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[Freeman]

Wooks, my favorite movie is aliens, it's always nice to hear from another fan.

[Tim]

Anna wrote: "Tim wrote: "Favorite Movies: Aliens..."

Welcome Wookiee Tim! Aliens, huh? Do you know I watched that movie my first night in my new house, ALONE, and then couldn't sleep the entire rest of the w..."

Nice one - sadly these days I've seen it so often that I don't get the same fear anymore. Still a classic and a good way to spend an evening

[Tim]

Freeman wrote: "Wooks, my favorite movie is aliens, it's always nice to hear from another fan."

Aye man - great film

[Anna]

Tim wrote: "Nice one - sadly these days I've seen it so often that I don't get the same fear anymore. Still a classic and a good way to spend an evening ..."

I -still- want to be Sigorney Weaver, though ... eh?

"Get away from her, you b!tc#!!!" :-)

[Tim]

Anna wrote: "Tim wrote: "Nice one - sadly these days I've seen it so often that I don't get the same fear anymore. Still a classic and a good way to spend an evening ..."

I -still- want to be Sigorney Weaver, ..."

She was state of the badass art to paraphrase Hudson

[Jen]

Hi All-
I just joined this group. I look forward to your recommendations!

Name: Jen S
Favorite Books: Old Man's War series by Scalzi
Favorite Genres: Sci Fi, and non fiction but I'll read anything.


Favorite TV shows: big bang theory

Favorite Movies: Star wars (old not the new ones)
Favorite Food: Steak

Day Job: auditor for clinical trials

Hobbies: fixing up my house, reading.

[Anna]

Jen wrote: "Day Job: auditor for clinical trials..."

Welcome Jen! Why not hop on over to our BOTM club nominations thread to scope out/recommend your own favorite books so you can hop right in?

Hmmm... auditor for clinical trials? A medical thriller like a Robin Cook novel comes to mind. Now my mind has gone off on all sorts of interesting directions for an inter-galactic World War Z type zombie-plague infesting the Milky Way...

[Stephen]

Welcome, Jen. Hope you find a lot of good recommendations here.

[Ninjasan8]

Name: Mitchell
Favorite Books: The Lord of the Rings, Dune, 2001: A Space Oddysey.
Favorite Genres: SciFi, Fantasy, Military Thrillers
Favorite TV shows: Firefly, Jericho, Star Trek (TNG, DS9, haven't watched Voyager yet).
Favorite Movies: Serenity, The Untouchables, 2001: A Space Oddysey.
Day Job: I work at a used book store, which means I have way more books than I need (and more than my wife thinks I need :) ).
Hobbies: Board and War Gaming, comics.
Other: I am relatively new to Space Opera literature, looking forward to reading and learning more! I grew up on Star Wars and continue to read the new books as they are released, but that's really my only literary exposure to the genre.

[Tim]

Ninjasan8 wrote: "Name: Mitchell
Favorite Books: The Lord of the Rings, Dune, 2001: A Space Oddysey.
Favorite Genres: SciFi, Fantasy, Military Thrillers
Favorite TV shows: Firefly, Jericho, Star Trek (TNG, DS9, have..."

Dune and I'm guessing gaming wise Warhammer 40K?

[Ninjasan8]

Dune and I'm guessing gaming wise Warhammer 40K?

Yep! For me the painting/collecting is almost as fun as the actual playing!

[Tim]

Ninjasan8 wrote: "Dune and I'm guessing gaming wise Warhammer 40K?

Yep! For me the painting/collecting is almost as fun as the actual playing!"

Not played (or painted as it goes) in years but hoping to get the little un into it, for his own enjoyment of course and not at all as an excuse for me to rekindle my youth....ahem

[Freeman]

Jen, any woman who lists her favorite food as steak is going to be someone I want to know better. Welcome to the group!

