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Adrian wrote: "Favorite TV shows:Love near all things PBS - Frontline, Nature, Nova, American Experience ..."Welcome Adrian! I thought I was the only geek who loved PBS documentaries :-)
Hi, I am L.A.Immanuel, great to be here. I love writing and reading, preferably with something sweet to eat. My all time favourite books are Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes and Indian in the cupboard series.
I love the Avengers and Iron man movies and House M.D and Sherlock when it comes to T.V.
Looking forward to having a great time in this group.
L.A. wrote: "I love the Avengers and Iron man movies and House M.D and Sherlock when it comes to T.V...."Welcome L.A.!!! Another Iron Man / Avengers fan, eh? :-) Yeah ... I've got these epic novel-length fanfictions floating around out there in cyberspace for both those fandoms :-) We're ticking down the clock for Age of Ultron.
Going to Age of Ultron tonight, 8.30pm :)
Leonie wrote: "Going to Age of Ultron tonight, 8.30pm :)"How'd you get tickets already? [*ENVY*] It doesn't come HERE until May 1st. My kids have been bugging the everliving petuties out of me to take them :-)
I'm in Australia - it's been in theatres since Thursday :)
Hi Hannah!And by the way, Anna - Age of Ultron was very good, and also very funny :)
SHUSH tell me nothing pretty please gahhh
Hannah wrote: "SHUSH tell me nothing pretty please gahhh"My lips are sealed!
Welcome Hannah!Another Age of Ultron fan. Yea! :-)
Name: Amelia DeFieldFavorite Books: Hmm, Captain Nemo by Kevin J. Anderson, Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis, Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov are the ones that come to mind at the moment. EDIT: Oh, gosh how could I forgot Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Favorite Genres: Science fiction and fantasy. I enjoy steampunk and a little historical fiction when the mood strikes me.
Favorite TV shows: Firefly, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Jericho
Favorite Movies: Star Wars, Star Trek (reboot and Nemesis), Age of Ultron, Guardians Of The Galaxy
Favorite Food: Oy, this one is harder than the favorite books question. Now that I think about it, ice cream for sure. I am in-the-middle-of-winter committed to ice cream. XD
Day Job: Freelancer and sysadmin.
Hobbies: Writing, reading, gardening and loads of others that I am not doing as actively.
Other: I am so glad to find an active science fiction group on here. I was subscribed to a nearly dead one for awhile haha. I am looking forward to reading along with everyone. :)
Amelia wrote: "Name: Amelia DeFieldFavorite Books: Hmm, Captain Nemo by Kevin J. Anderson, Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis, Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov are the ones that come to mind at the moment. EDIT: Oh, gosh..."
Yes! I love the Star Trek reboots too. I'm so used to reading io9 comments, that I thought not many people liked the movies.
I felt like they captured the essence of the novels in the reboots. :)
A New Novel from a new Author: "Alien: A Girl From Another Planet Looking For Love".A Big Science Fiction fan. I love Star Wars, Star Trek, and Battlestar Galactica. I love Asian movies: Chinese especially. Kung-fu movies are my favorite genre. As there are not much good Sci-Fi in Asian movies. Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, and Jet Li,, are some of my Heroes. I used to practice Martial Arts myself. I love Chinese cooking, all things media like writing, video production. I have a B.F.A. in Film making and Video Production. A bachelor's in Computer Science. Nine classes short of getting 3rd bachelor's in Web Design. Plan on getting Master's in Movie and TV Production.
Amelia wrote: "Favorite Books: Hmm, Captain Nemo by Kevin J. Anderson, Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis, Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov are the ones that come to mind at the moment. EDIT: Oh, gosh how could I forgot Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte..."Welcome Amelia! Asimove and Bronte ... a classy mix :-)
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Black wrote: "I love Asian movies: Chinese especially. Kung-fu movies are my favorite genre. As there are not much good Sci-Fi in Asian movies. Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, and Jet Li,, are some of my Heroes. I used to practice Martial Arts myself..."
Welcome Black! Film maker, eh? Cool! Maybe you can screenwrite and film some cool Asian-Western science fiction? I enjoyed Space Battleship Yamamoto live action and am looking forward to Attack on Titan. I'm also a martial artist. USA Urban Goju karate.
Tony here.Have been a lurker and contributor to my list when i remember to do it. Nice to have the Kindle ask at the beginning and end of books now!
