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Ha! I just found a copy of Lost Boys at a used bookstore during my lunch time walk downtown. I go there often, so he must have just gotten it in.
That nearly completes my collection. It was definately a glaring omission in my rack of OSC books at home...
Thank you but no thank you, I'm on a voluntary OSC rationing program. I only allow myself to read a previously unread OSC book at very lengthy intervals. I know he will likely pass on before I do, and I still want to have unread gems of his to discover.
The latest I read was Wyrms. I have his autographed ships of earth series sitting on my bookshelf, and I'm wating for a rainy day to read it.
quote: I know he will likely pass on before I do, and I still want to have unread gems of his to discover.
Holy crap! Seriously? What happens if you die in a car wreck next week? Sure, statistically, you'll probably outlive him, but do you really want to take the chance and die without reading all the novels? Such. . . optimism is unfamiliar to me. Tempting fate into killing you, just to prove a point and all. Gutsy, if you ask me.
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Thank you but no thank you, I'm on a voluntary OSC rationing program. I only allow myself to read a previously unread OSC book at very lengthy intervals. I know he will likely pass on before I do, and I still want to have unread gems of his to discover.
The latest I read was Wyrms. I have his autographed ships of earth series sitting on my bookshelf, and I'm wating for a rainy day to read it.
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Wow... I say just go for it, read up, and enjoy. I mean, c'mon, OSC is a great author and all, but you can always re-read his books, and there are other very worthy novelists out there (as I'm sure he'd be the first to tell you). *grin*
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Okay, looking at his library, I find I am full of crap. I don't have Robota and I don't even know what that is. I also don't have An Open Book. Has anyone read either of these?
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On the one hand, I know OSC hates sports and so why would his book on Danny Ainge be very rewarding? Then again, he also hated Moozh. Hey, maybe Moozh is based on Danny Ainge.
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At the same time that I got Lost Boys I also bought a hardback copy of Pastwatch, which is one of OSC's I've never read. Do most of you like it?
I'm still working on the former, however. I want to read it first.
It turns out I also don't have Ender's Game. Isn't that sad? I have had two copies that I have lent out and I've never gotten either back. But at least two people out there have been introduced to the wonders of OSC. It's kinda like the Gideon Bibles in the hotels. Stealing is bad, but if you're going to steal something, at least it's a Bible. Posts: 6367 | Registered: Aug 2003
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I have bought FIVE copies of Ender's Game, and still don't have one I've managed to keep.
Lost Boys is the hardest of his book for me to read. Has anyone else read the original short story version ( I read it in some "year's best" anthology")? Very creepy.
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I have read the short-story version (in Maps in a Mirror) of Lost Boys so I suppose it will be somewhat of a spoiler as I go through the full novel. But I'll read it anyway.
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*grin* well I'm wierd. For some reason I viewed it as an act of pessimism or self-denial. Since I *want* to read them. On the other hand I want to own them not check them out from the library, so maybe it is just an elaborate mental ruse on my part to keep myself from going broke. Though I think it was Kat that felt the same way.
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Farmgirl, Pastwatch is my favorite of OSC's sci-fi books, though its kind of hard to compare one book to another. Don't put off reading it. It's worth your time.
FYI, Enchantment is my favorite of OSC's non sci-fi books.
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