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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 wit...

Quite work? I dont get it.

I forgot to post earlier: If anyone writes SF, here is a link you might find helpful. It lists all kinds of data you would want to know in order to decide where to submit, including pay, format and genre information. IIRC this site is updated by a guy named Bluejack, who is apparently well known in ...

Here is a link to a Scribd .pdf file.

Here is a copy.

She was a prostitute? I thought some psycho killed here when seh was a little girl.

I suspect the American meaning is the original, and the British one has changed. British English has altered more since Elizabethan times than US English. According to the Collins English dictionary on my desk, it says the word comes from the name Frances. Oh well, that explains everything! Frances...

Star Dust wrote:Isn't this reviewer-woman person the same one who has [allegedly] written
like 30k plus book reviews?

That is Harriet Klausner, not this one.

Internet Bible = Immediate trust.

I never knew "fanny" meant "ass" in American slang. The British version is familier though. Its not used much any more. I use it with my kids as its considered less vulgar than "ass," and I don't think you would hear one adult say it to another unless someone's mother ...

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0446675784.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg Sometimes I really wonder how Octavia Butler, God rest her talented soul, managed to keep my attention for as long as she did. I think I have read all but three of her books, and the only short story by her that I have not read is the ...

Waidaminnut: Are you talking about smoking the balogna pony, or a cigarette?

SandChigger wrote:Yeah, it is, actually.

Didja maybe not notice my sig there?

Im several years nicotine free, and I never thought I would make it.

Naw, ya mus' unnastan that Mr. Freak here, he's from da Sout. Da Dirdy Sout, ta be precise. An in da Dirdy Sout, dey got rules. An ya caint jes go voilatin da rules all higgedly-piggedly like. He's jest trian to infoam all-us-all philistines, so say thankee-sir, and button dat mouth a yoas up now, y...

In the future, the rules of hats are changed, my good man. This was a result of the war started by Manion Butler, haberdasher to the machine empire and dresser of Erasmus.

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 must disagree. I am a big ERB fan and while his books may not be...

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 must disagree. I am a big ERB fan and while his books may not be...

I can think of a few doggies that would love his ears, all nice and dried up.

Robspierre wrote:Don't forget Michael Bay! Who did direct The Divinyls "I Touch Myself" video

Rob

How appropriate, considering everything else he has done is nothing more than masturbatory discharge.

SandChigger wrote:you need a man mature in pears?!

That was not me. I was channeling the Disgustrix, but what does that mean?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/CityofIllusions.jpg Rounding out the first three of Ursula K. Le Guin's Hainish novels, City of Illusions tells the story of the conquest that the first two volumes alluded to. It is the story of a man in a fallen society as he tries to come to terms wi...

I'm not sure if this is a good time to ask, but where's the smilies we were promised? And the free donuts? :wink: I'm working diligently on the layout and look of this website. I will be sure to let you all know just as soon as I have completed my heavy tasks of typing and internet searching. Pleas...

YOUR ALL BANNED!!!! SPAMMER SCUZ MERCHANTS!!!

Mandy wrote:I don't know how anyone can be anti-bacon!

Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfucker. Pigs sleep and root in shit. That's a filthy animal. I ain't eat nothin' that ain't got enough sense enough to disregard its own feces.

I read the title of this thread and thought someone was proposing putting them in the European union. I wouldn't be the least surprised if that actually happens somewhere the next 2 decades. Israel and the Palestinian Authority are both members of the Mediterranean Union, as is the UK! I shit you n...

Egads! I was so excited to see T4 with Christian Bale that I did not even notice who was directing the thing.

Neil Young's album Harvest is IMHO one of the best albums ever made. The Needle and the Damage done has been covered by lots of people, and Im sure its run isnt done yet. A Man Needs a Made and especially Heart of Gold are two incredibly complex but simply performed songs probably in the history of ...

SandChigger wrote:"Rabidly Wanton Babes on Uranus!"

Either that or pathetically bad SF "authors."

The Greek bint in NY is the hottest,

A-Fucking-Men, brotha! She is so damn hot its hard to look at her.

GamePlayer wrote:Did someone say CSI?

I have only watched one of those CSI shows once and I hated it. I much prefer L&O.

I had no idea

Though I'm not sure that he said much.

Billy says that he ain't the final Cylon. Fine with me.

According to i09, there was a discussion of the Ender's Game comic at ComiCon in San Diego. This thing is coming out in October, and it looks like its going to be pretty cool.

