XPost: alt.usage.english, rec.arts.books, rec.arts.sf.misc   
   From: wthyde1953@gmail.com   
      
   Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:08:45 +1100, Peter Moylan    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> PS For just about any SF author I can think of, I would recommend   
   >> starting with short stories. Getting the author in bite-sized chunks is   
   >> an excellent way of finding out whether you like his writing.   
   >   
   > Agreed.   
   >   
   > There are very few full-length SF novels I've really liked. Out of   
   > curiocity I checked and found I'd read more than a thought I had -- I   
   > thought I'd mostly read short stories. But these are the ones I've   
   > given a 5-star rating to:   
   >   
   > Lewis, C.S. 1960. That hideous strength.   
   > Lewis, C.S. 1952. Out of the silent planet.   
   > Miller, Walter M. 1993 [1959] A canticle for Leibowitz.   
   > Niffenegger, Audrey. 2005. The time traveler's wife.   
   > Lewis, C.S. 1953. Voyage to Venus Perelandra.   
   > Huxley, Aldous. 1994 [1932] Brave new world.   
   > Orwell, George. 1984.   
   > James, P.D. 1992. The children of men.   
      
   If you liked this try the original, "Greybeard" by Brian Aldiss.   
      
   I like everything I've read by PDJ, but this perhaps the least.   
      
   William Hyde   
      
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