Bobby’s Comments (group member since Mar 15, 2013)

Bobby’s comments from the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

Few things more heartbreaking than an old, dusty used bookstore closing its doors. I feel your loss.

Faith wrote: "Bobby wrote: "Faith wrote: "There have been changes, but there is no way of knowing whether they were Amazon-driven and there was nothing drastic enough to justify the "sky is falling" fears. Autho..."

Ah ha! See, I don't even know the rules. Come to think of it, I only ever get giveaway notices on books I've shelved so that makes sense.

Faith wrote: "There have been changes, but there is no way of knowing whether they were Amazon-driven and there was nothing drastic enough to justify the "sky is falling" fears. Authors got particularly exercise..."

Have you actually won a giveaway? I haven't won s@*%! I gotta be due by now. Hook a brother up!

I don't know. If I'm honest, no, my experience hasn't changed too much. But I'm one of those people that doesn't trust corporations, period. I read somewhere that in 1983 something like 50 corporations controlled all of our media, books, movies, TV, the radio, everything. Now, it's six. Whether or not the specifics of that are true, I think everybody would agree the trend is one that we have all witnessed. We are watching our democratic institutions be dismantled on the daily, yet very little of my day to day life actually seems to be affected. For now. But one day, and from what I can tell, sooner than we'd like, all those chickens will come home to roost. The corporate take over of our nation and our society, while they keep us doped up on our creature comforts is a real thing that we're paying for even as we have this discussion, both in ways that we can see, that make the headlines every day, and in ways that don't.

You guys need to read more science fiction. ;-)

and and they're both dynamite.

No kidding? NEAT, Jim! Did you read The Sport of Kings? How'd she do?

Books is great, I think.

Great point, Catherine.

G33z3r, I'm still like, don't include King Arthur or Merlin just because of the reason you stated during the contest, which Merlin are people even responding to?

Wolverine also has a strong, if not stronger, comic book following. Many Sci-fi/fantasy folks, like myself, have a strong affinity for comics as well. I don't really care about Jackman's portrayal. I go back to Claremont/Byrne's portrayal. And you know, what's great about Wolverine is that he's dark but he's not a bully. I would wager that's what makes him a good guy and not a villain. He fights FOR people who are not as strong as he is, he doesn't seek to crush them becuz they're weaker. I think that's almost always the difference between a hero and a villain.

What the !@%@! Mr. Spock over Wolverine? Yoda over Darth Vader? SSIIIIIGGGGHHHH....

G33z3r wrote: "King Arthur over Bilbo? Which Pendragon book(s) have you guys been reading?"

Told ya not to include him. He has as unfair advantage. ;-)

Hey! I didn't even know about this librivox thing!

Muchas gracias! Will start there!

I need some audiobook recommendations. Sci-fi of course, great narrator preferably (NOT Scott Brick, ew), preferably a good book but not literature, not something where I'd rather read it, you know because it's just that good. It also can't be too complex cuz I'll be driving or cleaning my apartment or something. Any ideas? 😁

Wait a second. Tyrion wasn't included in literary? Why not?

Aaaarrrggghhh!!! G33z3r! Tyrion against Wolverine? That caused me physical pain to choose one. Curse you! *raised fist

Brendan wrote: "At any given time I own one unread book, which is the next one i plan to read. I've always done it that way. Is that weird?"

Only because it's so extremely sane and logical.

Andrea wrote: "Tanya wrote: "I am of the opinion that one can never have to many books. But I do purchase them much faster than I can read them. Oops. My husband thinks I should get rid of some but I can’t. They ..."

Andrea. I get you.

It takes an extreme act of will to actually get rid of books. I've started to make some progress by gathering several books I'm unlikely to read or try again and selling them, usually for store credit at either Powell's or Wallace Books (I live in Portland). That way, I can get many fewer books back but books that I actually want to read. Small dent indeed.

I refuse to believe I'm never going to get through them all. All I have to do is not buy any more until I've read them all. And don't check any out from the library. And don't watch movies. Or work. Or eat...

I think that's legit and what happens generally already. But for characters from the Arthurian legends, who grew out of folklore or mythology, there is no definitive first edition. And -- to me -- that's a distinct advantage.