Seconded on Shockwave Rider. Incredibly prophetic book, amazingly written 38 years ago. Opened my mind to so many potentials that came true. Ric Bretschneider
ricbret.com Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:43:09 -0800 From: ceserf...@yahoo.com To: t...@fanac.com; melc...@gmail.com; ba...@basfa.org; gar...@computerhistory.org Subject: Re: [Basfa] BASFA minutes for Jan 28 Thanks for the information, Tom, I haven't read Brunner's "Shockwave Rider," but it sounds like it needs to go on to my list. So much to read, so much to read. From: Tom Becker <t...@fanac.com> To: Chuck Serface <ceserf...@yahoo.com>; melchar <melc...@gmail.com>; BASFA list <ba...@basfa.org>; chris garcia <gar...@computerhistory.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:36 AM Subject: Re: [Basfa] BASFA minutes for Jan 28 At 9:01 PM -0800 1/29/13, Chuck Serface wrote: > Thanks for the links, Tom. I'm about three-fourths of the way through 2312 > and I'm having a great time with it. The novel's structure reminds me a bit > of John Brunner's "Stand on Zanzibar." Yes. Although my understanding is that Stan actually lives in Precipice from "Shockwave Rider". Tom -- Tom Becker <t...@fanac.com> Potlatch n. A science fiction convention where readers and writers meet on common ground. http://potlatch-sf.org _______________________________________________ Basfa mailing list Basfa@lists.basfa.org http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
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