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Crompton Divided 1 review Robert Sheckley
Bantam Doubleday Dell
You're never alone with a schizophrenic
Three personalities trapped in one tortured body, and lobotomy is a dirty word.The result? Enforced separation of those personalties. Keep the sanest of them grounded here on earth, and ship the other undesirable ones off to far flung corners of the galaxy where they can decay in host bodies which ...
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Venus on the Half-Shell and Others Philip Jose Farmer
Subterranean, 2008
Venus on the Half-Shell and Others collects for the first time the best of the best from Philip José Farmer's scintillating "fictional-author period." In the mid-1970s a fever-pitched furor was created when an actual novel purported to be by Kilgore Trout -- the sadsack science fiction writer who appears as a character in the works of Kurt Vonnegut -- materialized on the bookracks, complete with ...
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The Dancers at the End of Time (S.F.Masterworks) 24 reviews Michael Moorcock
Gollancz, 2003
It's the bible
+ Superb! + My only question is... + Outrageous and fun + Romantic Comedy
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The Silver Eggheads 3 reviews Fritz Leiber
Del Rey, 1979
Who Can Replace An Author?
+ Wordwooze + A top 5 in my funny sci-fi titles
In a far-fetched, far-flung future, humans have begun relegating themselves to mere keepers of the machine, and no one feels it more keenly than the 'authors,' who take credit for the wordwooze written by computer 'wordmills.' An author's revolt smashes the wordmills, and the hapless authors find ...
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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy 3 reviews Douglas Adams
Picador, 2002
Phenomenal command of the language, life and its humour
+ Omnibus edition, lacking the last book "Mostly Harmless"
We have all read incredibly moving, life-shaping books, books that challenge your spirit and your intellect to achieve new heights, books written by men and women of deeper thought than anything us mortals could hope to attain... And then there are these great books by Douglas Adams that let you ...
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Master of Space and Time 8 reviews Rudy Rucker
Running Press, 2005
Rucker's best novel -- wonderfully bizarre. 5+ stars
+ Michel Gondry's adaptation...
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"Master of Space
& Time" (1985) is still my favorite Rucker novel,
in which the tale of three wishes granted is explored via quantum
mechanics, with wonderfully bizarre results. The apotheosis of Harry
Gerber... I've read MST at least three ...
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Red Dwarf Omnibus 4 reviews Grant Naylor
Penguin Putnam~trade, 1992
I love this book
+ Better than the series.... + Cry while Laughing in puplic + Great Fun
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Radio Freefall 6 reviews Matthew Jarpe
Tor Science Fiction, 2008
You will like it because I said so and, if not, have only yourself to blame!
+ A refreshing new voice + Great first novel + Clever. Witty. Imaginative. Relevant. Way cool. + Artificial Intelligence and Rock 'n Roll
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Crompton Divided 1 review Robert Sheckley
Bantam Doubleday Dell
You're never alone with a schizophrenic
Three personalities trapped in one tortured body, and lobotomy is a dirty word.The result? Enforced separation of those personalties. Keep the sanest of them grounded here on earth, and ship the other undesirable ones off to far flung corners of the galaxy where they can decay in host bodies which ...
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Red Dwarf Omnibus 4 reviews Grant Naylor
Penguin Putnam~trade, 1992
I love this book
+ Better than the series.... + Cry while Laughing in puplic + Great Fun
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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy 3 reviews Douglas Adams
Picador, 2002
Phenomenal command of the language, life and its humour
+ Omnibus edition, lacking the last book "Mostly Harmless"
We have all read incredibly moving, life-shaping books, books that challenge your spirit and your intellect to achieve new heights, books written by men and women of deeper thought than anything us mortals could hope to attain... And then there are these great books by Douglas Adams that let you ...
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Venus on the Half-Shell and Others Philip Jose Farmer
Subterranean, 2008
Venus on the Half-Shell and Others collects for the first time the best of the best from Philip José Farmer's scintillating "fictional-author period." In the mid-1970s a fever-pitched furor was created when an actual novel purported to be by Kilgore Trout -- the sadsack science fiction writer who appears as a character in the works of Kurt Vonnegut -- materialized on the bookracks, complete with ...
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The Silver Eggheads 3 reviews Fritz Leiber
Del Rey, 1979
Who Can Replace An Author?
+ Wordwooze + A top 5 in my funny sci-fi titles
In a far-fetched, far-flung future, humans have begun relegating themselves to mere keepers of the machine, and no one feels it more keenly than the 'authors,' who take credit for the wordwooze written by computer 'wordmills.' An author's revolt smashes the wordmills, and the hapless authors find ...
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Master of Space and Time 8 reviews Rudy Rucker
Running Press, 2005
Rucker's best novel -- wonderfully bizarre. 5+ stars
+ Michel Gondry's adaptation...
______________________________________________
"Master of Space
& Time" (1985) is still my favorite Rucker novel,
in which the tale of three wishes granted is explored via quantum
mechanics, with wonderfully bizarre results. The apotheosis of Harry
Gerber... I've read MST at least three ...
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The Dancers at the End of Time (S.F.Masterworks) 24 reviews Michael Moorcock
Gollancz, 2003
It's the bible
+ Superb! + My only question is... + Outrageous and fun + Romantic Comedy
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Radio Freefall 6 reviews Matthew Jarpe
Tor Science Fiction, 2008
You will like it because I said so and, if not, have only yourself to blame!
+ A refreshing new voice + Great first novel + Clever. Witty. Imaginative. Relevant. Way cool. + Artificial Intelligence and Rock 'n Roll
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