I think I am somewhere around 800 or so space/space military/space opera themed books now. I haven't had time to get all my amazon items into my goodreads list. This will take time :)
Food: Paleo
TV: Person of Interest, Atlantis, Supernatural, Arrow, marvel shield, Blacklist, and so much more.
Day Job: Process Engineer, agile software requireents/project managemment/etc
many favorite movies ; too many to name.
Tony wrote: "I think I am somewhere around 800 or so space/space military/space opera themed books now..."Welcome Tony! 800 space opera books? I bet the main carrying beam of your house bent under the weight of your bookshelves! Welcome to Space Opera Fans!
Anna wrote: "Tony wrote: "I think I am somewhere around 800 or so space/space military/space opera themed books now..."Welcome Tony! 800 space opera books? I bet the main carrying beam of your house bent un..."
I stopped getting hard copy books when I got my first kindle years and years ago. There is no way I could read as much as I do (or afford it) if I was still in hard copy -- heck we wouldn't have as much to read if it weren't for indie authors who only publish digital!
I get ebooks a lot for my Nook, but my kids keep stealing it to play Role Playing Games when I ban them from my computer (who'd a figured a Nook could be abused that way) so I find myself falling back on good old-fashioned paper :-)
Hi Tony! That's a lot of space opera!
Leonie wrote: "Hi Tony! That's a lot of space opera!"Yes I know! :)
When the kindle came around my reading exploded --- when Kindle Unlimited came around last summer; let's just say it got worse!
Tony wrote: "Leonie wrote: "Hi Tony! That's a lot of space opera!"Yes I know! :)
When the kindle came around my reading exploded --- when Kindle Unlimited came around last summer; let's just say it got worse!"
That one click button.... ;)
Tony wrote: "When the kindle came around my reading exploded --- when Kindle Unlimited came around last summer; let's just say it got worse!"Think of how much money you're saving, though, over some other more costly activity? With a rustle of a page or click through an e-reader, all the knowledge in the world quite literally lays beneath your fingers :-)
Hello, hello everyone! I'm excited to join this group! I'm just getting into Goodreads groups so I'm a little new to the experience. Here's my info!Name: Christa Yelich-Koth
Favorite Books: Ender's Game/ Ender's Shadow, His Dark Materials, Alice in Wonderland, Children of the Gods series, IT and the Shinning, Pern series
Favorite Genres: Science fiction, fantasy, some horror (when it's not too graphic) and YA, if it's not too full of angst
Favorite TV shows: Pretty much anything from Joss Whedon, Psych, The Femme Nikita (older version), Supernatural
Favorite Movies: Sooo many!
Favorite Food: Most combinations of dairy and starch, like mac & cheese, cream cheese wontons, grilled cheese, etc.
Day Job: Manager and writer of comics and novels
Hobbies: writing, music (singing and composing and minor playing), cards, games (video, computer, and board), reading, swimming, dance
Excited to meet you all!
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Christa wrote: "Favorite Books: Ender's Game/ Ender's Shadow, His Dark Materials, Alice in Wonderland, Children of the Gods series, IT and the Shinning, Pern seriesFavorite Genres: Science fiction, fantasy, some horror (when it's not too graphic) and YA, if it's not too full of angst..."
Welcome Christa! I'm an Ender's fan, though more of the later books than the original Enders Game.
Hello. I made a comment on one of the feeds before introducing myself. Apologies. My name is Craig Jenkins and I work in London on the Underground re-lining tunnels...Not so interesting. Nice to see Battlestar and Blade Runner fans on here. It would be difficult to list all the books, films and tv here so I'll list the top ones. Books by Philip K Dick and Iain Banks are among my favourites. Presently watching Banshee, Game of Thrones, Penny Dreadful and the strain. Still waiting for something as good as Battlestar myself; well in space I mean. Tend to spend a lot of time watching youtube feeds regarding conspiracy theories via the likes of Jim Marrs as quite interesting even if nonsense (Who am I to judge)
Written two sci fi novels probably on the basis that I like the architecture in the Alien Movies...I have a weird fascination with future tech that's grounded in reality. Saying that, everyone likes a light sabre, Don't they?
Written two sci fi novels probably on the basis that I like the architecture in the Alien Movies...I have a weird fascination with future tech that's grounded in reality. Saying that, everyone likes a light sabre, Don't they?
