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[Jennifer]

I really should try and get my hands on it...

[Betsy]

I loved Blake's 7, too. I thought it was one of the most intelligent of the sci-fi shows from that era.

[Echo]

Betsy wrote: "I loved Blake's 7, too. I thought it was one of the most intelligent of the sci-fi shows from that era."
Exactly. It really had deep characterization and raised tough issues about leadership, motivation, etc. Even the 'hero' Blake has a crisis about how much he is willing to sacrifice.

[Anna]

Adam wrote: "Hi, all. I've recently joined Goodreads because someone on here was kind enough to review one of my books, so it seemed like a nice friendly place. I was looking for a couple of groups to join and ..."

Welcome Adam! I used to watch the ORIGINAL Buck Rogers as a kid ... the one with the silver spaceship where you could see the wires and the sparkler sticking out of the back to signify the engine? Hah! They were considered 'old' even then, but I loved that show.

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Jennifer wrote: "Oh, I suppose I should introduce myself: I'm Jennifer, and I love science fiction in all of its forms, and definitely have a weakness for space opera...."

Welcome Jennifer! If you love Space Opera, you are in the right place.

[Sadie Bennett]

Name: Sadie Bennet
Favorite Books: Percy Jackson, Kingdom Keepers, The 39 clues, Harry Potter and like a thousand more lol.
Favorite Genres: Everything! Anything!
Favorite Movies: STAR WARS
Favorite Food: Vegie sushi and salad.
Hobbies: Ballet, Archery, reading.
Other: I'm (around) 14 and umm I love reading! (duh lol)

[Mike]

Name: Mike Seiber
Favorite Books: This one is harder as most of my favorite books are not Sci-Fi. My favorite books is Numbered Account by Christopher Reich and the first biography by Chris Jericho. Followed behind by most of the Star Wars EU.
Favorite Genres: Sci-Fi, action adventure, crime, sports and ww2 biographies.
Favorite TV shows: Burn Notice, Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis, Psych, Blue Bloods to name a few
Favorite Movies: Original Star Wars Trilogy, Fast and Furious franchise
Favorite Food: mexican or pizza
Day Job: accountant
Hobbies: when not reading as much as i can, playing with my kids or watching sports all day.
Other: i have always been a fan of science fiction, primarily the star wars films and stargate franchise. i started reading the stargate books a few years ago and got really into the star wars EU three years ago when they went into ebooks and i broke both elbows, so had nothing better to do for a few weeks. i started to read them and been hooked ever since. those are my main sci-fi books i go for but looking to expand into similar types of books.

[Adam]

Anna wrote; "Welcome Adam! I used to watch the ORIGINAL Buck Rogers as a kid ... the one with the silver spaceship where you could see the wires and the sparkler sticking out of the back to signify the engine? Hah! They were considered 'old' even then, but I loved that show."

Yes, I love that one too! In fact, I'm a fan of all the old movie serials, like the Flash Gordons, Phantom, Mandrake, etc. The Buck Rogers serial introduced matter transporter technology to the screen as well, at least 25 years before Star Trek used it. Nothing beats a bit of Buster Crabbe when you're feeling down.

[Veronica]

I keep a photo of Buster C as Flash (with Ming, Dale and Barin) in a scene from the original 1930's serial on my writing desk!

[Adam]

Then you are certainly a lady after my own heart. :-)

[Anna]

Adam wrote: "Anna wrote; "Welcome Adam! I used to watch the ORIGINAL Buck Rogers as a kid ... the one with the silver spaceship where you could see the wires and the sparkler sticking out of the back to signify..."

Sadie Bennett wrote: "Name: Sadie Bennet
Favorite Books: Percy Jackson, Kingdom Keepers, The 39 clues, Harry Potter and like a thousand more lol.
Favorite Genres: Everything! Anything!
Favorite Movies: STAR WARS..."

Welcome Sadie! Now that you've finished Harry Potter, yes, Space Opera is the way to go with that balance of technology and 'stuff we don't need to explain.'

