gardengirl Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Has anyone ever read the book DREAM SCIENCE? I think the author was from USA and was called either THOMAS or ROBERT PALMER. I can't find my paperback copy to check on this, but the book is tremendous! The best Sci Fi or fantasy book I have ever read. So well written, a page turner and yet more than that, disturbing [not that there are gory or horrible bits because there aren't] but disturbing in a 'imagine if that really happened to me' kind of way.The hero , an ordinary business man, just finds himself stepping out of his own reality and into others, all as far as he can tell in the USA. Things get weirder and weirder, and you are so gripped by his experiences.I don't know if he ever wrote another book, but if he didn't, then his one book is worth 20 of some SF writers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 That last one is a big claim! OK you got me curious. No reviews on Amazon UK but I found 4 reviews on the US amazon site (all very good)so I bought a second hand copy for 1p plus postage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardengirl Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 Hello Vodkafan, well, in that case you got a real bargain! Hope that you enjoy it as much as I did, we are all different of course. Did you find he has written other things by the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Yes gardengirl! It is Thomas Palmer by the way. He is a bit of a mystery man. Looks like he has written at least one other book, non-SF. Here is a link: http://greatsfandf.com/AUTHORS/ThomasPalmer.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 This is the best and most informative review. If you are thinking of reading the book though be warned it may contain spoilers. http://www.lewisshiner.com/liberation/dreamsci.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardengirl Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 Thank you Vodkafan, for the messages and also the links, the last link was a great review wasn't it?Wish that I could write reviews like that!Anyway, I'm sure you will like the book. Thanks for the info, I shall try to get his other book and look forward to reading it. You ask if I like old Sci-Fi/fantasy, and yes I do, but I also like up to date writing too. I just think that there are such good writers from some years ago that are out of print or just difficult to find and it is a shame.With Sci-Fi/fantasy, I only like certain things though, no 5 headed aliens or anyone with ridiculous other worldly names like zechxxxon of the first order of Dekklinia [you know what I mean.]No sorcerers, warlocks, demons,and not too much alien [or Earthly technology terms] as in 'he aligned the steel trechin and turned the pilkpin a touch to the left, before debrilling the nebulizer'.It has also got to be well written, which knocks out a lot of SF writing [and actually, other genres too.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I get your drift. Might I mention Jack Vance? He is my favourite writer of all time. His use of language is like nobody else. And I dare you to read one of his books and not get into it. It's like having a Rowntrees Fruit Pastille in your mouth and not chewing it..For you I would recommend To Live Forever (also called Clarges) Another old forgotten English SF writer I had in mind for you is Leonard Daventry. He wrote several books all very hard to find now. I have only read A Man Of Double Deed. You can find them second hand on Amazon sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardengirl Posted September 15, 2013 Author Share Posted September 15, 2013 thanks, I will look for both authors and books that you mention. It's hard sometimes to find then I agree, and libraries never seem to have any of the old authors at all. Libraries here don't even stock any Brian Aldiss, and he lived here for most of his writing life [in my village.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 I never managed to read any Brian Aldiss! I think later on in life he became more of an editor and a resource for other SF writers? I liked Damon Knight though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Got my copy of Dream Science through today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I like the sound of this one and my copy arrived today too VF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I like the sound of this one and my copy arrived today too VF. Ah that's cool chaliepud!. I have read a couple of pages so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I haven't started it yet, will wait to hear what you think of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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