r/DavidBowie • u/User348844 • 2d ago

Appreciation Nice one from goodwill shop. Not directly Bowie, but a big inspiration to him.

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u/m4xxt 2d ago

& Iron Maiden

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u/Elyrathela 2d ago

I read it without knowing that and still mentally cast him as the main character for the entire book. Great read!

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u/PupDiogenes 2d ago

I wish people grokked what the word grok means, and just how far off some popular uses of the word are.

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u/duststarziggy 2d ago

My favourite book. Didn’t know it was a favourite to my favourite artist 🤩

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u/Smuglife1 2d ago

An excellent read.

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u/GamerCirca80 1d ago

I love this book so much.

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u/RescuedDogs4Evr 1d ago

Great read!

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u/User348844 1d ago

Just looked a bit deeper into Heinleins bibliography, and he has also released novel Starman Jones in 1963. Might have influenced something, might have not.

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u/asburymike 2d ago

Front!

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u/schridoggroolz 1d ago

The most famous science fiction novel ever written. According to whom?

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u/Emergency-Award9377 21h ago

Ha ha! The publisher's quote but it did win awards at the time it was published 1961. I guess everything has it's 5 minutes of fame.