Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:16:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Cathy Green <dalek_cag at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Old School
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Well, if you haven't read Clifford Simak's Way Station
yet, you should do so.  I can't believe I waited until
this year to read it.  Mike Walsh's Old Earth Books
has it back in print with a spot on cover
illustration.

I'm a huge Bob Shaw fan, but he doesn't seem to be
very popular anymore in the US.  I would recommend the
short story collection Cosmic Kalaedescope.  Also, i'm
of the opinion that you can't go wrong with John
Wyndham - Day of the Triffids, The Midwich Cuckoos
a/k/a Village of the Damned, The Chrysalids a/k/a
Re-birth, The Outward Urge and The Kraken Awakes.

For fantasy, I'd recommend Peter S. Beagle.  A Fine
and Private Place should never have been allowed to go
out of print (Mike, any chance you could pick up the
rights?).  Tamsin is also really good.  Beagle really
captures the voice of an adolescent girl.

Like Madeleine, I've recently dug out an Andre Norton
book.  I just finished Here Be Monsters last night.
It's not the most brilliant book ever, but it's a good
serviceable fantasy.

In fantastic horror, I'd recommend Sheridan LeFanu.
Carmilla wasn't made into a movie 4 times because it
sucked.

--Cathy

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