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 by: Lynn McGuire - Tue, 21 Mar 2023 18:10 UTC

Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
https://best-sci-fi-books.com/the-readers-speak-this-blogs-readers-favorite-science-fiction-books/

Dune is not even in my 23 books on my top ten list.

Dune does have a 4.7 out of 5 stars rating on Big River with 73,363 reviews.
https://www.amazon.com/Dune-Frank-Herbert-ebook/dp/B00B7NPRY8/

Lynn

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 by: Lynn McGuire - Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:58 UTC

On 3/21/2023 1:10 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
>
> https://best-sci-fi-books.com/the-readers-speak-this-blogs-readers-favorite-science-fiction-books/
>
> Dune is not even in my 23 books on my top ten list.
>
> Dune does have a 4.7 out of 5 stars rating on Big River with 73,363
> reviews.
>    https://www.amazon.com/Dune-Frank-Herbert-ebook/dp/B00B7NPRY8/
>
> Lynn

I note that Dune was originally published in 1965 and that you can still
purchase a new MMPB. I have to admit that is one sign of a reader
favorite book.

Lynn

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 by: Andrew McDowell - Tue, 21 Mar 2023 20:51 UTC

On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 6:10:11 PM UTC, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
>
> https://best-sci-fi-books.com/the-readers-speak-this-blogs-readers-favorite-science-fiction-books/
>
> Dune is not even in my 23 books on my top ten list.
>
> Dune does have a 4.7 out of 5 stars rating on Big River with 73,363 reviews.
> https://www.amazon.com/Dune-Frank-Herbert-ebook/dp/B00B7NPRY8/
>
> Lynn
I think it's good enough to be at the top of that list, or at least fight it out with Foundation. At university, Zelazny's "Lord of Light" won top place in a survey.

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 by: Lynn McGuire - Tue, 21 Mar 2023 21:32 UTC

On 3/21/2023 3:51 PM, Andrew McDowell wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 6:10:11 PM UTC, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
>>
>> https://best-sci-fi-books.com/the-readers-speak-this-blogs-readers-favorite-science-fiction-books/
>>
>> Dune is not even in my 23 books on my top ten list.
>>
>> Dune does have a 4.7 out of 5 stars rating on Big River with 73,363 reviews.
>> https://www.amazon.com/Dune-Frank-Herbert-ebook/dp/B00B7NPRY8/
>>
>> Lynn
> I think it's good enough to be at the top of that list, or at least fight it out with Foundation. At university, Zelazny's "Lord of Light" won top place in a survey.

I was kind and gave "Lord of Light" 4 out of 5 stars. I really wanted
to give it 3.5 stars. It was a drudge through a nasty planet.

Lynn

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 by: Scott Lurndal - Tue, 21 Mar 2023 21:40 UTC

Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?

Of course not. The few readers of a blog are not a representative sample.

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 by: Chris Buckley - Tue, 21 Mar 2023 22:44 UTC

On 2023-03-21, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
>
> https://best-sci-fi-books.com/the-readers-speak-this-blogs-readers-favorite-science-fiction-books/
>
> Dune is not even in my 23 books on my top ten list.
>
> Dune does have a 4.7 out of 5 stars rating on Big River with 73,363 reviews.
> https://www.amazon.com/Dune-Frank-Herbert-ebook/dp/B00B7NPRY8/
>
> Lynn

I have no problem with _Dune_ being the top book, and it's one of a
handful of books that I would predict would win a reader's poll.

I was much more surprised with _Rendezvous with Rama_ being number 2
on the list. I'm not sure I would include that in a list of
Clarke's best 5 books!

Chris

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 by: Dorothy J Heydt - Tue, 21 Mar 2023 23:20 UTC

In article <tvd29e$86p0$3@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 3/21/2023 1:10 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
>>
>>
>https://best-sci-fi-books.com/the-readers-speak-this-blogs-readers-favorite-science-fiction-books/
>>
>> Dune is not even in my 23 books on my top ten list.
>>
>> Dune does have a 4.7 out of 5 stars rating on Big River with 73,363
>> reviews.
>>    https://www.amazon.com/Dune-Frank-Herbert-ebook/dp/B00B7NPRY8/
>>
>> Lynn
>
>I note that Dune was originally published in 1965 and that you can still
>purchase a new MMPB. I have to admit that is one sign of a reader
>favorite book.

