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Victor Frankenstein
@VictorFrankenstein (310)
• United Kingdom
5 Jul
I thought it was about time I read another Ace Double. I think I've got something over a hundred of this classic science fiction book series in my collection, so I'll need to read a few every year to stand any chance of getting...
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Victor Frankenstein
@VictorFrankenstein (310)
• United Kingdom
8 Nov 24
I've just finished reading this science fiction novel by an author who I've been getting in to lately. I don't see vintage science fiction books in charity shops very often, but I was lucky enough to find this one in an Oxfam...
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Victor Frankenstein
@VictorFrankenstein (310)
• United Kingdom
18 May 24
I've just finished reading this 1978 science fiction novel by an author that I'm not otherwise familiar with. I don't think I've read anything by Joan D. Vinge before. Based on this book though, I'd definitely give any of her...
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Victor Frankenstein
@VictorFrankenstein (310)
• United Kingdom
17 Feb 24
Anyone reads a fair amount of science fiction has at least heard of Robert Heinlein, one of the top SF authors of the 20th Century. This is a quick review of "If This Goes On-", his first published novel-lenghth story. It was...
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Victor Frankenstein
@VictorFrankenstein (310)
• United Kingdom
21 Nov 23
Here I am, not far off middle age (OK, I'm in my late 50s), a life-long science fiction fan, and can you believe I've only just got round to reading Foundation? It's one of the traditional SF standards, it's like a fan of...
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Victor Frankenstein
@VictorFrankenstein (310)
• United Kingdom
4 Nov 23
I'm still going through my large collection of Ace Science Fiction Doubles, that well-remembered series of paperback books that were published from the early 50s to the early 70s. For me, it's a classic era of SF, when books were...
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Victor Frankenstein
@VictorFrankenstein (310)
• United Kingdom
22 Jul 23
I bought a job lot of vintage science fiction books recently, which included this one. When I buy job lots of books, some I read and keep and others I sell on.
I wasn't familiar with this book, or the author, so I thought I'd...
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Victor Frankenstein
@VictorFrankenstein (310)
• United Kingdom
8 Mar 23
Over the last couple of years, I've got heavily into collecting Ace Science Fiction Doubles. This was a line of paperback books, published over a period of about twenty years, from the early 50s to the 70s. Each one consisted of...
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Victor Frankenstein
@VictorFrankenstein (310)
• United Kingdom
24 Dec 22
I love Ace Science Fiction Doubles. These books were published over a period of about twenty years, from the early 50s to the 70s. Each one consisted of two books published back to back. There were a couple of hundred published...
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Victor Frankenstein
@VictorFrankenstein (310)
• United Kingdom
10 Oct 22
The late Philip Jose Farmer was a very talented science fiction writer, who had a long and illustrious career. I'm not familiar with his whole body of work, but I read his “Riverworld” series years ago, as well as some of his Doc...
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Victor Frankenstein
@VictorFrankenstein (310)
• United Kingdom
29 May 22
I sometimes buy job lots of books through online marketplaces like eBay and Ebid. It's a good way of getting vintage books - especially old science fiction books - without spending too much money. Some I keep to read, and others...
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Victor Frankenstein
@VictorFrankenstein (310)
• United Kingdom
13 May 22
Robert Heinlein was one of the most famous and influential science fiction writers of the 20th Century. I've been reading his work since I was 9 years old, on and off, and I don't believe he ever wrote a bad story.
“The Door...
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Victor Frankenstein
@VictorFrankenstein (310)
• United Kingdom
1 Jan 22
Long-time science fiction fans might be familiar with “Ace Doubles”. This was a line of paperbacks published by Ace Books over a period of about twenty years between the early fifties and the early seventies. These were pairs of...
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Victor Frankenstein
@VictorFrankenstein (310)
• United Kingdom
24 Sep 21
Poul Anderson was a world-famous science fiction writer, who won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, and yet I don't think I've got round to reading any of his work until recently. This book came my way as part of a job lot on eBay...
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TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Jul 13
Went to San Francisco last weekend with the girls. Originally it was supposed to be me, Jaye and Roberta, but Jaye's friend Debi ended up joining us.
The picture is the view from our room, north-westward toward San Francisco...
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Wolfechu
@Wolfechu (1193)
• United States
1 Jun 10
When the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy finally hit the big screen, I was pretty excited. I had always been a big fan of the series, and the movie rights had been tied up in development and legal hell for decades. Finally, it...
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MagicalBubbles
@MagicalBubbles (5103)
• Canada
22 Apr 10
In my family, we exchange books. I started reading a book that has many different stories. One of the story has to do with "nano machines" they're machines that can make anything you want: food, clothes, house, cars, etc. You name...
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dalelynn21
@dalelynn21 (60)
• United States
24 Apr 09
I have to like the characters. If the character isn't someone I want to read about, I can't read the book. I also like stories about surviving on another world. I like the fight to tame their new world and the interpersonal...
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