<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Hey DAniel</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Heinlein is the best (later novels with incest did not bother me). I like Asimov but he is so dry- not much color, not much emotional relationships. Read all of Clark. Neuromancer and Snowcrash I read, but they are really not my style. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Two favorites: Bujold. Kage Baker. Oh, I read and have re-read all of Orson Scott Card, Some SCalzi, Vinge, Iain Banks, Andy Weir, CHarles Stross (not the Laundry horror stuff), quite a few others of lesser importance and interest. Like Ann Leckie.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">I really need to read Borges. Maybe you read my post about Father Brown mysteries - highly recommended. Perhaps Nero Wolfe is my favorite detective. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Fantasy you did not mention. Terry Pratchett - comedic fantasy satire - unequalled in my opinion. Some people seem to miss the satire.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">I am leaving out tons of books I had liked, but this is a start.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 2:58 PM efc--- via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello Bill, sounds like a deal!<br>
<br>
Alright, so Le Carré is not your thing. When it comes to science fiction <br>
then, to get a feeling for your taste, some of the classics that I like <br>
are Neuromancer, Snowcrash, most of Asimov and Clarke, Heinlein.<br>
<br>
Are any of those books/authors something you appreciate?<br>
<br>
When it comes to mystery, would you classify Jorge Luis Borges short <br>
stories as mystery?<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Daniel<br>
<br>
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On Fri, 21 Apr 2023, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat wrote:<br>
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> Thanks Daniel- have tried leCarre several times and just cannot finish a book of his. I would be glad to trade recommendations in<br>
> science fiction, science nonfiction, humor, psych, mystery. bill w<br>
> <br>
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 11:17 AM efc--- via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Thank you for the recommendation Bill!<br>
><br>
> From my side, I'll add John le Carré. If you enjoy spy books, I think most<br>
> of his books are great!<br>
><br>
> Best regards,<br>
> Daniel<br>
> <br>
><br>
> On Fri, 21 Apr 2023, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat wrote:<br>
><br>
> > I am glad I lived long enough to run across this book: complete Father Brown mysteries by G. K. Chesterton.<br>
> ><br>
> > Absolutely first rate. Many of them better than Doyle. and most of them more complex- even astonishing. <br>
> ><br>
> > About 10-12 pages per story.<br>
> ><br>
> > bill w<br>
> ><br>
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