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Rafterman said:

UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government's Search for Alien Life Here—and Out There​


by Garrett M. Graff

A very fair look at both the UFO phenomenon and the search for alien life. Neither debunker nor true believer. It's gettin good reviews from the New York Times, AP and Wall Street Journal, to name a few.
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It always bemuses me that beings apparently have the technology to fly across the galaxy then come a cropper and crash into the earth.
And, what's with the @n*l probing? Just buy, borrow, or use your tractor beam to acquire a copy of "Grey's Anatomy" (the book, not the TV series...).
 
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DaveFromCampbelltown said:
It always bemuses me that beings apparently have the technology to fly across the galaxy then come a cropper and crash into the earth.
And, what's with the @n*l probing? Just buy, borrow, or use your tractor beam to acquire a copy of "Grey's Anatomy" (the book, not the TV series...).
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😀😀 I couldn't agree more. And it all started because of a weather balloon going down in the desert.
 
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DaveFromCampbelltown said:
It always bemuses me that beings apparently have the technology to fly across the galaxy then come a cropper and crash into the earth.
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Well said.
DaveFromCampbelltown said:
And, what's with the @n*l probing? Just buy, borrow, or use your tractor beam to acquire a copy of "Grey's Anatomy" (the book, not the TV series...).
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Agreed.

And, moreover, I note that the same gendered nonsense as was found in a 1950s sci-fi book or movie tends to apply to the creatures that supposedly fly and crew these craft.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
Well said.

Agreed.

And, moreover, I note that the same gendered nonsense as was found in a 1950s sci-fi book or movie tends to apply to the creatures that supposedly fly and crew these craft.
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Maybe it's like the opening of Close Encounters. They just like messing with us. 😉
 
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I can't seem to stop... On book six of 63 of the Horus Heresy...

This series has been something else!

Book 6: Descent of Angels

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I also picked up Shogun... Which I plan on reading after this book.
 
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rhett7660 said:
I can't seem to stop... On book six of 63 of the Horus Heresy...

This series has been something else!

Book 6: Descent of Angels

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I also picked up Shogun... Which I plan on reading after this book.
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Have you ever read the Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold?

I strongly recommend it.
 
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Just finished Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty. This is a sequel to her previous novel Station Eternity. They are both Science Fiction murder mysteries that take place on a sentient space station and include an interesting variety of very alien aliens. Both are very good and are highly recommend.

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Billy Summers, by SK

I'm really enjoying 'New King' . . . he still paints great pictures, yet they have become more . . . pleasant <smile>
 
Not currently reading, but I saw this in a list of "most popular" books.

Top of the list was "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes.

I first read this while I was a teenager, recovering from an appendectomy. Those three weeks were magic, as I read "All you Zombies", "I have no mouth and I must scream", "A Rose for Ecclesiastes", and the original short story version of "Flowers".

Talk about being hit over the head with stories that just seared themselves into my teenage brain.

Later I read the full book version of "Flowers", and watched the film. Neither compared to the original short story.
 
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DaveFromCampbelltown said:
Not currently reading, but I saw this in a list of "most popular" books.

Top of the list was "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes.

I first read this while I was a teenager, recovering from an appendectomy. Those three weeks were magic, as I read "All you Zombies", "I have no mouth and I must scream", "A Rose for Ecclesiastes", and the original short story version of "Flowers".

Talk about being hit over the head with stories that just seared themselves into my teenage brain.

Later I read the full book version of "Flowers", and watched the film. Neither compared to the original short story.
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Robert Heinlein, Harlan Ellison, and Roger Zelazny. True greats of Science Fiction.
 
DaveFromCampbelltown said:
Not currently reading, but I saw this in a list of "most popular" books.

Top of the list was "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes.

I first read this while I was a teenager, recovering from an appendectomy. Those three weeks were magic, as I read "All you Zombies", "I have no mouth and I must scream", "A Rose for Ecclesiastes", and the original short story version of "Flowers".

Talk about being hit over the head with stories that just seared themselves into my teenage brain.

Later I read the full book version of "Flowers", and watched the film. Neither compared to the original short story.
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I remember reading this one also. Man, what a hit over the head book. Good lord, talk about a heartbreak of a novel. I never saw the movie, so I won't comment on that, but the book. Oh man.
 
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