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On it.Bella Fortuna wrote:
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Practically anything by Neal Stephenson.
Valis and A Scanner Darkly. Philip K Dick.
Valis and A Scanner Darkly. Philip K Dick.
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Seconding XC and Audley's P.K. Dick recommendations. Man in the High Tower and A Scanner Darkly are probably my two favorite SciFi books.
On another note, it confused me for a few seconds why you didn't like San Francisco and why you would ask a board full of brits to help you out in that regard
On another note, it confused me for a few seconds why you didn't like San Francisco and why you would ask a board full of brits to help you out in that regard
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rachelbean wrote:Seconding XC and Audley's P.K. Dick recommendations. Man in the High Tower and A Scanner Darkly are probably my two favorite SciFi books.
On another note, it confused me for a few seconds why you didn't like San Francisco and why you would ask a board full of brits to help you out in that regard
I have Man in the High Tower and it is an excellent recommendation!
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Have you read every single Anne McCaffrey too many times, young lady?Bella Fortuna wrote:rachelbean wrote:Seconding XC and Audley's P.K. Dick recommendations. Man in the High Tower and A Scanner Darkly are probably my two favorite SciFi books.
On another note, it confused me for a few seconds why you didn't like San Francisco and why you would ask a board full of brits to help you out in that regard
I have Man in the High Tower and it is an excellent recommendation!
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Never read her as they never sounded interesting to me. I'm kinda fickle that way, I guess.Gawdzilla wrote:Have you read every single Anne McCaffrey too many times, young lady?Bella Fortuna wrote:rachelbean wrote:Seconding XC and Audley's P.K. Dick recommendations. Man in the High Tower and A Scanner Darkly are probably my two favorite SciFi books.
On another note, it confused me for a few seconds why you didn't like San Francisco and why you would ask a board full of brits to help you out in that regard
I have Man in the High Tower and it is an excellent recommendation!
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Read the first one, Dragonflight. Very strong female leads for obvious reasons in all her books. I would recommend them to any young lady starting to read sci-fi.Bella Fortuna wrote:Never read her as they never sounded interesting to me. I'm kinda fickle that way, I guess.Gawdzilla wrote:Have you read every single Anne McCaffrey too many times, young lady?Bella Fortuna wrote:rachelbean wrote:Seconding XC and Audley's P.K. Dick recommendations. Man in the High Tower and A Scanner Darkly are probably my two favorite SciFi books.
On another note, it confused me for a few seconds why you didn't like San Francisco and why you would ask a board full of brits to help you out in that regard
I have Man in the High Tower and it is an excellent recommendation!
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Might I suggest the soon-to-be-(self) published short stories Percy Gets Probed and And The Last Word Is Cheese. 
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SF is crap. Start with the tv friendly stuff.
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I love Dick. I need more Dick, actually. In my collection.
People think "queue" is just "q" followed by 4 silent letters.
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SF in not dren. Well, 90% of it is, just like every other genre I suppose. As for TV, Farscape is frelling awesomeTero wrote:SF is crap. Start with the tv friendly stuff.
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Bella, have you read "Friday" by Heinlein? How you like that one (and why) would help a lot in trying to give suitable recommendations.
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Anathem will give you an interesting view - just brilliant - stick with it - starts slow.
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Did I ever send you "Stranger", Bella? 
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