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| Short story 30 years ago "Snow Birds" | 11/1/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: We had a phone call at our library about a science fiction short story. The customer read around 30 ...
A: Sorry -never read this one. Here's an excellent index to older SF short stories and novels. your ...
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| help find book on wormholes | 11/1/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: I read a SF book in the late 80's that took place in the future. Technology gave humans a device ...
A: Sorry - never read that one. But I can recommend a different book and an excellent short story ...
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| old sci-fi short story | 10/23/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: I've been trying to remember the name of a short story I read years ago--I'd really, really like to ...
A: I remember this story well, but unfortunately also can't remember the name. I'll look through some ...
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| Short story | 10/19/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: I read a science fiction short story in a college text book in the late 1970's. It was American ...
A: Sorry - never read this one. Try googling "dermie" or "dermy." My favorite ...
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| SF book with all interaction monetized | 10/6/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: I don't really know how to describe what I'm looking for: a novel, perhaps in the 70s or 80s, in ...
A: Sorry - never read this one. If you find it, please let me know, so I can read it too. One of my ...
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| book about living in a sunken ship | 9/24/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: From 20, 30 years ago? A small group of people figure out how to survive for years in a sunken ...
A: you're probably thinking of a famous short story - Surface Tension by James Blish. It was later ...
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| Space Opera | 9/13/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: I love the movies and TV series Serenity, Far Scape, and Andromeda (not so much Star Wars or Star ...
A: Space Opera suggestions: Several series by Eric Flint and David Weber Phule's Company (and ...
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| old paperback science fiction book | 9/9/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: Plot: a sleeping/suspended animation creation is found underground. When awakened, it has power to ...
A: I'm pretty sure you're talking about one of my favorite short stories. It was made into an awful ...
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| Post-apacolyptic series of the 80s | 9/8/2009 | Bill Denholm |
Q: I'm looking for a series from the 80s involving survival in a post apocalypse future. All I can ...
A: The Wikipedia has a section that lists things like this ...
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| science fiction book | 8/8/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: I'm trying to find a book I read recently about a young man who was raised by a con man who is now ...
A: Sorry - haven't read this one. The closest I can think of is Double Star by Heinlein, a fun book ...
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| Search for two sci fi books | 8/7/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: Ok for some years now i have been trying to find titles to these two books, hope you can help, ...
A: sorry - never read either of these. The best book I know with telepathically controlled dice is To ...
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| search for sci fi book | 7/31/2009 | Bill Denholm |
Q: I'm trying to find info such as the title, author, or publisher of a sci-fi book I read back in the ...
A: I think I know your book. It was originally published in hardcover by Gnome Press under the title ...
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| thoughts control | 7/29/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: I am after the name of a 50's SF story from a book containing several SF stories. it is a very short ...
A: One of my favorite SF short stories. Title is "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut. It is ...
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| Jules Verne and Ray Bradbury | 7/27/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: I have a school assignment, where I'm supposed to find who was that inspired Ray Bradbury. I read ...
A: Jules Verne invented the modern science fiction novel as we know it. ALL modern sci-fi writers were ...
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| Sci Fi Story with Jesus Christ on Another Planet | 7/24/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: Decades ago I read a sci fi story about Earth visitors on another planet. If I remember correctly, ...
A: It's also not Crucifixus Etiam, or Behold the Man. I never read the story you mentioned, but you ...
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| Old S/F story - possibly from 50`s or 60`s | 7/19/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: A space ship is intercepted by aliens, and some of the `unwanted` were dropped off on a very ...
A: Sorry - never read this one. My favorite book about unwanted dropped on an unhospitable planet is ...
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| Searching for a collection of short stories | 7/14/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: I'm looking for a book I read 10 or 15 years ago. There were several short stories that stood out ...
A: Haven't read the first two stories. On the chance that the third story you are referring to is ...
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| looking for a new author | 7/8/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: Heya, I just got done reading a YA novel "The Goodness Gene", and it has left me with a desperate ...
A: I'm trying to understand what you mean by "not plot driven." I think you mean "not ...
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| Looking for an anthology | 7/3/2009 | Bill Denholm |
Q: I am looking for an anthology I read in the very late 1970's or early 80's. The stories all had a ...
A: I know I have read the lemming story you remember, I just don't know who wrote it. At first I ...
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| Looking for an anthology | 7/3/2009 | Bill Denholm |
Q: I am looking for an anthology I read in the very late 1970's or early 80's. The stories all had a ...
A: The first story sounds like "The Star" by Arthur C. Clarke. Here is a link to the ISFDB for that ...
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| SCI FI | 7/1/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: I belong to a book club, all female ages 40-70. I am responsible to pick a SCI FI book for the ...
