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Dedicated to the discussion, debate, and arguement of science fiction from Edgar Rice Burroughs and Jules Verne to Robert A. Heinlein, and newer authors.

Twilight Zone

Has everyone disappear into the Twilight Zone? It's been more than a month since the last post! Maybe someone alive out there can offer me some suggestions.

I teach 8th grade literature. I always ... read more | posted by newbie1975

3 replies - last reply: "I love Heinlein and he has a lot of... more" ~ Hilderbeard

4 x 4x

I believe it was Heinlein who wrote a short story called "4 x 4x". It was about an elementary school student who was working with his calculator when he determined that it should be possible for th... read more | posted by MarilynSunshine

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Stargate Atlantis

To take a couple of threads out of the DOA thread, I enjoyed the end of Stargate, which tied up and left open a few angles.

I think I heard that a movie or two are being planned for the SG1 team, ... read more | posted by bfdc

2 replies - last reply: "I never quite got used to Browder... more" ~ bfdc

scifi

I've been reading scifi since my father started me reading edgar rice burroughs in my younger years it would be nice to find some other authors besides asimov, heinlined and others to numerous to m... read more | posted by scifimom

4 replies - last reply: "I like Gregory Benford because he's... more" ~ bfdc

Obituaries

Is anyone in this group alive?
I mean that figuratively, as sci-Fi people should find that question debatable.

Anyone read a good book, seen a good Movie?
Any one read Dean Koonz the Husband?
I am... read more | posted by sandman54

3 replies - last reply: "The new Koontz is good, not top 5,... more" ~ sandman54

Punny books?

Several decades ago, my father introduced me to science fiction and I have been hooked ever since.

A few years back I stumbled upon a series of books by Robert Asprin. Asprin has a wonderful way o... read more | posted by newbie1975

1 reply - last reply: "If you enjoy Asprin, you'd probably... more" ~ MyrasGranny

Oldies but Goodies

The "Dark Tower Series" by Stephen King
I tried reading this series 4-5 times back when it had been published in "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" as a serial. I tried and tried but cou... read more | posted by phoghat

3 replies - last reply: "Have been waiting for him to finish... more" ~ Xquills

Some Hard SF Space Opera

"Pandora's Star" by Peter Hamilton
This is the first volume of a trilogy (see a trend here?) about the far future by Hamilton, a writer I had not heard of before but will keep an eye on for the fut... read more | posted by phoghat

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Not a very talkative bunch...

...but thought I'd join up anyway. Been reading this stuff for a very long time and it would be good to get some feedback on authors I hadn't heard of as yet. | posted by Xquills

1 reply - last reply: "Sorry but I joined some time ago and... more" ~ phoghat

New Books I have Been Reading

A reclusive author and scientist, Neal Stephenson, author of "Snow Crash" and "The Diamond Age" is what is being called a "Post Cyber-Punk - Steam-Punk" writer. I have recently started the third vo... read more | posted by phoghat

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