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OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories

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  OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-03-28 17:12 +0000
    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-03-28 10:46 -0700
      Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories "Dave M" <dgminala@mediacombb.net> - 2017-03-28 14:23 -0500
    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2017-03-28 10:47 -0700
    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-03-28 10:53 -0700
      Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories "Paul Hovnanian P.E." <paul@hovnanian.com> - 2017-03-28 19:49 -0700
    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories John Larkin <jjlarkinxyxy@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-28 10:58 -0700
    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-03-28 11:01 -0700
      Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2017-04-02 00:47 -0400
    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-03-28 14:09 -0400
    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2017-03-28 14:39 -0400
    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories John Devereux <john@devereux.me.uk> - 2017-03-28 19:45 +0100
    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-03-28 20:11 +0100
    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-28 12:34 -0700
    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories "Kevin Aylward" <kevinRemovAT@kevinaylward.co.uk> - 2017-03-28 21:20 +0100
      Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-28 13:30 -0700
        Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Gunther Heiko Hagen <guntherxxx@quantserve.de> - 2017-03-28 21:36 +0000
          Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Gunther Heiko Hagen <guntherxxx@quantserve.de> - 2017-03-28 21:53 +0000
          Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-28 17:12 -0700
            Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-03-28 19:39 -0700
              Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-28 21:16 -0700
                Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-03-29 06:23 -0700
                  Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories John Devereux <john@devereux.me.uk> - 2017-03-29 15:19 +0100
                    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-29 10:28 -0700
                    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-03-29 17:24 -0700
                      Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-29 19:07 -0700
                  Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-29 10:23 -0700
                    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-03-29 19:01 +0100
                      Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-29 11:15 -0700
                        Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-03-29 19:58 +0100
                          Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-29 12:23 -0700
                          Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 17:05 -0700
                            Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-29 19:02 -0700
                            Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2017-03-29 22:06 -0700
                              Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com> - 2017-03-30 21:18 -0700
                                Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2017-03-31 08:59 -0700
                                  Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-31 11:47 -0700
                                    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2017-03-31 12:46 -0700
                                      Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-31 13:27 -0700
                                        Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2017-03-31 21:09 -0700
                                          Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-31 22:32 -0700
                                          Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2017-04-02 01:32 -0400
                                            Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2017-04-02 09:49 -0700
                                              Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2017-04-04 21:50 -0400
                    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-03-29 18:02 -0700
                      Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-29 19:00 -0700
                        Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-03-30 08:06 +0100
                          Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-30 00:17 -0700
                      Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Frank Miles <fpm@u.washington.edu> - 2017-03-30 15:46 +0000
                  Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-03-29 17:53 -0700
      Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories John Larkin <jjlarkinxyxy@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-28 13:49 -0700
        Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-03-28 17:16 -0400
          Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-03-28 16:12 -0700
        Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-03-28 23:40 +0100
          Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories John Larkin <jjlarkinxyxy@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-03-28 15:46 -0700
            Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-03-28 18:51 -0400
              Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-03-29 00:19 +0100
              Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-03-28 19:17 -0700
            Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-03-28 16:22 -0700
          Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-28 17:08 -0700
        Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-03-28 15:48 -0700
          Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-03-28 23:14 +0000
            Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-03-28 16:30 -0700
            Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-03-29 10:12 +0100
        Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-03-28 16:19 -0700
    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories "nuny@bid.nes" <alien8752@gmail.com> - 2017-03-28 14:59 -0700
    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-03-28 15:40 -0700
      Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories dplatt@coop.radagast.org (Dave Platt) - 2017-03-28 16:18 -0700
        Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-03-28 19:29 -0700
    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Adrian Jansen <adrian@qq.vv.net> - 2017-03-29 09:12 +1000
      Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Chris <cbx@noreply.com> - 2017-03-28 23:26 +0000
        Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-28 17:15 -0700
    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Wond <gboot.phil@gmx.com> - 2017-03-29 14:31 +0000
    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories jurb6006@gmail.com - 2017-03-29 08:15 -0700
      Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2017-03-29 10:59 -0700
        Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories Ingvald44 <noone@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-29 20:00 -0400
    Re: OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au> - 2017-03-31 07:58 +1000

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#454008 — OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories

From	Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>
Date	2017-03-28 17:12 +0000
Subject	OT: Best Ever Sci-Fi short stories
Message-ID	<obe5hk$ak$1@dont-email.me>

Screw electronics for a minute. What is the best ever sci-fi short story 
you have ever ever ever read? I'll kick off by nominating 'Time's Arrow' 
by AC Clarke.