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Mike wrote: " i have always been a fan of science fiction, primarily the star wars films and stargate franchise. i started reading the stargate books a few years ago and got really into the star wars EU ..."

Welcome Mike! I'm also a Stargate fan! I miss that 'we can solve that problem' feel of the show! If you enjoyed Stargate and Star Wars as well as both EU's, you might also enjoy the Farscape series and the Farscape EU.

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@Adam - I liked Flash Gordon, too ... both the original and also the reboot that was on SciFi channel for a while.

[Robert]

Hello!
Name: Robert Lurie
Favorite books: The Forever War, The Great Gatsby, The Little Drummer Girl, A Magick Life (Martin Booth's biography of Aleister Crowley), Them: Adventures with Extremists.
Favorite genres: sci-fi (space opera, time travel), crime, Beat writers, nonfiction (journalism, memoir, history, biography), classics
Favorite TV shows: Doctor Who
Favorite movies: Blade Runner, Into the Wild, Inception
Favortie food: Mediterranean
Day job(s): Software implementation consultant and writer
Hobbies: recording with/listening to analog music equipment, collecting/listening to radio dramas, visiting book- and record stores, yoga

Really happy to have found this group. I love the space opera genre but have hardly scratched the surface. I'm seeking something with the epic sweep and detail of Herman Wouk's "The Winds of War" but done up in sci-fi trappings. Any suggestions?

[Betsy]

Robert wrote: " I'm seeking something with the epic sweep and detail of Herman Wouk's "The Winds of War" but done up in sci-fi trappings."

I'd recommend the Honor Harrington series. It's much longer than the The Winds of War series, but definitely has epic sweep and detail.

[Michael]

Hello, everyone

Name:Mike Henderson

Favorite Books: A Clockwork Orange; Dune; And the Ass Saw the Angel

Favorite Genres: SciFi/Lieterary/Horror

Favorite TV shows: I don't watch TV

Favorite Movies: A clockwork Orange; Apocalypse Now; Reservoir Dogs

Favorite Food: Beer

Day Job: Writer/Painter

Hobbies: Playing the piano. I'm about to learn the violin

Other: I was a lawyer in the US, and before that I was a reactor operator on a submarine. I now live in Venice, Italy.

[Anna]

Robert wrote: "I'm seeking something with the epic sweep and detail of Herman Wouk's "The Winds of War" but done up in sci-fi trappings. Any suggestions?...."

Welcome Robert! Hmmm... Winds of War? That was one of those family sagas popular during the 1970's if I remember right, along the epic veins of the Thornbirds and Shogun and Roots. Only set between the clashing Axis and Allies of WWII?

Maybe Dune by Frank Herbert? It's not exactly what you're looking for, but it's got a bit of that clashing 'great houses' crushing the hero (and his family). I'll have to think on it some more and see if anything comes to me.

Anyways, welcome to Space Opera Fans!!

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Michael wrote: "Favorite Books: A Clockwork Orange; Dune; [book:And the Ass Saw the Angel|68682 Favorite Movies: A clockwork Orange; Apocalypse Now; Reservoir Dogs...

Welcome Michael! A Clockwork Orange and Apocalypse Now? That's some heavy stuff :-) I bet you'll enjoy some of the military sci-fi suggestions? I was just reading up on Das Boot for some other topic I've been researching. Not space opera, but similar to a spaceship I would think?

Welcome to Space Opera Fans!

[Michael]

Anna wrote: "Robert wrote: "I'm seeking something with the epic sweep and detail of Herman Wouk's "The Winds of War" but done up in sci-fi trappings. Any suggestions?...."

Welcome Robert! Hmmm... Winds of Wa..."

Yes, a sub is very much like a spaceship. It's small, enclosed, and you need to keep the outside out. Not weightless, though.

[Robert]

Thanks for the recs! The Honor Harrington series sounds fantastic; I will definitely be checking it out. Also, I've been meaning to dip back into Dune for a while. I made two attempts in earlier years but couldn't fully wrap my head around it at the time. I think I'm now in the proper space to grapple with the mysticism of Herbert's vision.

