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[Leonie]

Hi EM!

[C. John]

Hmm. I did a compare bookshelves with Jim, Hope and EM and with both Hope and EM among the books in common was Pride and Prejudice (nothing in common with Jim). What is there about that book. If I haven't said hello to our newcomers consider it said now.

[Jim]

John wrote: "Hmm. I did a compare bookshelves with Jim, Hope and EM and with both Hope and EM among the books in common was Pride and Prejudice (nothing in common with Jim). What is there about that book. If I ..."

I have read Pride and Prejudice (and Wuthering Heights) although it was only in high school and not my cup of tea. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, however...

[C. John]

My copy used to belong to my mother. Sort of inherited when we cleaned out the house after my father passed away (my mother was already deceased). Forget now why I kept the book as it really isn't my type of book either. The Zombie one doesn't interest me too, but then I am tired of people thinking that the way Zombies were portrayed in that movie is the way they have to be done, which is totally not the way they are in actual voodoo.

[Gaines]

Anna wrote: "Drones... :-)

Hehe

[Gaines]

And welcome EM and Jim, nice to meet you.

[Gaines]

Leonie wrote: "The wine is very nice, however if I drink it and try to write, I tend to wake up about an hour later with my head on my laptop!"

Aye, but is anything interesting left in your Word document when you wake up? :-p

[Leonie]

Gaines wrote: "Leonie wrote: "The wine is very nice, however if I drink it and try to write, I tend to wake up about an hour later with my head on my laptop!"

Aye, but is anything interesting left in your Word d..."

Well, only very occasionally - mostly I wake up and go "What on earth possessed me to write THAT?"

[Patrick]

Anna wrote: "Welcome Space Opera Fans!

Why not tell us a little bit about yourself, who you are and what attracts you to Space Opera as a genre. What are your favorite foods, books and movies? Do you ever go t..."

Hi all,
My name's Pat and I'm a bookaholic. I'm also a writer, my first two indie novels (Perigee and Farside) were recently picked up by Baen.
Some of my current favorite authors are James S.A. Corey (all both of 'em), Douglas Preston, and Neal Stephenson. Major influences on my own writing are Tom Clancy, Michael Crichton, Stephen Baxter, and Pat Conroy.
Musically I'm into blues (mostly Texas style) and occasionally play guitar. When writing I find that movie soundtracks get my brain going.
Just finished Karl Gallagher's Torchship and really enjoyed it, right up there with The Expanse series.

[Brandon]

Hi, Patrick! Who are some current Texas blues musicians to check out? Stevie Ray Vaughan was great, but he's unfortunately not able to put out anything new.

[Gaines]

Brandon wrote: "Stevie Ray Vaughan was great, but he's unfortunately not able to put out anything new."

You obviously haven't read this: http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/...

Apparently he's still crankin out the tunes :-p

[Anna]

Patrick wrote: "Hi all, My name's Pat and I'm a bookaholic. ..."

Welcome Patrick!

[Lizzie]

I got sidetracked by Jim and John - I always spelled it dilemna and never knew it was wrong until their posts. I had to confirm it was wrong so then was reading on the phenomenon as to the why it happened (someone traced it to the NE and the early 1900s). I grew up and attended school in NJ, starting kindergarten in 1964.

[Budd]

G'Day from Budd
Favorite Books: Currently…Vernor Vinge's True Names, Rainbows End, and the Zones of Thought trilogy, Diane Duane's "Omnitopia Dawn" and Ernest Cline's "Ready Player One"
Favorite Genres: SciFi (I didn't know there were so many sub-genera)
Favorite TV shows: Corner Gas (old Canadian sitcom), Person of Interest, The Big Bang Theory, Original NCIS
Favorite Movies: Ready Player One (when it arrives),
Favorite Food: Mexican,
Day Job: "Everyday is Saturday" Club (Retired)
Hobbies: Amateur Radio, surfing I'net, mountain biking, inline skating,
Other: Probably…but I forgot…

[Kirsten]

Welcome, Budd! I loved Ready Player One too. (Especially since I'm in an 80's graduate!)

I notice you put down a Canadian sitcom. How about Red Green? We love him in this house...

[Anna]

Budd wrote: "Hobbies: Amateur Radio, surfing I'net..."

Welcome Budd! I'm a ham operator as well!

[Tom]

Hey guys, I'm Tom. I'm a newcomer to writing Sci Fi and honestly I'm pretty conflicted about whether my first novel technically qualifies as a Space Opera. But, you seem like great people, so I thought what the hell, let's give this a try.

My favorite book at the moment is Old Man's War by John Scalzi. Favorite movie is either Shawshank or Gravity (because I'm a sucker for redemption themes), while for TV series, I always seem to find my way back to Battlestar Galactica. I tend to jam out to instrumental bluegrass because I grew up hearing my dad's bagpipes, and I got weirdly fond of the chord progressions. I'm an Army veteran, and my experiences tend to inform a lot of my writing. Hence why I can't figure out what genre my book is.