[Anna]

Ninjasan8 wrote: "Name: Mitchell
Favorite Books: The Lord of the Rings, Dune, 2001: A Space Oddysey.
Favorite Genres: SciFi, Fantasy, Military Thrillers
Favorite TV shows: Firefly, Jericho, Star Trek (TNG, DS9, have..."

Welcome Ninjasan8/Mitchell! With a 'like' resume like that, it looks like you are in the right community :-) And as for having too many books ... Mwah-hah-hah-hah!!! None of us would know what that is like, would we? [*giggles*] Noooo! Not us!!! [*crosses fingers*]

[Freeman]

My ex-wife once looked at me and said , "can't you get rid of all these books?" I replied, " Jenny, these books are my friends!" I still have the books (and more) she is long gone.

[Anna]

Freeman wrote: "My ex-wife once looked at me and said , "can't you get rid of all these books?" I replied, " Jenny, these books are my friends!" I still have the books (and more) she is long gone."

I have always loved this quote by Niccoli Machiavelli:

"On the coming of evening, I return to my house and enter my study; and at the door I take off the day's clothing, covered with mud and dust, and put on garments regal and courtly; and reclothed appropriately, I enter the ancient courts of ancient men, where, received by them with affection, I feed on that food which only is mine and which I was born for, where I am not ashamed to speak with them and to ask them the reason for their actions; and they in their kindness answer me; and for four hours of time I do not feel boredom, I forget every trouble, I do not dread poverty, I am not frightened by death; entirely I give myself over to them."

[Freeman]

Awesome Anna!

[Tim]

nice one - I really should get round to reading that...

[Anna]

Tim wrote: "nice one - I really should get round to reading that..."

Macchiavelli? Everybody should read The Prince at least once in their lifetime (and keep it by their bed if they work in business). There's a reason they describe some people as 'Machiavellian.' :-)

[James]

Name: James

Favorite Books: Some of them include, Novels from Tom Clancy and Larry Bond. I am also a total geek for SF books, too many to list.

Favorite Genres: Well I guess we can say Space Opera, but I am also a fan of Military books (SF or Alt-History), as well as a good 'ol Rambo/Rainbow 6 type books.

Favorite TV shows: I honestly don't watch TV much, but I do like things like Family guy, Star Trek (<3), and recently have grown on to competition cooking shows. IDK.

Favorite Movies: Let see, Star Trek, Armageddon, Marvel Movies, Band Of brothers.

Favorite Food: If it is spicy enough to make my eyes water and make me regret it later, its all fair game.

Day Job: I work in a hotel, and currently a Political Science undergrad about to graduate.

Hobbies:I like to play video games (PC), and I like to take deep sky photos with my 8" newt telescope and DSLR.

Other: I am just looking for a place to find some good reads, it has only been the last year since I have really started to read books. I used to read all the time, and I have once again begun that. I have read every single Tom Clancy novel, and literally have a book shelf devoted to it. Ever since I discovered Amazon Kindle, and able to download books means that I have read 60 books in the last 12 months.

I am a big space geek and know quite a bit about the weapons of WWII. I prefer reading books detailing the combat of large scale tactics rather then the one ship in the sea kinda deal. When I think of a battle, I think of more then just 1 on 1 or even 1 on 4. Sure overcoming overwhelming odds is easier to put in perspective in small numbers, but stories like the 300 Spartans is really what I like to read.

[Betsy]

Name: Betsy, older than most of you

Favorite Books: Jane Eyre, Hellspark, In Death series by J.D. Robb, LOTR, Earth's Children series (except the last one), most of the early Pern books, most Valdemar books (Mercedes Lackey), Riddle Master trilogy, 84, Charing Cross Road, 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, To Kill a Mockingbird, anything Honorverse, Lowell's Solar Clipper series

Favorite Genres: Some science fiction - especially space opera if it's not too heavily focused on war and military; I like the ones that are more about ordinary people in space - the aforementioned Solar Clipper series, Cherryh's Company Wars, Moon's Vatta's War, Dan Thompson's just started Father Chessman Saga. Also some fantasy, but not all -- loved LOTR, Pern, Harry Potter, Riddle Master, Cherryh's Morgaine series, Eddings, Valdemar, Chronicles of Elantra; didn't care that much for Jordan, Feist, Tad Williams, or Elizabeth Moon. Some romance. Some mystery and crime/suspense. Some nonfiction -- history, science, politics.

