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Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/20/2005 6:32:00 PM

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Are any of you into fantasy or science fiction ho are your favorite authors?

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/20/2005 7:07:54 PM

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George R. R. Martin and Tad Williams come to mind first. Oh, and Anne Bishop

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/20/2005 7:49:45 PM

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I think George R. R. Martin is the best fantasy writer right now. Have you read _A Feast For Crows_ yet?

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/20/2005 8:23:54 PM

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Yup, I'm planning on having a STAR WARS Theme Wedding.

Pet could be dressed like Lea and I would be in a Darth Vador like Tuxedo. We would have a midget priest dress and talk as Master Yoda to perform the ceramony. My groomsmen would be in Emperial Trooper/Guard apperal.

To bad this is only a fantasy of mine.

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/20/2005 10:22:02 PM

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I am definately into science fiction. Douglass Adams of course :) and too many others to list.

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/21/2005 4:20:11 AM

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quote:

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Are any of you into fantasy or science fiction ho are your favorite authors?

ROBERT HEINLEIN!!!!

Anne McCaffery

Curious that those are the only two that come to mind. Perhaps I need that first cup of coffee.

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/21/2005 8:15:18 AM

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_Starship Troopers_ is my favorite Heinlein novel. I really didn't think that movie did it justice.

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/21/2005 8:23:26 AM

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I am a Space Odessy ( sp?) geek...not to mention all the Star Wars movies

I never read the books for star wars, but I did for Space Odessey ( still trying to figure out the flippin spelling)...but then I never saw the movie for this one either lol.

Dune is another good one

Yes, I know, these are all older movies, I just have not found any that compare to them yet, or that hold my interest long enough to read or watch.

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/21/2005 8:44:49 AM

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i like most anything having to do with the future and also magic. a big fan of Star Trek and Star Wars. i think i was born a century too early.

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/21/2005 9:17:51 AM

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Favorite authors off the top of my head:

Anne Bishop
Anne McCaffrey
Holly Lisle
David Weber
Mercedes Lackey
Laurell K. Hamilton
Piers Antony
Barbara Hambly
Esther Friesner

Ummmm... no wonder my library is stuffed!

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/21/2005 9:53:47 AM

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started reading sci-fi when i was 11.
Heinlein....read every single book he wrote
Asimov......ditto
Arthur C Clarke.......ditto
Ray Bradbury.......ditto
EEDocSmith....pretty much all his books read
Greg Bear.....read most
Ben Bova...read most
Orson Scott Card ( his name should be "Awesome" Scott card LOL)...read/reading all
Julian May...read all
Anne McCaffrey....read all
Piers Anthony....read all but the latest
and heaps more.....lol..........but then, i used to read 10 -12 books a week ( and work graveyard shift 4 nights a week too lol)

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/21/2005 12:21:43 PM

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I really enjoy Julian Mays writing as well. I particularly enjoy her colorful characters like Aiken drum & Marc Remillard.

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/21/2005 12:25:23 PM

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If you like Vampire novels I must recommend Nancy Collins. She has a particularly good vampire series. She is a great writer.

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/21/2005 1:42:27 PM

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NO!!!! I meant to go to the bookstore as soon as I heard it was out, but time and circumstance have foiled my plans. If it's not under the tree, I'm going the next day to get it.

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/21/2005 3:34:01 PM

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Orson Scott Card is probably my all time favorite. I first read Ender's Game my senior year of high school. I picked it up one day, and could not put it down until I had finished it. The sequels to it seemed to have lost much of the flavor of the original... That's why I liked it when he wrote the parallel series featuring Bean...

I also like:

Star Wars
John Ringo
Mercedes Lackey
Douglas Adams
David Weber

and a whole host of others

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/21/2005 6:24:26 PM

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quote:

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_Starship Troopers_ is my favorite Heinlein novel. I really didn't think that movie did it justice.

I loved the book, too; although I have to admit that I liked the movie. It didn't have the flash of a big budget pic and it wasn't completely faithful to the book but I thought it was pretty good. But then, I LIKE B movies.

I'm very fond of any of his books with Lazarus Long. Time Enough For Love and Friday are real favorites. Stranger in a Strange Land I read when I was very young and I have to admit that it (and Lazarus Long) had a significant impact on my developing ideology and morals. It was like "YEah! This is the way relationships are SUPPOSED to be!" You could say I grokked (in fullness).

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/21/2005 6:32:11 PM

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I confess I loved the movie Starship Troopers. I have the freakin DVD. I like just about anything Sci Fi/ Fantasy whether book or movie.

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/21/2005 6:40:26 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: YveGee

Favorite authors off the top of my head:

Anne Bishop
Anne McCaffrey
Holly Lisle
David Weber
Mercedes Lackey
Laurell K. Hamilton
Piers Antony
Barbara Hambly
Esther Friesner

Ummmm... no wonder my library is stuffed!

Yve

Ya know, I disgusted myself with the Xanth books and allowed it to burn me out on Piers Anthony. I know he wrote a lot of other good stuff, but I just can't bring myself to pick any of it up.

Anne McCaffrey will always be a favorite. I want to impress a dragon (or at least a fire lizard). I could be deliriously happy with a randy green or blue, don't need a gold (always thought it would be kewl to impress a bronze, though). The truth is that I don't have much interest in living on Pern, not hospitable enough for my tastes! I just noticed her son is apparently writing Pern books now. Have you read either of them yet?

She wrote other stuff that I'm fond of, too. The Ship Who..., Crystal Singers, Rowan, Doona, Freedom - all series I've enjoyed immensely.

Gael Baudino's early works are quite good and would appeal to anyone with an interest in nature based magic.

This thread has me looking into old authors I haven't read in a while. Hmmmm...

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/21/2005 7:16:56 PM

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I read Starship Troopers twice and saw the movie as well. I found little in the movie that really matched up with the book but still enjoyed it somewhat. The love relationships between the three main characters isn't in the book at all (there were no female soldiers if I remember correctly) and the story is more like the diary of a grunt as he gets his first taste of battle on an alien planet. There's also a third race of beings (the "Skinnies"); tall, thin creatures that are sometimes allied with the terrans, sometimes not. What I liked most was the armored suits the terrans wore in battle. It made the wearer super human. This is what I was expecting to see when I saw the announcement that the movie was coming out.

I also like David Brin ("Startide Rising" and "Earth" come to mind). Ursula K.
Le Guin ("The Left Hand of Darkness") is another good scifi author.

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RE: Fantasy/science fiction fans here? - 12/21/2005 7:25:48 PM

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I read some of the Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven books; liked them
Read lots of Asimov too
I'll plug Kurt Vonnegut in the sci-fi category too, and I've read lots of his stuff too. Sirens of Titan really warped my perceptions of reality

Guess they're my faves becuse I read many of theirs, but just sampled one or two of other authors such as Heinlein, bradbury, and Card.

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