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Good, hard sci-fi . . . ?

DanS — 9/19/2014 6:28:31 PM (archived)

An excellent springboard would be just about anything by Sir Arthur C. Clarke and/or Larry Niven.

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need good scifi books for an 8 year old - SDG - 9/18/2014 4:45:49 AM
- The White Mountains - SDG - 10/3/2014 7:57:03 PM
- Hey, Steve . . . - DanS - 9/24/2014 6:22:21 PM
- I started reading SF when I was 12. - ER - 9/18/2014 9:18:57 PM
  - That's about the time I gave it up. - SDG - 9/18/2014 10:07:10 PM
    - Good, hard sci-fi . . . ? - DanS - 9/19/2014 6:28:31 PM
      - Here ya go . . . - DanS - 9/23/2014 1:34:18 PM
- For an 8-year-old? - TB - 9/18/2014 7:16:11 PM
  - reading to the kids - SDG - 9/18/2014 8:03:31 PM
    - "Dragon Riders of Pern" . . . - DanS - 9/18/2014 9:15:23 PM
- "Tom Swift, Jr., and His Flying Lab" . . . - DanS - 9/18/2014 5:05:26 PM
- I don't think you can go wrong with Heinlein's early stuff. - ER - 9/18/2014 1:28:33 PM
  - Tom' book - SDG - 9/18/2014 3:46:32 PM
    - A particular Heinlein - FrankC - 9/18/2014 4:27:53 PM
      - The early Heinlein . . . - DanS - 9/18/2014 4:56:56 PM
    - or Dan's book... - SDG - 9/18/2014 3:57:31 PM
      - 'course I 'member . . . - DanS - 9/18/2014 4:55:23 PM
  - Or Asimov - bowser - 9/18/2014 3:28:13 PM
    - Great detail . . . - DanS - 9/18/2014 4:59:03 PM
    - Re: Or Asimov - SDG - 9/18/2014 3:53:50 PM
      - Funny how that works. - bowser - 9/18/2014 7:32:38 PM

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