This looks pretty damn stupid to me.

SandChigger wrote:(Hmm. OK. Half-an-ear syndrome again, maybe. I thought I heard Columbus. Next time you're there, though, DO check out German Village. )

Ill probably not be in Ohio again until next year, or maybe even the next. Not until I have a case that justifies a trip there for something.

SandChigger wrote:Appears it was from 1966.

OOOOOOLD!

Ah yes. I remember those days fondly, but with a bit of difficulty, as it was before I even went through oogenesis.

Anyone else remember a cartoon series about Thor, doing a kind of Superman/Clark Kent thang (IIRC) in the modern world? Can't remember the title, but I remember watching it as a kid. Thor had a human alter-ego in the Marvel comic. Maybe it was based on that? I don't remember a cartoon program though.

Skibum wrote:
GamePlayer wrote:LOL That is hilarious! Like the song White and Nerdy...

"Spend my nights with a roll of bubble wrap
POP POP! Hope no one sees me gettin' freaky!"

I unintentionally memorized that song

I swear to God that fucking seizure machine is running backwards.

Thanks all. I originally posted my reply at Jacurutu, then thought better of it, deleted it and moved it entirely over here. Absolutely nothing was lost. I didn't want to delete anything, or lock anything down, and Freak wants that kind of thing off his site. Since Hoosierdaddy is a member here, I c...

SandChigger wrote:Wiener Hut?

You're making THAT up, right?

I just listened to the quikclips on CNNj, didn't actually watch, so I didn't see where he was exactly, but it was in Columbus, right?

I already deleted the evening news, but I'm pretty sure that he was in Pennsylvania.

Serkanner wrote:
A Thing of Eternity wrote:I read the title of this thread and thought someone was proposing putting them in the European union.
I wouldn't be the least surprised if that actually happens somewhere the next 2 decades.

Oh no. Not another one of you.

A Thing of Eternity wrote:I read the title of this thread and thought someone was proposing putting them in the European union.

Damn foreigners.

Moved from Jacurutu, as Im sure Freak would rather this conversation happen here. Sorry if Im wrong Freak. Just trying to keep Jacurutu the way you've said you want it kept. You are not seeing nearly far enough ahead here. This would be a possible scenario. Both Israel and Palestine vote on US state...

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 always thought the more esoteric aspects of Verhoven's original Robocop made it such an enduring stand out film as opposed to just another forgettable piece of fluff. I see what you mean. But it was always the characters vicseral reactions to their realizations that made that film awesome. Those ...

SandChigger wrote:But seriously...

What the sam fook is a "much more muscular time" supposed to mean?

Or it means that he has no idea what the book is about, so he has no idea what the film will be like. Though in that case I guess we can count on wierding modules and pretty, pretty hats.

eh. Maybe not. Or maybe some other day. There is just so much more rewarding stuff to read out there.

I like reading about classical mythology, but honestly, I prefer to see how modern authors write these myths (and new ones) into new pieces of fiction. Mythology is important, but I think its more important as a source for modern story telling then it is as a method of transferring culture and value...

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...

Aronofsky is a little too avant garde for me. Robocop is about in-your-face consequences of bad situations. I don't really see a lot of that coming from him.

Stoltz rocks. I will watch anything that he is in.

But seriously... What the sam fook is a "much more muscular time" supposed to mean? I honestly think that means that since so few people really understand what is going on in that book that he gets to "stretch his muscles" as a director and do whatever the hell he wants. Really,...

I'm actually pretty horrible at spelling. :D There's an app included with OS X called Dictionary. I keep it running ALL the time and am always checking spellings and definitions. I know what you mean about having the "syllables wrong"; I nearly drove myself crazy trying to look up "p...

Here is an article about a script review for Caprica.

According to Scifi.com, Aronofsky is going to be making a new Robocop movie.

Here is some stuff from Berg about the new Dune movie. This is from July 8th. Im still not feeling too good about this: THR: "Dune" is in some ways an ideological work, at least for the people who read the novel as a metaphor for relying too much on Middle Eastern oil. How much do you wan...

Here is a link to the Caprica trailer that has been out for a few days. Looks like its going to have some elements that may actually draw my wife to the tube to watch with me. If so, I welcome that. Ive been trying to make SF a family thing for a long time now. Personally, I think this is going to ...

Joss Wheadon is re-filming the pilot of this thing.

