The shakes

[GerryW]

Another Science Fiction and fantasy fan here, at the last count I had around 5,000 books acquired from my childhood onwards, Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Haldeman, pohl, Niven, Pournelle, Aldiss, van Vogt, Greg Bear, Bob Shaw, Frank Herbert, Alan Dean Foster
some of them predate me like Cordwainer Smiths’ Books.

Some classic authors in there! Only read a part of one of Alan Dean Fosters series (well, I think that it was his) 'Spell Singer'? Didn't like it, as each book ended with you having to buy the next to find out what happened.

YEA Gerry ive got all of these books an as i said read them no end of times pity they were not a 1000 pages or so as these books i read each one in a couple of days or so
chris

For a long read, have you tried 'Battlefield Earth'? (Made into a film with John Travolta)

[boatman]

Some classic authors in there! Only read a part of one of Alan Dean Fosters series (well, I think that it was his) 'Spell Singer'? Didn't like it, as each book ended with you having to buy the next to find out what happened.

For a long read, have you tried 'Battlefield Earth'? (Made into a film with John Travolta)

YEA Gerry i saw the film an it went straight in the bin not my cup of tea im afraid
but thanks for your reply on it
chris

[boatman]

BUT Gerry i wish theyd make them books what suggeted to dave into films as the stories were fantastic an i could not put the book down unless i really had too
chris

[Tim Marlow]

As a bit of a space cadet in my youth I’ve read some of these. To be honest, I’ve not read much Sci Fi in recent years, indeed for many years I didn’t read much fiction. No one has mentioned “Time of the Hawklords” or “Queens of Deliria“ yet though…..and Space Ritual must be essential listening while reading these!

[GerryW]

Don't know about any body else but I'm completely lost on these books.
Used to read wildlife, esp birds gardening and now Russian History and history of The Eastern Front WW2.
Your library amount Dave sounds brilliant.

John, my 'youth' reading was wide and varied from old (WW2) maths text books, garden design, through the 'classics', (like 'The Waterbabies', Robinson Crusoe, Jane Eyre etc.) to 'The Saga of the Cowboy' (factual history of the wild west) and a 1930's (?) copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales.
The books that I've got reflect that as well, from Robert Burns poems, the Illiad, through the Sci-Fi and Fantasy, westerns, biggles, 'adventure', etc. etc. - pretty much goes for the music here as well!

[boatman]

AN Sorry dave as we have gone off your thread line do you mind as we are havin fun dredgin up these books an the memerioryies ?
chris

[Tim Marlow]

I don't know why you're looking for your books on Amazon Tim, but it's absolutely the wrong place (at those prices, it's no wonder Jeff Bezos is a multi-billionaire!)! Try here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2055359.m570.l1313&_nkw=Arthur+C+Clarke+The+Trigger&_sacat=0

There are two copies on auction at the moment, but the last two that sold this month both went for about £3 each!

I know what you mean….I’m currently working my way through the “Master and Commander” series and have got all of those from EBay…..anything current I tend to get from Amazon though, unless I can get them in local bookshops.
I know what you mean about “one book” constituting a library as well….I have some really intelligent and well educated friends who have no books at all in their houses….I just don’t get it. I must have read sixty plus books a year for the last forty years, and before I could afford to buy them I lived in the local library…..after we moved a couple of years ago we passed on about twenty boxes of books to charity shops as I simply couldn’t store them all. would have made more sense to move them on before we’d moved though LOL….

[dave]

A lot of my books when younger were bought second hand , charity shops, jumble sales etc.

Spellsinger was good but I preferred the Phlinx books, Tar Aiym Krang and so on

meant to add Battlfield Earth was L Ron Hubbard who started Scientology, which is why John Travolta was in the film.

[GerryW]

In order:

Triplanetary
First Lensman
Galactic Patrol
Grey Lensman
Second Stage Lensmen
Children of the Lens
Masters of the Vortex

Like Gerry, I seem to remember coming across other references to Lensmen, but whether that was other books or maybe TV/Radio/Film I don't know.

I've one titled 'Dragon Lensman' - I'll check who wrote it later.

Author was David A Kyle, don't know if he wrote any others though.

[dave]

Author was David A Kyle, don't know if he wrote any others though.

Hé wrote three that I know of. Lensman from Rigel, Z lensman and dragon Lensman

[Gern]

DAVE can i recoamend these books to you as you are a bookworm like me
as these books have the best storyies i have ever read

NO.1 ICEFIRE by judith & GARFIELD REEVES -STEVENS
NO.2 INVADER by ALBERT FAY HILL & DAVID CAMPBELL HILL
NO.3 STORMING INTREPID by PAYNE HARRISON
NO. 4 THE IRON MAN by JOHN WATSON
NO. 5 THE STAINLESS STEEL RAT by HARRY HARRISON
I Really enjoyed these books as ive read them all about 6 times an still enjoy them
ATB chris

Some more to add to my buy list - but not Harrison as I already have them. Did you read his 'Technicolour Time Machine'? Really funny.

[Gern]

To me, that one isn't really a 'Lensman' book, but it rounds off the series.

Agree with you there Gerry.

[Gern]

SO Gerry who won in the end the ARRISSIERNS OR THE EDDORRIENS ?
CHRIS

The Arisians of course - gotta be the good guys that win yeah?

[Gern]

Another Science Fiction and fantasy fan here, at the last count I had around 5,000 books acquired from my childhood onwards, Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Haldeman, pohl, Niven, Pournelle, Aldiss, van Vogt, Greg Bear, Bob Shaw, Frank Herbert, Alan Dean Foster
some of them predate me like Cordwainer Smiths’ Books.

Now I'm jealous! That's a great reading list. Haldeman's 'Forever War' is superb but I found 'Forever Peace' only so-so. Niven's 'Ringworld' and 'Mote' books are pretty good. Have you read all the Dune books? I thought Herbert's son did a pretty good job of the prequels - even if it took him a dozen books+ to do it!

[Gern]

For a long read, have you tried 'Battlefield Earth'? (Made into a film with John Travolta)

Tried it but was not at all impressed. From caveman to intergalactic hero in half a dozen chapters? Crazy! Mind you, what else could you expect from the founder of Scientology - big green lizards maskerading as human to rule the Earth perhaps?