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  • [ReacTor] Ten Classic Books I Read as a Teen That Still Hold Up

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 6 15:10:55 2024
    Ten Classic Books I Read as a Teen That Still Hold Up

    Sometimes older books are visited by the Suck Fairy--but not all! Here
    are ten that stand the test of time.

    https://reactormag.com/ten-classic-books-i-read-as-a-teen-that-still-hold-up/ --
    My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/
    My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/
    My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/
    My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll

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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Wed Mar 6 10:00:31 2024
    In article <usa11v$rfv$[email protected]>,
    [email protected] (James Nicoll) wrote:

    Ten Classic Books I Read as a Teen That Still Hold Up

    Sometimes older books are visited by the Suck Fairy--but not all! Here
    are ten that stand the test of time.

    https://reactormag.com/ten-classic-books-i-read-as-a-teen-that-still-hold-up/

    I don't remember noticing the Suck Fairy in books that I have reread
    decades later. Perhaps it is because I know how old those books are when
    I read them (that would also apply when reading old books the first
    time).

    --
    "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. �-----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward [email protected]

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  • From BCFD 36@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Wed Mar 6 11:56:15 2024
    On 3/6/24 07:10, James Nicoll wrote:
    Ten Classic Books I Read as a Teen That Still Hold Up

    Sometimes older books are visited by the Suck Fairy--but not all! Here
    are ten that stand the test of time.

    https://reactormag.com/ten-classic-books-i-read-as-a-teen-that-still-hold-up/

    I believe that I have not read any of them. Pity.
    --
    ----------------
    Dave Scruggs
    Senior Software Engineer - Lockheed Martin, et. al (mostly Retired)
    Captain - Boulder Creek Fire (Retired)

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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Mar 6 20:00:34 2024
    In article <usahov$jc9r$[email protected]>, BCFD 36 <[email protected]> wrote: >On 3/6/24 07:10, James Nicoll wrote:
    Ten Classic Books I Read as a Teen That Still Hold Up

    Sometimes older books are visited by the Suck Fairy--but not all! Here
    are ten that stand the test of time.

    https://reactormag.com/ten-classic-books-i-read-as-a-teen-that-still-hold-up/

    I believe that I have not read any of them. Pity.

    You can read them now. Well, maybe not The Beehive, but the others.

    --
    My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/
    My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/
    My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/
    My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll

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  • From Christian Weisgerber@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Wed Mar 6 19:42:51 2024
    On 2024-03-06, James Nicoll <[email protected]> wrote:

    https://reactormag.com/ten-classic-books-i-read-as-a-teen-that-still-hold-up/

    Huh. I had no idea that the Romy Schneider movie _La Mort en direct_
    was based on a novel.

    --
    Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [email protected]

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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Mar 6 20:50:47 2024
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Christian Weisgerber <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2024-03-06, James Nicoll <[email protected]> wrote:

    https://reactormag.com/ten-classic-books-i-read-as-a-teen-that-still-hold-up/

    Huh. I had no idea that the Romy Schneider movie _La Mort en direct_
    was based on a novel.

    I had no idea that movie existed.
    --
    My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/
    My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/
    My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/
    My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll

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  • From Garrett Wollman@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Wed Mar 6 21:53:09 2024
    In article <usa11v$rfv$[email protected]>,
    James Nicoll <[email protected]> wrote:
    Ten Classic Books I Read as a Teen That Still Hold Up

    Sometimes older books are visited by the Suck Fairy--but not all! Here
    are ten that stand the test of time.

    https://reactormag.com/ten-classic-books-i-read-as-a-teen-that-still-hold-up/

    TEN? Have the editors doubled your word count?

    -GAWollman

    --
    Garrett A. Wollman | "Act to avoid constraining the future; if you can, [email protected]| act to remove constraint from the future. This is Opinions not shared by| a thing you can do, are able to do, to do together."
    my employers. | - Graydon Saunders, _A Succession of Bad Days_ (2015)

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  • From Mike Van Pelt@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Thu Mar 7 03:17:05 2024
    In article <usa11v$rfv$[email protected]>,
    James Nicoll <[email protected]> wrote:
    Ten Classic Books I Read as a Teen That Still Hold Up

    Sometimes older books are visited by the Suck Fairy--but not all! Here
    are ten that stand the test of time.

    https://reactormag.com/ten-classic-books-i-read-as-a-teen-that-still-hold-up/

    Hm. I haven't read many of these.

    I'm sure I've read "Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen", but I recall
    nothing about it. I generally like Piper, though.

    I read "Of Mist and Grass and Sand" back in Analog way back
    when. It kind of left me cold -- decent enough story, but
    I just could not suspend disbelief in the technology.

    The June 1977 Analog I read. "Eyes of Amber" doesn't stick
    with me, but I hated "The Screwfly Solution" about an order
    of magnitude more than the computer in that infamous Harlan
    Ellison story hated humans.

    Lots and lots of good stuff in Spider Robinson's "The Best
    of All Possible Worlds". This was my introduction to
    "The Princess Bride"; the "Duel on the Clifs of Insanity".

    The rest I haven't read.
    --
    Mike Van Pelt | "I don't advise it unless you're nuts."
    mvp at calweb.com | -- Ray Wilkinson, after riding out Hurricane
    KE6BVH | Ike on Surfside Beach in Galveston

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