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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 900.1 | | LUGGER::REDFORD | | Fri Aug 10 1990 17:08 | 3 |
| "This Immortal" by Roger Zelazny. Recommended. Think it won the
Nebula one year in the sixties. A lot of Zelazny's books are
about world-weary immortals, though.
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| 900.2 | | OFFSHR::BOYAJIAN | A Legendary Adventurer | Fri Aug 10 1990 21:31 | 10 |
| Actually, DUNE won the Nebula that year. However, DUNE was tied
with THIS IMMORTAL (under its serial title of "And Call Me Conrad")
for the Hugo.
BUT, that same year, Zelazny did win two Nebulas: Best Novella for
"He Who Shapes" (expanded into THE DREAM MASTER), tied with Brian
Aldiss' "The Saliva Tree", and Best Novelette for "The Doors of
His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth".
--- jerry
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| 900.3 | | SA1794::CHARBONND | in the dark the innocent can't see | Mon Aug 13 1990 07:03 | 7 |
| Others about immortals -
The Immortals by James Gunn - made into a TV series some years ago
Time Enough For Love - Robert Heinlein
Mary's Song (World Without Stars) by Poul Anderson
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| 900.4 | | CIM::GEOFFREY | Beware the robots of Cricket | Tue Aug 21 1990 00:08 | 5 |
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Another book about immortals is the Boat of a million years.
Great book !
jim
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| 900.5 | another one | STARCH::JSLOVE | J. Spencer Love; 237-2751; SHR1-3/E29 | Tue Aug 21 1990 03:17 | 6 |
| My favorite immortal character is Robert Hedrock, in the Weapon Shops of
Isher (one story title of a (too) small set of stories set in this
universe), by A.E. Van Vogt. Not that I disliked any of the other stories
listed here.
-- Spencer
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| 900.6 | Highlander | WOOK::LEE | Wook... Like 'Book' with a 'W' | Tue Aug 21 1990 13:30 | 5 |
| There are immortal characters in the movie Highlander. Their goal in life was
to seek each other out and try to chop each other's heads off. The last one
left gains enormous power.
Wook
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| 900.7 | | AMIGA2::MCGHIE | Thank Heaven for small Murphys ! | Fri Aug 24 1990 19:25 | 7 |
| >>> The last one left gains enormous power.
I've often wondered about that (I've only seen the movie). But what was the
purpose of having all that power. Save man from himself ?
Regards
Mike
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| 900.8 | An old new RZ | POBOX::RDITTMER | M&Ms, The breakfast of CHAMPIONS!! | Sun Sep 16 1990 03:35 | 8 |
| This is the latest Zelazny note, so this is where I'll begin.
someone I talked to said R.Z. had as trilogy called the RACE of
something or other. What the heck is this??
I thought I had most of them until I heard of this one???
RD
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| 900.9 | | PFLOYD::ROTHBERG | Only 11mo till I can drive again! | Sun Sep 16 1990 21:56 | 14 |
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Hi Russ, I think you may be referring to the
Alien Speedway series. Book 1 was Clypsis, Book
2 was Pitfall and I forget the name of book 3,
however, they were not written by Zelazny. I
believe he endorsed the books and wrote the
introduction or prologue or something. Not
Zelazny style, but I still found them good
reading. I believe there is a note in here about
them somewhere.
Cheers, Rob
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