Michael Harney wrote:
snip . . . I will probably start
reading _The Hobbit_. I want to read that book and all of the _Lord of
the
Rings_ books before the final movie comes out, and it occured to me that
that is just a few months away.
And none too soon.
George A
Julia Thompson wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
snip Joan D. Vinge's 'Psiteen' (?sp?) series looked at a
future world in a gritty, cool way (think this was
aimed at a younger readership, though).
Haven't read any of those. I've read a couple of her other novels, and
enjoyed them.
Her
As most of you know, I've been catching up on what you have all raved about,
Babylon 5. I kept everyone up to date with an almost episode by episode
commentary on season 1 and, as you told me, season 2 is even better. I have
the season finale to watch later today (then a wait until next month
Recently, I've been reading the Hugo nominees in my annual attempt to be an
informed voter. Just finished China Mieville's The Scar followed by HP 5
(not a Hugo nominee, but I like Harry). After those to lengthly, fantasy
novels, I was ready for a change in pace.
On the Larry Niven list awhile
Andrew Crystall wrote:
Not really a direct reply, but I'm currently reading
_The Mote Arround Mucheson's Eye_
(yes, the sequel to _A Mote in god's Eye_)
In the US its known as The Gripping Hand. Not quite as good as Mote
(which, IMHO, belongs in the top 10 ever). In fact, I didn't like it
Michael Harney wrote:
I know that this list was originally started as a list dedicated to
discussion of specific authors and their books, so I thought I would bring
up a topic that is closer to being actually on topic in the little time
that
I have to compose email today (at least part of
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
Sorry for the top posting here, but PLEASE NO HARRY
SPOILERS!
George A
I thought I was being pretty careful...
---
You were, you were. But your request to discuss the book; well, as much as
this list likes to discuss things . . . ;-)
Kevin Tarr wrote:
At 04:20 PM 6/21/2003 -0700, you wrote:
Why isn't anyone discussing this?
Gautam Mukunda
Seriously? Are there really that many HP readers on this list? I haven't
read any, and never plan too. Not trying to be snobbish or pretentious,
but
I just don't have time to waste
Reggie Bautista asked:
Has anyone here read _Vitals_, by Greg Bear? Any recommendations?
---
I have. Gotta admit that I'm a Bear Fan, but Vitals is at the low end of
his works, IMO of course. There is some interesting science, but I had
trouble following it through the
Sorry for the top posting here, but PLEASE NO HARRY SPOILERS!
George A
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Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 8:20 AM
Subject: Finished the new Harry Potter
Why isn't anyone discussing
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From: d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 5:20 AM
Subject: Re: Brin: RE: New Brin Novel?
Apparently Kil'n Time will be the sequel to Kiln People.
Have I missed something somewhere?
At Locus On-line, the following is show as a new book in Feb 2004.
Brin, David Kil'n Time (Time Warner UK/Orbit, tpb)
Is this a sequel to Kiln People? When is it due to be published in the
States?
George A
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Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snippage
I get all the diversity I need from my
collection of 250 or so
CDs. Also, my friend downloaded the Billboard Top
100 songs (actually only
top 50 in the early years) from 1956 to 2002. I
have editted
Kevin Tarr wrote:
So I'm sitting here at my computer, surfing, was listening to the radio
(Monsters of Rock syndicated show) and when that was over I was playing
some things on the 'puter. When I was bitching about work and internet
music streams, I was thinking I would have to take in a
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 05:53 AM 6/11/03 -0400, Gary Nunn wrote:
P.S. A friend recommended (loaning me the DVD) I watch a
mini-series called The 10th Kingdom. I was sceptical at
first, but ended up really having a good time with it.
Anyone seen it?
George A
The 10th Kingdom was a
Reggie Bautista wrote:
George wrote:
Riverworld: After reading comments on the list, I wasn't too hopeful.
However, I was pleasantly surprised. The basics of To Your Scattered
Bodies Go and The Fabulous Riverboat were there. While the movie was
rather predictable, I enjoyed watching it.