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#454011

From	George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com>
Date	2017-03-28 10:46 -0700
Message-ID	<7e45bca9-9eac-4e5d-9022-4bf1d4e66447@googlegroups.com>
In reply to	#454008

On Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 1:15:22 PM UTC-4, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> Screw electronics for a minute. What is the best ever sci-fi short story 
> you have ever ever ever read? I'll kick off by nominating 'Time's Arrow' 
> by AC Clarke.

"Need" by T. Sturgeon
or 
"A Saucer of Loneliness" by same.  
(I got several volumes of "the complete works of T. S." for xmas.)  

George H.

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#454026

From	"Dave M" <dgminala@mediacombb.net>
Date	2017-03-28 14:23 -0500
Message-ID	<t-OdnYYVrciLJUfFnZ2dnUU7-ffNnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to	#454011

George Herold wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 1:15:22 PM UTC-4, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> Screw electronics for a minute. What is the best ever sci-fi short
>> story you have ever ever ever read? I'll kick off by nominating
>> 'Time's Arrow' by AC Clarke.
>
> "Need" by T. Sturgeon
> or
> "A Saucer of Loneliness" by same.
> (I got several volumes of "the complete works of T. S." for xmas.)
>
> George H.

I was never much of a fan for Sci-Fi books; rather, I loved the old Ellery 
Queen murder mysteries.  I mowed lawns and otherwise earned or begged enough 
money to buy the paper backs at our local 5&10 store. They were all of 25 
cents, a precious fortune for a youngster in the old days.

The big difference between the Ellery Queen mysteries and other mysteries 
was that somewhere around the end of the book, the author challenged the 
reader to solve the mystery.  Up to that point, all of the clues had been 
presented, and with a lot of deduction and reasoning, the reader could solve 
it.
A unique bit of writing, for sure, and those books kept me intrigued for 
many years.I still have some of them stuffed into an old box somewhere in 
the garage.

Dave M

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#454012

From	John Robertson <spam@flippers.com>
Date	2017-03-28 10:47 -0700
Message-ID	<LZidnRW1Vqo9PEfFnZ2dnUU7-YfNnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to	#454008

On 2017/03/28 10:12 AM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> Screw electronics for a minute. What is the best ever sci-fi short story
> you have ever ever ever read? I'll kick off by nominating 'Time's Arrow'
> by AC Clarke.
>

'The Primary Education of the Camiroi' by R. A. Lafferty sticks in my mind.

John

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#454013

From	George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com>
Date	2017-03-28 10:53 -0700
Message-ID	<43681405-c1e1-40f8-95af-84c08f8d2f55@googlegroups.com>
In reply to	#454008

On Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 1:15:22 PM UTC-4, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> Screw electronics for a minute. What is the best ever sci-fi short story 
> you have ever ever ever read? I'll kick off by nominating 'Time's Arrow' 
> by AC Clarke.

I don't think I've read Time's Arrow.  My fav time travel story is 
"All you Zombies" by R. Heinlein.

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#454096

From	"Paul Hovnanian P.E." <paul@hovnanian.com>
Date	2017-03-28 19:49 -0700
Message-ID	<SbmdnVIHOJD8gkbFnZ2dnUU7-dWdnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to	#454013

George Herold wrote:

> "All you Zombies" by R. Heinlein.
> 

Made into the movie "Predestination".

