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Out of Print Book Recommendations
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:28 pm
by wayfriend
[This is] a thread for people's recommendations for out of print books -- books no one would ever stumble across unless someone told them about it. Ideally, people could browse this list and see ideas for books that'd want to go and get.
Of course, it'd include a reason for why someone look for that book, so it'd be a chance for people to write little reviews.
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:33 pm
by SoulBiter
City by Clifford Simak
I read this book when I was in High School and, at the time, thought it a very good book. I dont know of many people who have read this (although on this forum several might have)
Synopsis from Amazon:
Thousands of years in the future, the canine population of planet Earth, along with their robot helpers, sit around campfires and tell each other fables that relate, most controversially, how they owe their ascendance to an extinct and perhaps mythical species of benevolent, if misguided, humans. A bleak, melancholy portrayal of humanity's prospects for survival, "City" is unusual not only for its dystopian vision but also for its often pastoral storytelling.
Originally published during the 1940s as a series in Astounding Science Fiction, these eight stories were gathered into a novel in 1952. For the book, Simak made a few revisions and added a framework of "textual commentaries," featuring remarks from canine critics who debate both the meaning of the tales and the likelihood that humankind ever even existed. The stories themselves focus on the role of the (human) Webster family, whose descendants during the course of thousands of years influence the future of humans, dogs, robots, and even ants. The only character common to all the tales is a robot named Jenkins, who serves first human, then canine masters as various threats present themselves over the course of numerous millennia.
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:23 pm
by Farm Ur-Ted
If you ever have the urge to read books about weasels (or maybe gophers or otters or prairie dogs, I can't remember), give Neil Hancock a shot.
greyfax.home.texas.net/books.htm
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:56 pm
by Holsety
Farm Ur-Ted wrote:If you ever have the urge to read books about weasels (or maybe gophers or otters or prairie dogs, I can't remember), give Neil Hancock a shot.
greyfax.home.texas.net/books.htm
Prairie dogs ROCK! I'm gonna take a look for some of his stuff sometime.
I always liked the Lone Wolf choose-your-own-adventure books.
And Soul Biter, I thought Simak's City was awesome too, definitely worth a read.