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| From | Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> |
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| Newsgroups | rec.arts.sf.written |
| Subject | Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? |
| Date | 2018-04-30 15:24 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <pc7u2o$ot3$3@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 4/30/2018 4:29 AM, The Zygon wrote: > I quite deliberately posed the question as "best read" as opposed to best writer, because I think that far more factors go into being the best writer than simply having the best writing style. My favorite read is _Dan Simmons_, but he is not my favorite writer. Before I read _Dan Simmons_, _Orson Scott Card_ was my favorite read. My favorite writer is _C J Cherryh_. I am in awe of her ability to evoke a sense of the alien in the ET's she writes about. Even so, she is not the writer I find most impressive. > > The writer I find most impressive is _Lois McMaster Bujold_. She takes stories which are conceptually quite ordinary and makes something special out of them. Whenever I read her books, I am reminded of _Denzel Washington_ in _Training Day_. Without his performance, that movies is a nothing movie. There are hundreds like it that no one remembers. But people remember _Training Day_ because of his Oscar-winning performance. This is what _Lois McMaster Bujold_ does to what would otherwise be very ordinary stories. > > Even so, I would not name any of the above as the best science fiction/fantasy author I have read. Indeed, I am not certain that I can name anyone. David Weber. Lynn
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Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-04-30 02:29 -0700
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Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-04-30 08:55 -0700
Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-04-30 08:30 -0700
Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-30 21:02 +0000
Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-04-30 22:21 -0500
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Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-04 04:10 +0000
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Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-04 09:40 -0700
Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-05-04 14:45 -0700
Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-05-03 21:18 -0500
Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-03 20:02 +0000
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Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-04-30 16:55 +0000
Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2018-04-30 10:59 -0600
Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-30 15:24 -0500
Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-30 15:26 -0500
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Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-30 18:03 -0500
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Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-30 19:12 -0500
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Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 15:47 -0500
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Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 17:41 -0500
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Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 18:00 -0500
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Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 15:48 -0500
Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 21:53 -0700
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Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-05-01 15:34 -0700
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Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 15:49 -0500
Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-05-02 14:45 -0700
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Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 21:49 -0700
Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-03 08:10 -0700
Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-05-03 06:21 -0500
Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-05-04 06:14 -0600
Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-04 08:15 -0700
Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> - 2018-04-30 21:55 -0700
Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-05-01 05:26 +0000
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Re: Who do you rate as your best read in science fiction? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-05-01 21:30 +0000
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