Looking forward to our discussions!

[R.K.]

Hi. I'm R. K. Mann

I follow what's current in science as well as sci fi. I enjoy doing it and it's helped me as a writer.

I've read a lot of the same great books that others have listed here and I'm a serious Heinlein fan. I also read escapist funny chick lit, mysteries and some historical fiction.

I really identified with what Jeffrey posted about current sf.

[Paul]

Hello everyone, my name is Paul. Here are the essentials about me:
Favorite Authors: Larry Niven, John Scalzi, Robert Heinlein, Roger Zelazny, Jules Verne, Jerry Pournelle
Favorite Shows: Firefly, Buffy, Warehouse 13, Futurama, Psych
Favorite Books: Ringworld, Redshirts, The Prefect, The Magician Trilogy, Starship Troopers

I grew up reading science fiction. I tend to find an author I like and read his or her entire catalog of works.

[Jason]

Greetings All,

I grew up in a house of books. There were shelves in every room. Downstairs in what was called the 'den' by the realtor but my parents found too cold to do anything but store some more books in, pulp magazines and sci-fi lined the walls.

I've loved books and sci-fi all my life and I have never been bored. Always had a book to read or a story to think about.

Favortie sci-fi Author is H. Beam Piper, but there are a legion more that are neck and neck, Bujold, Pournelle, Heinlein, Drake... it is a long list.

[Damon]

Name:Damon
Favorite Books:The Naked God
Favorite Genres:Sci-Fi
Favorite TV shows:The 100
Favorite Movies:A Scanner Darkly
Favorite Food:Lasagne
Day Job:Manager
Hobbies:Comics
Other:Sleeping

[Anna]

R.K. wrote: "I really identified with what Jeffrey posted about current sf..."

Which was...

Jeffrey wrote: "Dystopian Sci-Fi seems to be all the rage right now, and that is really too bad ... I still prefer to re-read the classics over most of what is being written today..."

Welcome R.K.! I think a lot of us can relate to the unfortunate trend of earth-based dystopia being labeled 'sci-fi' when it really isn't. There was a hopefulness to the classic sci-fi which seems to be lacking in most entertainment today, whether it's movies, television, gaming or literature. Part of this is public perception, but part of it is also the corporate machinery of the entertainment industry which decides which projects to throw money behind. All we can do (here, on Space Opera fans) is encourage authors to write the kind of sci-fi stories they love and readers to keep looking if that book they want isn't available on the Barnes & Noble bookshelf. There's a TON of indie authors out there who still write these kinds of stories, you just have to look for them.

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Paul wrote: "Favorite author ... John Scalzi..."

Welcome Paul! We read through Old Man's War not too long ago. John Scalzi is coming to be our Guest of Honor at ARISIA in 2016, so I'm squee-girl happy I'll get to meet him.

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Jason wrote: "I grew up in a house of books. There were shelves in every room. Downstairs in what was called the 'den' by the realtor but my parents found too cold to do anything but store some more books in, pulp magazines and sci-fi lined the walls..."

Welcome Jason! Ahhh ... another book lover. Are you sure you're not talking about my house? We had to add an extra steel lally column in our basement because the weight of the bookshelves in our living room was causing the house to sag :-)

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Damon wrote: "Favorite Movies: A Scanner Darkly..."

Welcome Damon! Now there is a cult favorite!

[Jason]

Thank you R.K. glad to find this group. My dream home would be an old and gigantic public library.

[Michelle]

Name: Michelle ^^
Fav. Sci-fi Books: Pebble in the Sky, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Martian Chronicles, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ready Player One, The Martain
Fav. TV Shows: The Office, Orphan Black, The Twilight Zone, Doctor Who, American Horror Story, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Librarians, Firefly, Walking Dead, Z Nation
Fav. Movies: Star Wars Original Trilogy, Europa Report, The Matrix, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Lucy, Serenity, almost any Marvel or DC movie, If I Were You
Fav. Food: hot dogs!
Day Job: Bookseller
Hobbies: Reading, Pop culture (aka cons), and Backpacking/hiking! :)

[Anna]

Michelle wrote: "Fav. Sci-fi Books: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Martian Chronicles..."

