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my progress in sf/f was something like this:
i started with Herbert Wells and Jules Verne, then came Rodger Zelazny and John Tolkien, after that Clifford Simak and Isaac Asimov, later Stephen Kind and Ray Bradbury and Andre Norton, finally everything else

so mostly classics, i should do more catch-up reading to cover modern authors

Somethingclever:  I'm betting any thread you, or anyone else, starts like that will get some response.  One thing fans of SF/F love to do is give recommendations.  The better read authors will get you more responses of course.  I know I'll jump in where I can.

Hihik:  I'm wondering how it is that you started with the classics?  Was it by choice or did somebody start you down that path?  I've not read many of the classics yet myself.  There were always film versions of Wells and Verne around and nobody pushed me in that direction.

Interesting!  Very hard to find translated works of any kind it seems. Perhaps you can help me.  What I've been looking for is a list of great translations into English of foreign SF that I can add to the site.  I googled around for something like that but did not turn up anything. Something that's authoritative or recognized or will be accepted by most visitors as genuine.  A "Best Ever SF Translated Into English" list that would cover SF from around the globe, not just Europe.  THAT would be awesome for WWEnd.

And now a little something for you: The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov

It's on the Pringle list so I just dropped it in there a bit early so you can tag it.  The rest of the list will go in this weekend hopefully.  I also thought perhaps I could guilt you into a review since it's obviously a book you love....

@admin - cheers! i'll need a refresher for review of TEE since it's been years, i'll see what can be done ))

i had the same thought about finding foreign sf translated into english after i added Roadside Picnic to my list (note: same authors, another awesome book - Hard To Be a God). let me see if i can find any other russian authors that have translated works.

obviously you can start with Night Watch, Day Watch, Twilight Watch and Last Watch.

finding "the best of" list would be even harder i assume ..