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Great Science Fiction that is Out of Print?

Posted by Cliff on from the seeking-the-lost-words dept.

book_reader asks: "I recently came across a set of (the alas) out of print The Phoenix Legacy by M. K. Wren. This is/was an amazingly good classic space opera trilogy. So it got me thinking...what other great sci-fi books have vanished into the ether that I don't know about?"

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  1. Re:Hmmm... by egoff · · Score: 3, Informative
    Sterling Lanier's Hiero books are INCREDIBLE... They're some of the best sci-fi I've read.

    One good place I've found to get out-of-print books is at abebooks.com. They're UI isn't that great, but the selection is incredible; basically used book stores around the world load up their entire inventories.

  2. "Wasp" by Eric Frank Russell by AdamBa · · Score: 2, Informative
    The funniest (possibly the only really funny) sci-fi book I have read.

    - adam

    1. Re:"Wasp" by Eric Frank Russell by ajft · · Score: 2, Informative

      The only EFR book I've ever read is Next of Kin. Hilarious. I've read it over and over... ..We shall bend murgatroyd's socks...

  3. Re:CS Lewis by Tal+Cohen · · Score: 3, Informative

    A detailed review of Lewis's "Cosmic Trilogy" can be found here: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength.

    --
    - Tal Cohen
  4. Patricia McKillip by V.+Mole · · Score: 2, Informative

    Mckillip's "Riddle of Stars" trilogy (Riddlemaster of Hed, Heir of Sea and Fire and Harpist in the Wind) is terrific. Partly because it came out when fantasy was dominated by LOTR ripoffs (e.g. Shannara), but it holds up well after 20+ years. Or anything else by her. It's fantasy, rather than SF, but that's okay, since others have already referenced the CS Lewis trilogy.

  5. The Stainless Steel Rat... by OldFart58 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Another (post-Bill TGH) Harrison series. Not exactly out of print... but the first one was a hoot (I haven't read all the others, so can't personally recommend).

    Have fun!

    OldFart

  6. Re:Try this one... by stanwirth · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes it's very very good! And no, it's not out of print!

    Best quote: "No, you don't have a soul. You are a soul; you have a body."

    But I must admit, I did check to see if John Varley's The Ophiuchi Hotline , Olaf Stapledon's Last and First Men and Star Maker and Ursula LeGuin's The Lathe of Heaven and Stanislaw Lem's Imaginary Magnitude were still in print!

    They are. Whew!