The PDF is too big for email so here is a link that will be good for 7 Days.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/leghql
Rob
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- Mon Jan 20, 2014 2:03 pm
- Forum: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography
- Topic: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography
- Replies: 192
- Views: 589636
- Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:43 pm
- Forum: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography
- Topic: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography
- Replies: 192
- Views: 589636
Re: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography
Omph, do you have a pdf of the Dune Chronicles of the Imperium PDF? I just found a copy sitting in an old folder on a dying hard drive.
Rob
Rob
- Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Interesting Article
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20613
Re: Interesting Article
What I loved about "The Road" was the relationship between the father and the son, everything that happened was so that relationship could be accentuated and I took the ending to be, now it is the son's turn to become a man.
Rob
Rob
- Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:34 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: 2012 Movies
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10002
Re: 2012 Movies
Slightly optimistic over Total Recall and Dredd...
Rob
Rob
- Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:27 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 2012 Hugo nominations, for those who care
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16256
Re: 2012 Hugo nominations, for those who care
I am so past caring about all this shit these days. It honestly reminds me of this local vote tally we have here in Sacramento every year in the local rag The News and Review (for those who visit us here one day, if you need a pot dispensary or a prostitute, this is your go-to newspaper in the Sacr...
- Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:41 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Shameless Commerce Thread
- Replies: 51
- Views: 50244
Re: Shameless Commerce Thread
I know the feeling Omph.It's alright.
Rob
Rob
- Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:30 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Shameless Commerce Thread
- Replies: 51
- Views: 50244
Re: Shameless Commerce Thread
Omph, what are you looking to get for the signed Burning Chrome?
Rob
Rob
- Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:57 pm
- Forum: Kevin J. Anderson
- Topic: 2009 Fandomania, Kelly Melcher interviews kja.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8055
Re: 2009 Fandomania, Kelly Melcher interviews kja.
They have only been Trade Paperback and MMPB, no hardcover release for those toilet paper factories.
Rob
Rob
- Sat Jan 14, 2012 5:40 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Another Earth
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11244
Re: Another Earth
Serkanner wrote:Hail Torrent. Downloaded the movie in less then half an hour.
Damn you socialist countries with better broadband infrastructure!
Rob
- Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:16 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Feedback
- Replies: 189
- Views: 488843
Re: Feedback
I like A Right Bunch of Bastards myself.
Rob
Rob
- Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:22 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Obits
- Replies: 71
- Views: 131938
Re: Obits
Anne McCaffrey passed away.
Rob
Rob
- Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:58 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: SF Survey Worth Taking
- Replies: 25
- Views: 29913
Re: SF Survey Worth Taking
Lube has so many usesSandRider wrote:wait'll you get my age ....
Rob
- Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:06 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: John Carter
- Replies: 29
- Views: 29443
Re: John Carter
Omphalos wrote:This is Disney, isn't it?
There goes all the shots of Martian titties.
Rob
- Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:18 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
- Replies: 105
- Views: 117986
Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
It was OK but I'm having a difficult time getting into it. There was quite a suprise ending but so far it seems like it's just more of the same, they're just heading to a different location now. Ft Benning instead of Atlanta. I want to see more about the zombies, not people's relationships. Without...
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:34 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
- Replies: 105
- Views: 117986
Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
I have my season pass on iTunes ready to go. Can't wait.inhuien wrote:Season 2 kicks off tomorrow.
Rob
- Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:49 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New Board
- Replies: 68
- Views: 71755
Re: New Board
Hooray! Time to raid Sand Riders liquor cabinet!
Rob
Rob
- Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:21 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What are you listening to?
- Replies: 198
- Views: 350582
Re: What are you listening to?
[quote="Eyes High"]Amanda Marshall I like her variety of music. Here are three samples. This one reminds me of Freak and maybe Rob. [YouTube] http://youtu.be/9seZeFc6ms0 [/YouTube] [quote] Not really me, I'm a long haul partier, not one of those binge, get it over in under four hours, type...
- Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:47 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Cowboys and Aliens
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15797
Re: Cowboys and Aliens
If you guys go see it, check the credits for a C/Kaleb Blaylock, that's the brother of our native friends who was one of the native singers in the movie.
Rob
Rob
- Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:20 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: John Carter
- Replies: 29
- Views: 29443
Re: John Carter
I understand. Most books I want the dead tree version, be it paperback or hardcover.
There are a small few titles that i will get as ebooks, in particular, older pulp titles, simply because with the climate I live in, preserving them and getting enjoyment out of them is a bitch.
Rob
There are a small few titles that i will get as ebooks, in particular, older pulp titles, simply because with the climate I live in, preserving them and getting enjoyment out of them is a bitch.
Rob
- Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:55 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: John Carter
- Replies: 29
- Views: 29443
Re: John Carter
You can find them in various free ebook formats online.D Pope wrote:DAMMIT!
It's tough enough to find those books as it is- the few I might find will evaporate soon!
Rob
- Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:36 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Cowboys and Aliens
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15797
Re: Cowboys and Aliens
One of our Apache family has a small bit in the movie.
Rob
Rob
- Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:59 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New Dark Tower book in the works
- Replies: 11
- Views: 14021
Re: New Dark Tower book in the works
I've never been a fan of King's long works. I prefer his shorter writings. The restrictions placed on writing a shorter piece really show off is talent.
Rob
Rob
- Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:49 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Great Find!!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15185
Re: Great Find!!!
O_O
They have any more?
I've only been able to find GEoD starting at $115 for the standard hardcover signed by Frank.
Rob
They have any more?
I've only been able to find GEoD starting at $115 for the standard hardcover signed by Frank.
Rob
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Favorite short stories
- Replies: 23
- Views: 25752
Re: Favorite short stories
I'm a huge Poe fan, anything by him is good by me.
Any of Robert E. Howard's adventure writing, El Borak, Black Agnes, etc will rock your gourd right off.
