Re: FW: 10 Ultra-Weird Science Fiction Novels that Became Required Reading

I attended a panel at this year's Readercon that was all about Dhalgren and
why it's so great. Made me actually want to try it, which I still have
not...
I only got through half of Joyce's Ulysses on audiobook, so not sure how
I'll do with the Delany.

Of the 10, I've only read Ubik, Stranger in a Strange Land, and Dreamsnake.
Read them in my teens & twenties. Of the three, I found Ubik the weirdest.
(I've heard friends complain that "Stranger" is now unreadable - didn't
stand the test of time. I might give it a reread someday & see what I
think.)

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On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Helge Moulding <[email protected]>
wrote:

> > 1) Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
> > 2) The Four-Gated City by Doris Lessing
> > 3) Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
> > 4) Ubik by Philip K. Dick
> > 5) The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
> > 6) The Female Man by Joanna Russ
> > 7) Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
> > 8) Lilith’s Brood (Previously Xenogenesis) by Octavia Butler
> > 9) The Mount by Carol Emshwiller
> > 10) The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
>
> Of these I have read
>
> Dhalgren - a weird trip that was.
> Stranger in a Strange Land - seemed not at all strange to me, but I was an
> immigrant, myself. ^_^
> Ubik - me and PKD caught up recently, and of his weird stories Ubik seems
> weird only at first.
> The Female Man - I was glad there was a book between Joanna and me,
> because it seemed she had reason to be angry.
>
> I may have read a couple of the others, too, but if I did I don't
> remember. :-P
>
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> Helge
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