(Hal Heydt
I orginally read Dune as a pair of serials (a two part and a
three part) in Analog. I'd rate it as decent, but it wouldn't
make a favorite list.

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 by: Dimensional Traveler - Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:48 UTC

On 3/21/2023 2:40 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>> Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
>
> Of course not. The few readers of a blog are not a representative sample.

Well, if one didn't mind being roasted in a nuclear inferno of flaming
one could suggest that the #1 all time favorite science fiction book is...

The Bible.

But that one wouldn't be me.

--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.

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 by: WolfFan - Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:29 UTC

On Mar 21, 2023, Dimensional Traveler wrote
(in article <tvdj9f$b5cj$1@dont-email.me>):

> On 3/21/2023 2:40 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> > Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
> > > Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
> >
> > Of course not. The few readers of a blog are not a representative sample.
>
> Well, if one didn't mind being roasted in a nuclear inferno of flaming
> one could suggest that the #1 all time favorite science fiction book is...
>
> The Bible.
>
> But that one wouldn't be me.

Oh? Where’s the science in talking snakes, four-legged insects, bats that
are birds, city walls which collapse because someone played a trumpet, the
Earth stopping, and then starting again, its rotation, sheep’s wool
changing color, and said color being inherited by its offspring, due to
tricks with staffs? Lots more.

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 by: Titus G - Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:30 UTC

On 22/03/23 13:48, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 3/21/2023 2:40 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>> Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
>>
>> Of course not.  The few readers of a blog are not a representative
>> sample.
>
> Well, if one didn't mind being roasted in a nuclear inferno of flaming
> one could suggest that the #1 all time favorite science fiction book is...
>
> The Bible.
>
> But that one wouldn't be me.
>

Based on number of sales, it might be but based on the number of sales
dollars, perhaps Scientology literature would win?

Dune would definitely be in my top twenty of all time.

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 by: Titus G - Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:38 UTC

On 22/03/23 14:29, WolfFan wrote:
> On Mar 21, 2023, Dimensional Traveler wrote
> (in article <tvdj9f$b5cj$1@dont-email.me>):
>
>> On 3/21/2023 2:40 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
>>>
>>> Of course not. The few readers of a blog are not a representative sample.
>>
>> Well, if one didn't mind being roasted in a nuclear inferno of flaming
>> one could suggest that the #1 all time favorite science fiction book is...
>>
>> The Bible.
>>
>> But that one wouldn't be me.
>
> Oh? Where’s the science in talking snakes, four-legged insects, bats that
> are birds, city walls which collapse because someone played a trumpet, the
> Earth stopping, and then starting again, its rotation, sheep’s wool
> changing color, and said color being inherited by its offspring, due to
> tricks with staffs? Lots more.
>
Those that don't understand science often conflate it with fantasy. I
expect Paul S. Person will be able and willing to answer your questions.

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 by: Quadibloc - Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:59 UTC

On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 4:45:00 PM UTC-6, Chris Buckley wrote:
> On 2023-03-21, Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
> >
> > https://best-sci-fi-books.com/the-readers-speak-this-blogs-readers-favorite-science-fiction-books/
> >
> > Dune is not even in my 23 books on my top ten list.

> I have no problem with _Dune_ being the top book, and it's one of a
> handful of books that I would predict would win a reader's poll.

Yes; although Dune is not one of my personal favorites, it's still
well-written, and I know it was immensely popular at the time it
came out (or, at least, shortly thereafter, when it had a chance to
become well known) and so this doesn't surprise me either.

John Savard

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 by: Quadibloc - Wed, 22 Mar 2023 02:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 6:48:52 PM UTC-6, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

> Well, if one didn't mind being roasted in a nuclear inferno of flaming
> one could suggest that the #1 all time favorite science fiction book is....
>
> The Bible.
>
> But that one wouldn't be me.

I remember the character of Maude Findlay, played by Bea Arthur,
commenting on a Gideon Bible in a hotel room that she didn't feel
like science-fiction right now...

