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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/14/2014 10:43 AM, Adrya
Stembridge wrote:<br>
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style="font-size:15px">Lucifer's Hammer was my
introduction to Niven way back in the 80s. Thrilling read
for a teenager. </span></font></div>
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<div><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:15px">Another favorite is Fred
Saberhagen's Berserker series, starting with Berserker in
1967. To this day I am convinced that the Berserkers were
the idea behind Star Trek's Borg. Berserker Fury (1997)
was one of the last in the series and was actually kind of
dark/horrific in places. </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:15px">Rendezvous with Rama is near
the top of my list of best sci-fi books. Loved this book
and the cheesy RPG that was released in the '90s. I hear
talk of a movie from time to time but I don't see how 1.5
hours can do Clarke's work any favors. </span></font></div>
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style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:15px">You
should also check out the book’s Larry co-authored with Jerry
Pournelle such as Lucifer’s hammer – really good reading as
well.<br>
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I can't argue with anything anyone has said. I've read all of the
mentioned books except I don't know if I read all the Ringworld
series. It was long ago. I think I read everything Heinlein,
Asimov and some of Clarke wrote. I subscribed to the SF pulps,
Amazing Stores, Issac Asimov' Science Fiction Magazine and
Astounding Science Fiction. I've got to say that's hard to pick a
favorite, but I think of recent vintage (later than the 50's) Snow
Crash was the most intriguing. I can't say why for sure but I
thought it was very imaginative. I know, I'm strange. My first
exposure to SF was in about 1955 with Heinlein's "Puppet Masters".
I suspect it had more to do with a 10-year-old's fantasy of scantily
clad ladies walking the streets. :)<br>
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Jim.<br>
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Jim.<br>
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