Dov's comments (member since May 16, 2008)

Dov's comments from the SciFi and Fantasy Book Club group.

My favorites are:


1)Raistlin
2)Paul Mu'adib Atreides
3)Drizzt
4)Ender
5)Croaker, from Glen Cook
6)Captain John "Black Jack" Geary.

I'm Hoping to finish: The Awakened Mage by Karen Miller and The Lost Fleet Book 2: Fearless by Jack Campbell. But I have Finals this month so i doubt I will even get these done.

you mean like the possible accuracy of a scifi world?

What is SF Criticism?

I'm sorry Leslie but, what you said was uncalled for and insulting. and as BuntWar says this a book club, a place to discus ideas of the books that authors have written. not a place to parade your political ideas, or criticize how people live with their ideas. You comment was plain right inappropriate. I believe you owe an apology to the people of goodreads! Not an apology to your believes, God-forbid. but an apology for posting that comment where it does not belong.

Leslie: Speaking ill of people? He was a "Global warming denier" therefore that is 'evil' and and you speaking ill of him? Furthermore most reputable climate scientists agree to the THEORY of GW you say. Well, hate to call you out like this but that is a lie, or are you saying they are only reputable if the agree to GW? as it happens GW is still only a theory with littler proven facts about it one way or the other. a theory just like evolution and even more still gravity!! yes a theory!! With evolution, as Michael Crichton says many times in his books that is hotly debated on both side of the coin. So you, Leslie, because you are on the other side of the coin, and disagree with his views he is wrong and you are right? and you say you speak ill of him for not agreeing With you!? That my friend is the exact problem with most religions in the world the are unaccepting of other religions, either they are infidels, or nonbelievers and and not meritorious for absolution! and that was even a point (ok, side of a side point in his book Next)

But in other light i would like to say that Michael Crichton is a great loss to all of fiction lovers. I grew up with Dinosaurs in my eyes and dream because of him. To me they're will always be a place on my Bookshelf for Michael Crichton.

Very much so! for example: Karen Miller's King maker/breaker douology cover caught my eye, and my friend has been trying to get me to read Ringo, but the cover turns me off every time.

This might not be what some people expect when the they come to chat about sci fi and Fant. But i am in the Market for a good book light. I have an energizer very flexible; only when i don't want it to be flexible; not very bright book lite. it only shines down the center of the page thereby needing adjustment and the beginning and end of almost every line. Keeping in mind the "don't want to wake the gestating/nursing beauty of a wife" factor, i still would like to shed some light on the page.(pun was intended. Was it a good one?) the type of light bulb makes no difference really as long as it is not colored (and yes white is the presence of all colors in the visible spectrum, so please.) Thanks for all of the help in trying to keep the world reading!!

Finished Wow!!! great book!

I'm reading the newish James Rollins book Black Order , not sci fi but a fun novel NTL, also i'm reading an also newish novel by wiese and Hickman Dragonlance: highlord Skies. Speaking of which, why aren't there any dragon lance books, at least the original ones, on the master fantasy list?

it's great to hear that I'm not alone(thanks Lori) but i don't even do it to a book that I'm bored with, just a tradition. I sometimes flip through the book when the/a-is chars are getting killed off to see if so and so is alive further on in the book, and that sometimes ruins the book for me. Thomas how exactly do you by accident read the end of the book? It must be some kind of accident!

Ok, I know this sound weird but, I read the last sentence or two of a book before I even start it. Does anybody else do this or am i just one of the crazies? If you do, why do you think do it? I can think of no true justification for this for myself, except to confirm that the book ends for real, not just a series of blank pages. I like to know that the author put some sort of effort in putting a series of letters of on last pages. So I ask again does anybody else read the end of the book, just the last few sentences before actually finishing it?

Hey David, I read Game of Thrones and i can't say that i loved it, but i thought it was worth the time it took to read. I hope you enjoy it. tell us what Yyou think

I agree, that is not necessarily how I interpret this mantra. In more of a literal sense, which I like to keep things, it is used in the book to break the bonds of common thought. The gate is not straight ahead, rather it is on another plane. That other plane , or even better, the other axis is there for everybody to see, witness, and utilize. The key to this mantra, is that it should be used as a tool.

It's a tool to help one think out of the box. What is the advantage of thinking out side the box? well, it's another point of view, to see the problem in other light, and with that new perspective you can over come the problem. Later on in the book when used by, I forgot who, it means the same thing. the Challenge is the same all we need to do is change our perceptive and you will see the same challenge.

My wife also pointed out to me, She is not a sci fi fan for the record and has never even heard of Ender, that it could be used as an invitation of conquering. The enemies gate is down/open and is ready to be conquered. Like at a rally, a go team go ; We can over come the odds and win the battle. In context of the book this I think is wrong, it was used as a tactical maneuver. Later when it was used as a mantra it is difficult to see that he was trying to rally everyone with a "cheer". Being a little biased towards my opinion, I think it was being used as a wake up call to the troops as 'check of the situation, and see it not the different than we ahve seen before'.