John Savard

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 by: Robert Woodward - Wed, 22 Mar 2023 04:42 UTC

In article <rrw8u2.1opC@kithrup.com>,
djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote:

> In article <tvd29e$86p0$3@dont-email.me>,
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On 3/21/2023 1:10 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> >> Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
> >>
> >>
> >https://best-sci-fi-books.com/the-readers-speak-this-blogs-readers-favorite-s
> >cience-fiction-books/
> >>
> >> Dune is not even in my 23 books on my top ten list.
> >>
> >> Dune does have a 4.7 out of 5 stars rating on Big River with 73,363
> >> reviews.
> >>    https://www.amazon.com/Dune-Frank-Herbert-ebook/dp/B00B7NPRY8/
> >>
> >> Lynn
> >
> >I note that Dune was originally published in 1965 and that you can still
> >purchase a new MMPB. I have to admit that is one sign of a reader
> >favorite book.
>
> (Hal Heydt
> I orginally read Dune as a pair of serials (a two part and a
> three part) in Analog. I'd rate it as decent, but it wouldn't
> make a favorite list.

I am pretty sure that the serials were 3 part ("Dune World") and 5 part
("Prophet of Dune", with 2 covers).

--
"We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
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 by: -dsr- - Wed, 22 Mar 2023 16:57 UTC

On 2023-03-21, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
>
> https://best-sci-fi-books.com/the-readers-speak-this-blogs-readers-favorite-science-fiction-books/
>
> Dune is not even in my 23 books on my top ten list.
>
> Dune does have a 4.7 out of 5 stars rating on Big River with 73,363 reviews.
> https://www.amazon.com/Dune-Frank-Herbert-ebook/dp/B00B7NPRY8/

Goodreads has The Long Run at 4.54/5, and Dune at only 4.26.

Lynn, a shiny nickel says if you read The Long Run -- Daniel Keys Moran, it
would be one of your top books of all time.

He's now retired from his tech job to write full time. Recommended.

-dsr-

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 by: Lynn McGuire - Wed, 22 Mar 2023 18:58 UTC

On 3/21/2023 6:20 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <tvd29e$86p0$3@dont-email.me>,
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 3/21/2023 1:10 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
>>>
>>>
>> https://best-sci-fi-books.com/the-readers-speak-this-blogs-readers-favorite-science-fiction-books/
>>>
>>> Dune is not even in my 23 books on my top ten list.
>>>
>>> Dune does have a 4.7 out of 5 stars rating on Big River with 73,363
>>> reviews.
>>>    https://www.amazon.com/Dune-Frank-Herbert-ebook/dp/B00B7NPRY8/
>>>
>>> Lynn
>>
>> I note that Dune was originally published in 1965 and that you can still
>> purchase a new MMPB. I have to admit that is one sign of a reader
>> favorite book.
>
> (Hal Heydt
> I orginally read Dune as a pair of serials (a two part and a
> three part) in Analog. I'd rate it as decent, but it wouldn't
> make a favorite list.

Bro !

Lynn

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 by: Lynn McGuire - Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:02 UTC

On 3/22/2023 11:57 AM, -dsr- wrote:
> On 2023-03-21, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
>>
>> https://best-sci-fi-books.com/the-readers-speak-this-blogs-readers-favorite-science-fiction-books/
>>
>> Dune is not even in my 23 books on my top ten list.
>>
>> Dune does have a 4.7 out of 5 stars rating on Big River with 73,363 reviews.
>> https://www.amazon.com/Dune-Frank-Herbert-ebook/dp/B00B7NPRY8/
>
>
> Goodreads has The Long Run at 4.54/5, and Dune at only 4.26.
>
> Lynn, a shiny nickel says if you read The Long Run -- Daniel Keys Moran, it
> would be one of your top books of all time.
>
> He's now retired from his tech job to write full time. Recommended.
>
> -dsr-

I read "The Long Run" and "The Last Dancer" a LONG time ago. Yup,
another friend told me that Daniel Keys Moran is writing again and has
written a sequel to "The Long Run" and "The Last Dancer". But book is
kindle only and I do not do ebooks.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004XMR5A4

Lynn

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 by: Titus G - Sat, 25 Mar 2023 01:08 UTC

> On 22/03/23 14:29, WolfFan wrote:
>> On Mar 21, 2023, Dimensional Traveler wrote
>> (in article <tvdj9f$b5cj$1@dont-email.me>):
>>
>>> On 3/21/2023 2:40 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>> Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
>>>>
>>>> Of course not. The few readers of a blog are not a representative sample.
>>>
>>> Well, if one didn't mind being roasted in a nuclear inferno of flaming
>>> one could suggest that the #1 all time favorite science fiction book is...
>>>
>>> The Bible.
>>>
>>> But that one wouldn't be me.
>>
>> Oh? Where’s the science in talking snakes, four-legged insects, bats that
>> are birds, city walls which collapse because someone played a trumpet, the
>> Earth stopping, and then starting again, its rotation, sheep’s wool
>> changing color, and said color being inherited by its offspring, due to
>> tricks with staffs? Lots more.
>>

Did Dimwire reply to this?
Did he fully explain it to you by Writing in Tongues?

