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Know your Sci-Fi? Please help me find these books.

 
 
Reply Sun 16 Jan, 2005 12:44 pm
Lets see how good your memories are; I have read a lot of Sci-Fi in my time and have hung on to most of it, however there are two novels which have stuck in my mind and I would really like to read them again. The only problem is that I cannot remember the titles or the name of the authors. So, two books, here is a brief description as I remember them (and it was a LONG time ago).

1. A station is found in space, left over from some old and long dead civilization. Aboard the station are many ships each of which can be programmed (in a way not understood) to fly to a specific and distant destination. The station is populated by treasure hunters who use the ships to fly to exciting new places and rob them. Many do not return or return dead.
2. On a desert planet far from Earth there exist a place which is rich in archeological treasures but suffers from some kind of "Temporal Displacement" which manifests itself in the form of a wind. Those caught in such a wind find themselves shifted, not in space but time. Treasure hunters (again!) wear protective suits in an attempt to survive the storms.

And there it is. If anyone can help with titles or authors names I would be very grateful. Alternatively if you know a good place where such a question could be asked I would love to hear about it. It would be great if you could e-mail me direct at freeserve; [email protected]


All the best.
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roger
 
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Reply Sun 16 Jan, 2005 01:30 pm
Don't recall the title of the first, but believe it to have been written by Fredrick Pohl. Whoever, there were either two or three books by the same author, with the same background. I seem to recall that the characters were unrelated.

I'm not at all familier with the second.
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littlek
 
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Reply Sun 16 Jan, 2005 01:41 pm
I don't know the answers, but I'd like to know the answers.
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Francis
 
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Reply Sun 16 Jan, 2005 03:42 pm
The first one seems to be in Rama series, probably "Rendezvous with Rama" by Arthur C. Clarke.

The second one I not yet find the title but the story is not unknown to me.
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Fedral
 
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Reply Tue 18 Jan, 2005 03:33 pm
The first book you are thinking of is 'Gateway' by Frederik Pohl
A great book, although I was somwhat disappointed with the sequels.

No clue on the second.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Tue 18 Jan, 2005 03:50 pm
Could the second book be Jack Chalker's "Changewinds" quartet?
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roger
 
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Reply Tue 18 Jan, 2005 07:34 pm
Good taste in literature, Fedral.
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Merry Andrew
 
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Reply Tue 18 Jan, 2005 07:54 pm
Fedral beat me to it. At the time it was published, it was one of my faves. Wish I still had it. I think there was at least one sequel, too.
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