Anyway, really glad to be here, and looking forward to hanging out!

[Budd]

Anna wrote: "Budd wrote: "Hobbies: Amateur Radio, surfing I'net..."

Welcome Budd! I'm a ham operator as well!"

Anna wrote: "Budd wrote: "Hobbies: Amateur Radio, surfing I'net..."

Welcome Budd! I'm a ham operator as well!"
N7EOJ now in Clovis, NM

[Kirsten]

Budd wrote: "Anna wrote: "Budd wrote: "Hobbies: Amateur Radio, surfing I'net..."

Welcome Budd! I'm a ham operator as well!"

Anna wrote: "Budd wrote: "Hobbies: Amateur Radio, surfing I'net..."

Welcome Budd! I..."

Is that where the Clovis points were first found?

[Andrew]

Hello. I am Andrew. Which is, oddly enough, the name of a children's book.
Favorite Books: Tough one. Anything by Gordon Dickson or Harry Harrison. I wish I could find all of the Lockridge mysteries for less than a couple of hundred dollars each. "Doc" Smith or George O. Smith. I don't think I have a favorite, I am more like an English Setter Oh look, another book! (Setters prefer birds.)
Favorite Genres: Hard Sci-Fi, classic mysteries
Favorite TV shows: Game of Thrones? Blacklist? Maybe Diners, Drive-ins and Dives
Favorite Movies: No questions here. The best movie ever is The Bicycle Thief
Favorite Food:If I am ever wrongfully accused of murder and wind up on death row, I am going to eat all the raw oysters I can get. (Heck, they'll probably let me go rather than pay for my last meal—either way, I win.) Otherwise, both my wife and I are excellent cooks and most meals are excellent.
Day Job: Working on that.
Hobbies: Sailing, fitness, reading, playing with computers.
Other: How nice to find a bunch of people who share at least one of my, umm, idiosyncrasies. This is going to be fun.

[Betsy]

Tom wrote: "Hey guys, I'm Tom. I'm a newcomer to writing Sci Fi and honestly I'm pretty conflicted about whether my first novel technically qualifies as a Space Opera. But, you seem like great people, so I tho..."

Welcome Tom. You'll have noticed we have some fairly generous and diverse opinions on what qualifies as SO. But that's okay, if you consume it (BSG, Old Man's War), you certainly belong here.

[Betsy]

Andrew wrote: "Hello. I am Andrew. Which is, oddly enough, the name of a children's book.
Favorite Books: Tough one. Anything by Gordon Dickson or Harry Harrison. I wish I could find all of the Lockridge mysterie..."

Welcome, Andrew. You may have noticed we have a whole thread discussing the Childe Cycle.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Maybe you can help with some of the sequence questions.

[Leonie]

HI Tom, Budd and Andrew! Welcome!

[Anna]

I'm just back from vacation, so now to catch up on some neglected co-moderator duties!

Welcome Tom!
Welcome Andrew!

Thanks everybody who helped welcome new peeps in my absence.

[C. John]

I recall The Invaders though I didn't watch it much. Either on too late or something else on at the time. Have to check my copy of The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows to know for sure. I know I had an issue of the Gold Key comic but not sure which one.

[Anna]

Joed wrote: "Favorite Books: Oh lord, lets see here ... I could go on and on...."

Welcome Joed! You're in good company here.

[Gwen]

Zach Pipp

The Martian, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Assassin's Apprentice series

Fantasy and Sci-fi

Tonight Show, One Punch Man,

Cheese Cake, Pizza, Indian Food

Unemployed

[Betsy]

Welcome Zach. Another Martian fan. Book or movie? I loved both. I've got the movie recorded and am planning to watch it for the 3rd time.

[Leonie]

Hi Zach and Joed!

[Echo]

Hi Zach and Joed!

I know the Invaders!!! I just finished a blog post on it...which should be up in a few hours. (http://echoishiizone.wordpress.com)

I love the Martian, one of my fave recent books. read it twice.

[C. John]

Echo wrote: "Hi Zach and Joed!

I know the Invaders!!! I just finished a blog post on it...which should be up in a few hours. (http://echoishiizone.wordpress.com)

I love the Martian, one of my fave recent boo..."
Read your post and if my memory serves me correctly you could tell the aliens from humans because they couldn't bend their little fingers.

[Echo]

That's right! Forgot about that. Thanks.

John wrote: "Echo wrote: "Hi Zach and Joed!

I know the Invaders!!! I just finished a blog post on it...which should be up in a few hours. (http://echoishiizone.wordpress.com)

I love the Martian, one of my fa..."

[Anna]

Zach wrote: "The Martian, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Assassin's Apprentice series ..."

Welcome Zach! If you like LOTR in space, this is the place to be!