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On Tue, 21 Mar 2023 23:20:26 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
Heydt) wrote:

>(Hal Heydt
>I orginally read Dune as a pair of serials (a two part and a
>three part) in Analog. I'd rate it as decent, but it wouldn't
>make a favorite list.

1965 would be a bit before my time in SF but Enders Game also started
in Analog - much later (1977) which is where I first read it. (That
was during my student days and they had a special offer for
subscriptions in the student union so I went for Analog + Asimov's
which I kept up until grad school when they had me moving around every
4 months for 2 1/2 years which is when I dropped the subscription...)

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 by: Mike Spencer - Thu, 30 Mar 2023 22:36 UTC

WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> writes:

> On Mar 21, 2023, Dimensional Traveler wrote
> (in article <tvdj9f$b5cj$1@dont-email.me>):
>
>> On 3/21/2023 2:40 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
>>>
>>> Of course not. The few readers of a blog are not a representative
>>> sample.
>>
>> Well, if one didn't mind being roasted in a nuclear inferno of
>> flaming one could suggest that the #1 all time favorite science
>> fiction book is...
>>
>> The Bible.
>>
>> But that one wouldn't be me.
>
> Oh? Where's the science in talking snakes, four-legged insects, bats
> that are birds, city walls which collapse because someone played a
> trumpet, the Earth stopping, and then starting again, its rotation,
> sheep's wool changing color, and said color being inherited by its
> offspring, due to tricks with staffs? Lots more.

Don't forget Ezekial and the flying saucer!

'Zekial saw a wheel
Way up in the middle of the air praise God
A wheel in a wheel way up in the middle of the air.

The big wheel run by faith
The little wheel run by the grace of God
A wheel in a wheel
Way up in the middle of the air

See also: The Spaceships of Ezekiel, Josef F. Blumrich, Bantam, 1974

(q.g.)

--
Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

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 by: ted@loft.tnolan.com - Thu, 30 Mar 2023 23:03 UTC

In article <878rfdyihf.fsf@enoch.nodomain.nowhere>,
Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>
>WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> writes:
>
>> On Mar 21, 2023, Dimensional Traveler wrote
>> (in article <tvdj9f$b5cj$1@dont-email.me>):
>>
>>> On 3/21/2023 2:40 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>> Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
>>>>
>>>> Of course not. The few readers of a blog are not a representative
>>>> sample.
>>>
>>> Well, if one didn't mind being roasted in a nuclear inferno of
>>> flaming one could suggest that the #1 all time favorite science
>>> fiction book is...
>>>
>>> The Bible.
>>>
>>> But that one wouldn't be me.
>>
>> Oh? Where's the science in talking snakes, four-legged insects, bats
>> that are birds, city walls which collapse because someone played a
>> trumpet, the Earth stopping, and then starting again, its rotation,
>> sheep's wool changing color, and said color being inherited by its
>> offspring, due to tricks with staffs? Lots more.
>
>Don't forget Ezekial and the flying saucer!
>
> 'Zekial saw a wheel
> Way up in the middle of the air praise God
> A wheel in a wheel way up in the middle of the air.
>
> The big wheel run by faith
> The little wheel run by the grace of God
> A wheel in a wheel
> Way up in the middle of the air
>
>See also: The Spaceships of Ezekiel, Josef F. Blumrich, Bantam, 1974
>

Such celestial "wheel"-s featured heavily in Faith Hunter's "Rogue Mage"
series.
--
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What's not in Columbia anymore..