Craig wrote: "Nice to see Battlestar and Blade Runner fans on here. It would be difficult to list all the books, films and tv here so I'll list the top ones. Books by Philip K Dick and Iain Banks are among my favourites. ..."Welcome Craig! We're all very informal around here. Near future tech, eh? We have a few NFT fans around here somewhere :-)
HelloI've been lurking around for a while and thought I should introduce myself.
Name: Mervi
Favorite Books: So many but in the SF genre some of my favorite writers are Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Lois McMaster Bujold, C. J. Cherryh, and Elizabeth Bear
Favorite Genres: Science fiction, fantasy, mystery, historical mystery
Favorite TV shows: Again lots but in SF: Firefly, Star Trek (TNG, DS9, Voyager), Farscape, new Galactica, Babylon 5, and Fringe
Favorite Movies: Marvel superheroes, Indiana Jones, Matrix, Pirates of the Caribbean, and lots and lots of others.
Favorite Food: pizza, sushi
Hobbies: reading, board games, table-top role playing games, comics
Mervi wrote: "Favorite Books: So many but in the SF genre some of my favorite writers are Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Lois McMaster Bujold, C. J. Cherryh, and Elizabeth Bear..."
Welcome Mervi! You're in good company here :-) And we've got a few gamers lurking around as well.
Name: Dominic GreenFavorite Books: Space Opera - Jack Vance's *Killing Machine* series; *Dune* (but not *Son of the Hound of Dune*, *Lactating Worm-Priests of Dune*, or *Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The Dune*); anything by Larry Niven. Non-Space-Opera - LOTR, 1984, War of the Worlds, Snow Crash, The Forever War, *Watchmen*, *The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen*, *Preacher*, *V for Vendetta*, anything by Terry Pratchett (R.I.P.)
Favorite Genres: SF, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Murder Mystery, Historical Fiction, Children's Literature
Favorite TV shows: Game of Thrones, Firefly, True Blood, Being Human, Spaced, Big Bang Theory, Heroes
Favorite Movies: Star Wars Episode IV, Alien and Aliens, Avatar, Robocop: The Future of Law Enforcement, John Carpenter's Thing, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter 1-8, Mister India, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Matrix, True Lies, Baron Munchausen, Terminator, Terminator 2, Love Actually, Pitch Black
Favorite Food: Beef in black pepper sauce as cooked by the Five Star, Stantonbury Campus, Milton Keynes, UK; fillet steak as cooked by the Drug Opera, Rue Grétry, Brussels
Day Job: Easy-peasy I.T. stuff my grandma could do
Hobbies: Pre-operative assessment
Favourite Antibiotic: Trimethoprim
Favourite Target: The eyes
Dominic wrote: "Favorite Books: ... *Dune* (but not *Son of the Hound of Dune*, *Lactating Worm-Priests of Dune*, or *Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The Dune*)..."OMG!!! I just passed my coffee through my nose!
Welcome Dominic!
Hi folks. I've been reading space opera in various forms for at least 50 years, and even had some of my own published. As a kid I watched Fireball XL5, Space Patrol, Pathfinders in Space and just about remember the first episode of Dr Who. It was Tom Godwin who got me reading SF as well, favourites were Asimov, Heinlein, van Voght, Anne McCaffrey and later on Niven and Sladek.I'll read almost anything with a spaceship in it, or humans living on another planet. I admire clever plot twists, such as the one in "Little Fuzzy" where it's clear that the aliens are communicating but nobody can hear them. Why? Scale the wavelength of the sounds to the size of their tiny voice boxes and it's obvious, they're way above the range of our hearing.
Two things annoy me: not thinking through the science, and characters too stupid to live.
I'm almost 60 now, which means I should know better. I cook, drive horsedrawn vehicles and run special effects for a local drama group, which include letting off large but very precise explosions on stage.
R. wrote: "Hi folks. I've been reading space opera in various forms for at least 50 years, and even had some of my own published. As a kid I watched Fireball XL5, Space Patrol, Pathfinders in Space and just a..."Welcome R.! My 13-year-old just discovered the joys of Dr. Who ... it's so funny to hear her getting into stuff I've been into since -I- was a kid (I started watching with the Fourth doctor). She's a 'TEN' fan.
