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Well my first ACC book was A Fall Of Moondust, and that got me hooked. Out
of curiosity I was wondering what other peoples first ACC book was?



"silkee" <mrestelle.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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 > I just have to say "Childhood's End" was my first A.C. Clarke novel, and
 > consequently he stole the number one spot in my heart away from the good
 > doctor. Brilliance rewarded at last! The real irony is "Fahrenheit 451",
 > because of movie adaptations, the less book learned know of it. But, have
 > never bothered to read it.
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"kaz" <qwerty.RemoveThis@booleandesign.com> wrote in message
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 > Well my first ACC book was A Fall Of Moondust, and that got me hooked.
Out
 > of curiosity I was wondering what other peoples first ACC book was?

I have no clue. It was way too long ago.

Have a great day!

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kaz <qwerty RemoveThis @booleandesign.com> wrote in message
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: Well my first ACC book was A Fall Of Moondust, and that got me hooked. Out
: of curiosity I was wondering what other peoples first ACC book was?

My first Clarke was the short-story anthology "The Nine Billion Names of
God."

Then I read some of his other books in the following order:

2001: A Space Oddyssey
2010
2061: Oddysey Three
Rendezvous with Rama
Rama II
Garden of Rama
Ghost from the Grand Banks
Cradle
Tales of Ten Worlds
The Hammer of God
Rama Revealed
Richter 10
3001: Final Oddyssey

I'm currently reading The Trigger. I can't wait to read The Light of Other
Days, Time's Eye, and especially The Last Theorem.

I know I've read some others... I haven't read Childhood's End or The City
and The Stars, or Earthlight. I haven't read enough of his early stuff, but
I plan to.

He's my favourite sci-fi author because he can really make those massive,
unknowable, alien intelligences seem real.
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On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:19:27 +0100, "kaz" <qwerty.TakeThisOut@booleandesign.com>
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 >Well my first ACC book was A Fall Of Moondust, and that got me hooked. Out
 >of curiosity I was wondering what other peoples first ACC book was?
 >
Mine was "Earthlight", at the age of about twelve. It made a great
impression on me, and I have since read, I think, everything he has
published in book form. But "Earthlight" I could never find again,
until a couple of years ago I came across a copy in a second-hand
shop. Inevitably, the magic had faded; although I don't think he wrote
anything that isn't worth reading, it is *not* one of his best (he
says this himself somewhere - it was his only attempt at writing a war
story).

And, speaking of obscure ACC books, some of the non-fiction is pretty
hard to find. Has anyone else out there read "Voice Across the Sea"?
That one I do recommend.

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kaz <qwerty.DeleteThis@booleandesign.com> wrote:
 > Well my first ACC book was A Fall Of Moondust, and that got me hooked. Out
 > of curiosity I was wondering what other peoples first ACC book was?

Either 2001 (because I saw the movie when it first came out) or the short
story collection "Take a deep Breath", I don't quite remember.
I did read "A Fall of Moondust" later, but wasn't too impressed by it.

2001 WAS the first Clarke book I ever _bought_ though, most of the others
I borrowed from the public library (was only a schoolboy then, didn't
have all that much money to buy books).
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 > Well my first ACC book was A Fall Of Moondust, and that got me hooked. Out
 > of curiosity I was wondering what other peoples first ACC book was?

First novel: 2001
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I still have in front of me the first sci-fi book I bought (not read) when I
got my own money at Uni in 1969 .... The City and the Stars

I still yearn for Diaspar

probably because I am getting old and yearn to be imortal

Ahh well

Jo (bellatori)
"silkee" <mrestelle.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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 > I just have to say "Childhood's End" was my first A.C. Clarke novel, and
 > consequently he stole the number one spot in my heart away from the good
 > doctor. Brilliance rewarded at last! The real irony is "Fahrenheit 451",
 > because of movie adaptations, the less book learned know of it. But, have
 > never bothered to read it.
 >


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I aloso saw the movie when it first cam to Suton in Surrey (england). I took
my then (and first0 girlfriend to see it on the monday evening. I went out
and bought the book the following morning and read it completely in time for
the evening showing again on the tuesday... the book was great though the
film without reading the book was confusing!

Jo (Bellatori)
"Eef Hartman" <E.J.M.Hartman RemoveThis @math.tudelft.nl> wrote in message
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 > kaz <qwerty RemoveThis @booleandesign.com> wrote:
  > > Well my first ACC book was A Fall Of Moondust, and that got me hooked.
Out
  > > of curiosity I was wondering what other peoples first ACC book was?
 >
 > Either 2001 (because I saw the movie when it first came out) or the short
 > story collection "Take a deep Breath", I don't quite remember.
 > I did read "A Fall of Moondust" later, but wasn't too impressed by it.
 >
 > 2001 WAS the first Clarke book I ever _bought_ though, most of the others
 > I borrowed from the public library (was only a schoolboy then, didn't
 > have all that much money to buy books).
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 > ** snail-mail: P.O. Box 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands **
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