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William T Goodall wrote:
Lalith Vipulananthan wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
Terry Goodkind
I used to, but then I read _Faith Of The Fallen_. There is only so
much political ranting I can handle in a book, so I didn't bother
with _The Pillars Of Creation_.
Pillars was a whole lot worse...
Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robert Seeberger wrote:
From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[somebody else wrote:]
So what other writers or books in science
fiction, fantasy, or horror (or
heck, any genre) do people on the list like,
even though they realize
William T Goodall wrote:
Pillars was a whole lot worse...
A good friend of mine still reads them and he enjoyed Pillars. Then
again, he didn't think there was anything wrong with the Night's Dawn
trilogy. I thought it was fun and he thought it deserved a re-read over
my recommendation of
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Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 18:24:15 -0600
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On 6 Jan 2004, at 12:19 am, Lalith Vipulananthan wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
So what other writers or books in science fiction, fantasy,
or horror (or heck, any genre) do people on the list like, even
though
they realize they're not exactly top-notch stuff?
Terry Goodkind
I used to, but
Julia wrote:
Of course, *most* of the books in the house are in the library, not just
the ones I haven't read yet. I keep track of those partly with the help
of a data file
With an off-site backup? :-)
Seriously, I'm looking into getting a safe-deposit box where I can keep
paper,
Julia wrote, re: books by Sawyer:
I really enjoy his
books up to the last 3 pages or so, and then I get a little annoyed
about the ending. :)
Sounds like most Stephen King books for me, only replace last 3 pages with
last 3 chapters.
Reggie Bautista
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Neat. His endings, at least the ones I've read so far, are neat -- in
the tidy sense
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Julia wrote, re: books by Sawyer:
I really enjoy his
books up to the last 3 pages
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Travis Edmunds wrote:
snip
-Travis will be reading more Robert J. Sawyer in the future
King is a mediocre writer, who occasionally achieves
a golden moment or two.
I often find myself thinking of how he has sold as
many books as he has. Of
course he caters to the masses, but then again what
professional writer
doesn't? Given that, I must assume that people are
for the
Travis wrote:
King is a mediocre writer, who occasionally achieves a golden moment or
two.
You'll notice in my comment, I didn't say King was a good writer, just that
I often enjoy his books. :-) There's definitely a difference. For me,
King's better books are a guilty pleasure. (We won't
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Travis wrote:
Some other series', universes though, that make my top ten
So what other writers or books in science fiction,
fantasy, or horror (or
heck, any genre) do people on the list like, even
though they realize
they're not exactly top-notch stuff? James P. Hogan
comes to mind for me,
as well as Nancy McKenzie and Robin Wayne Bailey
(IMO _Shadowdance_ is
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Travis wrote:
King is a mediocre writer, who occasionally achieves a golden moment
On 5 Jan 2004, at 6:45 pm, Reggie Bautista wrote:
Travis wrote:
King is a mediocre writer, who occasionally achieves a golden moment
or
two.
You'll notice in my comment, I didn't say King was a good writer, just
that
I often enjoy his books. :-) There's definitely a difference. For
me,
Reggie Bautista wrote:
Julia wrote:
Of course, *most* of the books in the house are in the library, not just
the ones I haven't read yet. I keep track of those partly with the help
of a data file
With an off-site backup? :-)
Seriously, I'm looking into getting a safe-deposit
William T Goodall wrote:
So what other writers or books in science fiction, fantasy,
or horror (or heck, any genre) do people on the list like, even
though
they realize they're not exactly top-notch stuff?
Terry Goodkind
I used to, but then I read _Faith Of The Fallen_. There is only so
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So what other writers or books in science fiction,
fantasy, or horror (or
heck, any genre) do
Robert Seeberger wrote:
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So what other writers or books in science fiction,
fantasy, or horror
Oh!
So you are one of those who are responsible for
crowding *real* SciFi
off the shelves!
You oughta be horsewhipped by a really big horse!
A Clydesdale at the least!!!
Hah! I've depleted the local supply of Battletech
books to nearly zero! However, its the SW/ST books
that are legion...
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Hah! I've depleted the local supply of Battletech
books to nearly zero! However, its the SW/ST books
Bryon Daly wrote:
From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Calculating God (Robert J Sawyer/Anyone heard of him or the book?/He has
won a Nebula)
This is sitting on my pile of to-be-read books. I thought my pile was
large, with about 40 or so sitting on the shelf, but it's dwarfed by
Travis Edmunds wrote:
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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 23:01:39 -0500
From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Calculating God (Robert J Sawyer/Anyone
In a message dated 1/4/2004 8:54:03 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In the library.
