re: Nevil Shute... I started "On the Beach" many years ago and all I can remember of it is that a couple were going 'somewhere' looking for better lives and the only detail that stuck with me was the constant struggle to "find milk for baby". I never included Schute in a list of sci-fi authors. As for Bradley, I just gravitate more to 'hard' sci-fi and mostly avoid anything closer to fantasy. Darkover is highly speculative as to possible psychic powers, but doesn't get into 'magic' as such.
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