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FSogol

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26. 19. The Jewel of Judgment is from Roger Zelazny's Amber series.

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Thu Jan 13, 2022, 10:57 AM

Jan 2022

One of my all-time fav science fiction series.

PS. Sci fi is just shorthand for science fiction. When most of the stories on your list were written, the genre wasn't as branched as now.

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Really hard classic science fiction quiz...(try not to google) [View all] First Speaker Jan 2022 OP

Behrooz Schaefer -- the Proteus novels, by the late, great Charles Sheffield. eppur_se_muova Jan 2022 #1

You're right about "Childhood's End"... First Speaker Jan 2022 #2

OK, I guess it's really Beowulf Schaef{f}er in that case. eppur_se_muova Jan 2022 #9

I agree that Cordwainer Smith's science fiction may outlast most other SF. highplainsdem Jan 2022 #13

No, I hadn't read that. It's fascinating...thanks for sharing. First Speaker Jan 2022 #33

Goose egg Chipper Chat Jan 2022 #3

Is the quiz hard, or the science fiction? Coventina Jan 2022 #4

The sci fi is mostly not... malthaussen Jan 2022 #24

4 - 5 Tetrachloride Jan 2022 #5

Number 10. Martin Padway. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #6

Who's GoH at COSine? highplainsdem Jan 2022 #8

C.J. Cherryh. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #14

I read Cherryh's early work, long ago. I'm sorry she can't be there in person, highplainsdem Jan 2022 #16

Right! And your story sounds very similar to mine... First Speaker Jan 2022 #10

I'm sending you a PM. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #15

Sietch Tabr - Frank Herbert's Dune highplainsdem Jan 2022 #7

Right on all counts! First Speaker Jan 2022 #11

I had those books, and hundreds more, long, long ago, highplainsdem Jan 2022 #12

For what my opinion is worth, and my timeline is different from yours, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #17

Not sure how different our timelines are. I was in my teens when the New Wave started in SF, and highplainsdem Jan 2022 #19

I'm older, 73. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #28

I read everything I could get my hands on as a kid, whether from my parents' own library highplainsdem Jan 2022 #32

I got turned on to sci-fi in 1968... malthaussen Jan 2022 #25

I likewise don't care for superheroes. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #29

Magnifico is The Mule. Jeebo Jan 2022 #18

I'm embarrassed I didn't get that one. I wrote a term paper on that trilogy. But that was 50 years highplainsdem Jan 2022 #20

Yes to all... First Speaker Jan 2022 #34

#5 is The Prophet. Heinlein, If this goes on, maybe? ms liberty Jan 2022 #21

Correct! First Speaker Jan 2022 #35

13. Adam Selene lapfog_1 Jan 2022 #22

You got it! First Speaker Jan 2022 #36

Scudder is from "If this Goes On" and "Revolt in 2100" malthaussen Jan 2022 #23

Yep... First Speaker Jan 2022 #37

19. The Jewel of Judgment is from Roger Zelazny's Amber series. FSogol Jan 2022 #26

Really good series. Read it a couple of times when it first came out, including the highplainsdem Jan 2022 #30

Lord of Lght is great, but his real masterpiece (IMO) is Eye of Cat. FSogol Jan 2022 #31

Zelazny is fun, and I love Amber... malthaussen Jan 2022 #39

No Magnus Ridolph , Nathan Brazil, Louis Gridley Wu, or Virgil Samms? FSogol Jan 2022 #27

Maybe next time... First Speaker Jan 2022 #38