We Read Science Fiction

I got this today from Al Luther. He’s trying to remember a story he read in the 70’s and hoping that someone here will know what the title and author were. Cool! A Detective story in real life. Here are the hints:
“Anyone there ever read a time paradox story about a young man who is [...]

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Startide Rising by David Brin is number 7 on my all-time top 10 list of Science Fiction stories you need to read. Written in 1983 it won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards, and is the second book set in Brin’s Uplift Universe. This novel spawned a whole sequel trilogy (that I haven’t [...]

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I’m tired. For the last week I’ve been staying up late reading as fast as I can. Last night I finished Seeker by Jack McDevitt and tonight I’m going to bed early. Seeker is my first exposure to Mr. McDevitt’s work and was a recommendation that Amazon gave me based on the other books I’ve [...]

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Spin by Robert Charles Wilson is number 9 on my all-time top 10. A strange addition, as I’m sure you’ll agree, since it was only written in 2005. However, as I was reviewing my list, the stories all seemed to be a least 10 years old, and therefore didn’t take much of the new science [...]

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So I’m 37 years behind the times — sue me. I wasn’t even born when this book was written (1970) let alone when it won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards for best novel. Now, at least, I can say I’ve read it.
Written and released during the golden age of science fiction, this book [...]

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