Favorite TV shows: original Star Trek, Stargate SG-1 (except for the last season), La Femme Nikita (except for the last season), CSI (Las Vegas only), Tom Baker's Dr. Who, Ravenswood; currently: Crisis, Elementary, Fargo. Mostly on TV I watch news and political commentary.

Favorite Movies: not that much of a movie fan lately, but some that I've watched multiple times are Star Trek IV, Avatar, the Hunt for Red October, all four Bourne movies

Favorite Food: shrimp, pasta, chili, chocolate, vanilla ice cream, good sourdough bread and cold butter

Day Job: retired, but my last job was as tech support in a law firm

Hobbies: reading

Other: I may not participate in the group reads every month. I act as co-moderator for another group on GR (Science & Inquiry) and that keeps me a little busy, as well as the several hundred books already on my TBR list, but since a number of my favorites seem to fit the Space Opera genre, I always like to keep my eyes open for recommendations.

[Anna]

James wrote: "Favorite Food: If it is spicy enough to make my eyes water and make me regret it later, its all fair game. ..."

Hah! Do you grow your own chili peppers? I grow and then use a food dehydrator to preserve my own :-) Welcome to Space Opera fans! I've been reading some Tom Clancy myself lately.

[Anna]

Betsy wrote: "Name: Betsy, Favorite Books: Jane Eyre, Hellspark, In Death series by J.D. Robb, LOTR, Earth's Children series (except the last one), most of the early Pern books, most Valdemar books (Mercedes Lackey), Riddle Master trilogy, 84, Charing Cross Road, 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, To Kill a Mockingbird, anything Honorverse, Lowell's Solar Clipper series..."

Welcome Betsy! I too was a Pern lover. Dragons ... what more is there to say? I liked the books up through The White Dragon, and then they kind of lost lustre.

[James]

Anna wrote: "James wrote: "Favorite Food: If it is spicy enough to make my eyes water and make me regret it later, its all fair game. ..."

Hah! Do you grow your own chili peppers? I grow and then use a food d..."

I don't, which reminds me, I should get a good book on making and growing chilis lol

[Anna]

James wrote: "I don't, which reminds me, I should get a good book on making and growing chilis ..."

Serrano peppers (those little red ones) actually grow as a shrub in Mexico. You can plant them in a large pot on the deck and then drag them into your garage to overwinter. Yum!

[Raavyn]

Hi, My name is SW. I love to read. Book to me are something magical and I haven't quite found the word, or set of words, to describe my feeling about them. I get giddy thinking of books, and more than excited when I have a pre-order coming the next day.

I love the dark and disturbing in book. I also am huge fans of fantasy (all kinds), Sci-fi, dark stories, and some general fiction here and there whenever it sparks my interest.

I am a HUGE Trekkie though; since I was a young child. My dad is a Trekkie as well and I grew up watching Star Trek with him. My love of the show grew and blossomed as I grew. Now even my wife is a Trekkie!

[Anna]

Sw wrote: "I am a HUGE Trekkie though; since I was a young child. My dad is a Trekkie as well and I grew up watching Star Trek with him. My love of the show grew and blossomed as I grew. Now even my wife is a Trekkie!..."