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI
At 05:06 PM 6/12/03 +0900, G. D. Akin wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 05:53 AM 6/11/03 -0400, Gary
I just read the following on SCIFIWEEKLY:
Producer Gale Ann Hurd (Hulk, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) has
signed a deal with the SCI FI Channel to produce the six-hour miniseries,
Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars. The announcement closely follows another
high-profile deal made recently by
Years in prison: 8.5 Potential fine: £7500
George A
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I thought about titling this post I hate you . . ., but then I thought
about the just-passing-time conversation between Garibaldi and Sinclair on
their way to B4 in Babylon Squared. Garibaldi is asking about how one
fastens pants, fasten then zip or zip then fasten. Turns out both are
fasten
Richard Baker said after
George said:
I'm really impressed by the way the threads interweave dovetail in
Chrysalis. Events are poised for things to burst out in season 2.
This is probably the most coherent, intriguing, and ripe with
anticipation season ending cliffhanger of any of the
I forwarded this to work and sent it to co-workers. One AF Major, PhD in
Comp Sci from the AF Academy scored a 48 plus.
George A
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Subject: Re: The Geek Test
Interesting that so far
Congratulations, congratulations!
George A
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 2:51 AM
Subject: Pregnancy update
I had my first (but not my last) ultrasound exam with this pregnancy.
Both twin girls are
22.87968% - Geek
George A
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Jim Sharkey answered Russell Chapman, who asked:
So - what IS the odd/even rule for Star Trek movies?
The odd-numbered movies suck, the even-numbered movies are good.
To wit:
Star Trek I, TPM - Not good.
Star Trek III, TSfS - Not good
Star Trek V, that which shall not be namd - Awful
Star
Matt Grimaldi wrote:
snip
G. D. Akin wrote:
The only instance I can think of off the top of my
head is Giskard's development of the Zeroth Law
(snip)
Are there other instances I've forgotten?
George A
What about the story where they installed
a new control robot
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From: d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: Brin Calls for an Attack on Riyadh Re: Brin: David Frum on the
War Plans
1. I was being sardonic about attacking Riyadh. Just recognizing
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From: d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 6:24 AM
Subject: Re: brin: the three laws of robotis are evil, why they must be
eradicated
From: Alberto Monteiro
Perhaps, but then the laws are actually
Andrew Crystall wrote:
snip
Study Provides New Evidence That Cranberry Juice May Help Fight Heart
Disease NEW ORLEANS, March 24 - There's more good news about cranberry
Fine, now make it in a form which tastes okay :P
---
I really like CranRaspberry.
George A
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From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: The right to know: (was CNN morons.)
On 25 Mar 2003 at 17:47, G. D. Akin wrote:
Another topic was about Operational Security
iaamoac wrote:
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We pretty much decided that the public does have a right to know,
but not as it is happening. Those were live Marines, very much
in harm's way.
AFAIK, though, nobody is showing live battle scenes
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten answered George A:
G. D. Akin wrote:
We pretty much decided that the public does have a right to know, but
not as
it is happening. Those were live Marines, very much in harm's way. We
need
to know about the fight and the Iraqi resistance, but we can learn
On Friday evening, Tom Brokaw took a call on air from the
mother of one of
the first American casualties. She'd had 24 hours to absorb
the news of her
son's death and _she_ called the network, not the other way around.
She felt the media was doing an incredible job, but felt they
Kevin Tarr wrote;
Which Heinlein book was on the moon, for some part anyway, and he set up
an
argument between the protagonist and a yocal about the cost of air? I
agreed 100% with what Heinlein wrote, but maybe I should take a second
look.
snip
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (I'm pretty
William T Goodall wrote:
If you listen to a UNIX shell, can you hear the C?
-
O, good one!
George A
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Robert Seeberger wrote:
In the highly anticipated new novel by John Varley, a manned mission to
Mars
becomes a personal mission for an unlikely bunch of astronauts: seven
suburban misfits who have constructed a spaceship built out of old tanker
cars and held together with all-American
Jon Gabriel wrote on George A's comments:
I just read the News portion of scifiweekly.com #308. Interesting info
on
SF movies.
