I didn't read all of the Foundation cycle, but I can't remember which ones I did read so I only counted the first. Except for The Illustated Man I don't remember the titles of most short story collections I've read, and there are plenty of other books that I may have read but I can't remember for sure if I only saw a movie. I wouldn't be surprised if I've read 70 or 80.
Originally posted by -JRabbit
Notably missing from that list --
Robert L. Forward, Spider Robertson, Harry Harrison, M.A. Foster, and many more...
Oh? Harrison's Deathworld is on the list.
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Originally posted by Jon Miller
and a space odyssey is on that list
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I vould swear that it was
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Delany was all over the place on the list, and Iw as not much impresse d with him
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Yeah, if I read Nova I don't remember it by name.(\__/) Save a bunny, eat more Smurf!
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62 from that list. Middling geek.Libraries are state sanctioned, so they're technically engaged in privateering. - Felch
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But this has to be measured against the fact that I read constantly. Given a "classics of general literature" I'd probably score well over 50%...12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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I read constantly too
but don't hit 61 (even if I went through all the short story compilations)
I think I am hampered by the fact that I didn't like all of Heinlan so have purposefully put of some of his classics
didn't like Delany, have no plan to read more of his
liked only a bit of Clark (a couple of the ones on that list in fact)
and so on
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I don't like heinlein either. But I read it to get idea of how others were influenced by him.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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I stand corrected.Originally posted by Straybow
Originally posted by -JRabbit
Notably missing from that list --
Robert L. Forward, Spider Robertson, Harry Harrison, M.A. Foster, and many more... Oh? Harrison's Deathworld is on the list.
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Sounds like you read Dhalgren. It was pretty ambitious, overhyped, and his reach clearly exceeded his grasp. (But that's one of the things I like about Delany.) You should try Babel-17 -- one his earliest.
Delany got pretty non-linear in his later work. Definitely more challenging than his early stuff.Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
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