Cheers, i'll give it a read
I plowed through the Dune novels a few years ago and it put me off sci fi. I think i'm ready to return.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 24 May 2010, 14:41, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Larry Niven's known space books are rather good
Mostly a ton of short stories, then a few novels woven between/after them (Ringworld, Fleet of Worlds), well worth tracking down the short story books first though (Tales of Known Space is a good start, and the easiest to find)
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Mon 24 May 2010, 14:44, Reply)

gateway will be a good way to ease yourself back in
it's a relatively slim volume and is not in-your face-terminology and stuff
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 24 May 2010, 14:44, Reply)

Ordered
£1.67 second hand from a Play.com market seller, so it's probably in a shocking state. I dont mind as long as it has all the pages.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 24 May 2010, 14:53, Reply)

that's my view on books
I've had ones from amazon marketplace that have cost me 1p and have been indistinguishable from brand new ones in the same order.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 24 May 2010, 14:55, Reply)

Ha! I buy lots of 1p books from Amazon (plus the £2.75 p&p)
I agree, some look brand spanking new.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 24 May 2010, 14:58, Reply)

I love the 1p sellers on amazon
Its a really good place to find the slightly obscure stuff, plus once you get enough, the amazon recommendations system actually throws out some pretty good stuff (until you ruin it all by getting duct tape online because you're too lazy to go into town, speaking of which, I should have gone food shopping about an hour ago, laters all)
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Mon 24 May 2010, 15:02, Reply)

Big or little Sainsburys?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 24 May 2010, 15:03, Reply)

Covered market
I try to only use the supermarket for things I have to get there*, plus big sainsburys is a trek and a half (from LMH)

*because I'm just a little bit middle class
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Mon 24 May 2010, 15:06, Reply)

I love the covered market
but I never remember to shop properly there
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 24 May 2010, 15:11, Reply)

The butcher I normally go to didnt have any meat out
due to the heat
The deli I wanted to investigate apparently closed a while ago

Gave up and went to little sainsburys and got a big carton of apple juice which i've nearly finished already
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Mon 24 May 2010, 16:13, Reply)

I liked
them. Or at least, I liked the first two; I haven't read any of the others. Why'd you think they were so bad?
(berk, Mon 24 May 2010, 14:45, Reply)

Dune is good
But the series suffers from the rule that no series is ever good after the 4th book
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Mon 24 May 2010, 14:46, Reply)

I was discussing them with someone yesterday
and about how books finished by someone other than the original author are usually rubbish.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 24 May 2010, 14:52, Reply)

First book was incredible
I actually had dreams about being on Dune. Next 2 were ok, but the last 3 were inpenetrable.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 24 May 2010, 14:51, Reply)

I can recommend some good sci-fi
especially short story wise
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 24 May 2010, 14:59, Reply)

go for it
could do with a few tips for new books
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 24 May 2010, 15:05, Reply)

Please do
i'm not a massive sci-fi fan, but a good book is always welcome regardless of genre.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 24 May 2010, 15:07, Reply)

Well for getting back into sci-fi
I second Vipros recommendation of Gateway, any of the Robot books by Asimov, short stories by Philip K Dick (he excels in short stories rather than books) David Brin for funny quirky looks at the subject, for a more literary take on the whole angle then read Kazuo Ishiguro's 'Never Let me Go,' A Canticle for Leibowitz for the same thing, and the whole 'Book of the New Sun' by Gene Wolfe
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 24 May 2010, 15:19, Reply)

Cheers
I read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" about 20 y/o. I enjoyed it but it's one of the few books I have read where I prefer the film.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 24 May 2010, 15:25, Reply)

I applaud your choices there young lady.

( girlinthehole, Mon 24 May 2010, 15:31, Reply)