A: I recommend: To Ride Pegasus by Anne McCaffrey. There are two sequels, Pegasus in Flight and ...
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| Cant remember what it was called | 7/1/2009 | Bill Denholm |
Q: I am trying to find a book. The basic plot is that a planet of elite warriors/assassins is attacked ...
A: Dean, Since I don't think I can help you, you might want to try Amazon's SF forum. I will keep ...
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| Title/author of a sci-fi short story | 6/23/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: Forty years ago at the New Orleans public library in a sci-fi collection I read a story about a man ...
A: The links you tried to paste into your answer didn't show up. Please send me the links so I can ...
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| Title/author of a sci-fi short story | 6/10/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: Forty years ago at the New Orleans public library in a sci-fi collection I read a story about a man ...
A: I read this one, too. As I recall it was by Asimov, but I can't remember the title. Try emailing ...
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| am trying to find a book | 6/1/2009 | Bill Denholm |
Q: My brother is trying to find a book and I told him I would help. the title is the cee-tee man by Dan ...
A: Philip, It would appear, from the ISFDB, that that title was only published in England (or the UK). ...
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| science fiction | 5/29/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: I am looking for the title of a short story that Isaac Asimov wrote. It was before 1976. It was ...
A: One of my favorite short stories. The title is "Jokester" and it is in several anthologies. The ...
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| an asimov short story title | 5/13/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: I am searching for an Asimov short story probably dated before 1976. It is about; knowledge down ...
A: One of my favorites. The short story is titled "Profession" and is indeed by Asimov. It appears in ...
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| Story name & author | 5/12/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: A number of years ago I read a SF story about a fellow that wound up on a planet that did not use ...
A: One of my favorite stories And Then There Were None, by Eric Frank Russell. Available in several ...
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| Looking for Juvinile series 19430?-1970 | 5/8/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: A friend at school is looking for this series: "There were probably about eight to twelve in the ...
A: Sorry - never read these. The premise reminds me of the short story The Big Front Yard, by Clifford ...
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| fictional reference book | 5/8/2009 | Bill Denholm |
Q: I read a book, many times, back in primary school around '79 - '81. It was structured like a ...
A: Jason, I remember those books and I have quite a few of them in my collection. I don't think I ...
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| 1980s novel with Jesus hiding out on earth from bad guys | 5/6/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: looking for the name or author of sci-fi novel I read in the mid 1980s that features as the main ...
A: Haven't read that one. Sorry. My favorite Jesus-science fiction story is Behold the Man by Michael ...
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| Searching for this book for ages | 5/3/2009 | Bill Denholm |
Q: Mr Denholm, Help if possible.. I read a book while a freshman in H.S. in 1978 called (I believe) ...
A: Off hand, I don't know this book. I tried searching on the title, but that didn't help much. Do ...
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| name of book | 5/1/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: I read a science fiction book in the late 1980's that I wish I could find now and reread and give to ...
A: I read this one, too, but also can't remember the name. Try googling key words and please let me ...
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| Tring to fing title of (Golden Age?) SF short | 4/30/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: I seem to recall a short story involving a fellow who, while walking in his living room or front ...
A: Never read it. Sorry. Here's a link to golden-age short stories so you can browse by title. I ...
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| Book title | 4/25/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: My husband is looking for a book he read in the 60s or 70s; he thought the title was The Edified ...
A: Never read the story. Is this title familiar? Edifice Complex, short story publiched in Escapade ...
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| looking for a book | 4/24/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: Read around 1966+-. in paperback. Popular among art students NYC. Contained a world made of crystal. ...
A: Only other one I can think of is The Crystal Palace, the sequel to Sorcerer's Son. Long out of ...
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| Regarding which to read..... | 4/24/2009 | Geoff |
Q: I am getting into a new science fiction series and I just had a question about it. There is a set of ...
A: Well, the nantucket series involves time travel to the past while the emberverse series involves the ...
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| Looking for a past/beloved scfi tale | 4/23/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: In the 1960s, I read a fascinating scifi book about a teenage boy who encountered an alien lifeform ...
A: There are zillions of such stories, mostly "juveniles" that were published in pulp magazines. ...
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| Book (or maybe short story?) | 4/17/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: I recall reading a sci-fi book back in the 80's I think about a race of beings who created reality ...
A: I read this book, too, just a few months ago and am having trouble remembering the title or author. ...
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| Sci-fi book from the 70's or earlier? | 4/17/2009 | Sue Kayton |
Q: When I was a kid (this would have been like 75/76 something like that) I read a sci-fi book about a ...
A: could be any of several dozen juveniles, including Heinlein. Did you try Space Cadet, or Have Space ...
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