- A script is complete for Asimov's Foundation; to focus on The Mule
story arc.
Now that would be interesting. I vote for John Leguizamo to play the
Mule.
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Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 1:54 AM
Subject: Re: Movie news
In a message dated 3/19/03 8:44:37 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Perhaps Kevin Costner would be available to play Hari
I just read the News portion of scifiweekly.com #308. Interesting info on
SF movies.
- A script is complete for Asimov's Foundation; to focus on The Mule
story arc.
- Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress has been optioned (for the
second time). The same group has optioned Have Spacesuit,
William T Goodall wrote:
I've read all of those and none would be in my top five...which would
be (a tough call and in date order)
-1968 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny
-1970 The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K LeGuin
- 1985 Neuromancer William Gibson
- 1990 Hyperion Dan Simmons
- 2000 A
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Anyone watching this tonight?
How about Riverworld next week?
---
We won't get either one in Korea, at least until they come out on DVD (which
I presume will happen eventually).
Anyway, I have a friend recording them for me.
George A
Julia Thompson asked
OK, I haven't read Gateway yet (wasn't there a book preceding it that I
really ought to read first?), but I've read the others and enjoyed them.
I've read both versions of Stranger, but a few years apart. (Summer of
1988 as opposed to spring of 1991)
Gateway was the
Kevin Tarr wrote:
I also don't like Stephen got my thesaurus right beside me Donaldson.
I'm
fairly well educated, but when I read for pleasure, I don't want to have
to
have a thesaurus right there. About three pages into the first book, I
was
reminded of Margaret Meade in her Growing Up in
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote:
If you're an Asimov fan, I ask: what did you (or anyone in our audience)
think of Asimov's Magic: The Final Fantasy Collection? I liked it, but
I
recently gave it to a friend who wanted to read it, and she told me she
found it disappointing. I don't know why.
Big
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From: Lalith Vipulananthan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 9:51 PM
Subject: Thomas Covenant (was RE: Question about Spoilers)
George wrote:
Lalith Vipulananthan asked:
Just out of interest, how old
Julia asked
G. D. Akin wrote:
Sheesh, I hope not. I've never read his works, but I will soon read his
Claw of the Conciliator which won a Nebula a few years back. I'm
trying to read all the Hugo (actually, done that) and Nebula Award
winners. Just a goal.
I had that as a goal
William wrote:
Since 'Claw' is volume 2 of _The Book of the New Sun_, it might be a
good idea to start with volume 1, The Shadow of the Torturer.
Probably.
I have a self-inflicted rule to read any prequel in a series, so I will do
as you suggest. I have a nice SFBC omnibus edition of The
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From: Gary L. Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 9:40 AM
Subject: RE: Stargate SG-1
Did they have different languages in the movie?
Julia
Yes, they spoke some variation of some obscure
Gary L. Nunn wrote:
I really, really like Stargate SG-1, but it is really starting to annoy
me that every alien race that they meet knows English - but they all
have alien type writing. I realize that the back story is that all of
the humans in the galaxy have common origins because of the
Lotion
Boot socks.
George A
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 1:22 PM
Subject: Care Packages
My brother is back in an undisclosed Air Force location (if it is Korea in
winter his care package will look like that MASH
Lalith Vipulananthan asked:
Just out of interest, how old were you when you read these books?
In my early 30s.
George A
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William T Goodall wrote:
I'm guessing you didn't (wouldn't) like Thomas M Disch's _The
Genocides_ either then ?
Don't know--never read him, though my next non-novel to read is his The
Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of.