Welcome Michelle! I just finished doing a panel at a sci-fi conference on 'So Long and Thanks For All The Fish' :-) Love those books!!!

[J.G.]

Hi All,

Name: John

Favorite Books: Dune, The Martian, Gridlinked, Jaws, Jurassic Park,
Fortune's Pawn, The Power of One, Prince of Thorns...

Favorite Genres: I like most genres if the book's well written, but particularly Sci Fi, Space Opera (duh!) and heroic Fantasy.

Favorite TV shows: Firefly (Huge inspiration for my writing), Battlestar Galactica, Red Dwarf, Buffy, Lost, Justified (Timothy Olyphant is baddass), Star Trek, Game of thrones, The Big Bang Theory, Looking forward to the new Daredevil show.

Favorite Movies: Aliens, Terminator 1 & 2, the Marvel catalogue, Star Wars 4, 5, & 6, Serenity, Minority Report, Jaws (I'm a sucker for monster movies!), American Beauty, The Incredibles, How to train you Dragon...

Favorite Food: Chocolate ice cream, chocolate mousse, chocolate cake, chocolate brownie, chocolate biscuits and chocolate.

Day Job: Deep thought

Hobbies: Writing, sculpting, painting, drawing, cinema, eating chocolate

Other: Drinking hot chocolate.

Glad to have found this forum, looks like a great place to hang out, make friends, pick up book, tv, and movie tips and get some inspiration for my writing. :)

[Michael R. Simonton]

hmm, currently keeping up with the Vorkosigan, safehold, and atevi series. ask me privately for more, or catch me in one of the forums in this group.

[[deleted user]]

Just joined the group, and wanted to do my intro

Name: Zach
Favorite Books:
Favorite Genres: horror, superhero, space opera, high fantasy
Favorite TV shows: currently watching a lot of Arrow on Netflix, Firefly, Warehouse 13, Walking Dead, Star Trek: DS9
Favorite Movies: Star Wars, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Night of the Living Dead, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Matrix
Day Job: Computer monkey, with a focus on computer mapping(GIS)
Hobbies: running, hiking, biking

[Gerald]

I would like to introduce myself to the group.

My name is Gerry and I'm retired. Some of my favourite things are:

Books and Authors: Most Orson Scott Card novels particularly those about "Ender". Foundation trilogy + most other Asimov,
Robert Heinlen and too many others to mention.

TV Shows: Blacklist, Person of Interest, Castle, Criminal Minds, How the Universe Works, Through the Wormhole, Reruns of Star Trek and Stargate, Doctor Who.

Movies: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jurassic Park,
Blade Runner, Avatar, Total Recall, Alien, Signs

[sailor _stuck_at_sea]

Name: Christian Thiel
Favorite Books: Tales of the Ketty Jay by Chris Wooding, Honorverse by Weber, Defender of the Small by Tamora Pierce, The Expanse by James SA Corey, The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, Star Wars: X-WIng by Stackpole and Allston, Alan Lewrie by Dewey Lambdin and a bunch of others.
Favorite Genres: Science Fiction and Fantasy mostly, though age of sail stuff has a special place in my heart.
Favorite TV shows: Firefly, Game of Thrones, Arrow (Though that uninhabited island is getting worn down by all the traffic it's seen) Futurama, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, FLCL and a few others.
Favorite Movies: Star Wars 4-6 (And I'm hoping 7 soon), October Skies, Paul, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead.
Favorite Food: Anything spicy really. I love Cajun food, though it's essentially impossible to get around here. Thai, Vietnamese, Indian and Egyptian.
Day Job: Student
Hobbies: Sailing, reading and RC QuadCopters

[Anna]

Oh, wow! For some reason Goodreads didn't flag this thread with 'new comments' and we've got all these interesting new peeps who've joined us! Usually I like to peek every day to welcome people in a timely manner!

Welcome J.G. ... another Marvel junkie?

