tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post5956834404496438859..comments2024-02-20T07:06:56.933+00:00Comments on THE SKINNER: 5 Desert Island Reads -- HitchNeal Asherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-34241365456105882352011-03-10T14:38:26.326+00:002011-03-10T14:38:26.326+00:00i never thought Hitchiker was funny. i was weened ...i never thought Hitchiker was funny. i was weened on Sheckley and a little Goulart with every Fredric Brown. by the time (late to the party) Douglas Adams showed up, i'd seen these tricks in jaundiced seas a million times.<br /><br />Hubbard was a calculating sadistic chump (and possibly nuts):<br />http://www.xenu.net/fairgame-e.html<br /><br />Hubbard's fair gaming is still happening in the tax exempt church. failed hypnotists and war hero phonies might end up like this.vaudeviewgalor raandisisraisinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045187732283895410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-83294031931688769052011-03-10T11:10:19.354+00:002011-03-10T11:10:19.354+00:00Loved Hitchhiker's when I read it a long time ...Loved Hitchhiker's when I read it a long time ago but, after years of reading Terry Pratchett, I gave it another try and just wasn't laughing any more. I very much enjoyed Ender's Game, but feel Card's best book of all is the brilliant 'Wyrms'. I much enjoyed Battlefield Earth when I read it, though haven't tried it in recent years. As the Strange and Norrell the massive hype by titerati in the SF world put me off it before I even read a word.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-19799926695898460922011-03-09T23:53:52.198+00:002011-03-09T23:53:52.198+00:00i have 2 of those 5. the clarke is suddenly very m...i have 2 of those 5. the clarke is suddenly very much on my radar so it must be time to read it.toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12645074986936369132noreply@blogger.com