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Subject: Re: [9fans] Very Off-Topic: Anybody here reads Sci-Fi? :)
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On Dec 4, 2008, at 8:01 AM, roger peppe wrote:

> i feel extremely hypocritical responding to this thread,
> because it really *is* so very off topic, but i have to
> put in a plug for Greg Egan. absolutely brilliant for extreme
> (and well thought out) technological extrapolation. he's got a
> computer-sciency
> background (he might even have heard of plan 9...)
>
> i'm stopping there, though i could go on and on.
>

I have noticed a dearth of recommendations for the very early sci-fi
writers.  I enjoy reading Jules Verne.  In particular, "Journey to to
the Center of the Earth", and "Mysterious Island".  Then there is
H. G. Wells.  "The Time Machine" has already been mentioned but other
ones I liked are "A Story of Days to Come", "When the Sleeper Wakes",
and I find his numerous short stories interesting.  If you are looking
for something in a lighter vein, there is Edgar Rice Burroughs.  I
liked his "At the Earth's Core" series and his Venus and Mars series.

Kim