Andre norton, H. Beam piper

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Are authors i have recently read from their public domain works, is there anyone out there today nearly as brilliant?

Yes i keep up on the current pablum, it is actually interesting to reconstruct their works from those whose ideas they borrowing from.

Even Weber had to borrow from them before his honor series.

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1. Gods they were...

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2. I remember thinking

when I read through Charles Stross's "Merchant Princes" series a couple of years ago, that I was enjoying it in part because it was reminiscent of Norton's "Time Traders" series. That was one I'd loved growing up.

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3. Andre Norton

wrote the first SF book I ever read.

Never stopped. People find it odd a woman - especially one my age - reads SF&F nearly exclusively. I find it odd that they find it odd.

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5. I was seven when I read my first SF book and I still remember it

This was one of the original illustrations.



http://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-Flight-Mushroom-Planet/dp/0316125407

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6. One of my first, too.

Also a "Zip Zip" book that I've not found since.

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4. Lois McMaster Bujold

Miles Vorkosigan is probably my favorite character in all of SF, considerably more interesting than Honor Harrington although she's quite a good character herself.

Linda Nagata is also good, Vast was quite entertaining and Goddesses won the Nebula.

I also like Peter Watts, Blindsight was a very interesting if more than somewhat creepy read, he released it to creative commons and you can read it online.

http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm

Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl is another uncomfortable but riveting book.

Iain M Banks is someone I've also enjoyed, Use of Weapons, Feersum Endjinn, Surface Detail.

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7. If you read eBooks

most of the miles volumes are in the baen free library, it is a great space opera!