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Post by starfixer on Mar 28, 2013 17:47:54 GMT -5
OMG I loved Ender's Game. The aliens there reminded me of the aliens in ST. And after reading the end I felt really bad about killing aliens in ST. At least for a while  I never finished the second book, but now that you guys reminded me about it I think I'll finish it. |
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Post by johndramey on Mar 28, 2013 20:02:32 GMT -5
I've never actually read any of the Ender's series, maybe I'll go check them out. Thanks for the recommendation!
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Post by Lt. Hathaway on Mar 28, 2013 20:28:09 GMT -5
The original is pretty fantastic, and the Ender's Shadow series is pretty good. Card has two fairly different types of novel he writes, and I much dislike the main series. Not really a Card fan, but Bean's cool.
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Post by xdesperado on Mar 28, 2013 20:45:43 GMT -5
johndramey if you google Orson Scott Card you can find his website. Lots of good things there including advice on writing. It also has the original Ender's Game short story that fired off his career as a Sci-fi writer along with a couple other short stories of his that you can read there.
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Post by paxdad on Mar 28, 2013 21:09:36 GMT -5
Out of Control is not so much a fiction book but it is very interesting read. I have heard the Wachowski's had Keanu Reeves read this for his role in the Matrix. It fits right in with Cyber Knights mythos. www.kk.org/outofcontrol/contents.php |
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Post by ntsheep on Mar 28, 2013 22:05:18 GMT -5
Phantom Bullet, I did have the table top game, but never played it. Could not talk my friends into joining me. I loved the original Mechwarrior PC game. You can still find it for download with some careful searching. It needs an emulator like Dosbox to run correctly though. I love how some of the Mechs from BT/MW series were used in Robotech. The Blood of Kerensky Trilogy is my favorite of the BT books. It had some tie ins with MW 2 PC game. The game itself also had a built in archive it the warriors hall and between missions you could read almost all the history of the BT/MW universe.
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Post by Lt. Hathaway on Mar 28, 2013 23:18:20 GMT -5
Not that it matters, but while Battletech came out before the American Robotech, Battletech stole ruthlessly from the three prior Japanese series. Even more fun, the first edition of Battletech was called
BattleDroids, until George Lucas sued.
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Post by ntsheep on Mar 29, 2013 0:14:56 GMT -5
Most of the cartoons or games that started out in Japan were imported so well that people did not know they came from there and thought they were American ideas. I am one of those, it was not until the mid 90's when anime and other things became more mainstream in the US that I started learning where my favorite childhood toys, games, and TV shows had really come from. Some people even believed that Japan had stolen the ideas from us ;D. Either way it is a great way to learn some history and the exchange of cultural ideas.
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Post by TravisB on Mar 29, 2013 7:07:07 GMT -5
I love sci fi as well.not a fan of modern settings at all.I prefer medieval fantasy above all,but I also like post apocalyptic settings.I guess that's why I'm still playing fallout 3.
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Post by torvus on Mar 29, 2013 7:54:07 GMT -5
Ok so I like some Sifi, like William Gibson, but mainly I am a fantasy fan (no dodgy comments blaster lol) Favorite authors are Raymond. E. Fiest , Robin Hobb, J.V. Jones, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman to name but a few Also enjoying Charles Stross a fair bit  |
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Post by johndramey on Mar 29, 2013 20:34:55 GMT -5
I dig me some fantasy, but maybe not in the line with what everyone else likes. I'll come right out and say it, but I absolutely, positively adore Brian Jacques' Redwall series. Sure, they were written for kids, but there is just something so incredibly fun about every book in the series that I love them. Even as an adult, I find them enchanting and entertaining.
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Post by fallen on Mar 29, 2013 20:37:41 GMT -5
johndramey - our father read Cory and I all of these books when we are kids. We soaked those up and wanted more!
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Post by Phantom Bullet on Mar 30, 2013 0:33:54 GMT -5
REDWALL!!!! Martin will forever be remembered in my childhood's mind!!!
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Post by fallen on Mar 30, 2013 9:43:21 GMT -5
The third Trese brother happens to be named Martin. Wonder how that happened? Only because Cory and I didn't seem to have the lobbying weight to get "Mathias"!
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Post by BlastGT1 on Mar 30, 2013 10:07:02 GMT -5
OMG I loved Ender's Game. The aliens there reminded me of the aliens in ST. And after reading the end I felt really bad about killing aliens in ST. At least for a while I never finished the second book, but now that you guys reminded me about it I think I'll finish it. Speaker For The Dead, the second book, was a bit of a tough read for me, as it was 180 degrees different from the first book, but it is still good. The third and fourth books pick up the pace though, and the fourth book is really good, so I encourage you to read on, it's worth the time. Then you should read the Ender's Shadow series, as you find out a lot of what happens after Ender leaves, and even see Ender and how some loose ends tie up. _______________________________ "Issue the standard Cadar greeting, Ensign." "But sir, that's one of our allies!" "I know that, Ensign. We're confirming that the treaty is still in effect!" |
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