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by: The Horny Goat - Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:57 UTC

On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 12:26:30 -0500, Lynn McGuire
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>I read 31 of the 50. That is a very fantasy heavy list.
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>Only two Heinleins, neither is one of my favorites: TSB, TMIAHM, COTG.
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>No Doc Smith. No David Weber (Mutineers Moon), No John Ringo, No Lois
>McMaster Bujold (Shards of Honor, 1986). And yes, no Andre Norton ???
>No Pournelle ?

26/50 - and I agree with you on "very fantasy heavy"

Not sure with you on Ringo but agree on the other "omitees"

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by: Lynn McGuire - Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:01 UTC

On 11/27/2023 10:57 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 12:26:30 -0500, Lynn McGuire
> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I read 31 of the 50. That is a very fantasy heavy list.
>>
>> Only two Heinleins, neither is one of my favorites: TSB, TMIAHM, COTG.
>>
>> No Doc Smith. No David Weber (Mutineer’s Moon), No John Ringo, No Lois
>> McMaster Bujold (Shards of Honor, 1986). And yes, no Andre Norton ???
>> No Pournelle ?
>
> 26/50 - and I agree with you on "very fantasy heavy"
>
> Not sure with you on Ringo but agree on the other "omitees"

I love Ringo's "Live Free or Die" book series. Very snarky and very
technology heavy. I would like to see if Ringo did the math on his Sol
mirrors. I would also like to see him finish the series but I think he
wrote himself into a corner and cannot get out.

Lynn

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Re: ?The 50 Most Significant Science Fiction Books? by The SF Book Club	The Horny Goat
Re: The 50 Most Significant Science Fiction Books by The SF Book Club	Lynn McGuire