Greetings SW! Welcome to Space Opera Fans! My husband is an avid Star Trek fan, and I'm a Star Wars fan (though we both like each others fandoms). You are definitely in the right community! Come check out our group reads or comment on any thread which catches your interest to get to know some of the other community members :-)

[Leah]

Hi, Everyone!
Name: Leah
Favorite Books: Crichton's State of Fear, Hubbard's Mission Earth (Vol 7),Harrison's The Centauri Device, and King's Bag of Bones. Also Jude Deveraux's romances.
Favorite Genres: SciFi, Romance, Horror
Favorite TV shows: Star Trek, MacGyver, Bones, Outer Limits, Twilight Zone.
Favorite Movies: Star Wars, The Matrix, Buck Rogers, anything by Nancy Meyers.
Favorite Food: Chinese, BBQ
Day Job: Playwright and romance writer (just published first book)
Hobbies: Sewing, reading, writing, traveling
Other: My interests and hobbies are broad and cover a multitude of different areas. That's how I keep mentally young -- learning new things everyday.

[Anna]

Leah wrote: "Hi, Everyone!
Name: Leah
Favorite Books: Crichton's State of Fear, Hubbard's Mission Earth (Vol 7),Harrison's The Centauri Device, and King's Bag of Bones. Also Jude Deveraux's romances.
Favorite ..."

Welcome Leah! Somebody else who read Mission Earth? Yay! And I too was a MacGyver (and later SG-1) fan. Men who can fix stuff ... way more sexy than a supermodel, eh?

[Shannon]

Name: Shannon Haddock

Favorite Books: The Hobbit, Imzadi, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Time Enough For Love, The Rolling Stones, These Happy Golden Years, Swords of Eveningstar, Cheaper By The Dozen, and Wyrd Sisters

Favorite Genres: Fantasy, space opera, and classic girls' fiction

Favorite TV shows: Babylon 5, Firefly, The Cosby Show, and MASH

Favorite Movies: Return of the Jedi, Willow, Marvel movies, Star Trek IV, and Highlander

Favorite Food: Cheesesteak burritos

Day Job: Writer (and occasionally editor for friends and family)

Hobbies: Playing with my dog, trying to keep my elderly cat from murdering the younger two (or maybe this should go under job), reading (of course), and Hearthstone (despite sucking at it)

Other: I've wanted to be a fantasy author since I first read The Hobbit in sixth grade, but I've never managed to get a fantasy story to a quality where I'd want to publish it. Space opera I can manage though. Weird, huh?

[Anna]

Shannon wrote: "Name: Shannon Haddock

Favorite Books: The Hobbit, Imzadi, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Time Enough For Love, The Rolling Stones, These Happy Golden Years, Swords of Eveningstar, Cheaper B..."


Welcome Shannon! Another Browncoat! Yea!

[Jonathan]

I've been reading sci-fi since age 14 when I picked up the Foundation Trilogy at a flea market and was instantly hooked. Currently reading Heinlein. I tend to go through an author's complete works now while I used to jump around but I'd like to learn of some new space opera series while I'm here (last year I read the Void series). I also read a lot of themed sci-fi: Star Wars, Star Trek, Halo, etc, which tend to be dramatic/operatic.

Faves: Greg Bear, Asimov, Heinlein, McCaffrey, Peter Hamilton, David Mack, John Scalzi, Vernor Vinge.

Dislikes: Niven, Clarke, Reynolds, Brin, Benford.

On the fave TV shows, I have a question: What is the huge appeal of Firefly? I have never understood it. It wasn't that good. The plot was kind of lame (basically, a guy ferrying a prostitute from planet to planet--and not much else going on). LOL. But I'm open minded.

[Anna]

Jon wrote: "What is the huge appeal of Firefly?..."

Hah! It was a western. In space :-) With a cast of interesting, relatable characters. It's a cult thing (you know, so bad it's awesome?). Kinda like Army of Darkness and The Princess Bride.

Welcome to Space Opera Fans, Jon! [*We'll overlook the not-a-browncoat part :-) *]

[Betsy]

Jon wrote: " What is the huge appeal of Firefly? I have never understood it. It wasn't that good. "

I'm with you, Jon. I enjoyed the movie, which I saw first, then when I tried the series I was pretty bored. But then, I really don't like westerns.

[Jonathan]

Anna wrote: "Jon wrote: "What is the huge appeal of Firefly?..."

