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Neuromancer 452 reviews William Gibson
Ace Hardcover, 2004
Still Good After All These Years
+ If Only Gibson Had Continued With This Story... + Lives up to the hype
I first read Gibson's "Neuromancer" when it first came out (about 24 years ago) and really enjoyed it. I just finished reading it again, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it's weathered the intervening decades very well. This book created a genre by envisioning a wired world when, at the ...
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Foundation 344 reviews Isaac Asimov
Spectra, 2004
Amazing Asimov read !!!!!!
+ Psychohistory and the statistical prediction of mob behaviour! + Amazing book to get hooked on Asimov! + Excellent + Science Fiction at its best
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Cities in Flight 28 reviews James Blish
Overlook TP, 2005
You don't know what science fiction is until you've read Cities in Flight
+ Happy to see these stories together + It shows its age, but the grandeur is still there... + Renewing an old friendship
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The Red Magician 5 reviews Lisa Goldstein
Orb Books, 1995
My second read 20 years later was much better ....
+ Surprisingly realistic fantasy + Magical and wonderful + A wonderous novel of a horrific time.
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Ringworld 169 reviews Larry Niven
Del Rey, 1985
Ring world is solid entertaining reading
+ Probably the best novel that is pure Niven. + One of the Ten Quadrillion Wonders of the Universe!
This is the first of the ring world series of books, and all of them are entertaining and fun to read as a whole set. These are stay up all night reading books good, with compelling characters, an excellent story line, and an awesome plot to go along with it that unfolds over the book and ...
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Asimovs Science Fiction 13 reviews
Penny Press
Some of the best science fiction shorts out there
+ The Best Science Fiction MAGAZINE + Possibly the greatest SF magazine in existence. + Amazing!
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Helliconia Winter (The Helliconia Trilogy, Book 3) 4 reviews Brian W. Aldiss
I Books, 2002
Fitting ending
Just as the series began with everything waking up with spring, so it ends with the world once again falling asleep for winter. Definitely ranking as one of the best series of all time, Aldiss finishes weaving his masterful plot, somehow making a book that is in the vein of the others and yet ...
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Fantasy & Science Fiction 11 reviews
Spilogale Inc
A monthly magazine of short stories? How can you go wrong?
+ Excellent read + A Proven Track Record of Excellence + The Best Digest for Fantasy + THE GOLD STANDARD...
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Starship Troopers 689 reviews Robert A. Heinlein
Ace, 1987
The future Sparta-style.
+ Excellent reading and much better than the movie. + Deeper than you think + All I can say is.. Wow..
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Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology 14 reviews Greg Bear, Pat Cadigan, ...
Ace Books/Berkley, 1988
Best Collection For the Genre
+ for cyberpunk n00bs and other scifi lovers + Not Free SF Reader + A mixed bag, but still pretty good
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Helliconia Spring: The First Book in the Helliconia Trilogy (Helliconia Trilogy, Book 1) 14 reviews Brian W. Aldiss
I Books, 2002
A Different kind of Epic
I read this book in the late 90's when I was in high school.
To bring it into perspective today - makes a lot of sense.
The book is a collection of science, astronomy, society ,physical/human geography and a touch of Science fiction.
Most important to potential buyers is the fact that this ...
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Second Foundation 65 reviews Isaac Asimov
Spectra, 2004
Fun Fun Fun
+ Excellent + The climax to the series, and for most people, the place to stop reading + Thinking man's Foundation novel
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The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective (Revised and Expanded) 13 reviews Harlan Ellison
Morpheus International, 2005
I Have No Book, And I Must Read
+ A treat !! + it's ellison and it's the size of a brick! :) + Life without Ellison would be dull + Xenogenesis and so much more
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The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: Crimson Shadows (Best of Robert E Howard) 6 reviews Robert E. Howard
Del Rey, 2007
The best stories from the best story writer
+ Not Free SF Reader + An excellent REH Sampler + A Must Have for Any Fantasy Collector
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Age of Wonders: Exploring The World of Science Fiction 4 reviews David G. Hartwell
Tor Books, 1996
Why The Golden Age of SF is 12 years old (and male).
+ Not Free SF Reader + Want to know what SF is all about? + Useful for explaining to friends and family why you read SF
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Triplanetary 54 reviews Edward Elmer Smith
CruGuru, 2008
"Galactic Patrol" is THE classic 1950's space epic
+ Greatest Saga in Science Fiction History
The Lensmen series comprises the following books:
1 - Triplanetary
2 - First Lensman
3 - Galactic Patrol
4 - Gray Lensman
5 - Second-Stage Lensman
6 - Children of the Lens
Without exaggeration, the "Galactic Patrol" series is one of the greatest classic space epics ever written, ...
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Alternate Worlds The Illustrated History Of Science Fiction James Gunn
Prentice-Hall, 1975
The Illustrated History of Science Fiction
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A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1) 400 reviews Ursula K. Le Guin
Spectra, 2004
perfect
+ The original teenage wizard story
This book arrived well before the expected date and was a great buy. I will be buying from them again.
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Think Like a Dinosaur: And Other Stories 6 reviews James Patrick Kelly
Golden Gryphon Press, 2003
A brilliant collection.
+ Not Free SF Reader + Not Free SF Reader + Masterpiece + Wonderful story collection
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Helliconia Summer (Helliconia Trilogy) 3 reviews Brian W. Aldiss
I Books, 2002
One of the best
+ Best book in the series + Almost as good as Spring
Continuing his very successful (critcally at least I have no idea how well it sold, though the book trumpets that it's an "international best seller") Helliconia series about a planet with a two thousand year long revolution and two hundred year seasons (give or take), he expands and clarifies ...
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