Wastedyuthe
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Post by Wastedyuthe on Feb 26, 2007 12:08:02 GMT 1
Mine would have to be 'The BFG' by Roald Dahl. You can keep your Dunes and Space Oddyseys!
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Post by nervouspete on Mar 5, 2007 1:05:01 GMT 1
I may have another crack at it again- though I need to buy a new copy of Dune, as one I lent out never came back... Oh well... Has anyone else read the Cities in Flight series byJames Blish? Very interesting read, but I found it quite depressing as well. Yeah, I've got those on my book shelf. A really good series. Anyone read, "Of Time and Stars"? I can't remember who wrote it, but it was about an exodus from a sun about to go supernova. The men all had pet familiars that were these little parasitic friendly snakes made of goo whom no one could decide if they were technically alive or not, and the women had to get over the fact that it was no longer a matriachy like on the old planet, whilst at the same time having to be patient with the men for being a bit stupid. It was really good, pulpy, but well written. Dang, who wrote it? |
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Post by steann on Mar 5, 2007 1:13:03 GMT 1
I may have another crack at it again- though I need to buy a new copy of Dune, as one I lent out never came back... Oh well... Has anyone else read the Cities in Flight series byJames Blish? Very interesting read, but I found it quite depressing as well. Yeah, I've got those on my book shelf. A really good series. Anyone read, "Of Time and Stars"? I can't remember who wrote it, but it was about an exodus from a sun about to go supernova. The men all had pet familiars that were these little parasitic friendly snakes made of goo whom no one could decide if they were technically alive or not, and the women had to get over the fact that it was no longer a matriachy like on the old planet, whilst at the same time having to be patient with the men for being a bit stupid. It was really good, pulpy, but well written. Dang, who wrote it? hmmm i think it was arthur c. clarke |
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Post by Lensman on Mar 5, 2007 5:27:04 GMT 1
hmmm i think it was arthur c. clarke That's the title of one of Clarke's short story collections, but there's no story with the title "Of Time and Stars" in the collection. Poul Anderson has a short story collection entitled "Time and Stars", which also lacks a story with that title. |
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Methos
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Post by Methos on Mar 5, 2007 6:03:21 GMT 1
“We”
“Cell”
“Dune”
“Robota”
“Zathura”
“I, Robot”
“Timeline”
“The Loch”
“Saturn Rukh”
“The Postman”
“Dreamcatcher”
“The Langoliers”
“The Time Ships”
“The Kiln People”
“The Time Machine”
“The Tripod Trilogy”
“The Difference Engine”
“The War of The Worlds”
“The Stinker from Space”
“The Castle Perilous Series”
“The Captain’s Table” (Star Trek series)
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Post by Methos on Mar 7, 2007 0:08:45 GMT 1
Another one that I forgot was Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”; it’s a really good book if you can find a good translation. “The Metamorphosis” gave me nightmares.
I’ve also been looking for a good translation of “The Planet of The Apes”, I wish Tim Burton had gone back to the book with his version. The only version that ever did anything from the original book was the cartoon.
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Post by stewymartian on Mar 7, 2007 0:24:28 GMT 1
The ending of Tim Burtons version was along the same lines of the original book, though there were the usual liberties with the rest of the story.
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Post by rusti on Mar 7, 2007 12:34:29 GMT 1
Stainless Steel Rat books.
Starship Troopers
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Post by malfunkshun on Aug 7, 2007 3:24:12 GMT 1
Whoo doggies. So many. Let's do this chronologically (that is, from the first one's I read to most recently):
H. G. Wells - The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells - The Time Machne
H. G. Wells - The Invisible Man
H. G. Wells - The First Men In The Moon
H. G. Wells - The Island Of Dr. Moreau
Isaac Asimov - Foundation trilogy. (later to become the series)
J. R. R. Tolkien - The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord Of The Rings
Douglass Adams - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (series)
George Stewart - Earth Abides. One of the first 'apocolypse' themed novels I read.
Robert Heinlein - Stranger In A Strange Land
Robert Heinlein - Starship Troopers
Robert Heinlein - Expanded Universe
Fritz Leiber - The Wanderer
Richard Matheson - I Am Legend
Phillip K. Dick - The Ganymede Takeover
Phillip K. Dick - A Scanner Darkly
Roger Zelazny - The Chronicles of Amber
Isaac Asimov - I, Robot
Isaac Asimov - The Robot Novels
Isaac Asimov - Glactic Empire. (series)
