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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:11 pm
by GORDON
I'm on a sci-fi kick. Recommend to me some books I haven't read yet... if you can.
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:21 pm
by Paul
The Very Virile Viking.
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:21 pm
by Leisher
I'll lend you Girls next time I see you.
Until then, go to the library.
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:21 pm
by TheCatt
I'm betting on Thib.
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:27 pm
by Leisher
You could read "I Am Legend" and tell us what has Will Smith so nervous.
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:35 pm
by Paul
Leisher wrote:You could read "I Am Legend" and tell us what has Will Smith so nervous.
I know why he's nervous. Frigg'n ...- .- -- .--. .. .-. . ... !!!!!! <I non-spoilerized it even though everybody already knows what it is>
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:37 pm
by GORDON
I prefer buying used off amazon.com than going to a library where homeless people spend their afternoons.
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:37 pm
by Leisher
I have a theory about I Am Legend, but if I say it and it comes true, Gordon will get pissed at me again.
Another idea on the Sci-Fi books: Read Dianetics and tell us what Scientology is all about. You know, besides the lunacy, greed, slavery, and intimidation.
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:38 pm
by Paul
I agree with Gordon. At the library you actually have to interact with people and stuff.
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:45 pm
by GORDON
Leisher wrote:I have a theory about I Am Legend, but if I say it and it comes true, Gordon will get pissed at me again.
I've already seen the first two movies based off the story, so I doubt Will Smith's version will have any new surprises.
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:08 pm
by thibodeaux
Anything by Heinlein. Neal Stephenson is good, too. Also, Gordon, you might like Gordon R. Dickson's "Dorsai" books.
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:59 pm
by TheCatt
Paul wrote:I agree with Gordon. At the library you actually have to interact with people and stuff.
Our library has self checkout.
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:30 pm
by Leisher
I've already seen the first two movies based off the story, so I doubt Will Smith's version will have any new surprises.
Hmmm, according to Wiki, it is the same premise, but might be much different than the original versions.
Also, Arnie was apparently the first choice to star, but that was back in the 90s.
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:38 pm
by TPRJones
Paul wrote:I agree with Gordon. At the library you actually have to interact with people and stuff.
Not mine. You go online and request the book, a couple of days later you get an email, go to the library and pull it from the holds shelf, scan your card and book yourself and walk out the door. And if the Harris County library system doesn't have it, they can get it through ILL. I haven't found a book yet they couldn't get.
I'm currently working my way through all of Heinlein again in a build-up to reading the final posthumous book written by Spider Robinson from Heinlein's outline. I'm up to Between Planets. It's going to take awhile.
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:56 pm
by GORDON
thibodeaux wrote:Also, Gordon, you might like Gordon R. Dickson's "Dorsai" books.
Gimme a nutshell.
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:44 am
by thibodeaux
Uh...Starship Troopers without the politics? Ender's Game without the Mormonism? I dunno.
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:06 pm
by Malcolm
I'd recommend William Gibson's entire catalog up till the mid '80s. Maybe the mid '90s if you're feeling especially bored.
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:34 pm
by Paul
I stumbled onto this site and thought of this thread, Gordo.
Maybe you'll come up with a book to read there.
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:42 pm
by GORDON
Just ordered:
Empire - Card
Children of Hurin - Tolkein
The Forge of God - Bear
Mote in God's Eye - Niven/Pournelle
The Road - McCarthy
Fallen Angels - Niven
All hardcovers!
Amazon's used book catalog rules. Got a couple of those for $1.50 (plus $4 to ship).
That ought to keep me busy for a month, or so.
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:46 pm
by GORDON
Once while on deployment I read a borrowed book... sci-fi... military themed... they were fighting aboard a space ship called "The Truculent."
Does that ring a bell for anybody?