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Posted 2015-03-15 1:34 AM (#9880 - in reply to #9162)
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Location: New Zealand		That's interesting. I hadn't thought about why the 1950's books are so short, with lots of action and little development.

I don't think I disliked Between Planets, I just didn't connect with it in any way. I thought that might be because I am a 49 year old female living in 2015, rather than a 14 year old boy living in the 1950's who would have found it fun.

However, I recently read Iceworld by Hal Clement, which also seems to have been written for a younger audience, also had science that was just ridiculous from the 2015 point of view, yet I thoroughly enjoyed it. I also really liked City by Clifford Simak. Why do we like one, and not another? Go figure!

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