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dustydigger
Posted 2016-02-27 1:34 PM (#12851 - in reply to #11652)
Subject: Re: The Definitive 1970s SF Reading Challenge		Quote Reply



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Location: UK		I am in the process of reading John Varleys The Ophiuchi's Hotline for 1977. I had hoped to almost be finished with the 70s by now,but my computer broke down,and several books ,including the above were wiped off my online reading,and I had to go on the waiting list,so I got delayed for a while. Still waiting to get PKDs A Scanner Darkly and Octavia Butler's Kindred if I want to complete the 12 Books which might see the 22nd century. Have read 10 of those 12 .
I intended to do only the basic 10 books,one for each year,but I have ended up doing 2 or even 3 in some cases whereas I could barely manage one book in some years,either because I didnt fancy the book,or had already read the best ones,or couldnt find a copy.. Thank heavens for Open Library nor I couldnt have done this challenge
So,my reads for 1970
1970 - read pre-challenge - Niven's Ringworld,which I liked a lot,Tau Zero which I found clumsily written and a bit dry,despite interesting ideas,and a personal favourite of mine,Herbert's Whipping Star,which I still havent fully fathomed after several readings!
My official read for 1970 was Jack Finney's Time and Again I was really charmed by Jack Finney's romantic take on time travel. Very little time trave actually,the details of the time transfers are sensibly glossed over.this is an elegy to 1880s New York. One little thing that gives us a bit of a frisson is that the Dakota building is repeatedly mentioned and admired,in a book written 9 years before John Lennon's death.Charming and romantic.I found it better written than Finney's more famous Body Snatchers.Also read Siverberg's Downwards to the Earth . I really liked it,good writing,lofty themes,fascinating world setting and interesting aliens.It was my first Silverberg.

Edited by dustydigger 2016-02-27 1:40 PM

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