The Age of the Pussyfoot

6 best books like The Age of the Pussyfoot (Frederik Pohl): Camp Concentration, Red Planet (Heinlein's Juveniles, #3), Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew, The Shockwave Rider, The Syndic, The Last Castle

Camp Concentration

Author	Thomas M. Disch
ISBN	0375705457

Flowers for Algernon has become a minor classic, and, thanks to the movie, even people who haven't read it often know the story. Poor Charlie Gordon is given an operation which turns him from a mentally subnormal dishwasher into a genius, but the treatment turns out to be flawed. It's a great weepie, and...

Red Planet (Heinlein's Juveniles, #3)

Author	Robert A. Heinlein
ISBN	0345493184

This was, hands down, my favorite Heinlein book as a teen. I read it at least 4 or 5 times. I really need to read it again as an adult, but Heinlein ... always an iffy proposition. Though this is one of his early juvie novels, so it's safer than, say, Time Enough for Love.

Two teenage boys, sent away...

Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew

Author	Ursula K. Le Guin
ISBN	0933377460

I'm pretty skeptical of books on writing, if only because everyone seems to have written one. And so many of them come at you with flashy promises: "Sell Your Novel In Thirty Days!"

Prior to having read LeGuin's "Steering the Craft," I relied on three books, more or less:

1. Strunk and...

The Shockwave Rider

Author	John Brunner
ISBN	0345467175

One man has made it his mission to liberate the mental prisoners. to restore their freedom in a world run mad.

Nickie Halflinger, the only person to escape from Tarnover- where they raise hyper-intelligent children to maintain the political dominance of the USA in the 21st century – is on...

The Syndic

Author	C.M. Kornbluth
ISBN	0523485433

Syndic versus Mob! The Syndic operated as a sort of gigantic protective league in what had once been the states east of the Mississippi. Here was a totally hedonistic society, moral inhibitions had gone the way of the horse. (Polo was played in jeeps with 50-calibre machine guns.) The hopelessly corrupt...

The Last Castle

Author	Jack Vance
ISBN	0425084787

WITH VANCE PEST CONTROL, PESTS DON'T STAND A CHANCE!

In addition to bugging you, the pests known as Humans pose serious risks to your health and property – all year long. Humans carry various diseases, so it’s important to keep them in their place. No matter what season it is, they will sneak...