My kids go nuts for the stuff.

Ive heard that in some of the middle books Burroughs introduces some tech that is pretty prophetic. That kind of interests me, but the belief that they get really cheesy kind of puts me off.

Decisions, decisions!

has a anyone read all the books in this series, or more than this one at least? Ive read a few, and dont think that they are as good, but most of the ones I have read are from much later. Im wondering how good the immediate four or five successors to this one are?

What is everyone thinking about this trip of Obama's to the Middle East? This looks like some pretty transparent grand-standing to me, where Obama gets some nice photos of his press conferences from a mountain top. Actually, Im a little worried that Obama is starting to believe his own press. I hope...

Who was the guy on DN who was the lightning-Minefield player? Was that the guy from Australia who wanted his girlfriend to slap him with a riding crop? Erck, or something?

I'd really like to start playing golf again. Its been years, maybe ten, since I started law school. Id have to get some new sticks.

I actually did badminton too. My opponent was Charlie Wessels in VA. He was Olympic level. Games were fun with him. And I played about 16 seasons of soccer (from 5 to 14 or so). Outgrew that game though, and as always, HATED team sports.

I ran cross country. I hate team sports. Except for minor league baseball, and we have an awesome team here in Sacto.

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0233991670.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg Some of my favorite kinds of SF stories are those that are written by mainstream authors. Its not that they are automatically better quality stories, although they usually are, but I enjoy fresh perspectives on the themes that genre wr...

(Pssst! You wanted something done with that image, didn't you? What was it, again? :oops: ) Hmmm...i remember something about a new avatar for Arrakeen at one time, before the demise.. :) Ah! That was it. Too bad it did not come up before you left DNBBS...it would have been glorious... :P Let's jus...

Rakis wrote:
SandChigger wrote:(Pssst! You wanted something done with that image, didn't you? What was it, again? )
Hmmm...i remember something about a new avatar for Arrakeen at one time, before the demise..

Ah! That was it.

I think Excession is definitely the hardest sci-fi of the series or perhaps it's more accurate to say it's written like hard sci-fi. Unless you really understand the concepts of Bank's universe, Excession can come across as really obtuse. I liked it because I'm a tech/construct junkie and have a li...

I like all the pun comments. "People will needle her for years over this!" "This had me in stitches!"

Or the guy who asks for one of Amy Winehouse.

inhuien wrote:
SandChigger wrote:(Pssst! You wanted something done with that image, didn't you? What was it, again? )

....Mousemat???:)

Oh God! My poor kids!

Im knee deep in the reference book Anatomy of Wonder. I really cannot put that thing down. Im also in the middle of Alexi Panshin's The World Beyond the Hill, a monograph on SF that examines The Golden Age contribution, but I just started Jack Vance's The Languages of Pao as well.

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0345438353.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg I love SF so much, that I actually get depressed when I fail to see what all the hype is about a certain book, especially one that is generally regarded as a classic. I am always afraid that I am missing something important. That idea ...

It's a paraphrase from Seinfeld :) In the skit he talks about the phrase "Take care now" Take care now. Take care now. Take off, isn't that what you really want to say? I'm just running out of greetings. I've used them all a dozen times over now. Hi, hello, greetings, pleased ta meet ya.....

SandChigger wrote:(Pssst! You wanted something done with that image, didn't you? What was it, again? )

I don't think so. That one is fine the way it is.

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0312862113.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg As Ekumen novels go, Planet of Exile has always left me a little dry. I think it was intended as a bridging novel in between Le Guin's other, better books, Rocannon's World and City of Illusion. I have always scratched my head when try...

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/1596870206.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg Up until very recently SF authors have always had someone or something to follow, and by that I mean that there has always been some literary movement that the bulk of any decade's active authors followed. Starting in 1926 it was Gerns...

Hellooooooooooooooo!!!!!

I still have not seen it, but the very second I saw that ad, I said, "Ill bet he makes friends with that Sabre toothed tiger!"

Did the movie have dinosaurs in it too?

Never let it be said that T(A)U is not entertaining. At least we have that.

Hellooooooooooooooooo

In an effort to help improve inter-board relationships, and as a show of support for some of our T(A)U members that have discussion boards of their own, we will begin a series of board-crashing parties (this is sounding pretty original, right? :wink: ) Starting in August, in cooperation with Worm (W...

REPULSIVE!!!

