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From: Warren Oates on 3 May 2010 14:37 In article <michelle-3EAD93.11075703052010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > I disagree; that period arguably began in 1928 with Gernsback's Amazing > Stories. Heinlein and Asimov were first published (in Astounding) in 1938. > > By 1956, the modern SF era was already about three decades old. I'll go with Gernsback and the magazine era. It's fun to start with Mary Shelley, though ... -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: Charlie Gibbs on 3 May 2010 17:32 In article <w9z39y9uex3.fsf(a)zipcon.net>, kkt(a)zipcon.net (Patrick Scheible) writes: > The Foundation trilogy deserves to be on that list. It's hackneyed > now, but that's mostly because it's been copied so much. But to stay on charter, there's a brief description of a wonderful computer interface in Foundation's Edge, the fourth book in the trilogy. (Thank you, Douglas Adams - I'm sure Asimov would be tickled by that phrase.) -- /~\ cgibbs(a)kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ HTML will DEFINITELY be ignored. Join the ASCII ribbon campaign!
From: Peter Flass on 3 May 2010 17:31 Michelle Steiner wrote: > > And, despite almost universal opinion to the contrary, I include Heinlein's > The Number of the Beast. > I thought that was one of his most disappointing books. To bring this back to computers, I liked Piper's _The Cosmic Computer_. Actually, I like everything he wrote.
From: Peter Flass on 3 May 2010 17:36 Lewis wrote: > > And HG Wells. I would put Frankenstein and Verne and Wells in the > "Pre-SciFi" age. SciFi really developed as a genre in the post WWII > period, and yes, I would say that 1956 was still the early days of that > period. > I was going to date it from the 30's. Wikipedia says Gernsback founded _Amazing Stories_ in 1926. I'd say the pulps were the start of modern S-F.
From: Tom Harrington on 3 May 2010 18:47
In article <a8563890-deb9-4237-a6e5-5eca9ea77d78(a)p2g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, Mensanator <mensanator(a)aol.com> wrote: > On May 2, 9:25�pm, Lewis <g.kr...(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > > I would say _Tiger, Tiger_ (Renamed _The Stars My Destination_ for the > > US) is the best sci-fi book ever written. What is even more remarkable > > is that is was written over 50 years ago during the early days of > > Sci-Fi. It reads very much like a book from the early 80's in many > > ways. > > That was a good story, like the Harry Potter series, it's just that > I would hardly call it sci-fi. Like Harry Potter's magic, it would > more appropriately be called Fantasy. > > Teleportation, mind reading, "seeing" electromagnetic radiation, > c'mon! > What utter nonsense. Visible light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum. I can see it. I'm guessing that's not what happens in the book, though. -- Tom "Tom" Harrington Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002 http://www.atomicbird.com/ |