Rob
Any of Robert E. Howard's adventure writing, El Borak, Black Agnes, etc will rock your gourd right off.
Rob
- Thu Jun 02, 2011 3:42 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: New and Newish TV and Films
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13216
Re: New and Newish TV and Films
Yeah, not so sober at the time I posted
Rob
Rob
- Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:16 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: New and Newish TV and Films
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13216
Re: New and Newish TV and Films
Omph, see if itunes till has rgw pilot apeisode availbe for free download.
Sometimes you can find some interesting stuff that way.
Rob
Sometimes you can find some interesting stuff that way.
Rob
- Wed Jun 01, 2011 6:45 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Favorite short stories
- Replies: 23
- Views: 25752
Re: Favorite short stories
All you Zombies By His Bootstraps Solution Unsatisfactory all by Heinlein Sandkings George R.R. Martin The Cold Equations Tom Godwin The Star Arthur C. Clarke A spaceship finds a system that went supernova and wiped out the alien civilization in the system. The star, was the one that was seen to her...
- Tue May 24, 2011 8:13 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What are you listening to?
- Replies: 198
- Views: 350582
Re: What are you listening to?
I've been on an audiobook kick lately.
Just finished "Medium Raw" by Anthony Bourdain.
The Heinlein radio play adaptions.
Methusalah's Children.
Might do "Double Star" or a Sharpe novel next. Or a history of the Crusades.
Rob
Just finished "Medium Raw" by Anthony Bourdain.
The Heinlein radio play adaptions.
Methusalah's Children.
Might do "Double Star" or a Sharpe novel next. Or a history of the Crusades.
Rob
- Sun May 08, 2011 7:50 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Rise of the Apes
- Replies: 27
- Views: 32068
Re: Rise of the Apes
A Thing of Eternity wrote:But the orginal movie took place on Earth right? So the Burton one makes zero sense because it takes place on some other planet.
Or Earth in the future and some sort of time travel was involved, it never is made clear.
Rob
- Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:21 pm
- Forum: Discussions from Other Boards
- Topic: The DN FTL debate, AKA: Byron Makes Ass of Self
- Replies: 167
- Views: 537202
Re: The DN FTL debate, AKA: Byron Makes Ass of Self
Well, either foldspace is technobabble gibberish or it's wormhole in my opinion! I agree with you, FH left a hole with some of this. Frank knew when too much would interfere with the story. Folding space serves a purpose, the how isn't important, it is the conditions such an arrangement forces upon...
- Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:04 pm
- Forum: Discussions from Other Boards
- Topic: The DN FTL debate, AKA: Byron Makes Ass of Self
- Replies: 167
- Views: 537202
Re: The DN FTL debate, AKA: Byron Makes Ass of Self
Well, either foldspace is technobabble gibberish or it's wormhole in my opinion! I agree with you, FH left a hole with some of this. Frank knew when too much would interfere with the story. Folding space serves a purpose, the how isn't important, it is the conditions such an arrangement forces upon...
- Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:27 pm
- Forum: Norse Mythos
- Topic: A Good Idea but the Execution of it Sucks
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10739
Re: A Good Idea but the Execution of it Sucks
Well she is a "HotFactsGirl."
Meh, French Maid TV did this kind of stuff better
Rob
Meh, French Maid TV did this kind of stuff better
Rob
- Sun Mar 27, 2011 11:39 am
- Forum: Moderator's Thread
- Topic: It's Back
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9012
Re: It's Back
Check google books for public domain writings.
Rob
Rob
- Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:04 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What are you listening to?
- Replies: 198
- Views: 350582
Re: What are you listening to?
Listening to Footstompin.com Scottish Music podcast
Rob
Rob
- Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:53 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What are you listening to?
- Replies: 198
- Views: 350582
Re: What are you listening to?
Right now I've been listening to:
Sons & Daughters
Dropkick Murphy's: Going Out In Style
Satyrian: Eternitas
Jpop from the original Bubblegum Crisis/Crash/AD Police soundtracks from the 80's.
Rob
Sons & Daughters
Dropkick Murphy's: Going Out In Style
Satyrian: Eternitas
Jpop from the original Bubblegum Crisis/Crash/AD Police soundtracks from the 80's.
Rob
- Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:05 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Total Recall Remake
- Replies: 17
- Views: 18023
Re: Total Recall Remake
Merkin, check out Colin in "In Bruges", excellent black comedy. I also liked him in Intermission.
Rob
Rob
- Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:04 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
- Replies: 20
- Views: 21342
Re: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
Dukester, here is the bit form one of the threads, As for Leslyn=Grace, it's just not that simple. Ginny said once Grace was a combination of a number of women they knew, and the alcoholic wife (and drug using wife) was a fairly common experience in the fifties culture. There may be some emotional n...
- Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:00 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Maid-droid
- Replies: 17
- Views: 26194
Re: Maid-droid
Wonder if any scholars out there are studying SF porn? Do you mean something like Heinlein? See, now you done made me remember To Sail Beyond the Sunset, which was a truly appalling book. Damn you, D Pope. HBJ Read TSBtS after you read Fanny Hill. The sex angle was deliberate, not Heinlein being a ...
- Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:02 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
- Replies: 20
- Views: 21342
Re: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
Make you weep? It bloody hurts after spending the entire day with kids who refuse to capitalize, who use text and IM speak, and firmly believe commas, like, and you know, should be applied with a machine gun. To pull the same boneheaded crap they do has me with egg on my face.
Rob
Rob
- Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:18 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
- Replies: 20
- Views: 21342
Re: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
BIll Patterson just sent off to Tor the corrections for the trade paperback edition of the first volume of the biography. I highly recommend you pick up a copy when it does come out in trade form. I pop into the Heinlein Society forum from time to time, lots of good info there and I really need to s...
- Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:46 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
- Replies: 20
- Views: 21342
Re: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
Many consider Farnham's Freehold to be satire. That would actually be a relief, then. Because, otherwise, it is unspeakable, KJA-esque hackwork. I threw it across the room after 50 pages. It's not his best satire by far, it was written during the height of his prepare for nuclear destruction phase....
- Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:44 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
- Replies: 20
- Views: 21342
Re: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
I just finished the ebook version of "Take Back Your Government!" with notes from Jerry Pournelle. Interesting take on being a politician and the notes from Pournelle were at times comical. He only did notes for half the book and then used them to push his own agenda, often contradicting t...
- Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:45 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Trailer
- Replies: 41
- Views: 46513
Re: Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Trailer
She justified it by saying that since the money was "extorted" from you, it was ok to use it. Typical fucking hypocrite.
Rob
Rob
- Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:33 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
Here are the pics of my bag and all the gear I carry with it. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Robspierre/CIMG2388.jpg Ipad in case, wireless keyboard, 6 ft cable, adaptor, stylus, usb cable, component plug ins for projectors, and pen. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Robspierre/CIMG2389...
- Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:33 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
The stylus I ordered came in today. Sized like a regular pen, I have had no issues so far. There is a slight delay when you first start to scroll. The stylus also does a better job, accuracy wise, than my finger, no accidentally tapping the wrong link with this baby. I also got in a messenger bag t...
- Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
The stylus I ordered came in today. Sized like a regular pen, I have had no issues so far. There is a slight delay when you first start to scroll. The stylus also does a better job, accuracy wise, than my finger, no accidentally tapping the wrong link with this baby. I also got in a messenger bag th...
- Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:05 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
I have it on my touch, haven't tried it on the ipad. I do like ibooks interface better.
Rob
Rob
- Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:16 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
install ibooks and add your pdf's into itunes. They will get added to your bookshelf , easiest thing to do.
Rob
Rob
- Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:08 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
I've been lucky enough to have been gifted a 1st gen 8 gig iphone. My thoughts are to use it as a touch as I like the wee Nokia I have. Anyone got an opinion about jail breaking it? It being a first gen I would go and jailbreak it, get the most out of it you can. Omph, that is pretty damn cool. I'm...
- Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:51 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
When you do decide to get a Mac, check the refurbished list on the Apple Store website. Some of them are up to 26% off. Each comp gets a full check over and any issue with it gets taken care of. you get the full warranty too. They have some good deals going on right now.
Rob
Rob
- Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:05 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
I'm addicted to the Carcassonne board game.
Rob
Rob
- Sun Jan 16, 2011 9:54 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
Ok here is what I have been able to find: Yes, you can access and edit any Pages file In your iDisk. Here is how: 1. Download the MobileMe app (it's still only in iPhone format) 2. sign in and find the file you want to edit. 3. Share it and email it to yourself 4. When you open the email with the at...
- Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:53 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
What version of Word are you using, there are reports of some not opening. But yes, you should be able to open them with Pages.
Rob
Rob
- Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:58 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
Not sure, let me do some research. You may want to do a search on Apple's support boards and see if anyone has posted a solution.
Rob
Rob
- Fri Dec 31, 2010 1:32 am
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: Post your Desktop
- Replies: 51
- Views: 47311
Re: Post your Desktop
It's one of those nights when the body is wracked by pain........so I'm cleaning out things and what not; and posting off topic
Rob
Rob
- Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:46 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
Omphalos wrote:I was thinkng of getting that one, but honestly I've pretty much stopped using my desktop altogether. I've been reading Comixology all evening.
Isn't it great? The free content is a pretty mixed bag, but there is some good stuff, and some of the companies have decent pricing.
Rob
- Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:30 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
Bought the app Displaypad, was on sale for .99, it turns your ipad into a second display. You can have it mirror your main screen or have it act as an extension of your main screen. LOVE IT! I like to have my pages wrk on the ipad screen and my noted and whatnot on the laptop. Everything is connecte...
- Mon Dec 27, 2010 1:54 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
OK, did some playing around with some of my longer posts here. What you do is: 1. Click edit 2. Press your finger on the enter text box until the little magnifying glass appears. 3. The magnifying glass allows you to scroll down to the section you want to edit. You need to keep your finger on the sc...
- Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:42 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
I'll play around with that tomorrow and see what I can come up with, I think there is a way, just need to remember how to do it....if I remember correctly.
Rob
Rob
- Sat Dec 25, 2010 9:07 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Merry Christmas!!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 23438
Re: Merry Christmas!!!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Rob
Rob
- Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:02 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
Dragon is pretty cool app. I'm surprised KJA has not tried it.
Rob
Rob
- Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:25 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
Omphalos wrote:Just downloaded Dragon this evening. It works great.
Now that is a nifty looking app. Going to give it a try.
I've been checking out a few games, there are a bunch on sale for .99$ right now.
Rob
- Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:28 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
Omphalos wrote:Obviously I'm gonna have to get a wireless keyboard, because this native one sucks
The native keyboard is good for short bursts. Any wireless keyboard should work. I know Charlie Stross uses the Apple dock with built in keyboard when he travels.
Rob
- Sun Dec 12, 2010 7:01 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
If they are jiggling and you click the minus sign, the app will be deleted from the ipad. The jiggling also allows you to move the app around to the position or folder you like. You do not need to "close" apps like you would programs on a computer. Some apps and games you will want to save...
- Sun Dec 12, 2010 1:47 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
First make sure the ipad is running the latest OS.
Next when in safari you can tap the big button twice which brings up a bar at the bottom and you can switch to other apps.
Rob
Next when in safari you can tap the big button twice which brings up a bar at the bottom and you can switch to other apps.
Rob
- Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:01 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New gizmo
- Replies: 108
- Views: 135868
Re: New gizmo
Try Flipboard. Free app that turns twitter, facebook, and other sites, news, entertainment, etc, into a magazine like format. Love it, only way I read twitter. I also use Dropbox to share files between my computers and others when doing work with the theatre group I'm involved with. You can buy an a...