BTW, just wrapping up James Gunn's Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science
From: Jim Sharkey wrote:
What I admire about the Covenant books was that I enjoyed them a great
deal despite how much I disliked their protagonist. I frankly find Thomas
Covenant to be one of the most unlikable main characters in Fantasy/SF
literature. Sure, he makes the right decisions in the
From: Lalith Vipulananthan wrote:
On another note, I can say that I am no longer a Brin virgin as I read
_Kiln
People_ (that apostrophe in the UK edition is just annoying) a couple of
months ago. Ritu recommended _Earth_ as her favourite Brin book so I'm
more
likely to read that before I head
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From: Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: Question about Spoilers
Miller, Jeffrey wrote:
:) I'm currently knee-deep in the Black Company series.. pulpy,
gratuitous, but for
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From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: Water conservation
At
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2cid=564ncid=564e=12u=/nm/20
030306/ts_nm/korea_usa_troops_dc_2
There is an indication
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
There was a short-lived movement to replace the GOTO with a new statement,
COMEFROM, but for some reason it never caught on . . .
I have a copy of the COMEFROM article somewhere. If I can find it, I get
it to you. Are we allowed to send attachments on this list?
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From: Lalith Vipulananthan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 4:30 PM
Subject: RE: Question about Spoilers
Rob wrote:
Where is this Lal?
I'd like to brush up on my Covenant since a third trilogy might be
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo Wrote:
Spaghetti code was a very negative thing to have written on your
assignment. Heard of Lasagna Code? I'm not kidding.
George A
What was lasagna code? That's an interesting term.
It was structure code carried to an extreme. It was so filled with nested
For,
Bryon Daly wrote:
As for N Korea, I'm slightly less concerned (but also less informed as I
haven't paid as close
attention to that situation).My understanding has been that while they
are belligerent, their m.o.
in the past has largely designed to induce other countries to pay them
off
From: John Garcia wrote:
my favorite is The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, but...my sentimental
favorite is Space Cadet, as it is the very first book I took out from
the local library the day I got my first library card in the 1st grade.
A sub-category of My Favorite Heinelin is My First Heinelin
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Subject: RE: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie So
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From: G. D. Akin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Especially
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Sent:
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Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie
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Reggie Bautista wrote:
George wrote:
In my first
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G. D. Akin wrote:
Okay, I want to play My Favorite Heinlein. Time Enough
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 7:41 PM
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From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ahh, GOTO. I remember what a
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Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: it's 3-3-3, in 4-4-4 it will be 7-7-7
Dan Minette wrote:
My favorite is still The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Me too. One of
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In a message dated 3/3/2003 7:33:12 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It's always interesting
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From: Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
And
So license the gun and fine the guy.
What was the other SOB doing in his house?
George A
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Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: 'Your Papers Please' challenged
On 1 Mar 2003 at 16:49, The Fool wrote:
AIR TRAVELER ID REQUIREMENT CHALLENGED Secret rule
Looking forward to it.
George A
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From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 4:26 AM
Subject: Ask Larry Niven
Of interest to those on the list who like Niven's works:
Ronn!: wrote
Since this seems to have turned into post your resume:
Note really post your resume, but Getting to know you.
George A
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Jose wrote:
The show really scored low for me when Jadzia was replaced, btw. That may
have been a major blow for the show's popularity.
---
WOW! 180 from my perspective. Had no use for Jadzia the Macho, Jadzia I
can do anything you can do. Her endless love tussles
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Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie
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At 08:31 PM 2/28/03 -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote:
I learned BASIC, COBOL, then Pascal and FORTRAN simultaneously, then PL/I
and IBM 360 (yep, that long ago) Assembly Language. My favorite language is
still Pascal though I have never seen it used outside the educational
community. I have progammed over half a million lines of FORTRAN on a VAX
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From: Steve Sloan II [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 5:20 AM
Subject: Re: Scouted; Earth Bids Farewell to Remote Pioneer Space Craft
Gary L. Nunn wrote:
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Earth has bid its
Reggie wrote:
And some ST fan(atic)s say that Trelane in The Squire of Gothos, was
probably a young Q.
--
There is novel titled Q-Squared by Peter David (I think) where Q and
Trelane battle it out. Not bad as far as Trek novels.
George A
Read the subject line.
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Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 4:42 AM
Subject: RE: Star Trek (Was: RE: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie
Soundtrack?)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have no idea what you are taking about.
