[bksvol-discuss] Re: A.E. van Vogt & Marion Zimmer Bradley additions to list requested
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:39:26 -0700 (PDT)
Wonderful!! I'll put that on the scan list and the Wish list and forward your
note to Larry. I don't know whether or not he is a volunteer; if so, maybe he'd
like to validate them.
Cindy
--- On Thu, 9/11/08, EVAN REESE <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: EVAN REESE <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A.E. van Vogt & Marion Zimmer Bradley additions
> to list requested
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 8:05 PM
> I will commit to doing both the Null-A books. I must admit
> to feeling a bit
> guilty here because while I had checked on van Vogt about
> four months ago,
> I noticed that these books were missing, but forgot about
> submitting them.
> Feeling a bit guilty because van Vogt is not only a major
> SF writer, but has
> been important to me personally. The World of Null-A was
> responsible for
> leading me to investigate General Semantics, which has been
> a big influence
> in my intellectual and psychological development. So
> it's a very important
> book to me, besides being a classic of Science Fiction.
> Both Null-A books
> should very definitely be a part of the Bookshare
> collection. Since I read
> through everything I submit or validate, I can assure that
> they will at
> least approach Publisher Quality.
>
> Unfortunately, it may not be until October before I can
> submit them. I have
> some traveling plans coming up in a week or so, and I will
> probably have to
> buy the books, and I do have a couple other commitments
> ahead of them. But I
> will take care of them before the end of October.
>
> Evan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 10:30 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] A.E. van Vogt & Marion Zimmer
> Bradley additions to
> list requested
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I wish to add Some of A. E. van Vogt's best books
> to the
> > sketchy list already available.
> >
> > Empire of the Atom and The Wizard of Linn. These two
> volumes
> > are extrapolations into a post atomic war of I,
> Claudius by
> > Robert Graves. In this future, a mutant begins to
> learn why
> > and how his civilization had been reduced from a
> highly
> > technological civilization to relative barbarism where
> they
> > could use atomic power in space ships without
> understanding
> > the science. When Earth is invaded by the Riss, he
> learns
> > who had had been the other party to the war. He must
> learn
> > how to deal with these aliens and relearn the old
> science
> > that could lead him to a solution.
> >
> > The World of Null-A and The Players of Null-A. These
> two
> > books imagine an attempt to build a civilization of
> the mind
> > based on Alfred Korzybski's theory of General
> Semantics. A
> > Galactic empire begins to see such a clear-thinking
> society
> > as very dangerous and plots to destroy it. A
> mysterious
> > figure, Gilbert Gosseyn, appears to prevent his
> society's
> > destruction. His mysterious background constitutes the
> chief
> > plot of these two novels.
> >
> > The Voyage of the Space Beagle. The origin of this
> science
> > fiction extrapolation is obvious. Vogt adds the
> fascinating
> > science of nexialism to the mix of sciences competing
> for
> > standing during this exploration of the Galaxy.
> >
> > Marion Zimmer Bradley. Hunters of the Red Room (This
> novel
> > has a second volume, but I can't remember the
> title.). A
> > lone sailor is snatched from his sailboat by an alien
> > spacefaring race and sold to the hunters of the Red
> Moon. He
> > is put with a team of other kidnappees to fight for
> survival
> > with shape-changing aliens. Should they win, great
> rewards
> > are promised. A good adventure and refreshingly
> different
> > from Bradley's Bloody Sun novels.
> >
> > Thanks for adding these novels to the wish list. By
> the way, I
> > tried to scan the first two novels, above, but just
> couldn't get
> > a good enough copy to bother sending it. --Larry
> Gasser,
> > landj06@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > .
> >
> >
> >
> > ***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE
> BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS
> > AVAILABLE AT
> >
> http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm
> > http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
> >
> http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm
> >
> > A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE
> AT
> >
> http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.html
> > http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
> >
> > Jake's site for useful links:
> http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html
> >
> >
> >
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