- Thu Nov 18, 2010 7:45 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
- Replies: 20
- Views: 21342
Re: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
These titles have very strong utopian elements For Us the Living Beyond this Horizon The Moon is a Harsh Mistress The Door Into Summer Friday Many consider Farnham's Freehold to be satire. Others of his works have nits and pieces of utopian elements in them, if you read For Us the Living you will se...
- Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:29 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
- Replies: 20
- Views: 21342
Re: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
Definitely influenced by it and he used numerous utopian tropes in his writings. "For Us The Living," the lost first novel, was a blatant utopian novel that he later mined for bits and pieces in his later works. I need to check the notes in the biography again, Patterson had some info on w...
- Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:01 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
- Replies: 20
- Views: 21342
Re: The Millennium, by Upton Sinclair
The American Utopian movements are a very interesting fertile breeding ground of ideas and stories. Heinlein came out of his tradition which makes reading his works all the more interesting.
Rob
Rob
- Tue Nov 02, 2010 6:41 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Man in the High Castle miniseries
- Replies: 22
- Views: 19360
Re: Man in the High Castle miniseries
Craving some Dick...
Rob
Rob
- Tue Nov 02, 2010 6:31 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
- Replies: 105
- Views: 117986
Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
I just finished the first episode. Pretty damn good. Having Frank Darabont involved shows.
Rob
Rob
- Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:34 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
- Replies: 105
- Views: 117986
Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
A season pass on itunes for Season 1 in HD is $15.99- $9.99 for the SD version.
Rob
Rob
- Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:48 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: New BSG series, Blood & Chrome
- Replies: 23
- Views: 19387
Re: New BSG series, Blood & Chrome
I purchased the first season from itunes, cheaper than the DVD cost. The episodes download the day after they air on tv, been watching them that way.
Rob
Rob
- Sun Oct 24, 2010 6:48 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: New BSG series, Blood & Chrome
- Replies: 23
- Views: 19387
Re: New BSG series, Blood & Chrome
This.Omphalos wrote:The new semi-season has just started here. It really is good, but you have to know a lot going in or you will be lost. It's pretty much a political/religious drama with robots.
I've been enjoying the heck out of it. It's probably to cerebral for the average tv or sci fi viewer.
Rob
- Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:01 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
- Replies: 105
- Views: 117986
Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
If you's was chocolate you would eat yourself!inhuien wrote:Ach!! Yer all about as much use as a chocolate fireguard!!
Rob
- Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:26 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
- Replies: 105
- Views: 117986
Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Yer as daft as a ha'penny watch!Eyes High wrote:inhuien wrote:Shut it, ya Bam!
Bam? What in the heck is that? Or don't I want to know?
Rob
- Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:24 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
- Replies: 105
- Views: 117986
Re: The Walking Dead - Oooooooooo, yeaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Stop wearing trousers dammit!inhuien wrote:There's also a 3 part docu thing here http://www.amctv.com/originals/The-Walking-Dead/, which I can't view due to location. Network neutrality, my sweaty ball sack.
Rob
- Thu Sep 30, 2010 4:04 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Event
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13363
Re: The Event
DC Comics had some blathering about this show, possible superheroes?
Rob
Rob
- Fri Aug 13, 2010 11:03 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Jonah Hex
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12842
Re: Jonah Hex
Has no resemblance to the comic book.
Megan Fox still can't act.
Rob
Megan Fox still can't act.
Rob
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 9:44 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: BSG Season 4 (spoilers)
- Replies: 158
- Views: 262222
Re: BSG Season 4 (spoilers)
I have all four season soundtracks. Lots of good stuff. Excellent writing listening.
Rob
Rob
- Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:46 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 2010 Comicon News
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8981
Re: 2010 Comicon News
I've been hearing nothing but great things about Wondercon in San Fran. None of the hollywood bullshit, nowhere near as crowded. Lots of creators prefer it to San Diego now.
Rob
Rob
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:37 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 38681
Re: Update of Dune's Replacement (snicker!)
SandChigger wrote:Oh thank GOD!Sev wrote:there's no way I'm going to explain that game to a board of Americans
It ain't no game, it's fucking torture!
Rob
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:36 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Total Recall Remake
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12044
Re: Total Recall Remake
SandChigger wrote:Oh, just FUCK Hollywood.
Nope, Hollywood fucks you
Rob
- Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:05 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Book of Eli
- Replies: 35
- Views: 41443
Re: The Book of Eli
Omphalos wrote:Fantastic cult film. I loved it when I was a kid, and have been thinking of getting it again.Freakzilla wrote:Is that any good? I saw it while browsing Netflix and it looked interesting.Robspierre wrote:..."A Boy and His Dog."...
What he said. Just watched it streaming from Netflix the other day.
Rob
- Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:04 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Total Recall Remake
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12044
Re: Total Recall Remake
There better be more than one three titty hooker!
Rob
Rob
- Sun Aug 01, 2010 7:01 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Sol - Looks interesting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6343
Re: Sol - Looks interesting
Reminds me a bit of Tunnel in the Sky by Heinlein.
Rob
Rob
- Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:55 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: New Film: Skyline
- Replies: 29
- Views: 30634
Re: New Film: Skyline
It's Mega Maid! She's gone form suck to blow!
Rob
Rob
- Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:54 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Book of Eli
- Replies: 35
- Views: 41443
Re: The Book of Eli
Could well be a homage. The film makes also gave a nudge and a wink to the movie "A Boy and His Dog." The had one of the films old movie posters in one of the scenes.
Rob
Rob
- Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:52 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: New Film: Skyline
- Replies: 29
- Views: 30634
Re: New Film: Skyline
Yeah, the shaky cam crap had people puking like crazy, of course they all gorged on popcorn, nachos, candy, and bladder buster sodas.....