Hah! It was a western. In space :-) With a cast of interesting, relatable characters. It's a cult thing (you know, so bad it's awesome?). K..."

I'll have to give it another try then. Joss Whedon was lucky to get a movie deal out of it in the end, which I'm sure was great for fans. I saw Dr. Horrible last week and it got me thinking about Firefly again. I liked that also, but don't *get* the cult following. This isn't anywhere near Army of Darkness or Princess Bride in terms of awesomeness. :)

[Anna]

Jon wrote: "Anna wrote: "Jon wrote: "What is the huge appeal of Firefly?..."

Hah! It was a western. In space :-) With a cast of interesting, relatable characters. It's a cult thing (you know, so bad it's ..."

If you -really- want to see dedication, rent the Browncoats fan-made movie some time (which I was one of the Kickstarter crowd-source funders). Yeah ... it's really lame. But in a fun, 'I can do this' kind of way.

[Tim]

*cough*
Just for the record The Princess Bride is a cinematic tour de force and not in anyway cheesy at all. No sir.

[Anna]

Tim wrote: "*cough*
Just for the record The Princess Bride is a cinematic tour de force and not in anyway cheesy at all. No sir."

"My name ... is Inago Montoya ... you killed my father ... prepare to die..." :-)

[Jael]

Hi everyone.

Name: Jael Wye
Favorite Books: Games of Command, Lost Fleet series, Red Mars series, anything by Andre Norton or Ursula K. LeGuin
Favorite Genres: science fiction romance, science fiction, romance, and all the permutations thereof
Favorite TV shows: Arrow, Lost, X-files, Firefly
Favorite Movies: Star Wars, Alien, Terminator, anything MCU, Bourne films, Batman trilogy
Favorite Food: Coffee
Day Job: Writer
Hobbies:Houseplants
Other: I'm looking forward to hearing from this group!

[Anna]

Jael wrote: "Favorite Food: Coffee..."

Isn't it funny that writers and coffee go together? The Incas considered it the sacred beverage of the gods (drink enough of it and you can make up anything)> Science fiction romance, eh? Be sure to visit our Space Opera Fans estrogen section and recommend a few favorite gals-in-space tales!

Welcome!

[Tim]

Welcome aboard - are the Lost Fleet series any good? I keep thinking about picking them up but worry they might be over hyped

[Pete]

Hi all. My name’s Pete Cruickshank from York England. Always loved Space Opera since Star Wars. I love the jaw dropping visuals and concepts which a good Space Opera novel can evoke, mix this in with some unique characters which can only be found in Sci-Fi, what’s not to like.

I like almost all things geek. I love Video-games, which I strongly feel is under-appreciated as a medium by the media as a whole.

Favorite Books: Foundation and Robot Series. Dune series, Ender series, All Peter F. Hamilton stuff (great work Anna getting that interview). Also love The Dark Tower series

Favorite Genres: Sci-fi, Fantasy and also Graphic Novels; big DC Marvel Fan, since I was a nipper, as we say in England.

Favorite TV shows: 24, Fringe, Battlestar Galactica is still one of my favourite shows to come out recently. Dr Who, Sherlock. Back in the day it was all Star Trek and Babylon 5 which I think was groundbreaking when it comes to story arcs. I play video-games more than watch TV.

Favorite Movies: Difficult. I’m a sucker for the super-hero movies, which are a mix or ok and Amazing to me. The Empire Strikes Back, The blues Brothers, Ghostbusters, The Bourne identity and too many more to contemplate.

Favorite Food: Lobster without the shell, Calamari done to perfection, A good old British curry.

Day Job: Psychology Technician.

Hobbies: Writing The Kinsmen saga, a love affair with Videogames, a mild obsession with crisps (chips in the US). Surprisingly I’m not over-weight and try to make exercise a hobby but it’s more of a chore.

Other: I’m also an artist.