It's a 20' X 20' room over the garage; there are 21 bookcases against
the walls, 5 on the west wall, 6 on the north wall, 6 on the east wall
and 4 on the south wall.
You can
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 1/4/2004 8:54:03 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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In the library.
It's a 20' X 20' room over the garage; there are 21 bookcases against
the walls, 5 on the west wall, 6 on the north wall, 6 on the east wall
and 4
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At 03:16 PM 1/1/04, Travis Edmunds wrote:
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED
Travis wrote:
Some other series', universes though, that make my top ten
are as follows:
-The Vampire Chronicles/Mayfair Witches (same Universe) - Anne Rice
Hmm. This is a tough one for me. I thought _Interview_ was incredibly
interesting but ultimately quite flawed. I really enjoyed
Ronn! wrote:
I wish Gerrold would work on a completed series . . .
*lol*
Tell me about it. I started reading this series in 1990, around the time
that _A Season For Slaughter_ came out. 13 years later, and Gerrold is
still alive from all accounts. I think he wrote the three Dingiliad
books to
At 07:19 PM 1/3/04, Lalith Vipulananthan wrote:
Ronn! wrote:
I wish Gerrold would work on a completed series . . .
*lol*
Tell me about it. I started reading this series in 1990, around the time
that _A Season For Slaughter_ came out. 13 years later, and Gerrold is
still alive from all
I wrote, re: the Dune books:
I hated the second one.
Hated, hated hated.
Damon asked:
What exactly didn't you like about it? I thought it
was pretty good...not as good as the first, but
somewhat better than the third.
It was... it had... it lacked... um...
You know, it's been so long
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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 23:01:39 -0500
From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Calculating God (Robert J Sawyer/Anyone heard of him or the book?/He
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Dune is most definitely in my top ten favorite book series, along with
Tolkien's Middle
At 12:13 PM 1/1/04, Travis Edmunds wrote:
-The War Against The Chtorr - David Gerrold
-Travis gonna work on a completed top ten Edmunds
I wish Gerrold would work on a completed series . . .
-- Ronn! :)
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At 12:13 PM 1/1/04, Travis Edmunds wrote:
-The War Against The Chtorr - David
At 03:16 PM 1/1/04, Travis Edmunds wrote:
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At 12:13 PM 1/1/04, Travis Edmunds wrote
Travis Edmunds wrote:
snip
-Travis will be reading more Robert J. Sawyer in the future Edmunds
--
IMO, good decision. I've read most of his stuff. His works are easy to
read, the characters, while not deeply developed, are likeable, or at least
From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Calculating God (Robert J Sawyer/Anyone heard of him or the book?/He has
won a Nebula)
This is sitting on my pile of to-be-read books. I thought my pile was
large, with about 40 or so sitting on the shelf, but it's dwarfed by Julia's
pile. (Julia -
David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nothing too much that was new. Mostly more of the same-old
stuff. (Yawn.)
Oh I don't know, Chelegrans, behemothaurs, pylon country as well as a more
in depth look at a lot of the stuff that he'd only touched on briefly made
it interesting to me.
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Travis wrote:
-Dune (can't wait to read it/at least two people here on the list highly
Doug Pensinger wrote:
David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nothing too much that was new. Mostly more of the same-old
stuff. (Yawn.)
Oh I don't know, Chelegrans, behemothaurs, pylon country as well as a more
in depth look at a lot of the stuff that he'd only touched on briefly
Julia Thompson wrote:
BN?
hasn't been in a BN store for almost 2 years
Hmph! Way to kill the joke, Julia. ;-)
Jim
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On 28 Dec 2003, at 5:28 pm, David Hobby wrote:
...
I place CP at the top of the list with UoW, Inversions and LtW very
close
behind. I need to reread Excession. I enjoyed it, but it was a
complex
story with many, many ships to keep track of. I agree that PoG is the
weakest except for maybe
David Hobby wrote:
I believe Player of Games is one of the best, certainly
the best first book. Use of Weapons is probably best, but be
warned, it's not a cheery book. The rest are all good, but I was
not too impressed with Look to Windward, it seemed derivative.
Derivative? Not sure
I hated the second one.
Hated, hated hated.
What exactly didn't you like about it? I thought it
was pretty good...not as good as the first, but
somewhat better than the third.
Damon.
