tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post7417716350355878474..comments2024-02-20T07:06:56.933+00:00Comments on THE SKINNER: Who Reads My Books? Daniel Ware.Neal Asherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-72484669167615070352010-03-18T13:24:10.919+00:002010-03-18T13:24:10.919+00:00Larry, the blog is set to notify me of comments on...Larry, the blog is set to notify me of comments on posts older than a couple of weeks. I don't check back there often and that helps me filter out the junk comments. Yours is on there now.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-73240322206181574092010-03-17T13:50:05.627+00:002010-03-17T13:50:05.627+00:00Neal I posted a comment on your 'F for 'Fo...Neal I posted a comment on your 'F for 'Foster blog entry but it vanished!LarryShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723096857163954170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-7659467163056730162010-03-16T22:10:57.127+00:002010-03-16T22:10:57.127+00:00Ah, yes. Alan Dean Foster was my first sci-fi auth...Ah, yes. Alan Dean Foster was my first sci-fi author. Splinter Of The Mind's Eye was the title, most notable for being written before George Lucas decided that Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia were siblings, leading to some rather dodgy passages, in the light of events in Return Of The Jedi.Jezcentralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14338918270619490910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-4776028051093356592010-03-16T17:39:40.057+00:002010-03-16T17:39:40.057+00:00Neal: Glad to see we agree on the remote being the...Neal: Glad to see we agree on the remote being the winner.<br /><br />I was pondering what would happen if Jain tech came into play for both, how that would enhance the current abilities... but then it got far too long winded so I gave up with a chuckle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-86491788426158903422010-03-16T12:17:05.992+00:002010-03-16T12:17:05.992+00:00Ah will have to look thru your archives Neal. Yea ...Ah will have to look thru your archives Neal. Yea I have the Tar Aiym Krang(his first book,what an awful title!),its part of his Pip and Flinx strand and I have all the early ones-Bloodhype, The End of the Matter etc from the 70s and hope to go thru them all.LarryShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723096857163954170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-83324453158731431362010-03-16T09:19:18.477+00:002010-03-16T09:19:18.477+00:00Right ... so he actually has an email link on his ...Right ... so he actually has an email link on his site.<br /><br />I also note that many of his books are still available on Amazon, classics like Tar Aiym Krang and other excellent ones like Sentenced to Prism.<br /><br />Of course you can see some of my favourites if you go back to 'F' in my book collection a number of posts ago.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-11122102961421293702010-03-16T09:12:48.318+00:002010-03-16T09:12:48.318+00:00Neal,re the ADFoster books. I'll look for it o...Neal,re the ADFoster books. I'll look for it on Bookmooch.com,see if anyone has it on there(getting a Iain M Banks book from there,for free!)<br />Also Mr Foster informed me that the Icerigger trilogy is to be reissued ,maybe others too?LarryShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723096857163954170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-27898533701914104342010-03-16T08:29:46.147+00:002010-03-16T08:29:46.147+00:00I doubt 'Into The Out Of' is available now...I doubt 'Into The Out Of' is available now. I'm not sure what Alan Dean Foster books are in print.<br /><br />Incidentally Hitch: the mouse is an attack ship that needs to get close to its target to do sufficient damage, whilst the remote is a destroyer with a big fuck long range particle beam, maser, graser or laser.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-27600382049111123502010-03-15T18:24:10.368+00:002010-03-15T18:24:10.368+00:00Dan got close to Boomer, the world will now suck u...Dan got close to Boomer, the world will now suck until I get that same pleasure :)<br /><br />Have not read any Foster I am afraid, I'll try 'Into The Out Of' now though after the my current Mieville and 'Terminal Word' by Alastair Reynolds, who happens to be one of my other favourite authors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-37673816306020291012010-03-15T15:52:08.901+00:002010-03-15T15:52:08.901+00:00Neal, I think I did read Into The Out of, a looong...Neal, I think I did read Into The Out of, a looong time ago tho-need a refresh on that one. Have you read all his Thranx/Pip and Flinx books? I hope to work my way thru them all this year(need way more than 365 days in a year you know!)LarryShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723096857163954170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-1549689946833193912010-03-15T15:21:24.358+00:002010-03-15T15:21:24.358+00:00uh, yeah, that IS sharon (grace park) from BSG, as...uh, yeah, that IS sharon (grace park) from BSG, as when my family are together i generally take all the photos, so - apart from our wedding ones - we don't have any others... something i really should rectify! (besides as you can see i don't photo well).<br /><br />my mum is still a big ADF fan, i haven't read any of his stuff for years but it was a nice intro into sf.Jebel Kronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08649767649901897211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-13264684361173275362010-03-15T13:21:27.786+00:002010-03-15T13:21:27.786+00:00Wow! Dan's wife reminds me of Sharon in BSGWow! Dan's wife reminds me of Sharon in BSGBob Lockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03141837277102776901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-86413582697393292492010-03-15T13:07:35.900+00:002010-03-15T13:07:35.900+00:00I still rate Cachelot as one of my fave books of a...I still rate Cachelot as one of my fave books of all time.Grim's Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141927678427787365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-78621824243705959992010-03-15T12:01:09.653+00:002010-03-15T12:01:09.653+00:00He remains on my must buy list - but only if I see...He remains on my must buy list - but only if I see one of his books I haven't read, which ain't many. Try to get hold of 'Into The Out Of'. Very good.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-39609984175751306462010-03-15T10:28:05.108+00:002010-03-15T10:28:05.108+00:00Ah another Alan Dean Foster reader! He remains one...Ah another Alan Dean Foster reader! He remains one of my favourites! Icerigger is a great adventure!LarryShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723096857163954170noreply@blogger.com