Welcome Zach ... Invasion of the Body Snatchers? Now -THAT- is a first contact movie I haven't heard of for a very long time (and a good one!)

Welcome Gerald! Another Star Gate fan? I stopped watching Sci-fy channel after they killed off the franchise :-(

Welcome Christian! ... Ahh... A Honorverse fan? We have a few really avid fans of David Weber, so you'll be in good company here. Right now we're reading his YA gateway series about a young Stephanie Harrington.

Welcome everybody!

[sailor _stuck_at_sea]

Thanks Anna. I've tried his YA stuff but it doesn't really click for me. I like most of his other stuff though.

[Anna]

Chris wrote: "Banks, Dick, Stross, Reynolds are a few of my fave sci-fi authors; I love a lot of genres most notably Victorian age atuff and the Gothic Romanticism stuff as well...."

Welcome Chris! I was at a science fiction convention yesterday with Charles Stross :-) He spoke on a panel about the mashup of science fiction and fantasy, so I imagine you would have enjoyed being there since you have a fascination with Gothic Romanticism :-)

Welcome to Space Opera Fans! Don't be shy ... find a conversation that's 'active' and interests you and jump right in!

[SDZ]

Name: Simon Whitaker
Favorite Books: Isaac Asimov, Robert Asprin, Dan Simmons, Frank Herbert and on and on and on.
Favorite Genres: Anything sci-fi, also love a bit of fantasy in the sword and sandal mold. Guilty pleasures are the action books like Andy McDermott and Chris Kuzneski.
Favorite TV shows: The Wire, BSG, Breaking Bad, The IT Crowd, Red Dwarf, Star Trek (Especially THG and DS9), Stargate Universe (Was it just me? Really enjoyed that show.)
Favorite Movies: Star Wars, Galaxy Quest (Good lord I love this movie), Bourne, Bond, Matrix and so many others.
Favorite Food: I live in Thailand and there are so many great dishes here that don’t have a direct translation, but there is a fried, shredded catfish dish with vinegarette and salad that is delicious. Also a grilled pork with Thai basil and lots of chilli that really clears the sinuses while tasting fantastic.
Day Job: Hotel auditor and freelance editor. Used to be a croupier as well.
Hobbies: Being used as a cushion and trampoline by my 2 kids, reading of course, I really am getting into baking (taste those sweet, sweet scones), writing, traveling, eating, snowboarding (I used to, not so much anymore but I still like the idea of it), and poker.
Other: I love the internet, I moved away from the UK and am an expat in another country and it is so great to be able to find like minded people to chat about random things with.

[Rick]

Name: Rick Groszkiewicz

Favorite Authors: Ian M. Banks, Charles Stross, Alastair Reynolds, Neal Stephenson, Peter Watts, Ian McDonald, China Miéville, Ian R MacLeod, Michael Swanwick

Day Job: Actuary

Hobbies: Chess, wine, food / cooking, coffee drinking / coffee roasting, espresso

[Anna]

SDZ wrote: "Hobbies: Being used as a cushion and trampoline by my 2 kids, reading of course..."

Welcome Simon! You made me laugh :-) And mmmm... Thai food. [*acute bout of envy*] You're in the right place if you like whopping good sci-fi. I'm a sci-fi / fantasy crossover reader myself. Love them both!

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Rick wrote: "Favorite Authors: Ian M. Banks, Charles Stross..."

Welcome Rick! I got to hear Charles Stross speak last weekend at a sci-fi conference :-) And now I want to run out and read all his books! Welcome to SoF...

[Robert]

Hello everyone! Here we go....

Name: Robert Adams
Favorite Books: The original Dune trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, Dracula, Dandelion Wine, the Foundation series, Hammer's Slammers, Ringworld, Destination: Void, Rendezvous with Rama... dang, so many more!
Favorite Genres: Science fiction, horror, suspense
Favorite TV shows: Firefly, The Bridge, Burn Notice, Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, Stargate: Universe....
Favorite Movies: Gladiator, Alien & Aliens, Terminator 1 & 2, Saving Private Ryan, Blade Runner, The Matrix, Guardians of the Galaxy....
Favorite Food: ...is probably the single most difficult question for me to answer.
Day Job: Writer
Hobbies: Writing, reading, some video gaming (Eve Online and The Secret World)

[Anna]

Robert wrote: "The original Dune trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, Dracula..."