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Qui
Doug Pensinger wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
I believe Player of Games is one of the best, certainly
the best first book. Use of Weapons is probably best, but be
warned, it's not a cheery book. The rest are all good, but I was
not too impressed with Look to Windward, it seemed
Merry Christmas everyone. And speaking of the most wonderful time of the
year (sorry Nick), I received some books for Christmas. Three books to be
exact:
-Dune (can't wait to read it/at least two people here on the list highly
recommended it + the series)
-Blackwood Farm (Anne Rice/for you
Travis wrote:
Merry Christmas everyone. And speaking of the most wonderful time of
the year (sorry Nick), I received some books for Christmas. Three books
to be exact:
-Dune (can't wait to read it/at least two people here on the list highly
recommended it + the series)
-Blackwood Farm (Anne
-Dune (can't wait to read it/at least two people
here on the list highly
recommended it + the series)
Interestingly I bought that just before christmas in
hardback; my supervisor at work gave me a BN gift
certificate, and since they have a mediocre history
section, well I had been looking to
Doug Pensinger wrote:
I'm just finishing Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
What did you think?
I was shopping for my brother in law who also reads a lot of SF and
ended up getting him a copy of Iain M. Banks' Inversions without
thinking too much about it. I need to get a copy of Consider
Phlebas
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 13:47:25 -0500 (EST), Jim Sharkey
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Doug Pensinger wrote:
I'm just finishing Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
What did you think?
Haven't quite finished yet, battle looming on the Enterprise. Stephenson
is a real talent, but I hope the ending is better
Travis Edmunds wrote:
-Calculating God (Robert J Sawyer/Anyone heard of him or the book?/He has
won a Nebula)
Yes, and he won a Hugo this year for _Hominids_.
_Calculating God_ was nominated for a Hugo. It was beat out by a Harry
Potter book. Frankly, I thought that _The Sky Road_ by Ken
Julia Thompson wrote:
My pile is over 800 for fiction alone.
Maybe it's time to put one of those signs at the bottom of the pile like they do on
queues that cuts it off. Even if by some miracle (given your family obligations) you
could read a book a day, you're looking at two-and-a-half
At 02:32 PM 12/27/2003, you wrote:
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 13:47:25 -0500 (EST), Jim Sharkey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Doug Pensinger wrote:
I'm just finishing Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
What did you think?
Haven't quite finished yet, battle looming on the Enterprise. Stephenson
is a real talent,
At 01:47 PM 12/27/2003, you wrote:
Doug Pensinger wrote:
I'm just finishing Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
What did you think?
I was shopping for my brother in law who also reads a lot of SF and
ended up getting him a copy of Iain M. Banks' Inversions without
thinking too much about it. I need to
Kevin wrote:
And to add to Doug's answer, I think it depends on what level of sci-fi
you want. I think Player of Games is a weak book, compared with the
rest. Excession is very high tech and is my favorite, but it was also my
first. CP is interesting as is Look to Windward. Both have
At 05:52 PM 12/22/03, Julia Thompson wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
From the collection Hymns We Would Actually Sing:
Where can I find that?
Actually, I don't think it's been published it yet . . .
(Maybe some time after the first of the year, though AFAIK it's not
scheduled for the
At 09:04 PM 12/22/03, Travis Edmunds wrote:
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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 17:47:28 -0600
Last I knew, he was on the high
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Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 03:06:31 -0600
At 09:04 PM 12/22/03, Travis Edmunds wrote:
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL
I finished off Seventh Son by OS Card the other day. It's the first book
in the Alvin Maker series. Has anyone here read that book, or perhaps all
the books leading up to and including The Crystal City?
The reason I ask is due to the fact that I rate Seventh Son above Enders
Game. Of course I
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I finished off Seventh Son by OS Card the other day
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I finished off Seventh Son by OS Card the other day. It's the first book
in the Alvin Maker series. Has anyone here read
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I have read all the ones so far. (I believe the final book has not
yet been published
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I've read all but Crystal City.
As a series it is a little uneven..some
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At 11:51 AM 12/22/03, Horn, John wrote:
It gets a bit preachy but that's to be expected from OSC
Travis Edmunds wrote:
I finished off Seventh Son by OS Card the other day. It's the first book
in the Alvin Maker series. Has anyone here read that book, or perhaps all
the books leading up to and including The Crystal City?
The reason I ask is due to the fact that I rate Seventh Son above
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At 11:51 AM 12/22/03, Horn, John wrote:
It gets a bit
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I've read all of them but _The Crystal City_. I do confess
to being a bit upset when
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Last I knew, he was on the high council. Of course, it has been a while
since I
In a message dated 12/22/2003 8:05:15 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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-- Ronn! :)
You've spoken to Mr Card in person?
-Travis
Then ask him why he gave Columbus a telescope.
William Taylor
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My favorite meaningless rant.
