Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:32:18 -0600 (CST)
From: Karey Herriman <herrimank at verizon.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Old School
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Okay Bill and I could not let this subject go on with out weighing in on th=
is subject.  We read hardly any new Science Fiction or Fantasy.  As we sat =
and thought about what books would we recommend we decided we would try to =
pick 3 a piece that stood out as really memorable reads.  After what seems =
like tons of mediocore or regurgitated plot lines these are the ones that w=
e remember.  I wonder why it is that it is the old stuff that for us is sti=
ll more exciting than most of the new stuff on the shelf today?  Anyway her=
e are our choices: Bill chose ?Against Infinity? by Gregory Benford, ?The S=
hores of Another Sea? by Chad Oliver and ?Clay?s Ark? by Octavia E. Butler.=
  I read more Fantasy than Science Fiction but I have to put ?Silverlock by=
 John Meyers-Meyers? at the top of my ?If You Haven?t Read It You Should Li=
st followed by , ?The Ship that Sailed the Time Stream? by G. C. Edmundson =
and of course ?Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen? by H. Beam Piper.  These books for=
 us truly had and still have the ?Oh, Wow?  factor and after all these year=
s we still remember scenes from these wonderful reads.=20

On another note we also wonder why there is hardly any Science Fiction or F=
antasy in Large Print.  As Bill's vision gets worse I wish we could find so=
me. If anyone knows of somewhere that we can find them please let us know. =
=20
Karey and Bill

Karey