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I've been reading all manner of sci-fi since discovering Tom Swift when I was 12. I gravitate towards hard sci-fi and enjoy a complex, multi-storied plot."
Welcome Wayne.
Betsy wrote: "Bryant wrote: "Favorite Books:Dialogue Prompt, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Pelican BriefFavorite Genres:Science fiction, Suspense/thriller, Fantasy
Favorite TV shows: House of Cards..."
Thank You Betsy...
Hi, I'm Zachariah. Call me Zach. Big sci-fi fan. Especially passionate about the space opera genre. I'm rather new here, and although I've read a lot of books, I'm sure you guys can recommend stuff I haven't. Feel free to make friends with me and we can share book recommendations and thoughts. Cheers
Hello,my name is Ivan . I'm a major sci-fi fan,have been since I was a kid and ive just recently discovered goodreads as a whole.Since then ive probably finished more books in the last few months than in the 5 years before that.My favorites so far are along the lines of military sci-fi series like Star Force and The Lost Fleet,so if anyone has any good additions for me to add to the list,i do appreciate it.
Hi everyone, I'm Caitlin! Longtime SFF fan, especially space opera. Favorite books: too many to count really, but Ian M Banks' Culture, Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space series, and Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan series rank high.
Shows: Star Trek TNG (currently watching), the new BSG, The 100, X Files, Fringe
Movies: Men in Black, The Fifth Element, Alien/s, Galaxy Quest, Jurassic Park
Day job: Freelance writer/editor, soon to add indie author with a book coming out later this year.
Hobbies: writing, video games, reading, spending too much time on Twitter
Matt wrote: "Name: MattFavorite Book: Homeland by R.A. Salvatore,
Favorite Genres:Fantasy, Non-Fiction, Science fiction
Favorite TV shows: Fringe, Numb3rs, The 100
Favorite Movies: Jurassic Park, The Matrix, ..."
Yeh, another Canadian. Which university are you attending?
Hi, I'm Debbie and I just finished my first space opera book, John Scalzi's Old Man's War. I ended up buying the entire set from E-Bay so I can enjoy them at my own pace. I thought the book was wonderfully written, I loved John Perry and it made me LOL in several places. I'm looking forward to finishing the series and delving into another. Am excited about being a part of this group. Any and all recommendations are welcome.
Name: Aeryn LeighFavorite Books: Use of Weapons, ummm pretty much everything bar M&B!
Favorite Genres: Mil Sci-Fi/Banks Culture/Post-Apol/Space Opera
Favorite TV shows: SG1, Red Dwarf, GIST: SAC I and II, Firefly, so many else!!
Favorite Movies: GiTS, Aliens, Mad Max, MM: Fury Road, Spaceballs, A Night at the Opera
Favorite Food: Vindaloo Curry/Vietnamese Pho
Day Job: Delivery Driver
Hobbies: Bonsai, writing, motorbikes
Other: I love stories that cross genres
Hello! I'm a goodreads author and new to the group. Some info about me:Name: Brian S. Converse
Favorite Books: Ender's Game, Dune, Lord of the Rings, Tigana, The Stand
Favorite Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Favorite TV shows: Don't really watch much TV
Favorite Movies: Star Wars (not the prequels), Star Trek, Dune
Favorite Food: Pizza
Day Job: Marketing Manager for an architectural firm
Hobbies: Writing, fishing
Other: Happy to be here!
Kirsten *Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again!" wrote: "Welcome, Brian!"Thank you! :)
Name: NatalieFavorite Books: Foreigner series by Cherryh
Favorite Genres: Space opera
Favorite TV shows: no favorite
Favorite Movies: no favorite
Favorite Food: fruit
Day Job: Professor
Hobbies: board games, soap-making, doumbek playing, camping/dressing up at medieval events
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My name is Emanuel Andrei Cosutchi, I am an independent Sci-Fi writer from Europe (Romania). I become writer because I love the Sci-Fi& Fantasy genre.
I work now on a space opera called Star..."
Welcome Emanuel. Good luck with your book!
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Welcome, Kevin. We're glad you found us, too.
Greetings all! My name is Nick. When I stumbled upon Flight of the Navigator as a kid there’s been no turning back for me and sci-fi! I love it and can’t get enough of it. Lately, my sci-fi reads have dealt more with colonization (specifically of Mars) especially since it appears we may actually be doing that within the next 10-15 years (just 30 years too late imo). Favorite Books: Midshipman’s Hope (Seafort Saga), Old Man’s War (series), Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Ender’s Game, LOTR, Harry Potter series (I know it’s not Sci-fi, but I was 12 when Sorcerer’s/Philosopher’s Stone came out so I essentially “grew up” with Harry).
Favorite Genres: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Theology/History (I’m in grad school), a Western here and there.
Favorite TV shows: Stargate (all series), Star Trek (mostly TNG), Supernatural, Rick and Morty, BSG, Firefly (shiny!)
