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palmer
The Gunslinger series was awesome.... I had forgotten about it because he spaced out the series so much...
SciFi discussion - Science Fiction
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TamTom
Hi Claes,
if you still have not seen the film of enemy mine, try it, it is really nice.
I have not read all the 21 pages of the thread, but I'M missing Alan Dean Foster in the list with his Flinx & PIP novels as well as all the other stories of the thranx-human commonwealth. Amazing descriptions of forgein worlds with so detailed explanations, that I can see it right before my eyes by reading the book.
Greetings
TamTom
suildur
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I am a scifi fanatic, who really seeks for science in fiction. Classic, fantastic, horror etc. can be suffixed with fiction, but not prefixed with science.
Anyway, there are several great writers like Clark, Heinlein, Le Guin, Bester (esp. Tiger Tiger
), Haldeman (esp. The Forever War), Pohl (esp. Heechee Trilogy) and, of course, Douglas Adams, however, I like all the work of Stanislaw Lem and P.K.D. the most. Those two is some other "brain", some other "soul", who can foresee lots of things including usual daily life details compared to the era they lived or wrote about really original ideas which can't be found in Sheakspear's fiction. For example; PKD writes about a staff used in the next two centuries which is used to communicate or as a ID, a pass card etc., looks similiar to smart cellphones.
And Lem... He is totally apart from all; Solaris, Eden, The Invincible, Return from the Stars... Those are not just some futuristic freak papers but also pure literature.
I would like to contribute if there is a meeting for Cove's scifi fans
Anyway, there are several great writers like Clark, Heinlein, Le Guin, Bester (esp. Tiger Tiger
), Haldeman (esp. The Forever War), Pohl (esp. Heechee Trilogy) and, of course, Douglas Adams, however, I like all the work of Stanislaw Lem and P.K.D. the most. Those two is some other "brain", some other "soul", who can foresee lots of things including usual daily life details compared to the era they lived or wrote about really original ideas which can't be found in Sheakspear's fiction. For example; PKD writes about a staff used in the next two centuries which is used to communicate or as a ID, a pass card etc., looks similiar to smart cellphones.And Lem... He is totally apart from all; Solaris, Eden, The Invincible, Return from the Stars... Those are not just some futuristic freak papers but also pure literature.
I would like to contribute if there is a meeting for Cove's scifi fans
Claes Gefvenberg
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We have the Readers Corner for general literature, but no group for SciFi... yet: Feel fre to create one: I'll join it right away.I would like to contribute if there is a meeting for Cove's scifi fans
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AirdrieQPA
I am a fan, my wife says 'nut' over Sci-Fi and Fantasy.
I love and own every Star Wars series books, movies, and select comics. I am an avid Star Trek Fan, I have the original series, Next Generation, Voyager, Enterprise series and the movies. I must admit I was not to fussy on Deep Space nine. I loved Space:1999, and Firefly, along with Stargate. I enjoyed District 9, and Avatar.
Dune was a good series, and the first two Alien movies. Loved Outland and Defying Gravity, was saddened to see it go. Of course I am a Battle Star Galactica junkie (New more so than the old), but did not get into Babylon 5.
Wished there was more of this on TV. Lately I have been reading (not Sci-Fi) the series of books by Jack Whyte. Great books.
My hobbies include Astronomy and I am a regular at the NASA website, the Universe is a wonder for me.
I love and own every Star Wars series books, movies, and select comics. I am an avid Star Trek Fan, I have the original series, Next Generation, Voyager, Enterprise series and the movies. I must admit I was not to fussy on Deep Space nine. I loved Space:1999, and Firefly, along with Stargate. I enjoyed District 9, and Avatar.
Dune was a good series, and the first two Alien movies. Loved Outland and Defying Gravity, was saddened to see it go. Of course I am a Battle Star Galactica junkie (New more so than the old), but did not get into Babylon 5.
Wished there was more of this on TV. Lately I have been reading (not Sci-Fi) the series of books by Jack Whyte. Great books.
My hobbies include Astronomy and I am a regular at the NASA website, the Universe is a wonder for me.
Wes Bucey
Prophet of Profit
Speaking of scifi, are any of you watching Caprica? I thought the latest incarnation of Battlestar Galactica was OK (eh! maybe only "so-so"), but this Caprica prequel to Battlestar has me hooked. I have association meetings during its regular time, so I've been recording and really love being able to fast forward through the interminable SYFY channel commercials.
I didn't read back too far, but did anyone mention:
"Supercar", "Stingray", "Fireball XL5", "Thunderbirds", "Captain Scarlett and the Mysterons", "Joe 90", or "Space 1999".
All pretty much came from the brain of Jerry Anderson in the 60s and 70s. With the exception of Space 1999, the shows were cutting edge (for the time) marionettes and used a lot of skillful movie making techniques. Kids (like me at the time) followed this stuff avidly in the UK. Thunderbirds is perhaps the most famous 'franchise', with a stage show and full length movie as well as a couple of seasons under its belt.
"Supercar", "Stingray", "Fireball XL5", "Thunderbirds", "Captain Scarlett and the Mysterons", "Joe 90", or "Space 1999".
All pretty much came from the brain of Jerry Anderson in the 60s and 70s. With the exception of Space 1999, the shows were cutting edge (for the time) marionettes and used a lot of skillful movie making techniques. Kids (like me at the time) followed this stuff avidly in the UK. Thunderbirds is perhaps the most famous 'franchise', with a stage show and full length movie as well as a couple of seasons under its belt.
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VP93Navy
I have to chime in with a favorite author Ursala K Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness. The Dispossessed Goes back to the 70's.
I'd be remiss for not adding Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.
The titular Algernon is a laboratory mouse who has undergone surgery to increase his intelligence by artificial means. The story is told as a series of progress reports written by Charlie, the first human test subject for the surgery, and touches upon many different ethical and moral themes such as the treatment of the mentally disabled.
Also, Man Plus by Frederik Pohl This story was supposedly the catalyst for the following book,
Cyborg by Martin Caidin it would later be made into a TV series called Six Million dollar Man.
I'd be remiss for not adding Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.
The titular Algernon is a laboratory mouse who has undergone surgery to increase his intelligence by artificial means. The story is told as a series of progress reports written by Charlie, the first human test subject for the surgery, and touches upon many different ethical and moral themes such as the treatment of the mentally disabled.
Also, Man Plus by Frederik Pohl This story was supposedly the catalyst for the following book,
Cyborg by Martin Caidin it would later be made into a TV series called Six Million dollar Man.
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VP93Navy
I approached it with the same "eh"...but now I too am hooked. I like the references, I can see how the Cylons now will evolve.
Esai Morales is doing a great job as Joseph Adama.
Sasha Roiz as Sam Adam is great too, have to say it's cool to see them develop the whole "Torin" (Spl?) line