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Subject: Re: What were you reading in 1968?
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 10:57:16 -0700
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On 7/27/24 00:59, Charles Packer wrote:
> Was there anything notable, zeitgeist-wise, in SF in the years
> around 1968?
> https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?
> content=struggle%2C%28Frankenstein+*+20%29&year_start=1934&year_end=2019&corpus=en-
> US-2019&smoothing=0
> 
> (shortened: https://tinyurl.com/az93kexc )
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1968_science_fiction_novels

I don't think I had discovered SF yet. I do remember reading a lot of 
Hardy Boys from a complete (I believe) collection my great uncle had and 
gave to my dad. I could put one of those away in an afternoon. It beat 
going outside into the Houston heat, humidity, fire ants, and mosquitos.

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Dave Scruggs
Senior Software Engineer - Lockheed Martin, et. al (mostly Retired)
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Board of Directors - Boulder Creek Fire Protection District (What was I 
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