[Andrew]

hi my name is Andy and I have to many favorite books to really pick one I don't really watch TV and my favorite food is pizza. I love star wars and dune so that's pretty much what brought me here I would like suggestions on more book like dune I just loved it so much as far as a favorite genre of books like pretty much all of them I range from western to sci-fi love when the two are mixed and like murder mysteries as well but seriously name me another space drama I can devour please oh and also im a corrections officer

[Amelia]

Bujold's Vorkosigan series. Start with Shards of Honor. :)

[Al "Tank"]

Andrew wrote: "hi my name is Andy and I have to many favorite books to really pick one I don't really watch TV and my favorite food is pizza. I love star wars and dune so that's pretty much what brought me here I..."

Before we can give you good choices, it would be nice to know what it was that turned you on in Dune. Was it the sweep of history, the royalty conflict, the mental powers, the harshness of the planet's ecology? Something else? With those clues, others can probably do a better job of picking other series for your consideration.

[William]

Welcome Andy. Glad to have you aboard.

[Anna]

Andrew wrote: " would like suggestions on more book like dune I just loved it so much as far as a favorite genre of books like pretty much all of them I range from western to sci-fi love when the two are mixed and like murder mysteries as well..."

Welcome Andy! Gah! I know of a sci-fi, kinda space-operish series that features a detective, but now I'm blanking out. You might want to post something under the member discussion thread telling us what you like, and then asking for recommendations.

[Al "Tank"]

Anna wrote: "I know of a sci-fi, kinda space-operish series that features a detective, but now I'm blanking out. ..."

John Bowers' Nick Walker series???

[Anna]

Al "Tank" wrote: "Anna wrote: "I know of a sci-fi, kinda space-operish series that features a detective, but now I'm blanking out. ..."

John Bowers' Nick Walker series???"

No ... but that book looks TOTALLY AWESOME :-)

[Al "Tank"]

Anna wrote: "Al "Tank" wrote: "Anna wrote: "I know of a sci-fi, kinda space-operish series that features a detective, but now I'm blanking out. ..."

John Bowers' Nick Walk..."...No ... but that book looks TOTALLY AWESOME :-)

It's the lead-in book to the series and is pretty good.

Now, back to your problem: Something by Asimov??? It seems to me that he had a detective, Elijah Baley, who was teamed up with R. Daneel Olivaw (the robot).

- The Caves of Steel
- The Naked Sun
- short story "Mirror Image"
- The Robots of Dawn

[Kirsten]

Al "Tank" wrote: "Andrew wrote: "hi my name is Andy and I have to many favorite books to really pick one I don't really watch TV and my favorite food is pizza. I love star wars and dune so that's pretty much what br..."

My mother (and my father, to a lesser extent) are big fans of Dune. In fact, they wanted me to read it when I was still in middle school. I couldn't make it. I eventually read it after high school and enjoyed it.

I like it because of the scope and the intrigue.

[C. John]

Dune is one of those books I haven't read for one reason or another. I probably should but I have so many other books I want to read (or re-read as the case may be).

[Anna]

The original DUNE novel is awesome. The rest of them? They're okay. I enjoyed them when I read them, but they didn't have the same cutting-edge impact that the first one had.

[Anna]

Al "Tank" wrote: "Now, back to your problem: Something by Asimov??? It seems to me that he had a detective, Elijah Baley, who was teamed up with R. Daneel Olivaw (the robot)...."

Excellent detective trope, but that's not the one I have in mind. This was a male-female professional pairing. In one of them, while tracking down stolen art or something they discovered a star that had disappeared was really the blast from a hypernova coming right at a planet. Gah! I can remember the story, but not the author or the name!

[Al]

Anna wrote: "Al "Tank" wrote: "Now, back to your problem: Something by Asimov??? It seems to me that he had a detective, Elijah Baley, who was teamed up with R. Daneel Olivaw (the robot)...."

Excellent detecti..."
I'm out. No clue.

Anyone else have an idea????

[Pete]

Al "Tank" wrote: "Anna wrote: "Al "Tank" wrote: "Anna wrote: "I know of a sci-fi, kinda space-operish series that features a detective, but now I'm blanking out. ..."

John Bowe..."

The robots of dawn is a great book. The ending is cool and very clever.

[Lizzie]

Al "Tank" wrote: "Andrew wrote: "hi my name is Andy and I have to many favorite books to really pick one I don't really watch TV and my favorite food is pizza. I love star wars and dune so that's pretty much what br..."

To me all of what you listed and the author's ability to intertwine those aspects together with a political / government based on fiefdoms, is what made Dune so enticing and raised Dine to a literary masterpiece when I read it at age 17 in the mid70s. Any of the aspects you mentioned would have made it an interesting story but the combination wowed me.

[Lizzie]

Andrew wrote: "hi my name is Andy and I have to many favorite books to really pick one I don't really watch TV and my favorite food is pizza. I love star wars and dune so that's pretty much what brought me here I..."

You might enjoy James Blish's Cities in Flight and F.M. Busby"s Rissa series if you haven't read them before. I think they were published in the 80s.

[C. John]

The stories that formed Cities in Flight were actually written in the 1950s. There have been several collections since.