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[bluecastle]

Have just spent ~$2500 of my employers money. Funtiems. (Well, the spending part is fun. But really I just made more work for myself in the end!) LOL.

Am about to go off to the library and pick up a volume of Heinlein short stories. I decided recently that after all the sci-fi that I watch, I really ought to be reading the stuff. Which brought me back to the memory of  this Heinlein book I had been given for Christmas when I was in high school. Really the only thing I remember about it was that some of the stories were set in colonies on the moon. So I ordered something that MIGHT be the thing I remember from my library and I'll give it a go.

Anyone got any suggestions for not to be missed sci-fi books/authors? I can probably guess some of them... but rec's are always appreciated.

Am off tonight to do something with director Cee. She decided that since her residency with the 1st graders didn't allow her to actually get a Spring Break, that she wanted to do something tonight while her hubby is out of town (presumably at some folk gig). I don't know why we can't just make plans, but we had a phone call last night about making phone calls today to figure out what to do. LOL. Dinner, movie, craft night -- who knows. But I love having plans of a Friday.

So off I go to brave the rain for books and food!!

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[stuffphile.livejournal.com]

Ooh, sci-fi. Well, I've never read any Heinlein short stories, but he has some great novels. Friday is my absolute favourite ever, Door Into Summer is also good, ditto Stranger in a Strange Land. Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles shouldn't be missed, and a book that surprised me by being really, really good, was Dune (if you've ever seen the film you might understand the surprise--the film was terrible, IMO).

[valancy-joy.livejournal.com]

YAY books!! Yes, Martian Chronicles for sure!

I'm thinking I read (or maybe tried to read) Dune a million years ago when the movie came out... but it's always good to go back and give stuff a second chance :)