City Of the Lost Children is an absolute classic, good point.
However, I think there’s something to be said - sci-fi people of the 70’s all knew AE Van Vogt. This list was, for me delightful, because it reminded me of books I once owned, long ago, indeed many in this list .. back when books were how you encountered these materials. Real books were how we read, back then.
The need to know things has been radically compartmentalized by the mega-computer we’ve allowed to take over our planet, meanwhile, apropos cruel mistresses ..
However, I think there’s something to be said - sci-fi people of the 70’s all knew AE Van Vogt. This list was, for me delightful, because it reminded me of books I once owned, long ago, indeed many in this list .. back when books were how you encountered these materials. Real books were how we read, back then.
The need to know things has been radically compartmentalized by the mega-computer we’ve allowed to take over our planet, meanwhile, apropos cruel mistresses ..