Comments on: Can you Classic Science Fiction readers answer? http://www.historyofsciencefiction.com/books-authors/can-you-classic-science-fiction-readers-answer/ Want to know the history of SciFi? Sun, 31 May 2009 13:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mindbird http://www.historyofsciencefiction.com/books-authors/can-you-classic-science-fiction-readers-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-16 mindbird Wed, 21 May 2008 16:19:09 +0000 http://www.historyofsciencefiction.com/books-authors/can-you-classic-science-fiction-readers-answer/#comment-16 This sounds a little like the great great great short story called "The Machine Stops," by E.M. Forster. There is another story by Asimov or Clarke, I think, about someone in a very high tech society who invents mathematics on paper---something that a person could actually do without a machine! This sounds a little like the great great great short story called “The Machine Stops,” by E.M. Forster.

There is another story by Asimov or Clarke, I think, about someone in a very high tech society who invents mathematics on paper—something that a person could actually do without a machine!

]]> By: disco_vicsticks http://www.historyofsciencefiction.com/books-authors/can-you-classic-science-fiction-readers-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-15 disco_vicsticks Sun, 18 May 2008 21:11:21 +0000 http://www.historyofsciencefiction.com/books-authors/can-you-classic-science-fiction-readers-answer/#comment-15 It's possible you're thinking of 1984 by George Orwell, a book in which computers are used by large beuracracies to monitor and enslave the population. Not sure if that helped sorry, dunno any Verne beside 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and Journey to The Centre Of The Earth. Do a google search for books by Verne and those by Wells and see what it brings up, if it brings up a fan site or an official site go there and see if there's book summaries or do the same at amazon.com. It’s possible you’re thinking of 1984 by George Orwell, a book in which computers are used by large beuracracies to monitor and enslave the population. Not sure if that helped sorry, dunno any Verne beside 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and Journey to The Centre Of The Earth.

Do a google search for books by Verne and those by Wells and see what it brings up, if it brings up a fan site or an official site go there and see if there’s book summaries

or do the same at amazon.com.

]]> By: ptery http://www.historyofsciencefiction.com/books-authors/can-you-classic-science-fiction-readers-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-14 ptery Thu, 15 May 2008 14:55:17 +0000 http://www.historyofsciencefiction.com/books-authors/can-you-classic-science-fiction-readers-answer/#comment-14 This concept is in Dan Simmons' series which starts with "Ilium" and concludes with "Olympus". Great series!! This concept is in Dan Simmons’ series which starts with “Ilium” and concludes with “Olympus”. Great series!!

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