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Originally Posted by Theodoric
I've read the Blish and, I think, the Harrison (may I put in a plug for The Technicolored Time Machine , one of the funniest SF books ever and may I also say that everyone has to earn a living but The Stainless Steel Rat should have been drowned after about book number 3 and Bill the Galactic Hero cast adrift in outer space after the first).
Instant Gold rings a bell, but that's all, and I'm not sure if I've read that particular Simak; a one well-known book author, City, I'd say.
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I can't remember if I've read 'The Technicolored Time Machine' - I'll look out for it, thanks Theo.
- I heartily agree about TSSR & Bill
'Instant Gold' was sold as SciFi, because it supposes the concept of a can, to which you add water - and get 'instant' gold - making a profit, thereby. The last is the key, as it sends the worlds money markets into turmoil, when people find out the product actually works. It is really a critique of free enterprise capitalism, but very funny
- and although I have said I dislike 'series', I thought Larry Nivens 'Ringworld' & Frederik Pohl's 'Heechee' series, were very good.