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

Since I've never been able to get more than two pages into *Ulysses* maybe
I'll skip *Dhalgren*, although I've found Delaney's other books quite
readable.

I didn't think *Dreamsnake* was weird at all when I read it the first time.
It has been on my top ten list for a *long* time. I'm glad to see it
getting some attention.

Perhaps we need to have a discussion of what constitutes "weird." One
person's garbage, another person's treasure, and all that.

charley

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Monica McAbee <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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.)
>
> Monica McAbee
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> Prince George's County Memorial Library System
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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
>>
>> --
>>
>> Helge
>>
>>
>>
>>
>


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Charley
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