-- 
Paul Hovnanian     mailto:Paul@Hovnanian.com
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#454014

From	John Larkin <jjlarkinxyxy@highlandtechnology.com>
Date	2017-03-28 10:58 -0700
Message-ID	<rr8ldc52mt1sg8j4dnr9pfsferrvbuah49@4ax.com>
In reply to	#454008

On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 17:12:20 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
<curd@notformail.com> wrote:

>Screw electronics for a minute. What is the best ever sci-fi short story 
>you have ever ever ever read? I'll kick off by nominating 'Time's Arrow' 
>by AC Clarke.

The Weapon Shops short story, the precursor to The Weapon Shops of
Isher book, was pretty good. Well, when I was a teenager.

At some point, I mostly outgrew SF. 

-- 

John Larkin         Highland Technology, Inc
picosecond timing   precision measurement 

jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com
http://www.highlandtechnology.com

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#454015

From	Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com>
Date	2017-03-28 11:01 -0700
Message-ID	<069ldc5ia1jngqnt0jheks8sj8arcp3kp2@4ax.com>
In reply to	#454008

On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 17:12:20 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
<curd@notformail.com> wrote:

>Screw electronics for a minute. What is the best ever sci-fi short story 
>you have ever ever ever read? I'll kick off by nominating 'Time's Arrow' 
>by AC Clarke.

Best ever sci-fi story... sci.electronics.design is about circuit
design >:-}
		
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#454730

From	"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net>
Date	2017-04-02 00:47 -0400
Message-ID	<6ICdnYjZQ7LQH33FnZ2dnUU7-QvNnZ2d@earthlink.com>
In reply to	#454015

Jim Thompson wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 17:12:20 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
> <curd@notformail.com> wrote:
>
>> Screw electronics for a minute. What is the best ever sci-fi short story
>> you have ever ever ever read? I'll kick off by nominating 'Time's Arrow'
>> by AC Clarke.
>
> Best ever sci-fi story... sci.electronics.design is about circuit
> design >:-}


    It's more like Fantasy, Witchcraft, or Sorcery. :(



-- 
Never piss off an Engineer!

They don't get mad.

They don't get even.

They go for over unity! ;-)

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#454016

From	bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net>
Date	2017-03-28 14:09 -0400
Message-ID	<CFxCA.157364$eU4.65057@fx13.iad>
In reply to	#454008

On 03/28/2017 01:12 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> Screw electronics for a minute. What is the best ever sci-fi short story
> you have ever ever ever read? I'll kick off by nominating 'Time's Arrow'
> by AC Clarke.
>

Maybe not the best, but I like "A Colder War"

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Colder_War>

Trying to harness the powers of the Outer Gods to fight the cold war 
doesn't work out too good for the Americans and Soviets.

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#454018

From	Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net>
Date	2017-03-28 14:39 -0400
Message-ID	<kb2dnTWSZ99pMEfFnZ2dnUU7-WednZ2d@supernews.com>
In reply to	#454008

On 03/28/2017 01:12 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> Screw electronics for a minute. What is the best ever sci-fi short story 
> you have ever ever ever read? I'll kick off by nominating 'Time's Arrow' 
> by AC Clarke.
> 

Nightfall, or maybe Flowers for Algernon.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

-- 
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics

160 North State Road #203
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

hobbs at electrooptical dot net
http://electrooptical.net

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#454020

From	John Devereux <john@devereux.me.uk>
Date	2017-03-28 19:45 +0100
Message-ID	<87d1d1qlz4.fsf@devereux.me.uk>
In reply to	#454008

Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> writes:

> Screw electronics for a minute. What is the best ever sci-fi short story 
> you have ever ever ever read? I'll kick off by nominating 'Time's Arrow' 
> by AC Clarke.

That was good, I remember reading it ~35 years ago.

I don't know about the best, but there are some that left a lasting
impression, decades after having read them. Usually caused by what I
have seen described as an "epiphany" at the end.

From the same author there was "The Nine Billion Names of God" and "The
Forgotten Enemy".