Just did not yet feel like letting this one die.

Hyppo wrote:

I just tried to take a look now too, and I can't even get that far. I guess Unca Mike let things wilt again.

Actually, I meant that I thought 60K years ago was when dem ancient homo types crossed the land bridge. I took a while to get to Maine and Tierra del Fuego. Proably not 30K+ years, but I think there was not just one wave.

I think humans came out of Africa long before that, but the first wave of North Americans migrated starting about 60K yrs ago. B, can you enlighten us?

Seriously, one of the things I love reading about most in history is mass migrations of peoples. I don't know what it is about that topic, but I'm a complete sucker for any book about it.

though it seems weird that a country all the way over in South Asia has the same roots as mediterranean languages, while languages from countries inbetween have roots in Africa.

I think it was because of Marco Polo, but I'm not entirely sure.

My God that was awesome.

While waiting for that big pig of a trailer to download, I thought I'd give Phaedrus a hand. Here is a link for the compilation volume at $13.95, cheaper than most trade pb's. I also see it can be got for $9.50 used.

The more I think about this movie the angrier I become. What a crock. What a waste. What a sad, misguided perversion of something wonderful. Its like Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert joined the E.L.F. and together put this script together.

We'll be sure to have Phaedrus count you twice.

Here is more on this. Doesnt really say anything new, but I still am going to see this one in the theater.

(Although, really, Omph, I could probably come up with something if you want a banner or something like what Worm is talking about. If you have anything you might want, I'm bored 90% of the time and a couple hours in photoshop might be fun.) That would be very cool, Phaedrus. My brother is going to...

How's that for a derailed thread? At least we do something really well over here in this "cesspool!"

Whatever happened to Ivan? I think I saw him on the Sietch once, and on GF once or twice. Is he still around?

Dorms are a shit place to fool around unless you're absolutely sure the roommate won't be back for quite some time. Oh, yea, it's about me and the ex. :wink: Sock on the door rule! Or just position yourself so that the intruder is staring at the bottom of your ballsack when they walk in. That'll ke...

orald wrote:Oh, kids...I love hitting them too. Preferablly with something metalic, hard and heavy.

My five year old could kick your ass, orald. He can certainly shoot straighter.

Nekhrun wrote:And in the FH inconsistencies thread

I wrote:I've got another FH inconsistency here. He never once mentions in GEoD that Norma was a God. You'd think he'd want to include a little detail like that.

SandChigger wrote:

Hey ... the world is going to hell in a handbasket. Stop worrying and enjoy the ride!

(While it lasts. )

There has got to be an end to the idiocy. How can more minds = less brains? I wonder if Ill ever figure that one out.

SandChigger wrote:Nice SFX tho, huh?

That is exactly the mentality I want to go bu-bye. I swear to god, its like the last fucking U.S. industry that is still centered here. And we have a bunch of asshole idiots running the place.

Do you have a nurse in your building? Give her a call. A nice nap in a dark room and an asprin may do you some good.

At the office today (with faster connection), so I'll have a look at the trailer and all later. About the environmental shtuff: Any of you remember a movie from DECADES ago about Mother Nature taking revenge on humankind for its sins? Can't remember the title, but it took place in Florida or Louisi...

SandChigger wrote:I'm going over to Jacurutu now. Obviously your head trauma has resulted in a personality change.

I was channeling KJA. Im happy if you finger something else, thank you very much.

SandChigger wrote:Dammit, Jed! Move away from there!

SandChigger wrote:Ooh...repress! REPRESS MEMORY!

Care to flip my pages, big boy?

Thinkun' machines indeed. Kind of like Jethro's "see-ment pond."

SandChigger wrote:Hubba hubba.

He'll probably try to take you any way he can.

(Think 'Becca likes to watch? Or gets into "3P" action? )

Maybe we should just have Freak wear a few hb copies of Sandworms, like Adam's figleaves. Seems KJA likes to rub up against those, no?

Still have a bump on my lip.

Or do you mean the one I gave him?

Wearing that thing should make KJA take you very seriously during your interview.

Just started Dangerous Visions last night, and read a bunch of City of Illusions, by Ursula K. Le Guin while at jury duty yesterday.

He is looking older, isnt he? That was the first thing I thought too.

Those kids say something funny to me everyday.

SandChigger wrote:

(What did you say again? She's given you a concussion, hasn't she? )

OK. Stupid ass me screwed the joke up. I fixed it. Doh!

