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Science Fiction

cstanleytech

(27,297 posts) Sat Dec 29, 2018, 10:50 PM Dec 2018

Looking for a scifi novel involving telepathy. [View all]

I know its not Anne McCaffrey nor Christopher Stasheff
Story line involved from what I recall a guy going to a planet as some sort of agent and he had to then escape the planet at which point he used his powers he had developed to keep the aliens from capturing him and the ship he was escaping on.
Read it back in the mid 80s but for the life of me I cannot recall the author or title.

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Looking for a scifi novel involving telepathy. [View all] cstanleytech Dec 2018 OP

I'm sending you the title telepathically Xipe Totec Dec 2018 #1

Probably Asimov. He was way ahead of his time! akraven Dec 2018 #2

Nope, read all their works and it was not either of them. cstanleytech Dec 2018 #5

Darn. Now I'm actually going to have to THINK???? akraven Dec 2018 #7

1800 when I last counted 20 years ago and its grown alot since then. :) cstanleytech Dec 2018 #9

Isn't it great? Nothing better than a new book, even if it's an old one! akraven Dec 2018 #10

Unfortunately the majority of used book stores in this area have closed down over cstanleytech Dec 2018 #11

We have three, and we're not a city............ akraven Dec 2018 #12

There was one Heinlein book where telepathy played a role nitpicker Dec 2018 #13

Telepathy was used in some of his other works though not as much cstanleytech Dec 2018 #15

Tried the SF Encyclopedia? LunaSea Dec 2018 #3

If that doesn't work (very cool site!) More_Cowbell Dec 2018 #4

Thanks, tried them awhile ago but might give it another shot. cstanleytech Dec 2018 #6

Have no idea about that novel, PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #8

One of Lois McMaster Bujold's books also had it as an element nitpicker Dec 2018 #14

Do you include "Escape Velocity" when you say not Stasheff? ms liberty Dec 2018 #16

I checked my copy and that's not it either, thank you though. cstanleytech Dec 2018 #17

Got any recollection of the publishing date? LunaSea Jan 2019 #18

Nope but the copy I read back in the mid 80s to early 80s had to have been less than 5 years old cstanleytech Jan 2019 #19

Have you looked at? FeatherFox Feb 2019 #20

Yes and I even added Warrior Planet by Don Wismer to it a few months ago LOL cstanleytech Feb 2019 #21

LOL FeatherFox Feb 2019 #22

Try asking here :) FeatherFox Feb 2019 #23