Oooh! The trifecta of science fiction, fantasy and horror... With a bit of EVE online thrown in (somewhere down under 'gaming' one of the community members started a thread about that).

Welcome Robert! Are you also a Pitch Black fan?

[Robert]

I enjoyed it, although I've never seen the other Riddick movies

[Robert]

SDZ Whitaker, re: Stargate: Universe, no, it's not just you :-) it's actually the only one of the Stargate series' that I enjoyed.

[Bradly]

Hello,

Name: Bradly Byykkonen
Favorite Books: Fellowship of the Ring (hard to pick one)
Favorite Genres: Sci-fi, fantasy, history (nonfiction).
Favorite TV shows: Game of Thrones
Favorite Movies: The Matrix, Lord of the Rings
Favorite Food: Italian, Sichuan, BBQ
Day Job: Teacher
Hobbies: Writing
Other: I have a dog.

[Anna]

Bradly wrote: "Favorite Food: Italian, Sichuan..."

Welcome Bradley! Sichuan food? Mmmm.... One of my favorite things about the Firefly television show was that Chinese culture prevailed and they had lots of yummy food in space :-)

[Thomas]

Hi there

Name: Thomas
Favorite books: Chronicles of Narnia, The Hobbit, Star Wars Kenobi, Lonesome Dove, Holy Bible and To Kill a Mockingbird.
Favorite Genres: Fantasy, Christian, historical fiction, crime, mystery, sci-fi and classics.
Favorite TV shows: Walker Texas Ranger, Andy Griffith Show.
Favorite Movies: The Empire Strikes Back, 12 angry men(1957), Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade and Fellowship of the Ring.
Favorite Food: Pizza, Buffalo Wings.
Day Job:Still in school.
Hobbies: movies,video games, reading.

[Anna]

Thomas wrote: "Favorite Genres: Fantasy, Christian, historical fiction, crime, mystery, sci-fi and classics..."

Welcome Thomas! Christian fiction? I have a friend who writes christian thrillers with a military fiction edge ... not sci-fi through. Let me know if you're interested ... his first book is free.

Lonesome Dove? I loved that book. And the mini-series too. Been a l-o-n-g time since I read it though. Welcome to SOF!

[Florence]

Ello peeps! My name is Florence, and you can call me that, or Flo, Flo Jo, Flor, FloDot, or Oni. (Can you guess what it is short for? ;) )

My favorite books are the Harry Potter series, pretty much anything by Rick Riordan, the first two books of The Mark of the Lion series (admittedly, I have yet to read the last), tons and tons of manga (Fairy Tail, Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, and Skip Beat, to name a few), and of course LOTR. I have a ton more, but really don't want to make this that long.

Anywho, I don't really have a favorite genre, though I do tend to favor sci-fi and fantasy. My favorite TV shows vary from ones like 'I Love Lucy', to 'Trinity Blood'. I pretty much love anime, heh. Favorite movies would be the entire LOTR and (please don't hate me...) Hobbit series, along with the Studio Ghibli films (my MOST favorite being 'Whisper of the Heart', 'My Neighbor Totoro', 'Howl's Moving Castle', and 'Ponyo'), and 'Ever After' (again, I've got a ton more, but ain't gonna name 'em all).

Favorite food? Hmmmmm...meat. And something my family calls, "Chicken-Broccoli-Bake" (IT IS AMAAAAAZING!)

I am a Ninja by day, and a Guild Wizard by night...wait, what?

Hobbies include, but are not limited to, reading, writing, drawing, hiking, photography, and watching loads of anime.

How's that for a "short" comment? Ahahahahaha...sorry.

And if this comment didn't somehow show it, I am a complete and total geek, and love talking about geeky stuff and all of its awesomeness.