[Pete]

Anna wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Favorite TV shows: MST3K, Space 1999, Star Trek (original), The X-Files, Kolchak the Night Stalker (w/ Darren McGavin), Battlestar Galactica (original), Twilight Zone (original), Th..."

Ha, I remember Space 1999 — We never questioned how the moon reached all those alien star systems light years away. Unless I missed something. Ah well I was only a kid and it was fun.

[Anna]

Pete wrote: "Hi all. My name’s Pete Cruickshank from York England. Always loved Space Opera since Star Wars. I love the jaw dropping visuals and concepts which a good Space Opera novel can evoke, mix this in wi..."

Welcome Pete! You finally decided to say hello :-)

I just picked up all 4 seasons of Battlestar Galactica for $87 on blue-ray this week from Amazon's Deal-of-the-Day. Didn't even blink. It was like ... open email ... $87 ... blue ray ... buy. Love the OS, loved the reboot, now they're saying they're going to re-reboot it (though I'm skeptical of how that will turn out).

Yeah ... Space 1999 ... my favorite character was the shapeshifter they picked up (never stopped to ask how somebody from so far away could be so human). What was her name? Maya or something? I remember the episode where they went to the plant-planet where the plants killed all the animals. It's funny what sticks in your head when you're a kid, eh?

Be sure to go visit our Gaming/MMO tie-in universes thread to hobnob with Dale, who's probably feeling that same lack-of-respect :-) I don't personally play video games very much (no time), but I like the occasional board game and love to LARP, which is based on board and video game rules. Curing some of that disconnect between readers of science fiction books and developers of science fiction online universes is something I hope to get people to overcome!

Welcome, Pete, and be sure to say Hi more often!

[Jael]

Thanks Anna, I'll do that!

[Jael]

I love the Lost Fleet series--Geary, the protagonist, is great and the take on space warfare is fascinating. The political and spiritual themes are well-handled too. The battle scenes are exciting, though most of the fighting is done by the ships, so the gore factor is low, if that makes a difference.
Tim wrote: "Welcome aboard - are the Lost Fleet series any good? I keep thinking about picking them up but worry they might be over hyped"

[Tim]

Jael wrote: "I love the Lost Fleet series--I thought Geary, the protagonist is great and the take on space warfare is fascinating. The political and spiritual themes are well-handled too. The battle scenes are ..."

cheers - I might well take a looksee

[Pete]

Anna wrote: "Pete wrote: "Hi all. My name’s Pete Cruickshank from York England. Always loved Space Opera since Star Wars. I love the jaw dropping visuals and concepts which a good Space Opera novel can evoke, m..."

Anna

Thanks. I'll be sure to check out the gaming thread. Enjoy battlestar it is amazing. Space 1999 always reminds me of Ulysees 31 a cartoon series from the 80'a which mixed greek mythology with sci-fi. It's fantastic the animation was pretty good but most importantly the stories were incredible, and it had a story arc with a awesome final episode. They should do a live tv series of Ulysees 31.

[Freeman]

Welcome Jeal! Thanks for the recommendation of Lost Fleet, I will give it a look. Coffee rules!

[Paul]

Hello fellow space opera fans!

Name: Paul B. Spence

Favorite Books: Breed to Come, Dragonriders of Pern, Sassanak, Armageddon Reef, Chronicles of Amber, Reality Dysfunction, Lensmen Novels, many, many more!

Favorite Genres: Science Fiction

Favorite TV shows: Classic Trek, Space 1999, Arrow, Fringe, Dark Angel, Red Dwarf, Doctor Who, Stargate SG1, BSG

Favorite Movies: Terminator, Aliens, Marvel Universe stuff, Scott Pilgrim, Man of Steel, just about anything science fiction or just a good adventure

Favorite Food: Chicken Curry - hot

Day Job: Archaeologist / Author

Hobbies: Miniature wargaming (40k, Malifaux, Wild West Exodus), Model building, scratchbuilding, western martial arts, reading (is that a hobby or a way of life?)

Other: Goodreads author