tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367053740188758246.post7662488358685324607..comments2023-06-21T00:39:34.443-07:00Comments on Dosbat: Crowdfunding 'The Dreamlands'.Chris Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16843133350978717556noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367053740188758246.post-15170290338299556582014-04-26T07:59:34.271-07:002014-04-26T07:59:34.271-07:00Thanks Kevin,
I'll have a look on Amazon next...Thanks Kevin,<br /><br />I'll have a look on Amazon next time I'm there. As for the Tevis book - seen the film never read the book. The rest I've never heard of!<br /><br />I'm a chronic re-reader. Currently reading Lord of The Rings - I read that every five years or so. As I only read before I go to sleep, and many nights only get to read a page or two, and as I tend to have more than one book on the go at a time! That's going to take me most of this year. Three books that really hit the spot for me - Arthur C Clarke 'The City and the Stars', Simak's 'City' and Wm Hope Hodgson's 'The Nightland'.<br /><br />I only re-sell or give away the books I actively don't like. But I only have under 200 books - these cycle between a small bookcase and a few storage boxes. I'm not going to allow the house to be taken over by them.Chris Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843133350978717556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367053740188758246.post-5360394976142348902014-04-26T03:56:20.063-07:002014-04-26T03:56:20.063-07:00Of course I should have assumed you also read Scie...Of course I should have assumed you also read Science Fiction :)<br /><br />I'll take a moment to proselytize for a few books I think are vastly underrated:<br /><br /><i>The Man Who Fell to Earth</i> by Walter Tevis<br /><i>Mockingbird</i> by Walter Tevis<br /><i>Lost Boys</i> by Orson Scott Card<br /><i>An Exchange of Hostages</i> by Susan R. Matthews<br /><br />I could go on for pages, but these will do for now. <br /><br />Tevis was best known for his books <i> The Hustler</i> and <i>The Color of Money</i> since both were made into films starring Paul Newman, but his two SciFi books are outstanding. I usually keep a spare copy of <i>Mockingbird</i> around so that I can give it away to anyone I think might appreciate it.<br /><br /><i>Lost Boys</i> isn't SciFi - but it's one of Card's best books. You see the ending coming a mile away ... but it's like watching a car wreck where morbid interest prevents you from looking away. This book is disturbing.<br /><br /><i>An Exchange of Hostages</i> became the first book in a series (Judiciary Series). The main character is a ship's inquisitor -- i.e., he travels the stars on military spaceships torturing people for a living. Nice work if you can get it.<br /><br />I've whittled my SciFi library down to a few hundred books. I rarely reread anything - so I'm not sure why I hold on to any of them - but I just hate to part with my favorites.<br /><br /><br />Kevin O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692943768484857724noreply@blogger.com