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[quote=”P8ntballer”]Your list is fine Sad, but Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy should take its place on the list.
Its Cult SciFi ALL THE WAY! 8)
And hey everyone, I havent been here in a while……[/quote]
A little late, but welcome back! 😳 Taken me ages to respond I know (was probably distracted by baby business), but better late than never I guess… 🙄
I agree that HGttG should have been on the book club’s list. Hilarious, Adams will always be a god to me. When I started writing fiction, he really was my mentor. From Hitchiker’s to the Dirk Gently books to the most excellent non-fiction humorous take on a very serious issue, [color=orange]Last Chance to See [/color] about endangered species (definitely one of my all-time faves).
Whether the list is “cult [b]sci-fi[/b] all the way” is debatable. See [url=http://www.sadgeezer.com/html/phpBB2+viewtopic-t-3896-start-0-sid-c881cfa5e5dfe05fdbe80198f5f5b148.html]THIS thread[/url] for sad members insight into what constitutes cult sci-fi.
I did like all the books on the list very much (bar the one that I haven’t read).
I’ve read The Lord of the Rings books many times, and love ’em, but I didn’t include it on my list becuase I don’t really think it’s truly sci-fi genre (and I like “fantasy genre” as much as sci-fi — of course all fiction is fantasy in one sense).
I prefer King and Straub’s The Talisman to The Tommyknockers, but didn’t include it because it’s more fantasy/horror than the Tommyknocker’s horror/sci-fi.
But speaking of fantasy. For those who enjoyed the excellent Arthurian novel Mists of Avalon, yu might want to try Mary Stewart’s Merlin books: the Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, and The Last Enchantment. Then there’s Stewart’s The Wicked Day which I haven’t read.
And if you enjoyed, say, A Wizard Of Earthsea and the rest of the Earthsea Trilogy (enjoyable, easy reading novellas), you might enjoy [b]Raum[/b] (Carl Sherrell’s pulpy mediaeval demon romance fantasy).
I haven’t been reading a lot of fiction lately (aside from some of the stuff at this board ;)), any suggestions from my fellow sadgeezers?