Isaac Asimov - The Gods Themselves
Ursula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness
Arthur C. Clarke - Rendezvous with Rama
Arthur C. Clarke - The Songs of Distand Earth
Arthur C. Clarke - 2001: A Space Odyssee
Walter Jon Williams - The Voice Of The Whirlwind
Walter Jon Williams - Angel Station
Walter Jon Williams - Hardwired
Walter Jon Williams - Knight Moves
R. M. Meluch - Warbirds. This author is a rare thing, a practical unkown who ranks with the masters.
R. M. Meluch - Jerusalem Fire
R. M. Meluch - Sovereign
L. Ron Hubbard - Battlefield Earth
L. Ron Hubbard - Mission Earth
Philip Jose Farmer - Dark Is The Sun
Arthur C. Clarke - Rama II
Arthur C. Clarke - The Garden of Rama
Arthur C. Clarke - Rama Revealed
Carl Sagan - Contact
Orson Scott Card - Enders Game
Greg Bear - Eon
Greg Bear - Eternity
Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee - Cradle
Jack McDevit - Moonfall
Isaac Asimov - Nemesis
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle - Lucifers Hammer
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle - The Mote In God's Eye
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle - The Gripping Hand
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle - Oath of Fealty
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle - Footfall
Larry Niven - N Space
Larry Niven - Playgrounds of the Mind
Larry Niven - Protector
Larry Niven - Ringworld
Larry Niven - The Ringworld Engineers
Guardians of the Flame - Joel Rosenberg
Orson Scott Card - Speaker For The Dead
Orson Scott Card - Xenocide
Orson Scott Card - Children of the Mind
Jack Williamson - Beachhead
Isaac Asimov - Prelude To Foundation
Frank Herbert - Dune
Fred Saberhagen - Berserker Base
Fred Saberhagen - Berserker Kill
Fred Saberhagen - Berserker Blue Death
Fred Saberhagen - Berserker Lies
Fred Saberhagen - Berserker Man
Ray Bradbury - The Martian Chronicles
Arthur C. Clarke - Imperial Earth
Arthur C. Clarke - The Fountains of Paradise
Isaac Asimov - Fantastic Voyage
Isaac Asimov - Fantastic Voyage 2: Destination Brain
Arthur Conan Doyle - The Lost World
Greg Bear - The Forge Of God
Larry Niven - The Integral Trees
Larry Niven - The Smoke Ring
Greg Bear - Anvil Of Stars
Willaim Gibson and Bruce Sterling - The Difference Engine
Charles Sheffield - The Heritage Universe. (series)
David Brin - Startide Rising
David Brin - The Uplift War
Stephen Baxter - Ring
Stephen Baxter - The Time Ships
Stephen Baxter - Flux
Stephen Baxter - Raft
William Barton and Michael Capobianco - Iris
William Barton and Michael Capobianco - Alpha Centauri
William Barton and Michael Capobianco - White Light
Dan Simmons - Hyperion
Kim Stanley Robinson - Mars trilogy
Michael Crichton - Jurassic Park
Gregory Benford - The Martian Race
Vernor Vinge - A Fire Upon The Deep
Harry Turtledove - Worldwar. (series)
Greg Bear - Moving Mars
Greg Bear - Legacy
Vernor Vinge - A Deepness In The Sky
David Brin - Earth
Orson Scott Card - The Redemtion Of Christopher Columbus
Orson Scott Card - Enders Shadow
Orson Scott Card - Shadow of the Hegemon
Orson Scott Card - Shadow Puppets
Peter Hamilton - Nights Dawn. (series)
Stephen Baxter - Vacuum Diagrams
Stephen Baxter - Anti Ice
Stephen Baxter - Silverhair
Stephen Baxter - Longtusk
Stephen Baxter - Titan. (really a FANTASTIC book.)
Dan Simmons - The Fall of Hyperion
Greg Bear - Dinosaur Summer
Larry Niven - The Legacy of Heorot
Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter - Time's Eye
Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter - Sunstorm
Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter - The Light Of Other Days
Gregory Benford - Timescape
Stephen Baxter - Manifold. (trilogy)
Stephen Baxter - Coalescent
Stephen Baxter - Exultant
Stephen Baxter - Transcendant
Michael Crichton - Prey
Greg Bear - Foundation and Chaos
David Brin - Foundations Triumph
Harry Turtledove - Darkness. (series)
Charles Sheffield - Aftermath
David Brin - Sundiver
Isaac Asimov - Forward The Foundation
Michael Crichton - The Terminal Man
John Nance - Orbit
Peter Hamilton - Pandoras Star
Peter Hamilton - Judas Unchained
I know I have TOTALLY left out a lot of stuff that I just couldn't remember... I've been wracking my brain for an hour coming up with this list but I'm bound to have missed some.
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Post by thedonal on Nov 17, 2007 22:07:55 GMT 1
Well folks- I'm on God Emperor of Dune again- and I'm committed to finishing it this time- no matter how dull all the politics get,
Though I must say, in my current re-reading of the series, I'm "getting" much more of it than I have before- as well as getting more out of it. It's got everything- religion, politics, war, social politics, sex, drugs, fremen and giant worms!!! And it does- especially right now- seem to have a few similarities with the oil supply in the middle east and all of the global politics around that...
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Post by stewymartian on Nov 17, 2007 22:47:41 GMT 1
I remember when the 2nd gulf war started and I saw an interview with an American NCO who had 'Shai-Halud' written across his helmet.
And if I remember rightly Saddams elite troops were known as the Faydaeen, which is disturbingly close Feydakeen who were Paul's bodyguard.
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omegatripod
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Post by omegatripod on Nov 18, 2007 8:51:01 GMT 1
The truly greatest books of all time would have to be Robota(Doug Chiang) and the Bone series(Jeff Smith).
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Post by krakatoa on Nov 18, 2007 15:32:31 GMT 1
Hey guys, i have a lot of them to, but aside of WOTW's
Title: This perfect Day
written by Ira Levin.
in 1970.
Chantale
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Post by Relyt on Nov 20, 2007 21:38:10 GMT 1
1 The War of the Worlds
2 Fantastic Voyage
3 The Tripods Trilogy
4 War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches
5 The Martian War
6 War of the Worlds New Millennium
7 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
8 The Island of Dr. Moreau
9 The Time Machine
10 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy (Actually 5 Books!)
What do ya' know; my top 10!
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