Rob
Rob
- Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:42 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: New Film: Skyline
- Replies: 29
- Views: 30634
Re: New Film: Skyline
Haven't heard a word about this until tonight, but it looks purdy. EDIT: Hmmmm. IMDB makes it sound like a rip-off of that shakey-cam Godzilla movie from a few years ago. The JJ Abrams one. Can't recall the title as I sit here. Cloverfield. Have mercy that was terrible. I kinda liked it but I think...
- Sat Jul 24, 2010 4:45 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Book of Eli
- Replies: 35
- Views: 41443
Re: The Book of Eli
I finally got around to watching this on DVD, and wow, what a piece of garbage. One of the worst post-apoc movies I've seen, and quite possibly the worst thing I've ever seen Denzel Washington in. Even setting aside the obvious silliness of being able to single-handedly fight and kill a dozen oppon...
- Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:36 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Life on Mars
- Replies: 24
- Views: 20264
Re: Life on Mars
Omph, you seen the BBC version yet? I finally caught the last of season 2 from Netflix and I am watching the first disk of the remake. Not bad so far, good visuals and I like that they changed up the sound track a bit.
Rob
Rob
- Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:04 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 2010 Comicon News
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8981
Re: 2010 Comicon News
The last year I attended, 2003, was the really the beginning of the Hollywood take over of the convention. From friends who still continued to attend, it's become harder and harder to have fun because so much focus is on shit media and having to deal with asshat studio people. I do miss seeing peopl...
- Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:47 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The Mounting of the Dune Kat
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8919
Re: The Mounting of the Dune Kat
lotek wrote:I call and I raise!Freakzilla wrote:Totally awesome!
Rob
- Tue May 25, 2010 5:07 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Iron Man 2
- Replies: 24
- Views: 29492
Re: Iron Man 2
A fun summer movie not as good as the first one.
Fun fact, the scene after the credits does show a real New Mexico license plate. However, we only are required to have one plate and that is always at the rear of the car.
Rob
Fun fact, the scene after the credits does show a real New Mexico license plate. However, we only are required to have one plate and that is always at the rear of the car.
Rob
- Thu May 20, 2010 10:39 pm
- Forum: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography
- Topic: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography
- Replies: 192
- Views: 589636
Re: Dune Secondary Source Bibliography
Much thanks for the manuscript. Got it loaded on the ipad for later reading.
Rob
Rob
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:13 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Book of Eli
- Replies: 35
- Views: 41443
Re: The Book of Eli
SandChigger wrote:Yep. That's pretty much a deal-killer.
It's still worth watching. It has been a while since there was a properly done B movie. The casting is tops and it's a fun ride.
Rob
- Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:27 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Book of Eli
- Replies: 35
- Views: 41443
Re: The Book of Eli
Took my mom to see it. We both enjoyed ourselves. Afterwords, we spent time going back over the movie and picking out the clues that had been put in concerning the twist. The clues are there, some a bit weak, but the effort was made to not "cheat" the audience. It does have a strong appeal...
- Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:23 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Avatar Trailer
- Replies: 157
- Views: 138280
Re: Avatar Trailer
Because its not in the script. Or, it was not in the theatrical release of the film :wink: Story is a bit meh, but the effects really made the movie. Unlike a Michael "More Explosions" Bay movie, the effects were used to augment the world presented on screen not to give anti-social miscre...
- Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:54 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: High Justice, by Jerry Pournelle
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5719
Re: High Justice, by Jerry Pournelle
Good review. I really enjoyed Pournelle's solo work as a teenager but as I grow older, the authoritarian aristocracy he favors is off putting. He can write some good yarns though.
Rob
Rob
- Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:24 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
Re: Books in the pile
I have The New Space Opera 1 & 2 on my desk at the moment.
Rob
Rob
- Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:41 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Road
- Replies: 34
- Views: 28021
Re: The Road
Saw the new extended trailer for The Road before Inglorious Basterds last night. Not to sure now. They really are playing up the post apocalypse background, and judging from the trailer a bit too much I think. I'm on the fence on this one at the moment. I adore the book which honestly did not need a...
- Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:21 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Avatar Trailer
- Replies: 157
- Views: 138280
Re: Avatar Trailer
Its nothing. And if the animation is that bad, then Cameron has been wasting his time. I'm officially sick and tired of the hype of this goddam movie. I haven't heard a peep about it. Is it from the "Avatar the last airbender" cartoon my kids don't even like? No, that's being adapted by S...
- Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:22 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
Re: Books in the pile
I read the three that started with Jack the Bodyless. Fun stuff. Very well written.
Rob
Rob
- Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:36 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Avatar Trailer
- Replies: 157
- Views: 138280
Re: Avatar Trailer
It's going to be in 3D, dunno how much the process will effect the look of the film, haven't seen an 3D trailers yet.
Rob
Rob
- Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:14 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: District 9
- Replies: 56
- Views: 63590
Re: District 9
You guys still go to theaters? I can't remember the last time I did. Pay three or four times as much as a video rental, to sit there and be subjected to endless commercials beforehand, and then to all the idiots talking during the movie, and if I miss something I can't rewind and re-watch it? Sound...
- Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:29 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: District 9
- Replies: 56
- Views: 63590
Re: District 9
Only 9 tickets sold so far for the midnight show (GI JOe was 100+ and Transformers was 700+), I'm going to be so damn bored .......
Rob
Rob
- Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:37 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
Re: Books in the pile
Biology text book for my online summer class. Fuck it's almost as bad as reading KJA!
Rob
Rob
- Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:30 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9314
Re: Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
Not bad Omph. One quibble. One didn't just earn a franchise by joining the military, it was government service that earned the franchise, the military just earned it way faster. Something else people forget to mention. When on active duty, military personnel cannot use their franchise. A lot of the ...
- Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
Re: Books in the pile
Finished Orphans of the Sky and am now on Beyond This Horizon, both by Heinlein.
Rob
Rob
- Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
Re: Books in the pile
All sic of the Red Sonja books published in the early 80's, love the Vollejo covers.
