tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post4460724003656086938..comments2024-02-20T07:06:56.933+00:00Comments on THE SKINNER: B is Blish, Banks & Butler.Neal Asherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-45271786065343896422009-12-14T09:41:17.014+00:002009-12-14T09:41:17.014+00:00Phil, that's my aim too. Of course I'll ne...Phil, that's my aim too. Of course I'll need to go and buy some nice techy toy to keep the list on as well.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-38340002412005805922009-12-13T08:58:05.811+00:002009-12-13T08:58:05.811+00:00I am reading a "B" at the moment 'Mi...I am reading a "B" at the moment 'Mission to the Heart Stars' by Blish, great book so far.<br /><br />My Favourite Banks has to be Player of Games and Excession. (did not like Feersum Endjinn)<br /><br />I did a spread sheet a while back of all mine and kept it up to date. Need this when at charity shops or car boot sales else end up with loads of copies of books.<br /><br />Recomend getting ride of books at ReadItSwapIt.comPhil Ackermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06813133917985287372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-26952755320757725842009-12-11T12:36:00.065+00:002009-12-11T12:36:00.065+00:00I did read 'Against a Dark Background' som...I did read 'Against a Dark Background' some years ago, Vaude. Still, in my opinion, not as good as the three I previously mentioned.<br /><br />Incidentally, I don't much go for Banks 'contemporary' stuff, but Wasp Factory is fucking brilliant.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-64011984057865340252009-12-09T16:51:14.975+00:002009-12-09T16:51:14.975+00:00did you read 'Against a Dark Background'? ...did you read 'Against a Dark Background'? that blew me away in scope and the encompassing triptych. took a while to read, clunky in parts. i still recommend it tho to the more sophisticated buddies.vaudeviewgalor raandisisraisinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045187732283895410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-89380615597971680052009-12-08T12:40:06.180+00:002009-12-08T12:40:06.180+00:00Mark, it's Banks early SF that, in my opinion,...Mark, it's Banks early SF that, in my opinion, is the best: Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games & Use of Weapons. Excession is pretty good too as is the short story collection State of the Art.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-16073148402821170282009-12-08T10:46:24.188+00:002009-12-08T10:46:24.188+00:00Thansk Neal, I've added Mind of my Mind to my ...Thansk Neal, I've added Mind of my Mind to my Amazon wish list as a reminder to pick it up next time I'm ordering.<br /><br />As for Banks, I've got Consider Phlebas sitting on the shelf to read (and Matter too), but I didn't think much of The Algebraist so haven't been that keen to try more from him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-59251474729688433122009-12-08T07:45:17.740+00:002009-12-08T07:45:17.740+00:00tea-time, yes, I read the next one in the series.
...tea-time, yes, I read the next one in the series.<br /><br />Mark, a couple of recommendations for you out of those shown: Mind of my Mind by Octavia Butler, The first two Iain M Banks plus another by him: Use of Weapons. Blish will maybe feel dated to you, and the Zimmer-Bradleys were a teenage reading jag for me.<br /><br />Packrat54, yup, same with me: read from the library.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-68032110917864148142009-12-08T00:52:15.218+00:002009-12-08T00:52:15.218+00:00No Stephen Baxter?!? I just wish I'd bought th...No Stephen Baxter?!? I just wish I'd bought the ones I've read which I think I listed on Mark's blog (Ring, Exaltant and Transcendant). I took them out at my local library. I do have "Origin" that I bought used but I need to find the two earlier books in the series. BTW, it was that library where I found the first book of yours that I read, "Cowl."packrat54https://www.blogger.com/profile/13416780539495420826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-14928955894282379432009-12-07T18:44:49.835+00:002009-12-07T18:44:49.835+00:00Tobias who-huh?
i second the sediments on Slant.Tobias who-huh?<br /><br />i second the sediments on Slant.vaudeviewgalor raandisisraisinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045187732283895410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-90441201724212724182009-12-07T18:16:53.245+00:002009-12-07T18:16:53.245+00:00Neal - yep, just the two. I must admit that I just...Neal - yep, just the two. I must admit that I just haven't read many of the older sci-fi books, something I really must remedy...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-69199122226324868522009-12-07T17:57:14.379+00:002009-12-07T17:57:14.379+00:00there are 2 followups to crystal rain out, check t...there are 2 followups to crystal rain out, check them out if you have the time!<br /><br />buckell is a fellow ohio-an so i must pimp his books when i can.brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872893839217536066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-65175791061498657832009-12-07T16:40:50.995+00:002009-12-07T16:40:50.995+00:00Paul, I think I've read it. What I've got ...Paul, I think I've read it. What I've got in my collection is a fragment of what I've read.<br /><br />Giant68, and if you look closely at the picture here you'll see one of the penalties of not keeping up-to-date on what you have -- doubling up on copies of books.<br /><br />That all Mark?Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-85287886725800047962009-12-07T16:35:32.284+00:002009-12-07T16:35:32.284+00:00And here I've read: Eon & Crystal Rain...And here I've read: Eon & Crystal Rain...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-32910812539897246452009-12-07T15:58:40.748+00:002009-12-07T15:58:40.748+00:00I decided to catalogue my collection and found fre...I decided to catalogue my collection and found freebie software to do from the isbn. Now I just can't bring myself to work thru' a couple of thousand books. life is too short. I'll just add the new ones as and when I buy them!Giant68https://www.blogger.com/profile/09801051981426324988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-45671131224502071402009-12-07T15:56:45.607+00:002009-12-07T15:56:45.607+00:00Hi Neal
My favourite Greg Bear book is 'Slant...Hi Neal<br /><br />My favourite Greg Bear book is 'Slant'. Very much a 1990's product of its age....brilliant description of a team of assassins chucking a bottle of 'military grade nano' at the limo they just exited which proceeds to use its component atoms to make some quite nasty flesh shredding machines in very short order. BrilliantClockwork Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06437472434579324366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-13233749978972423162009-12-07T14:31:30.856+00:002009-12-07T14:31:30.856+00:00Inchy, plumbers in the house makes concentrating o...Inchy, plumbers in the house makes concentrating on writing not so easy. However, the photograph is from the weekend when I decided to start noting down what books I have in my collection.<br /><br />Graeme, check out T J Bass's biography and you'll see why he's on the medical stuff. He has been very prescient though - his 'Sharps Committee' is our HSE.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-89331650471729218862009-12-07T14:00:20.261+00:002009-12-07T14:00:20.261+00:00How mad is that. I'm re-reading the Godwhale r...How mad is that. I'm re-reading the Godwhale right now. Last time I read it would have been twenty odd years ago. And how odd reading it to see the episode revolving around Larry’s bud grown clone to grow him a bottom half, and how it was done by taking embryonic pituitary cells.<br /><br />I don't know how far back stem cell research goes, but I'll assume that in 1975, when the book was first published that it was way out there on the very farthest horizon of science, and yet now, the actual science is with us, but using bone marrow or embryonic stem cells.Grim's Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141927678427787365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-68352583863591333222009-12-07T13:26:37.290+00:002009-12-07T13:26:37.290+00:00How bored have you been today?!How bored have you been today?!Inchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881822060745007191noreply@blogger.com