William T Goodall wrote:
snip
Poul Anderson
Read The Boat of a Million Years
John Brunner
Stand on Zanzibar
Lois McMaster Bujold
The entire Miles Vorkosigan Saga (Memory is my favorite)
Thomas M Disch
Non-fiction: The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of an excellent discussion
of SF
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 21:36:19 +0900
William T Goodall wrote:
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Poul Anderson
Read The Boat of a Million Years
Thanks for the recommendations. As for Frank
Herbert, I've been anxious to
read the Dune series for a while;
I STRONGLY reccommend Dune; its probably my #1 fave SF
book of all time! If you decide to go with it, I'd
also reccommend Dune Messiah, which I found to be a
page turner. Some of the
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Thanks for the recommendations. As for Frank
Herbert, I've been anxious
Damon Agretto wrote:
snip
I STRONGLY reccommend Dune; its probably my #1 fave SF
book of all time! If you decide to go with it, I'd
also reccommend Dune Messiah, which I found to be a
page turner. Some of the later books are not as good,
but worth reading if you really like the first two...
On 12 Dec 2003, at 5:10 pm, Damon Agretto wrote:
Thanks for the recommendations. As for Frank
Herbert, I've been anxious to
read the Dune series for a while;
I STRONGLY reccommend Dune; its probably my #1 fave SF
book of all time! If you decide to go with it, I'd
also reccommend Dune Messiah,
[1] What women call 'tidying up your office' men
call 'losing stuff'.
And it ends up at the Thrift Store or used book shop
for some other unsuspecting sap to buy it so that it
can be tidied up by the misses and re-enter
circulation...
Damon.
=
William T Goodall wrote:
I recently acquired a bunch of old Astounding/Analog and other sf mags
from the late 50's and early 60's for next to nothing from a small-town
used book store. Somebody died and their collection got bought for
pennies. One of them was the Astounding that had the first
On 13 Dec 2003, at 3:24 am, Julia Thompson wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
I recently acquired a bunch of old Astounding/Analog and other sf mags
from the late 50's and early 60's for next to nothing from a
small-town
used book store. Somebody died and their collection got bought for
pennies.
--- G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good luck getting ANY degree of extrapolation,
and/or expansion on the
subject of 'Science Fiction In General'. This list
holds the land speed
record and will undoubtedly surpass the speed of
light in GOING OFF TOPIC.
If you want to talk about
to perhaps SOME degree of
extrapolation, and/or expansion on the subject of Science Fiction In
General
Well, how about these authors. Have you read any of them?
Robert Heinlein (Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, Time
Enough for Love, etc.,)
I read all of the early Heinlein, struggled
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Curiously, there are no cats in Himself's work that I
recall; but Andre Norton makes up for that -- I think
the idea of a 'ship's cat' makes sense (hers were
frequently genegineered for
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Howdy stranger!
Where ya frum?
Newfoundland, Canada, aka THE ROCK.
Haven't read him since the 70s.(Gerrold)
Good stuff. My advice is to buy and subsequently read his books.
Never read him.(Pratchett)
Excellent writer.
-Anne Rice (Blurs the line
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I assume it's only proper to introduce myself, so hello everyone.
Welcome! *waves hello*
I'm a huge David
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Christopher Columbus was a short story that shouldn't
have been stretched into a novel.
And just where. or what when, did he get that telescope?
in false religious voice It's in the book!
William
On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Travis Edmunds wrote:
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-Tolkien (I suppose THAT'S just a given)
Whadya think of the movies?
I was disappointed in the Two Towers. It deviated too much from the
book(something that always aggravates me) The first
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I assume it's only proper to introduce myself, so hello everyone. I'm a
huge David Brin fan, as well as a fan of sci-fi
archived messages, I decided to perhaps instigate a general science-fiction
discussion.
As I do not as of yet know any of you, nor your tastes in this genre, I
might as well list the author's that I hold close to my heart.
-David Brin (as evidenced by this post in the first place)
-David Gerrold
Hello,
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-Steve White (Eagle Against The Starslol Ok, so it's complete B-side
sci-fi, but it's not without it's merit)
I happened to like 'Engle Against The Stars', the idea that an alien race
I *didn't*
read it ten years ago; as a young adult without children, I think I might not have
appreciated it as much as I did as a parent.
I look forward to perhaps SOME degree of brextrapolation, and/or
expansion on the subject of Science Fiction In General
Boy did *you* come to the wrong
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I happened to like 'Engle Against The Stars'
Didn't she write A _Wrinkle in Time_? ;-)
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I happened to like 'Engle Against The Stars', the idea that an alien race
might show up, mostly peaceful, just wanting to trade, and still screw up
the
Earth.
Better than to come in blasting.
Mike V.
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