Rob
Rob
- Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:23 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Revenge of the Fallen
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12573
Re: Revenge of the Fallen
Fallen is probably the worse movie I've seen in the last two years, it's a fucking mess, and Megan Fox is a fucking std laden hoebag who does nothing for me. Getting tea bagged by robot balls and watching geriatric robots fart does not make a good movie. I did laugh at the mother. Funny how outside ...
- Sun Jun 14, 2009 5:59 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
Re: Books in the pile
I think that's one still in the pile from my earlier Scalzi spree. I didn't jump right into it after reading the first three "Old Man's War" books, though, because telling the story again from Zoe's PoV seemed a bit of overkill ... if that makes sense? Thought I'd let the details chill a ...
- Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
Re: Books in the pile
Just finished Zoe's Tale by some guy named Scalzi, not a bad writer
Rob
Rob
- Thu May 21, 2009 12:31 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
Re: Books in the pile
Broke down and got a library card at the local library ( Cloudcroft). HOOOO boy do they have a tiny collection. Not a whole lot I am interested in but enough to grab a book or audiobook now and then. They do have all six of Frank's Dune work, including a copy of the Illustrated Dune. No sign of the ...
- Wed May 20, 2009 5:04 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Road
- Replies: 34
- Views: 28021
Re: The Road
No, not very. But Im sure it was a bit of a boon for the townspeople. A production crew that big is going to need a lot of services, like food, gas, hotel, etc. No shortage of towns like that either. How about Flint, Michigan? The Airforce figured that when the first Transformers movie filmed out a...
- Sat May 09, 2009 11:44 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
Re: Books in the pile
Little Stranger by Sarah Waters. After her Victorian Lesbian Trilogy( Tipping the Velvet, Affinity, Fingersmith) she has branched out post war Britain in her last two works, The Night Watch & Little Stranger. Wonderful stuff.
Rob
Rob
- Sun May 03, 2009 12:39 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
Re: Books in the pile
Finished Anathem. Wonderful book and one of the better endings I've read from Stephenson. Working on The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan.
Rob
Rob
- Sun May 03, 2009 12:36 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Road
- Replies: 34
- Views: 28021
Re: The Road
Mid-October pretty much kicks off the awards season for movies Omph. Rob Is that how it works? Mid to end of October you see the "award" films start being released. Also I be The Road will have an R rating. You do not see to many R's during the summer season. You have a very different mov...
- Sun May 03, 2009 12:32 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: District 9
- Replies: 56
- Views: 63590
Re: District 9
Love the trailer, lots of potential.
cross' fingers.
Rob
cross' fingers.
Rob
- Sat May 02, 2009 1:13 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Road
- Replies: 34
- Views: 28021
Re: The Road
Mid-October pretty much kicks off the awards season for movies Omph.
Rob
Rob
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:50 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What did you have to read in high school?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 38584
Re: What did you have to read in high school?
Lessee 9-12 Grade in Cloudcroft NM: Romeo & Juliet Julius Caesar Excerpts from The Odyssey a shitload of crappy short fiction but I do recall enjoying "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by Thurber Some Steinbeck Macbeth King Lear A Tale of Two Cities David Copperfield A Farewell to Arms...
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
Re: Books in the pile
No Count of Monte Cristo or Ulysses for you huh? :) Actually I loved Ulysses. Never read the Count of Monte Cristo. When I made that comment I was referring to new books. I judge classics with a different standard. Actually, I can't get into really, really long character driven novels. With novels ...
- Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:19 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
Re: Books in the pile
About 780 pages into Anathem, great stuff. I love that I can read it and put it down and a couple of days later pick up where I left off and not need to go back and refresh my memory.
Rob
Rob
- Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:12 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Professional Review?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10534
Re: Professional Review?
Now that you are a professional, time ot do all of the hack's Dune butcheries!
Rob
Rob
- Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:49 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Life on Mars
- Replies: 24
- Views: 20264
Re: Life on Mars
Omphalos wrote:Hey there stranger. Ill get it when I can find it.Robspierre wrote:You will like the original Omph, lots of fun.
Rob
Lol, yeah, been busy with papers and group projects for school.
Rob
- Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:41 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
Re: Books in the pile
Halfway through Anathem. Holy shit that is one massive book! Mind bending in a way that just makes you drool. The sheer volume of date Stephenson is giving you is mind boggling, and you can set it down and pick it up days later and not be lost, fucking brilliant, so skillfully written and engaging, ...
- Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:36 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Life on Mars
- Replies: 24
- Views: 20264
Re: Life on Mars
You will like the original Omph, lots of fun.
Rob
Rob
- Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:35 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: New Joss Whedon show, Dollhouse
- Replies: 47
- Views: 44220
Re: New Joss Whedon show, Dollhouse
Word is episode 12 will be the last one. One of the writers of Episode 13 mentioned to Warren Ellis her episode will only be seen on DVD.
Rob
Rob
- Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:39 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Saint Patrick's Day
- Replies: 18
- Views: 18406
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:20 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Watchmen
- Replies: 97
- Views: 123049
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:31 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Watchmen
- Replies: 97
- Views: 123049
So rob, having seen the ending, would you agree that it takes the unifying threat that **** was looking for and throws it out the window? That Synder replaces it with a WTF how does that unite us moment that would be more likely to escalate WWIII? Yes, compared to the rest of the movie the ending i...
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:26 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Hang onto your pants, Rob!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7177
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:25 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Watchmen
- Replies: 97
- Views: 123049
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:49 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
- Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:25 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Monster Trilogy, by David Wellington (three zombie novels)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6701
Some one did a study that showed when Republicans were charge more zombie movies and represented the lower classes coming ot steal ones hard earned capital while when Democrats were in charge more vampire movies were made and represented the elite sucking the wealth of the nation away from the peopl...
- Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:04 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Watchmen
- Replies: 97
- Views: 123049
- Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:09 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: People on This Board
- Replies: 67
- Views: 47426
Taking 15 credit hours this semester, have to spend time in the schools, will be taking my content test later this year, need to take a science class over the summer because we for some stupid reason need to have three sciences with labs for my degree, I have two, then in fall of 09, take the last 1...
- Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:46 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
- Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:28 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Predator Reboot? Ugh!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11047
- Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:28 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Publishing and the Economy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10930
- Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:59 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
- Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:36 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
- Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:40 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
- Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:36 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Watchmen
- Replies: 97
- Views: 123049
- Tue Jan 06, 2009 2:31 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Flowers for Algernon (novelette), by Daniel Keyes
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16236
Start lists by all means, might be some gems I haven't discovered yet. Rob Rob, I have collected a bunch of on-line syllabi for SF courses over the years. I have them book marked at home. Would you like to see them? I also think you know about this site already, but take a look at The Center for th...
- Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:33 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Flowers for Algernon (novelette), by Daniel Keyes
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16236
- Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:31 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: SF survey
- Replies: 28
- Views: 21122
- Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:54 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: SF survey
- Replies: 28
- Views: 21122
- Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:33 am
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Flowers for Algernon (novelette), by Daniel Keyes
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16236
throw in Farenheit 451, too ! I think The Time Machine should be taught too. totally agree with you. the Time Machine was a great book. I love Wells. The Time Machine is another favorite of mine. throw in Farenheit 451, too ! Of course. I also have a bunch of unabridged Poe stories on cd as read by...
- Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:22 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Flowers for Algernon (novelette), by Daniel Keyes
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16236
- Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:07 am
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Flowers for Algernon (novelette), by Daniel Keyes
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16236
- Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:19 pm
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: Post your Desktop
- Replies: 51
- Views: 47311
- Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:05 pm
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: Post your Desktop
- Replies: 51
- Views: 47311
- Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:05 pm
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: Post your Desktop
- Replies: 51
- Views: 47311
- Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:04 pm
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: Post your Desktop
- Replies: 51
- Views: 47311
- Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:02 pm
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: Post your Desktop
- Replies: 51
- Views: 47311
- Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:59 pm
- Forum: Blatant Post Count Boosters
- Topic: Post your Desktop
- Replies: 51
- Views: 47311
- Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:45 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: World's Worst Authors
- Replies: 15
- Views: 16326
Here is mine though when I tried to submit it I came across a could not find this page result, will try again later. here is my submission: Kevin J. Anderson. A hack of the finest magnitude. This author hides his inadequacies by predominately working in the universes created by others, Star Wars and...
- Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:34 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: OED Citation for Yours Truly
- Replies: 20
- Views: 21103
- Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:32 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
- Replies: 947
- Views: 7886210
Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse by Victor Gischler. Fuck yes, damn this book rocked. America after the apocalypse where the main bastions of civilization are Joey Armageddon's Sassy-A-Go-Go strip clubs. Toss in Buffalo Bill, strippers, violence, a crazy mountain man Ted from Atlanta who hates Jane Fon...
- Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:54 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Klaatu Reeves
- Replies: 85
- Views: 72343
- Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:12 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Film-worthy books -- a list
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7854
- Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:06 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Klaatu Reeves
- Replies: 85
- Views: 72343
- Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:58 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Klaatu Reeves
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- Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:09 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Battlestar Galactica season 4 (may contain spoilers)
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- Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:01 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Octavia Butler's "favorite" movie!
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- Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:54 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Life on Mars
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- Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:48 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: A little humor for you
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- Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:11 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Watchmen
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- Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:10 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Twilight
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- Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:05 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Watchmen
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- Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:17 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Watchmen
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- Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:15 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Twilight
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- Views: 13823
- Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:01 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Moon
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- Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:52 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Star Trek 11 - first pics
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- Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:59 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New Scientist Magazine
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- Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:36 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
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- Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:32 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Your home town
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- Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:37 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Your home town
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Omph, whenever I go to Sacramento I make sure to visit the RailRoad museum, love it! As for me, I was born in Yakima Washington and my father was with the Forest Service so I spent my early years in Oregon, Dry Creek, Toketee Falls Ranger Station, and Cottage Grove before ending up in Cloudcroft New...
- Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:43 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Chummy writers?
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- Views: 16761
- Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:21 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Forum Anniversary
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- Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:19 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Dan Simmons and Jack Vance
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- Fri Nov 07, 2008 1:39 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Forbidden Planet, Redooooooo
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- Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:57 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Forbidden Planet, Redooooooo
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- Views: 12487
- Sun Oct 26, 2008 1:00 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
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- Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:23 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
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- Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:57 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Live Music Shows
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- Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:39 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
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William's is good, Hardwired rocked, but he can be more than an arrogant ass, his blog:
http://walterjonwilliams.blogspot.com/
he's a bit of a narcissist from what i hear from folks.
Rob
http://walterjonwilliams.blogspot.com/
he's a bit of a narcissist from what i hear from folks.
Rob
- Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:03 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Ridley Scott to direct Haldeman's Forever War
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- Views: 11821
Drop acid and watch it.Freakzilla wrote:Sorry, but I thought 2001 sucked. It didn't make any sense until I read the book.Omphalos wrote:Forgot about this. Guess he's changed his mind, huh?
Rob
- Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:39 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Life on Mars
- Replies: 24
- Views: 20264
- Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:32 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Ridley Scott to direct Haldeman's Forever War
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11821
- Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:20 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
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- Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:02 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Sarah Connor Chronicles
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- Views: 21430
fox always fucks up on good sci-fi series. anyone who hasn't watched Firefly here should ASAP. amazing plotlines, characters, acting, camera-work. years ahead of its time and Fox didn't market it properly, aired it out of order and fucked it up from teh start. they cancelled it after 11 episodes. :...
- Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:52 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
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- Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:59 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Financial Bail Out
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- Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Financial Bail Out
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- Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:24 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 40's Club
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- Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:59 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
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- Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:57 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Terry Goodkind fans
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board crashing party anyone? :lol: All 50 of us here? :lol: BTW, I love that avatar of yours. It took me forever to figure out what it was. At first I thought it was a heavily stylized face of a woman, and the red keep were her lips. Its the Yamato, right? Aye, Space Battleship Yamato! Love the mov...
- Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:03 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Genre Best of Lists
- Replies: 44
- Views: 45700
Re: Genre Best of Lists
I love searching for best of...lists on-line. I have four or five in particular that I used when I put together a list of books to read a number of years ago, and I still love perusing different ones to decide if the voters/creators are on to something, or high on crack. Anyway, I'm going to put th...
- Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:55 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Come gather round friends.....
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- Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:24 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Cloverfield
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- Views: 23885
- Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:41 pm
- Forum: Discussions from Other Boards
- Topic: Goodbye to Freak
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- Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:05 pm
- Forum: Discussions from Other Boards
- Topic: Goodbye to Freak
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- Fri Sep 12, 2008 4:21 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
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- Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:25 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: GenCon report (WARNING! INTENSE NERDERY)
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- Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:17 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: 1/3 more Waterworld
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- Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:32 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
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- Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:23 pm
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Paul of Dune excerpt
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- Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:21 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Heroes <snicker> of Dune
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- Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:15 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
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- Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:08 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Like Butter...
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- Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:53 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Upcoming Conventions
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- Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:07 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Watchmen
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That's true, and I'm going off of memories from comicon back in the early 2000's when i would go out drinking with staff from Dark Horse and DC. It is just that with DC and Warners Brothers being owned by Time Warner it is difficult for me at this moment to see them goofing up. Time Warner bought DC...
- Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:11 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 10 Most Historically Inaccurate Movies
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- Views: 22038
- Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:05 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Iron Man
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9458
Downey Jr as Tony Stark was a stroke of genius...i didn't saw the end of credit thing with Fury... How much do you think an Avengers movie would cost? And which ones would be in it. I would love to see Vision. He was always one of my favorites. The Hulk would be out since that was made by a differe...
- Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:02 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Watchmen
- Replies: 97
- Views: 123049
I think it's simply a case of WB not doing their homework. Now Fox is likely to be either awarded (or settled) for a cut of the profits. Which means Watchmen better do really well or it'll be an under performer for WB :) The thing is though, DC has been owned by Time Warner since the 70's and while...
- Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:38 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 10 Most Historically Inaccurate Movies
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- Views: 22038
- Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:06 am
- Forum: Dune Talk
- Topic: Heroes <snicker> of Dune
- Replies: 24
- Views: 26228
- Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:40 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Genre Best of Lists
- Replies: 44
- Views: 45700
So pretty much anything set in a future/hypothetical/alternative-history setting (not including Fantasy type scenarios) is considered SF? Maybe, maybe not. But I would say that any book that has this element to it is worthy of at least examining to see if its a SF book. I tell you one I dont thing ...
- Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Hey Birom, Hye Hippo!!
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- Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:13 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Upcoming Conventions
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- Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:17 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Hey Birom, Hye Hippo!!
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Are you saying it was over the top, then? I really can't tell anymore.... :( Dude, over the top is a monkey fucking a football while getting diddled from behind by a man dressed like Barney while listening to Michael Jackson's thriller. Rob Things are a bit......different in the high desert. I blam...
- Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:10 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Hey Birom, Hye Hippo!!
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- Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:07 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Road
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- Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:37 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Hey Birom, Hye Hippo!!
- Replies: 82
- Views: 99651
- Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:55 am
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: First PoD Review!
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- Views: 22498
- Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:05 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Obama
- Replies: 144
- Views: 210737
My grandfather was in the Home Guard, then he joined a 25-pounder crew in Germany in the closing weeks of the war. He stayed on afterwards, helping the MPs, and ended up as a clerk at Nuremberg. My other grandfather when he was sent to Germany ended up leading officers on hunting trips on Hitler's ...
- Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:01 pm
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: The Prisoner
- Replies: 35
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- Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:26 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Obama
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- Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:23 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
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- Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:23 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
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You should look at Doctorow's website. If you found stuff that you would use in the class room there, you will find much, much more there. Doctorow has a huge online presence, and is outspoken on a several issues, including the free use of copyrighted material with a special set of rules to help wi...
- Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:25 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
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Finished Little Brother from Cory Doctorow, overall well done lots of cool nifty real tech stuff, the last bit gets just a tad preachy and seems a bit to pat, BUT, I can see myself using this book in the classroom, along with 1984 and V For Vendetta. Currently reading HaltinG StatE by Charles Stross...
- Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:11 pm
- Forum: Fiction Links
- Topic: On-line SF Magazines
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11494
- Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:29 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: T4....
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- Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Obama
- Replies: 144
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He was in Germany today with around 200,000 people listening to his speach...interesting visibility... Meanwhile, McCain was in a German restaurant in the USA... :shock: I thought that was hilarious. WTF did he go to the Wiener Hut for? That poor guy is doddering. He doesnt have a chance. I wish th...
- Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:10 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17236
So its good dump-fodder, huh? I shall acquire and suitably place the books in the crappatorium! I imagine there is nothing quite a satisfying as reading about hot, egg-laying Martian chicks while squeezing out an obscene one, right? I did read most of mine on the bathroom, they do lighten the situa...
- Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:46 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The saying "hello" thread.
- Replies: 540
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- Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:40 am
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17236
- Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:38 am
- Forum: Genre TV and Movies
- Topic: Robocop
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7909
- Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:34 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The saying "hello" thread.
- Replies: 540
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- Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:32 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: The Mote in God's Eye, by Niven and Pournelle
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12254
- Sat Jul 05, 2008 4:32 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 4th of July, 2008
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13473
- Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:36 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Paulo Bacigalupi has a new book out
- Replies: 6
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- Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:14 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Books in the pile
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- Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:44 am
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5921
What did you think of the book overall? Personally, I can hardly wait for the movie. I loved it. Unlike some authors where how the world ended up as it did would be the big idea McCarthy instead focused on two peoples relationship. In fact in several of his books, All the Pretty Horses for example,...
- Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:12 am
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5921
- Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:05 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Arrakeen
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