Quote Originally Posted by scbubba View Post
I'm with you on "dated." I'm currently finishing up "A Fire Upon the Deep" by Vernor Vinge and following it with "The Forever War" by Joe Haldeman. A couple of classic hard Sci Fi greats....

"Childhood's End" is one of those Clarke works that I just never got around to reading. I may have to grab a copy.
I tried "A fire upon the deep" and just couldn't get into it. "The Forever War"
is brilliant though.