science fiction
science fiction
my recent favorite reads have been science fiction but relevant to this forum as they have a common theme of the environment and humanity. the first being Where the Late Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm, written in the 70's and tackles cloning! then the Death of Grass by Samuel Youd (1956)
horticultural books i am currently reading how to create a forest garden and managing soil without chemicals. favourite dip in book Vegetables herbs and fruit, Biggs, McViccar, and Flowerdew.
on the wish list McViccar cooking with herbs, and something about perennial vegetables.
My excuse for having lots of books is that if you pet the shelves on the outside wall of room they will contribute to insulation!
horticultural books i am currently reading how to create a forest garden and managing soil without chemicals. favourite dip in book Vegetables herbs and fruit, Biggs, McViccar, and Flowerdew.
on the wish list McViccar cooking with herbs, and something about perennial vegetables.
My excuse for having lots of books is that if you pet the shelves on the outside wall of room they will contribute to insulation!
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Ooh, ooh, me too!! I treated myself to the Toensmeier and Jacks books earlier this year - both volumesfuchsia wrote:i am currently reading how to create a forest garden


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Another good ish themed science fiction book is Dies the fire by Bruce Sterling. The later books in the series are more about war (and not so good) but this first book is about the ish people and how they manage to survive the disaster when the others can't.
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How do others remember the names of authors recommended to them? I always get to the library and stare blankly at the shelves and cannot remember any of their names.
Even the books I have just read...I forget the authors name!
I have just started "writing" it into the notes on my mobile phone which seems to work for me.
I ahve just written in all the names from this thread and will be off to the library to find the books at the weekend 




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Battybird - you might not find Death of Grass under Samuel Youd. He wrote that under the name John Christopher. Damn good read, though, no matter what name he used.
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Thanks Mike, will add that to my phone!! 

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another good book is "earth abides" and another great book is "the family tree" and also for those who need a wake up call "Bloom" and for less sci-fi stuff try this list
http://www.gardenrant.com/my_weblog/200 ... .html#more
there are others but I'll have to look up their titles on my list as I haven't read them in a while.
http://www.gardenrant.com/my_weblog/200 ... .html#more
there are others but I'll have to look up their titles on my list as I haven't read them in a while.
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Sorry, I have to correct you there they are written by S M Stirling - the 1st ones are particularly good though.george wrote:Another good ish themed science fiction book is Dies the fire by Bruce Sterling. The later books in the series are more about war (and not so good) but this first book is about the ish people and how they manage to survive the disaster when the others can't.
The hunger games trilogy by Susanne Collins is also particularly good
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Re: science fiction
Oops you are right!frozenthunderbolt wrote:Sorry, I have to correct you there they are written by S M Stirling - the 1st ones are particularly good though.george wrote:Another good ish themed science fiction book is Dies the fire by Bruce Sterling. The later books in the series are more about war (and not so good) but this first book is about the ish people and how they manage to survive the disaster when the others can't.
See Battybird we can't remember the names either! I always keep a list of books recommended in my notebook so that I can check for them in the library when I go.
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My favourite book....fuchsia wrote:then the Death of Grass by Samuel Youd (1956)
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No harm done..have corrected my phone list...been too busy to go to the library!! Its good to know someone else is quietly (??) slipping into memory loss! I have gone from maternal dementia into chemo dementia (from my work!) and now into senile dementia all very seamlessly!george wrote:Oops you are right!frozenthunderbolt wrote:Sorry, I have to correct you there they are written by S M Stirling - the 1st ones are particularly good though.george wrote:Another good ish themed science fiction book is Dies the fire by Bruce Sterling. The later books in the series are more about war (and not so good) but this first book is about the ish people and how they manage to survive the disaster when the others can't.
See Battybird we can't remember the names either! I always keep a list of books recommended in my notebook so that I can check for them in the library when I go.

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