Large but very precise explosions? Sounds like fun :-)
R. wrote: "Hi folks. I've been reading space opera in various forms for at least 50 years, and even had some of my own published. As a kid I watched Fireball XL5, Space Patrol, Pathfinders in Space and just a..."I'm also into local theatre, and have a friend who'd dearly like to do large but very precise explosions on stage! Welcome!
R. wrote: "Hi folks. I've been reading space opera in various forms for at least 50 years, and even had some of my own published. As a kid I watched Fireball XL5, Space Patrol, Pathfinders in Space and just a..."Old-fashioned farm vehicles for the horsedrawn vehicles?
Welcome!
Name: Lauro SotoFavorite Books: Undecided
Favorite Genres: Space Opera/Science Fiction/ Space
Favorite TV shows: Undecided
Favorite Movies: starship troopers / Star Wars/ Star Trek/ BattleStar Galactica/ Firefly Etc
Favorite Food: Mexican Food
Day Job: "programer" , Teacher
Hobbies: workaholic , Teaching , Studing
Lauro wrote: "Name: Lauro SotoFavorite Books: Undecided
Favorite Genres: Space Opera/Science Fiction/ Space
Favorite TV shows: Undecided
Favorite Movies: starship troopers / Star Wars/ Star Trek/ BattleStar Gal..."
Welcome! Battlestar Galactica is by far the best TV show ever. By movie do you mean the mini-series that turned into the show?
Ohh i just notice put Battlestar Galactica in the "movies section" but by BattleStar Galactica i mean the "new" release of the version the 2003 Reboot start Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell. Im not that Old (29) so i never watch the 1980 version of it.
I definitely meant the reboot. I don't have any desire to watch the original.
Battlestar Galactica 1978 was ok but from 1980 that was awful
Lauro wrote: "Favorite Genres: Space Opera/Science Fiction/ Space ... Favorite Movies: starship troopers / Star Wars/ Star Trek/ BattleStar Galactica..."Welcome Lauro! Your space opera choice fit right in here!
Hi Everyone,Name: Theo Karner
Favorite Books: Hard one, some that come immediately to mind are Gaunt's Ghosts, Gotrek and Felix, Old Man's War Series By John Scalzi, Oxford Time Travel series by Connie Willis, Demon Cycle Series by Peter V. Brett.
Favorite Genres: Science Fiction (Though I also like the Speculative Fiction definition of SF, I'm not picky though). For SF I particularly like Space Opera, military, and post-apocalyptic.
Favorite TV shows: Big Bang Theory, Firefly, TMNT, Red Dwarf, Star Trek, Mythbusters, Futurama
Favorite Movies: undecided.
Favorite Food: hard one, undecided I think.
Day Job: Technical Project Manager for Telstra
Hobbies: Wargaming (Building an Ork and Imperial Guard army with my son at the moment), board games, motorcycles, Scouts, obstacle racing, vegetable gardening, scotch, reading.
Other: Looking forward to getting into some good reading and discussions.
Theo wrote: "Favorite Books: Hard one, some that come immediately to mind are Gaunt's Ghosts, Gotrek and Felix, Old Man's War Series By John Scalzi, Oxford Time Travel series by..."Welcome Theo! Sounds like you're in the right place :-) And we've got some gamers in the group. Your best bet at rag-chewing with them is hopping into whatever gaming thread is up at the top of the community at the moment, I believe the gaming-peeps were discussing the latest space opera MMORPG. We read the Old Man's War series a while back, but we've got some other great books up.
Orc Armies with the kid ... awesome!
Anna wrote: "Welcome Theo! Sounds like you're in the right place :-) And we've got some gamers in the group. Your best bet at rag-chewing with them is hopping into whatever gaming thread is up at the top of the community at the moment, I believe the gaming-peeps were discussing the latest space opera MMORPG. We read the Old Man's War series a while back, but we've got some other great books up"A quick reminder note that the last(?) book The End of All Things in the Old Man's War series is still forthcoming in August or you can read it early in 4 e-book episodes releasing this month. The first one was released yesterday The Life of the Mind: The End of All Things
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Favorite Books: Flowers for Algernon, Solaris, F-451, Tao, Hamlet, Steppenwolf, The Stranger, PKD, et al.
Favorite Genres:Sci-Fi, Socio-Political, etc.
Favorite TV shows:Love ..."
Welcome Adrian. I'll be contacting you later, so the editor you can take care of all the commas I keep forgetting to put in my writing. ;)
Seriously though, welcome. I like this group the best on Goodreads.