"Childhoods End" started my conversion from religion. Not a short story
of course.

Heinleins 50's short story "All You Zombies" literally left me with my
jaw dropped. (30 years later I still recognized the plot in the recent
film "Predestination").

Greg Egans "Dust" is the only more recent example I can think of that
had that effect. I first read it as incorporated into the start of his
novel "Permutation City".

Over the years one gets a bit jaded but at the time they were all great.

Vernor Vinge's "True Names" is good and still bears reading despite it
being about computers from the perspective of 1980.

-- 

John Devereux

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#454025

From	Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date	2017-03-28 20:11 +0100
Message-ID	<YzyCA.399553$0k4.108699@fx37.am4>
In reply to	#454008

On 28/03/17 18:12, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> Screw electronics for a minute. What is the best ever sci-fi short story
> you have ever ever ever read? I'll kick off by nominating 'Time's Arrow'
> by AC Clarke.

"The Lady Who Sailed The Soul" by Cordwainer Smith.
Everything by him is just /strange/ and wonderful.

"Profession" by Asimov. Still valid, and many people
still don't understand it until after the plot point
has been noted.
http://www.abelard.org/asimov.php

"The Cold Equations" by Goodwin. Made my daughter
speed read it before she disappeared to Aus for
6 months, between school and uni. ("Dad. I've
just bought a plane ticket to Australia..." :) )

"Against the Fall of Night", by Clarke. The early
variant of "The City and the Stars". I like both,
for different reasons.

"Slow Tuesday Night" by RA Lafferty, because it
is so engagingly silly. Ditto "900 Grandmothers"
and

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#454029

From	Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
Date	2017-03-28 12:34 -0700
Message-ID	<obedmk$usc$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to	#454008

On 3/28/2017 10:12 AM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> Screw electronics for a minute. What is the best ever sci-fi short story
> you have ever ever ever read? I'll kick off by nominating 'Time's Arrow'
> by AC Clarke.

That depends on the criteria you use to define "best" (most unexpected
resolution, most interesting concept, etc.)

I'd pick _The Sentinel_ and _Farewell to the Master_ -- but for different
reasons.  Both have the endearing quality of being able to lodge themselves
firmly in my consciousness so that they rise to the surface with the
merest thought.

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#454035

From	"Kevin Aylward" <kevinRemovAT@kevinaylward.co.uk>
Date	2017-03-28 21:20 +0100
Message-ID	<fu6dnd-jd9zjWEfFnZ2dnUU7-avNnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to	#454008

>"Cursitor Doom"  wrote in message news:obe5hk$ak$1@dont-email.me...

>Screw electronics for a minute. What is the best ever sci-fi short story
>you have ever ever ever read? I'll kick off by nominating 'Time's Arrow'
>by AC Clarke.


I used to read a mass of sci-fi when I was about 8 or 9, by all the usual's 
like, J. Blish, T. Sturgeon, R. Heinlein, I. Asimov, A. Clarke, R. Bradbury, 
A. Norton, F. Herbert, P. Anderson...

However, as I am now 58, I am unable to answer your question.

-- Kevin Aylward
http://www.anasoft.co.uk - SuperSpice
http://www.kevinaylward.co.uk/ee/index.html

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#454036

From	Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
Date	2017-03-28 13:30 -0700
Message-ID	<obeh0h$b3p$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to	#454035

On 3/28/2017 1:20 PM, Kevin Aylward wrote:
>> "Cursitor Doom"  wrote in message news:obe5hk$ak$1@dont-email.me...
>
>> Screw electronics for a minute. What is the best ever sci-fi short story
>> you have ever ever ever read? I'll kick off by nominating 'Time's Arrow'
>> by AC Clarke.
>
> I used to read a mass of sci-fi when I was about 8 or 9, by all the usual's
> like, J. Blish, T. Sturgeon, R. Heinlein, I. Asimov, A. Clarke, R. Bradbury, A.
> Norton, F. Herbert, P. Anderson...
>
> However, as I am now 58, I am unable to answer your question.