I was playing with my kids this evening, wrestling and tickling and stuff. I thought my boy left the room for a second, and my daughter and I kept going on. She smacked me in the lip and tooth with her head and I yelled "OW!" The girl ran laughing at me, and I said "What is wrong with...

I really and truly hope that this thing sucks so very badly and does so terribly at the box office that they actually sit down and rethink about how marketing and making movies for the dumbest of us all is a loser of a way to do business.

But probably not. Oh well.

Scroll down for the trailer

SandChigger wrote:Whoa...they make beanie babies that fuck now? I definitely been away too long!

Didn't you ever wonder why there are more of them around that tribbles?

Liege-Killer wrote:
Omphalos wrote:
Liege-Killer wrote:Yeah, I always figured the sig link was enough; I'm not one to toot my own horn much.
I think you can start doing that if you learn yoga.
I was wondering who would go there first. Why am I not surprised?

And it only took me 21 minutes too!

The west is totally ignored with cons. One or two decent ones and bunch of fucking beanie baby and toy shows.

SF conventions for September, 2008 Some good stuff there, though it looks a bit like things are slowing down. We have our annual book show here in Sacramento, and although there are all kinds of books and dealers, I'd say in years past its at least 50-60% SF and related genre stuff that is for sale ...

Something popped in your back, yea, that's where the pop came from, right.

Liege-Killer wrote:Yeah, I always figured the sig link was enough; I'm not one to toot my own horn much.

I think you can start doing that if you learn yoga.

Cool!

SandChigger wrote:Um...there's been a sig link for some time, I believe. 8)

That is not what I was talking about.

I am not sure if all of you know yet, but one of our other members has started in earnest to put up quality reviews of books (and others) that he has read (or watched, or listened to). Liege-Killer has started a blog that is shaping up really nicely. I asked him months ago to put something up here t...

orald wrote:You've never seen DoD in its days of glory, so you wouldn't understand...

Well, neither did I, I only joined like 3 months before it went dead for the last time, and I hear it was half dead by then.

I can get to it occasionally in web caches, but there is not too much there to see.

If the events at chigga 's blog or over at DN left me scratching my head, this is leaving me completely without an idea of what is being discussed. :) Is there a executive summary of all this? :) Kangamouse here was Rakis Holy Nomad over on the now defunct Gholaforum, and is New Face Dancer on DN. ...

It was a military piece, after all. That aspect of it was the authors shooting for realism.

My theory has always been that Brian was born with brains (he is FH's son, no?) but along with some major head trauma from his dad and some skunked weed, they no longer work. Oh ok.... so he has damaged, non-functioning, but still edible brains... gotcha! :lol: I guess I shouldn't have had them be ...

Brilliant, utterly brilliant, I love it!!! :D Although, I did spot one error: The second man reached out past Brian's shaking body, grabbed a handful of Brian's brains [...] Ummm.... what brains? But you got it right later on: He suspected that the zombies could smell brains, but for some reason no...

SandChigger wrote:Shall I remove the password protection over on Hoary Tales?

I think so. Fuck em.

Im planning on doing more.

EPISODE I: It was well past 10 am and Kevin was late for his first book signing in Tacoma. He had to have the driver turn his car around because he actually forgot his dictaphone. "Imagine that," Kevin thought to himself, and chuckles noiselessly. That thing was part of him, he relied on ...

Multi limbed and fuzzy? Are you hitting on me?

I still have to read those Pournelle books.

You know, when I read this one this time I had a LOT more sympathy for the Moties than I did the last time. That race was incredible.

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0671741926.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg In the history of SF there have been innumerable team-ups by authors. Dickson and Anderson. Zelazny and Dick. Moore and Kuttner. But in my opinion there has never been a greater team than Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. These two on t...

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0345334698.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg This collection of Niven short stories is entirely dedicated to the early Known Space tales, and includes stories about Gil "The ARM" Hamilton, Beowulf Shaeffer, Carlos Wu, Lucas Garner and other early Niven characters. Some ...

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0312866615.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg I have been a fan of author Tony Daniel since I read his novella A Dry Quiet War in Gardner Dozois' 1996 or so Years Best of volume. A Dry Quiet War is a military piece with an interesting time travel element to it, and a bit of a love...

SandChigger wrote:

OK, that was a joke, right, about hrethgir? The KJA/Scientology line, right? .

