Non-stop (S.F.Masterworks)
Registered by davemurray101 of Christiansted, US Virgin Islands US Virgin Islands on 8/31/2009
This book is in a Controlled Release!
This book is in a Controlled Release!
6 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by davemurray101 from Christiansted, US Virgin Islands US Virgin Islands on Monday, August 31, 2009
Here is an adventure story complete with such traditional ingredients as a lost tribe, sinister traces of a mighty former civilisation, and a hero, Roy Complain, who, purged by peril, comes eventually to find himself. But these classic ingredients have undergone a romantic metamorphosis: no tribe has ever been more thoroughly lost than the Greene tribe, and when Roy Complain and Priest Marapper set our for the fabled region called Forwards, they are heading for a series of shocks which will surprise the most hardened reader. For this is science fiction at its best, a realm where the logical happening is the unexpected one.
Journal Entry 2 by davemurray101 from Christiansted, US Virgin Islands US Virgin Islands on Monday, August 31, 2009
-- This is a continuation of the Dark-Draco bookring - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6759415--
The remaining participants are....
Mikime (Italy) (I)
TomHl (USA) (I)
perryfran (USA) (I)
Starfish (UK) (h)
Back to Dark-Draco (UK)
The remaining participants are....
Mikime (Italy) (I)
TomHl (USA) (I)
perryfran (USA) (I)
Starfish (UK) (h)
Back to Dark-Draco (UK)
Journal Entry 3 by davemurray101 at Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Friday, September 4, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (9/4/2009 UTC) at Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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sent in the post to Mikime this morning.
sent in the post to Mikime this morning.
This has just arrived! Thanks to davemurray101 for sending it to me, along with a beautiful postcard! :)
I'm looking forward to it and I'll try to read it as quickly as possible!
Miki
I'm looking forward to it and I'll try to read it as quickly as possible!
Miki
I really enjoyed this novel. A Sci-Fi classic, and yet it felt quite new to me. I love the way the author built the information about the actual state of things little by little, letting the reader guess at first and explaining only later on, kind of de-costructing the world (and "culture") he showed at the beginning, just as the actual place they live in is being torn to pieces, along with their beliefs. The ending is a bit puzzling to me, I'm still not sure if I like it, it feels anti-climatic and kind of pessimistic.
Thank you so much for letting me read it!
This is starting its journey to TomHl tomorrow morning. Enjoy!
Thank you so much for letting me read it!
This is starting its journey to TomHl tomorrow morning. Enjoy!
It cheered me on a chilly autumn day, to see this had arrived here. I'm in the middle of The Legion of Space right now, but will read this next when I'm finished. So, thanks to dark-draco for launching the bookring, davemurray101 for re-launching it with a new copy, and Mikime for sending it to me from Roma.
This 1959 story is a classic generation ship sf story. It's not typical of what I have come to expect from Brian Aldiss, but rather a straight-forward adventure story of the discovery of on-ship reality. I did enjoy it.I read this book on an airplane on the way to Cambodia. I am staying in Phnom Penh, and building houses in Oudong, Cambodia. The book came with me to the worksite one day.
Journal Entry 8 by TomHl at -- Mail or by hand-ring, RABCK, meetings, Wisconsin USA on Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (11/24/2009 UTC) at -- Mail or by hand-ring, RABCK, meetings, Wisconsin USA
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Sent to Maryland via Media Mail to the next person in the bookring.
Sent to Maryland via Media Mail to the next person in the bookring.
Received this on a cold and blustery day after Thanksgiving in Maryland. Thanks to all for including me in this ring. The bookrings really seem to be piling up - this is about the 4th I've received in the past couple of weeks. But I do hope to get to this soon.
I had never heard of this sci-fi novel before. As Tom said, this was pretty much a straight-forward adventure story that was at times gripping and always interesting. The climax was especially good that brought together everything and adds meaning to what came before.
Thanks again Dave for continuing this ring and Dark-Draco for instigating it. I have PMed Starflash (not Starfish) who asked to be included in the original forum where this was offered as a ring. Starfish is located in Florida and has no books registered. Will send this off as soon as I have an address.
Thanks again Dave for continuing this ring and Dark-Draco for instigating it. I have PMed Starflash (not Starfish) who asked to be included in the original forum where this was offered as a ring. Starfish is located in Florida and has no books registered. Will send this off as soon as I have an address.
Journal Entry 11 by 
perryfran
at Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, December 22, 2009
perryfran at Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (12/22/2009 UTC) at Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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Sending off to starflash in Crawley, UK to continue this ring. Enjoy!
Sending off to starflash in Crawley, UK to continue this ring. Enjoy!
Journal Entry 12 by starflash from -- Somewhere in West Sussex, West Sussex United Kingdom on Friday, January 15, 2010
Arrived through the snow earlier this week, thank you.
Journal Entry 13 by starflash at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada on Thursday, February 18, 2010
Released 14 yrs ago (2/20/2010 UTC) at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada
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Loved this, thank you for sending it out. It will be in the post on Saturday to Dark-Draco.
Loved this, thank you for sending it out. It will be in the post on Saturday to Dark-Draco.
Journal Entry 14 by 
dark-draco
from Ledbury, Herefordshire United Kingdom on Friday, February 26, 2010
dark-draco from Ledbury, Herefordshire United Kingdom on Friday, February 26, 2010
A huge thank you to Dave for finding this and replacing my copy that got lost somewhere along the way! I really enjoyed this when I first read it, and may well read it again before it travels onwards. I'm so glad that you all liked it.
Journal Entry 15 by dark-draco at Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, March 13, 2010
dark-draco at Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, March 13, 2010
Released 14 yrs ago (3/13/2010 UTC) at Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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Decided that I have too many books hanging round to be read, so am sending this one off travelling as I will probably never get round to rereading it. Being sent to a fellow bookmoocher from Ireland.
Decided that I have too many books hanging round to be read, so am sending this one off travelling as I will probably never get round to rereading it. Being sent to a fellow bookmoocher from Ireland.
