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| 471.1 | considerably less than 2� worth | MYCRFT::PARODI | John H. Parodi | Fri May 08 1987 08:59 | 14 |
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Sure did, though my memory isn't as good as yours. I remember liking
"Rocket Jockey." I even have a copy (with original cover) of Raymond F.
Jones' "The Year That Stardust Fell" -- pretty good stuff. There was
another good one called "Find The Feathered Serpent" about a time-trip
to the Yucatan of a thousand years ago but I can't remember the author.
Lester Del Rey had at least two excellent books in this series, one
Saturn (Destination Saturn?) and another about a war between Terra
and human colonies on Mars and in the Belt.
Sigh. Too many brain cells gone, I guess.
JP
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| 471.2 | I knew they were around, but I was already reading adult stuff | ERASER::KALLIS | Hallowe'en should be legal holiday | Fri May 08 1987 09:18 | 7 |
| I didn't grow up on these, but if memory serves, tyhe Isaac Asimov
pieces were written under the pseudonym of "Paul French." The
pseudonym was dropped when Isaac wanted to take credit for having
100 books published (one of the _two_ "100th books" was called _Opus
100_ and included selections from his previous 99).
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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| 471.3 | suddenly I feel old | CREDIT::RANDALL | Bonnie Randall Schutzman | Fri May 22 1987 12:19 | 15 |
| The Paul French ones! I had forgotten -- how memory strikes.
I recognize practically all the titles . . . all read beneath the
covers with a flashlight because my mother didn't think that kind of
stuff was good for a girl my age . . . I snitched them out of the box
of paperbacks he used to bring home from the drugstore where they threw
them out. (If a book doesn't sell, the store can return it for a
refund, only if it's a paperback it's not worth handling so they just
tear off the covers and send those back and then throw out the rest of
the book. What a treasure trove -- cheap scifi and Westerns. God
only knows what I would have become without his help.)
Thanks for the memories!
--bonnie
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| 471.4 | Wanted: Winston SF | BOMBE::BORSOM | | Sun Feb 19 1989 21:52 | 13 |
| A novel from the Winston series, _Five Against Venus_ (about blood-
sucking, telepathic vampires terrorizing humans shipwrecked on Venus),
by Philip Latham (he was an astronomer when he wasn't writing lurid
SF), was my first science fiction read.
I am actively collecting hardcover copies from the Winston Science
Fiction series. If anyone out there has copies in good condition
they are interested in selling, please get in touch.
My (home) phone number is (508) 448-6304.
Doug
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| 471.5 | | RICKS::REDFORD | Already worried about the 90s | Mon Feb 20 1989 19:48 | 5 |
| That was my first taste of SF too! Was pretty implausible, but
colorful enough to hook a nine-year-old. I found a copy at
the Avenue Victor Hugo on Newbury St in Boston - you might find other
Winstons there.
/jlr
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