Sorry. Must have been channeling Nekhrun there for a moment. Its all gone now.

Was that written by Colbert?

damnit, both library systems i'm in doesn't have it. i'll have to get it from teh SFBC i think... There are two titles to check for, The Phantom. Look for "Three Hainish Novels," and "Worlds of Exile and Illusion." All three books were originally published on their own too, so l...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/My_name_is_legion.jpg Although Zelazny was probably best known for his epic fantasy series The Chronicles of Amber, one should never forget that he was first known for a number of high quality novels and novellas that he produced during the 1960's and 1...

Ragabash wrote:My girl found me a copy of Against a Dark Background on paperback swap. I can't wait to reread it

Also, they're publishing Use of Weapons (the only Culture novel I haven't read yet) in the new line next month.

Have you read Matter yet, bro?

It makes too much sense. Its days must be numbered.

There was, but to do it right they would have had to create two more different planets, and they had already filmed an entire movie in Iceland and scrapped it before Wolfie Petersen came along and redid the entire thing from the ground up. They were looking at big cost overruns already, so they wrot...

orald wrote:Hmm, note to self: d/l movie.

Reading your review, so far I've got a little nitpick-
At first Jerry is so frightened by the idea of raising a baby alien,
You mean "David", right?

Yep. Thanks.

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0595309763.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg Very often I have heard people ask about books that are as good or better than the movies that they were made into. When I am asked that question the first two movies that pop into my head are always Blade Runner, from Philip K. Dick's...

No mention of the other stories in the collection? Ill get to them. I just read this novella before I went on vacation. I wanted to get it up before I forgot what I wanted to say. I looked for a pic of the novella-only binding, but couldnt find one, so I used the anthology cover. And if you look at...

Pull your pants back up orald.

http://www.varley.net/Pages/Books/A%20darker%20cover%20web2.jpg Though the utopian subtheme is popular in science fiction, I think it is right to say that most of the so called "utopia" books out there actually have a dystopic slant, in that most of the novels I am aware of tell the story...

That actually is the collection that I have (the SFBC edition), but Amazon does not have a pic of it for me to hotlink to, so I went with this one that is the same thing, with a differnt title. I love the stories. Im already 1/2 way through the next one.

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0312862113.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg There are only a very few authors about which I can honestly say, “they never cease to amaze me,” but Ursula K. Le Guin is one. I have read quite a few of her Hainish/Ekumen books, and without exception, they are incredible stories. Th...

I love it! Thanks!

And tell Sloey to get his ass over to Jacurutu.

Where does the word "hrethgir" fit into all of this?

I was just waiting.

I'da thunk that it'd be a cold day in Hell when the imperials dont get a little chubby over a giant cup of tea.

Eat it, bloodsucker!

Just put a kegger, a compound bow and a few trikes in the back 40 and they will gravitate towards that.

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0345336941.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg Even though social science fiction is my favorite type to read, I still get a real kick out of the early and mid-career works of Larry Niven. Niven started producing in the mid 1960's while still a student at Kansas State University. H...

Did everyone have a good 4th? We sure did here. I came to visit my parents in Sturgeon Bay, WI, with te wife and kids. We took the kids to see a parade in Fish Creek and watched some pretty decent fireworks over the Bay at night. Not too much beer was involved, so I may have to make up for that toni...

I knew I was a contenda!

There is some consistency there, isnt there?

I really like that we have two fourms. I think its working out pretty well now, with only minor or short lived glitches.

Banks typically uses the middle initial "M." in US non SF books.

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0671720937.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg Another relatively new foray for me in SF are the novels and stories of Lois McMaster Bujold, particularly the Vorkosigan saga. I stayed away from it for so long because it won so many awards, including multiple Hugo Awards for best no...

Glad to hear that you are enjoying his short stories, orald. Maybe the novels will strike you better once you have an appreciation for his short fiction.

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0553203126.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg It has taken me a long time to get to this point in my appreciation of SF, but I have finally come around completely on Samuel Delany. I always enjoyed his books, but I considered him to be a little full of himself, and thought his boo...

I've read a couple of his stories, and I can't see what all the fuss is about. 'People of Sand and Slag' just struck me as depressing and not very well written. And 'The Fluted Girl' has been done before, and better - Eric Brown's 'The Death of Cassandra Quebec'. The People of Sand and Slag was an ...

This happened to me once before, but it came back once I reloaded the page. Not this time though.