George A
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Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 2:56 AM
Subject: Re: Pi in the Sky (Was: Re: EU thought crimes)
From: G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED
To me, there is nothing that captures the beauty of the universe and the
imagination and dreams of spaceflight than Thus Spake Zarathustra at the
beginning of 2001 and the Blue Danube as the Pan Am ship approaches
the
space station.
George A
Never watched Twin Peaks, so I really didn't know.
George A
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Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 10:32 PM
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From: G. D. Akin [EMAIL
Wrong! In Alabama, the value of pie is Pecan.
George A
P.S. Sorry, I couldn't help it.
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Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 4:43 AM
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From: The Fool [EMAIL
:
A Feast for Crows due in September.
George A
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 08:06:58PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote:
I really enjoy George R. R. Martin's The Songs of Ice and Fire
series
Me too! Now if only he would get that next book out faster!
I've heard
Deborah Harrell wrote:
I love Asimov's Foundation series, but in the
original trilogy Seldon is little more than a glyph; and I'd be
hard-pressed
to remember the name of the rest of the characters (aside from The Mule).
-
Bayta Darrel, Hober Mallow, Salvor Hardin, Preem
To me, there is nothing that captures the beauty of the universe and the
imagination and dreams of spaceflight than Thus Spake Zarathustra at the
beginning of 2001 and the Blue Danube as the Pan Am ship approaches the
space station.
George A
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, Feb 19, 2003 at 08:06:58PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote:
I really enjoy George R. R. Martin's The Songs of Ice and Fire
series
Me too! Now if only he would get that next book out faster!
I've heard that Martin is loosely following the War of the Roses, but
since I'm not familiar with the WotR
To me, there is nothing that captures the beauty of the universe and the
imagination and dreams of spaceflight than Thus Spake Zarathustra at the
beginning of 2001 and the Blue Danube as the Pan Am ship approaches the
space station.
George A
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From: Marvin Long, Jr.
(New), was Re: Book Suggestions: TheBest
of
Current SciFi?
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 08:06:58PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote:
I really enjoy George R. R. Martin's The Songs of Ice and Fire
series
Me too! Now if only he would get that next book out faster!
I've heard
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Subject: Re: Irregulars Question (New), was Re: Book Suggestions: TheBest of
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At 08:37 AM 2/17/2003 -0600, you wrote:
On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, G. D. Akin wrote:
Amercian Gods . . . 2002
]
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Subject: Re: Irregulars Question (New), was Re: Book Suggestions: TheBest of
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On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, G. D. Akin wrote:
Both Blood Music and Forge of God were enjoyable reads. Blood
Music
is a very
I second that. Infinity Beach was pretty good; Chindi is even better.
George A
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From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: Book Suggestions: The Best of Current SciFi?
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
Again.. Sent several e-mails today. None appeared.
George A
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Saw the on Leno and thought this would be great live. Bought the
CD--good
stuff. Didn't they do Intel Pentium IV commercials?
George A
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From: Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Brin List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 3:58 AM
Subject: Blue
Dan wrote:
... the actors was climbed on top of my wife's seat. We all had to wear
plastic ponchos.
Are you sure you weren't seeing Gallagher?
George A
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Subject: Re: Irregulars Question (New), was Re: Book Suggestions: The Best
of Current SciFi?
Jeroen wrote:
Kim Stanley Robinson's _Mars_ trilogy would be a good read -- if you can
spare the time to read through some 3,600 pages.
But so very much worth the time and effort.
George A
I have two reasons for you to finish Moving Mars.
1. It is a good book, a good story. I will admit, it started off slowly,
but persistence pays off.
2. It won the 1994 Nebula. I think all serious SF readers should read all
the Hugo and Nebula Winners. Read the Hugos and you know what the
Hey, I got this one and none of the others. Go figure!
George A
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Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 1:24 AM
Subject: Re: test
In a message dated 2/15/2003 7:19:20 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
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Check out Hominids and Humans by Robert Sawyer and Evolution by Steve
Baxter.
I'm in the middle of Coyote by Allen Steele . . . excellent planetary
colonization novel. Originally published as a series of novella and
novelettes. Stealing Alabama was Hugo nominee last year and The Between
Years
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