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 by: Lynn McGuire - Thu, 30 Mar 2023 23:28 UTC

On 3/30/2023 6:03 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> In article <878rfdyihf.fsf@enoch.nodomain.nowhere>,
> Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>>
>> WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Mar 21, 2023, Dimensional Traveler wrote
>>> (in article <tvdj9f$b5cj$1@dont-email.me>):
>>>
>>>> On 3/21/2023 2:40 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>> Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course not. The few readers of a blog are not a representative
>>>>> sample.
>>>>
>>>> Well, if one didn't mind being roasted in a nuclear inferno of
>>>> flaming one could suggest that the #1 all time favorite science
>>>> fiction book is...
>>>>
>>>> The Bible.
>>>>
>>>> But that one wouldn't be me.
>>>
>>> Oh? Where's the science in talking snakes, four-legged insects, bats
>>> that are birds, city walls which collapse because someone played a
>>> trumpet, the Earth stopping, and then starting again, its rotation,
>>> sheep's wool changing color, and said color being inherited by its
>>> offspring, due to tricks with staffs? Lots more.
>>
>> Don't forget Ezekial and the flying saucer!
>>
>> 'Zekial saw a wheel
>> Way up in the middle of the air praise God
>> A wheel in a wheel way up in the middle of the air.
>>
>> The big wheel run by faith
>> The little wheel run by the grace of God
>> A wheel in a wheel
>> Way up in the middle of the air
>>
>> See also: The Spaceships of Ezekiel, Josef F. Blumrich, Bantam, 1974
>>
>
> Such celestial "wheel"-s featured heavily in Faith Hunter's "Rogue Mage"
> series.

Yup. And many of the angels.

Lynn

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On 30 Mar 2023 19:36:28 -0300, Mike Spencer
<mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

>
>WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> writes:
>
>> On Mar 21, 2023, Dimensional Traveler wrote
>> (in article <tvdj9f$b5cj$1@dont-email.me>):
>>
>>> On 3/21/2023 2:40 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>>> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>> Is "Dune" really the reader favorite science fiction book of all time ?
>>>>
>>>> Of course not. The few readers of a blog are not a representative
>>>> sample.
>>>
>>> Well, if one didn't mind being roasted in a nuclear inferno of
>>> flaming one could suggest that the #1 all time favorite science
>>> fiction book is...
>>>
>>> The Bible.
>>>
>>> But that one wouldn't be me.
>>
>> Oh? Where's the science in talking snakes, four-legged insects, bats
>> that are birds, city walls which collapse because someone played a
>> trumpet, the Earth stopping, and then starting again, its rotation,
>> sheep's wool changing color, and said color being inherited by its
>> offspring, due to tricks with staffs? Lots more.
>
>Don't forget Ezekial and the flying saucer!
>
> 'Zekial saw a wheel
> Way up in the middle of the air praise God
> A wheel in a wheel way up in the middle of the air.
>
> The big wheel run by faith
> The little wheel run by the grace of God
> A wheel in a wheel
> Way up in the middle of the air
>
>See also: The Spaceships of Ezekiel, Josef F. Blumrich, Bantam, 1974
>
>(q.g.)

Long ago I acquired and read a few books on UFOlogy written by
UFOlogists. OK, they were indeed nutters.

Ezekiel's vision was definitely taken as a flying saucer episode.

Desperation requires ingenuity.
--
"In this connexion, unquestionably the most significant
development was the disintegration, under Christian
influence, of classical conceptions of the family and
of family right."

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 by: Quadibloc - Fri, 31 Mar 2023 17:27 UTC

On Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 4:36:32 PM UTC-6, Mike Spencer wrote:

> Don't forget Ezekial and the flying saucer!
>
> 'Zekial saw a wheel
> Way up in the middle of the air praise God
> A wheel in a wheel way up in the middle of the air.
>
> The big wheel run by faith
> The little wheel run by the grace of God
> A wheel in a wheel
> Way up in the middle of the air
>
> See also: The Spaceships of Ezekiel, Josef F. Blumrich, Bantam, 1974

On my web site, at

http://www.quadibloc.com/feat.htm

I suggest that the Bible got the idea for the (old fashioned, with a ball)
mouse before everyone else!

Wheels within wheels, that can go back and forth or side to side,
without turning...

John Savard

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On 2023-03-30, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

> Don't forget Ezekial and the flying saucer!
> See also: The Spaceships of Ezekiel, Josef F. Blumrich, Bantam, 1974

I'm pretty sure Erich von Däniken wrote it a few years earlier.

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