I was just there yesterday! Fucking Hyppo! What did she do now?!

Here is a link to a NPR broadcast about the book, with some interviews: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92008378 Im putting this here hoping that you all click on the link. The more we click on the link, the more likely NPR is to do broadcasts about SF, as they track these sorts...

Actually, I rather suspect that instead of the tub of lard blimb we are getting our chuckles from imagining, she's one of these thin, scraggly PWT wrecks...you know, "a rag, a bone and a tuft of hair". Maybe she used to be fat, and has the hangy fold flaps to prove it, but isn't particula...

I hated that they went all Freddy Kruger on us at the end. The premise was stupid, and so were the ships (a fucking umbrella that keeps the big bad sun out? Ever hear of a light sail? That ship would never be able to get close to the sun because of photon pressure). I cannot count the number of movi...

I actually would love to see one. I suspect that her fat ass would be bunched up between the arms of some unfortunate office chair, overflowing to the point that the arms themselves no longer stand parallel to one another, even when she hefts herself out for a snack. She would probably be out of bre...

This is priceless, from Dune Novels: The pizza place just called and said they're out of boneless wings! Must resist temptation..... :twisted: Rob Resistance is futile! Just hobble your fat a$$ down to the grocery store. I'm sure that they have them there. :lol: Still can't believe that Byron did n...

What did you think of the book overall? Personally, I can hardly wait for the movie.

I think I have seen a few of you talking about this book lately. This is one of my first reviews, and it shows, but if you all want to talk about this one, I'm up for that! Ive rewritten it a bit to try to remove the suck, but I haven't read it for over a year, so I was reluctant to play around too ...

Mr. Teg wrote:
orald wrote:I see Bubba is fat, lazy and drunk.
Ah, just the way orald likes 'em

Bill Clinton too.

I'm "working" from home today so I might be extra-productive and join in the fun at House Atreides. I've read the thread, she's a circus freak. She's dodged Sandchigger's question about which of his comments on the sorry saga of Arrakeen were lies. You're all letting her get away with it,...

Robspierre wrote:This is priceless, from Dune Novels:

The pizza place just called and said they're out of boneless wings!

Must resist temptation.....

Rob

Resistance is futile!

Omphalos wrote:Just hobble your fat a$$ down to the grocery store. I'm sure that they have them there.

Mandy wrote:

I love red font, bitch!

Mr. Teg wrote:
Omphalos wrote:
Mr. Teg wrote:
Channeling arnoldo there, are ye?
If I'm channleing arnoldo then you're channeling Brian.

Try again; That fucker possessed me!

Mr. Teg wrote:

Channeling arnoldo there, are ye?

So this whole seven suns thingie takes place in one system? boring.

And the science is going to give you shits, trust me. (I'm currently looking at whether it's really possible to have a planet where it is never night. Doesn't look promising.) Probably not without some tremendous tidal forces. Though is there a class of star that puts out enough photon energy that ...

SandChigger wrote:...Sidney's Vomit...

She must have been masturbating lately, she's in such a good mood, no?

I loved that book.

She just never stops entertaining, does she?

And there has been Hypposign over on House Atreides.

HA! I got 27 PM's, suckas!!!

SandChigger wrote:Oh, sorry...one or both of you is adopted?

My bad!

You guys were? Did not knwo that. I do know that we found Ragabash in the forest one day. I think we stole him from a family of badgers, but I was so young I cant be sure.

SandChigger wrote:Given the genetics, wouldn't that be like...a given?

Youre talking about genetics between siblings? Pulheaaaze!!!

Oh....Yea! That was....cool! I mean, baaaaaaad. Um. How will I ever keep this secret! Yea, that's the ticket!

What, fighting games? I liked them as a kid but got bored of them quickly. No. Games where the point is to show virtual humiliation like that. I have a problem with games where collecting the badges of dead cops is the point too. Now, give me a good zombie whacking game and I'm there. But not that ...

I do actually know alot about mythology- that's why I chose that persona. So I'm still going to write all that stuff. The scar thing was one thing I don't believe I was lying about though. I have many, many injuries from playing Judo, and martial arts in general. That, and being clumsy :P Really? :...

SandChigger wrote:
Omphalos wrote:PS> Please tell me that you know something about mythology!
He knows enough to have delivered that RIGHTEOUS smackdown on HowlingRuckusNoMad/Kungamoose!

That remains a thing of BEAUTY.

Ayup!

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