Sorry to hear of your failing eyesight (?).

I've been wading through Charles Stross' novels, lately, and finding them very
enjoyable!

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#454042

From	Gunther Heiko Hagen <guntherxxx@quantserve.de>
Date	2017-03-28 21:36 +0000
Message-ID	<obel1k$ak$4@dont-email.me>
In reply to	#454036

On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 13:30:57 -0700, Don Y wrote:

> On 3/28/2017 1:20 PM, Kevin Aylward wrote:
>>> "Cursitor Doom"  wrote in message news:obe5hk$ak$1@dont-email.me...
>>
>>> Screw electronics for a minute. What is the best ever sci-fi short
>>> story you have ever ever ever read? I'll kick off by nominating
>>> 'Time's Arrow'
>>> by AC Clarke.
>>
>> I used to read a mass of sci-fi when I was about 8 or 9, by all the
>> usual's like, J. Blish, T. Sturgeon, R. Heinlein, I. Asimov, A. Clarke,
>> R. Bradbury, A.
>> Norton, F. Herbert, P. Anderson...
>>
>> However, as I am now 58, I am unable to answer your question.
> 
> Sorry to hear of your failing eyesight (?).

Brain cells, more likely. >:-}
I thoroughly enjoy the SF works of Frank Schätzing, personally.

> I've been wading through Charles Stross' novels, lately, and finding
> them very enjoyable!

Not bad! Not bad at all.

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#454043

From	Gunther Heiko Hagen <guntherxxx@quantserve.de>
Date	2017-03-28 21:53 +0000
Message-ID	<obem0d$ak$5@dont-email.me>
In reply to	#454042

On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:36:52 +0000, Gunther Heiko Hagen wrote:

> I thoroughly enjoy the SF works of Frank Schätzing, personally.

Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum is a work of unparalleled, 
unquestionable genius IMV. We're hoping for a US release of an English 
language version later this year by the grace of god. Einfach 
ausgezeichnet! :)

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#454084

From	Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
Date	2017-03-28 17:12 -0700
Message-ID	<obeu0i$j1t$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to	#454042

On 3/28/2017 2:36 PM, Gunther Heiko Hagen wrote:
>> I've been wading through Charles Stross' novels, lately, and finding
>> them very enjoyable!
>
> Not bad! Not bad at all.

I find many of his ideas "just beyond possible" -- by today's technology.
So, easy to suspend disbelief and think about those worlds being *real*
instead of simply "imagined".  Then, it becomes a worthwhile effort to
examine the worlds in greater detail:  does it all make sense in the
gestalt?  Or, has he just slapped some ideas together that don't really
stand up to closer scrutiny.

[E.g., the Firefly series:  cowboys in outer space??  WTF?]

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#454094

From	George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com>
Date	2017-03-28 19:39 -0700
Message-ID	<b50dbd60-58a5-4290-8ddf-50cd86aed79e@googlegroups.com>
In reply to	#454084

On Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 8:12:55 PM UTC-4, Don Y wrote:
> On 3/28/2017 2:36 PM, Gunther Heiko Hagen wrote:
> >> I've been wading through Charles Stross' novels, lately, and finding
> >> them very enjoyable!
> >
> > Not bad! Not bad at all.
> 
> I find many of his ideas "just beyond possible" -- by today's technology.
> So, easy to suspend disbelief and think about those worlds being *real*
> instead of simply "imagined".  Then, it becomes a worthwhile effort to
> examine the worlds in greater detail:  does it all make sense in the
> gestalt?  Or, has he just slapped some ideas together that don't really
> stand up to closer scrutiny.
> 
> [E.g., the Firefly series:  cowboys in outer space??  WTF?]

I loved Firefly.. cowboys in space.  (For me) fictions is first 
entertainment... of course I like Tarzan and John Carter. 
he said shamelessly,

If you like it, it's good, if not read someone else.

George H.

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