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| Thread ID: 134495 | 2013-07-07 12:24:00 | Name this book.... | Metla (12) | PC World Chat |
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| 1348205 | 2013-07-08 03:15:00 | Thought you might be referring to Giant Killer which is a classic SF story by A Bertram Chandler, but nope . Nevertheless its worth reading - I remembered it from 30 years ago which indicates its a strong story . A review of Baen books: "The issue also includes the classic science fiction story “Giant Killer” by A . Bertram Chandler, the story of Shrick, a mutant rat aboard a spaceship . Shrick, initially sentenced to be a sacrificial meal for his tribe because for being malformed, escapes and rises to power in another tribe . Eventually, Shrick faces off with the “Giants” on board the ship…that is, its human crew . This is a very readable story . . . . . . the telling is worthwhile and the non-human point-of-view makes it more interesting than a “mutant rat invades ship” story . " . sfsignal . com/archives/2007/08/review_jim_baens_universe_7/" target="_blank">www . sfsignal . com |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1348206 | 2013-07-08 06:52:00 | Plague Ship - Andre Norton. | John H (8) | ||
| 1348207 | 2013-07-08 07:28:00 | OK, I've worked out what book I was thinking of and it is different to what you described - Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (en.wikipedia.org) | Jen (38) | ||
| 1348208 | 2013-07-08 09:31:00 | Plague Ship - Andre Norton. BTW - if that is the correct book you can get it as a free eBook from Project Gutenberg (sp?) |
John H (8) | ||
| 1348209 | 2013-07-08 09:41:00 | Hmmm, not the story that you decribe Metla, no where near as lurid, but a good read is - "Non-Stop by Brian W. Aldiss". www.goodreads.com I think his best book is "Hothouse", my daughter is named after a character in the book. That is in fact the exact same book.:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs: Thank you kindly. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1348210 | 2013-07-08 10:10:00 | You're recommending something like that to your dad? I'd recommend it to everyone but me and my father have similar taste in books and have knocked over 100's of sci-fi books. I have read a number of Brian Aldiss books and enjoyed them all. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1348211 | 2013-07-08 10:15:00 | From a review I just found... Then, out of nowhere, the semi-realistic setting is shattered when a bunch of intelligent rats stroll into a scene towing a caged, telepathic rabbit they are using to extract information from prisoners. And this has no bearing on any of the rest plot, before or after, but is the first of many more WTF moments. :lol::lol::lol: |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1348212 | 2013-07-08 10:16:00 | OK, I've worked out what book I was thinking of and it is different to what you described - Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (en.wikipedia.org) Its now on the list. Although the list is currently at 800 titles, and I stopped going through the list and went off on a tangent of 60 or so books... Must get back to the list |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1348213 | 2013-07-08 10:19:00 | Name this book part two... Aliens that are a cross between elephants and cows invade the earth using hang-gliders, They have a herd based civilization and struggle with our non-herd like behavior. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1348214 | 2013-07-08 10:27:00 | From a review I just found... Then, out of nowhere, the semi-realistic setting is shattered when a bunch of intelligent rats stroll into a scene towing a caged, telepathic rabbit they are using to extract information from prisoners. And this has no bearing on any of the rest plot, before or after, but is the first of many more WTF moments. :lol::lol::lol: I like the sound of this author.... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
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