[Anna]

Florence wrote: "...my MOST favorite being 'Whisper of the Heart', 'My Neighbor Totoro'..."

Welcome Florence! My Neighbor Totoro? My kids absolutely LOVE that movie. We had it on vhs-tape and they wore it out!

[Florence]

Anna wrote: "Florence wrote: "...my MOST favorite being 'Whisper of the Heart', 'My Neighbor Totoro'..."

Welcome Florence! My Neighbor Totoro? My kids absolutely LOVE that movie. We had it on vhs-tape and t..."

Yeeeees! It is so amazing; I love it so much! I remember the first time I saw it in Jr. High, and I watched it every night after for over a week!

[Kevin]

Name: Kevin

Favorite Books: Too many to list.
I prefer to think of favorite authors...me being an old-timer, it has to be Heinlein. Although there are many, many others I love as well: Asimov, Gordon Dickson, PK Dick, Niven, Harrison, Pohl, Clark, Sturgeon, etc.

Favorite Genres: Hard Sci-Fi (I don't consider fantasy as sci-fi), Spy/Espionage

Favorite TV shows: As a hard-core geek, of course it's "Big Bang Theory"

Favorite Movies: I don't even know where to start...probably "The Day the Earth Stood Still" original 1951 version

Day Job: IT Consultant

Many years (decades) ago while in high school, I read every single science fiction book in our local library. Shortly after that, I got interested in other things. Started reading sci-fi again about 2 years ago.
If I read a book I really like, I tend to read everything that author has written.
I am a very voracious reader, 1-3 books per week.

[Arlin]

Hello group citizens.

My name is Arlin Fehr. You know, at first when I was looking over all the groups available on goodreads, it was a bit overwhelming to think of which one I'd like to go with. As soon as I saw a space opera group though, I knew my search was over. These would be my people. :) so let's get to know each other yes?

Favorite Books: This seems to change as time goes on... Presently? I think I'd have to go with an old classic, Rendezvous at Rama by Arthur C Clark. Loved that book.

Favorite Genres: Sci-fi (no surprise), Fantasy, action, comedic, really almost anything will catch my fancy.

Favorite TV shows: Haven't watched a lot of T.V. lately. I rather enjoyed Code Geass, and more recently I've been watching Doctor Who again. It will be a long time until I've caught up with it though.

Favorite Movies: Interstellar was simply amazing in my view. I loved it. But I've also got a soft spot for romps such as Pacific Rim.

Favorite Food: I have a trinity of favorite foods, those being pizza, lasagna, and spaghetti.

Day Job: Grocer presently. Full time lord of the fruit aisle and viceroy of vegetables.

Hobbies: Fixing broken electronics, playing board games, making new things, learning new things, and having interesting conversations with people.

Other: I am an author myself, and pretty easy to get along with. I love a good challenge, I once fixed a T.V. rather than throw it out, even though it was an older T.V. I deiced to do that just so I could see if I could.

I'm rather hoping to be introduced to some good space opera I've never heard before, it's my genre of choice. Plus, you know, it's just fun to read.

[Anna]

Kevin wrote: "I prefer to think of favorite authors...me being an old-timer, it has to be Heinlein. Although there are many, many others I love as well: Asimov, Gor..."

Welcome Kevin! Space Opera tends to be softer in nature than 'hard' sci-fi (more about the people than the technology), but we have many fine 'hard' space opera tales as well, military space opera and some of the newer authors who write big fat doorstoppers of sci-fi epics. I think you'd enjoy those ... maybe the Expanse series by Peter F. Hamilton?

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Arlin wrote: " I once fixed a T.V. rather than throw it out, even though it was an older T.V. I deiced to do that just so I could see if I could...."

Welcome Arlin! It's just the loss of that 'I can fix things through science' attitude that many of us were bemoaning lately, that Arthur C. Clarke optimism. I think you'll like it here.

[Tyler]

Hi! Im Tyler and i recently read The Martian and it brought me here. I like all kinds of book by almost every. I came for recommendations and such.