Favorite Movies: Star Trek: First Contact, Flight of the Navigator, Tucker and Dale vs Evil, Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy, Boondock Saints
Favorite Food: Mexican food, pizza, and a healthy diet of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
Day Job: Insurance Underwriter (no wonder I read fiction) by day, husband and student by night.
Hobbies: reading, Cons, cruising, writing, gaming (LOTRO and MineCraft mostly)
Other: grad school student, dog lover, and I like to visit monasteries.
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Greetings All,I joined this group several years ago but lost contact with goodreads and now I'm back.
I've read many different books but we are gathered together here for sci-fi so I will try to stay on topic.
My favorite author is H. Beam Piper. I grew up with re-runs of Buter Crabbe as Flash Gordon, but it was too over-the-top for me to enjoy when I was older and had read and seen better books and films. The original Star Trek and the first Star Wars movie are some of my favorite films. A few years later I was enthralled by Tom Baker's Doctor Who and then Blake's 7.
I keep current with some David Weber, Bujold's Vorkosigan series and David Drake.
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Absolutely adore Tom Baker Doctor episodes!!! My favorites include Pyramid of Mars and the Image of the Fendahl, as well as the Key to Time series.
Neither Bakers are in my top three. Hmm, I wonder how many actors have played The Doctor.
Betsy wrote: "Welcome, Jason. I also liked Tom Baker's Doctor Who, but I got turned off by his personal life. And I loved Blake's 7. Too bad it was so short lived."Baker was a bastard but I thought he was a wild genius of an actor. Blake's 7 was ahead of its time. I'd like to see someone with real talent make a modern version of it.
Kirsten *Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again!" wrote: "Absolutely adore Tom Baker Doctor episodes!!! My favorites include Pyramid of Mars and the Image of the Fendahl, as well as the Key to Time series."The Tom Baker years go by to fast for me. Pertwee was hit and miss and Davison was mostly miss.
Bake was the only Doctor who had TVO (the Ontario network that showed the series) refuse to air a story (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
Hello there fellow sci-fi lovers. I'm a new member to Goodreads, what a marvelous community. I haven't fixed all my reading lists etc as of yet, but I'm working on it :) I guess I'll just follow your template for my introduction!Name: Nick
Favorite Books: Anything by Neal Asher, Peter F Hamilton and ofc Banks. (Still having trouble finding other authors that scratch the itch that these 3 do so well) I also have a guilty pleasure in Randolph Lalonde's Spinward Fringe novels.
Favorite Genres: I pretty much only read sci-fi but I don't mind the odd detective or horror novel.
Favorite TV shows: Game of Thrones, Fringe, BSG, Fawlty Towers and recently fell in love with Taboo. (I am a sucker for binge watching entire series even if they aren't particularly good, I'm looking at you Orphan Black.
Favorite Movies: Pulp Fiction is my all time favorite movie. As for others, there is just too many to list.
Favorite Food: Lasagna.
Day Job: Freelance content writer for various websites.
Hobbies: Reading and computer games.
Well, that's it really, me in a nutshell.
EDIT: Yeah well thought this was important enough to add to my TV shows: Westworld... that show was really really good, can't believe I forgot about it!
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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..."
Hey, C.T. Phipps here. Author of the Supervillainy Saga, Cthulhu Armageddon, and my new space opera series Lucifer's Star. I've been a space opera fan from a tot upwards. Star Wars may be a boring answer for my favorite series but it is, what can I say.
Bookwise? Tough call. The Thrawn Trilogy, Alexis Carew by JA Sutherland, Starship Troopers, Honor Harrington, and The Secret King by Dawn Chapman all come to mind.
Movies? Non-SO is Jurassic Park. SO is the original trilogy.
Hi, friends!
What a great community.
My name is Mark and I love Dan Simmons novels/short stories. I adore the Hyperion cantos and started a search for similar titles after completing it.
I like Scalzi if I want to burn through a story.
I like Asimov if I want to think.
I just started my first Corey and I love it.
I'm a massage therapist and the only tv I watch is hockey!
Thanks for opening up my horizons for such a great genre!
What a great community.
My name is Mark and I love Dan Simmons novels/short stories. I adore the Hyperion cantos and started a search for similar titles after completing it.
I like Scalzi if I want to burn through a story.
I like Asimov if I want to think.
I just started my first Corey and I love it.
I'm a massage therapist and the only tv I watch is hockey!
Thanks for opening up my horizons for such a great genre!
Hello, I am new, I will present myseltName:Anthony
Favorite Books: Dune, Ender's game, The Night's Dawn Trilogy...
Favorite Genres:fantasy, space opera, military sci-fi
Favorite TV shows:Battlestar Galactica, arrow, the magicians, Game of throne
Favorite Movies:star wars, alien, Blade runner
Favorite Food:Hamburger, everything with sauce
Day Job:student
Hobbies:watchingv movie, writing, reading manga...
Other:
Name: Lorna Favorite Books: Way too many to list. First Sci-fi book read was Star Beast by Robert A. Heinlein in 3rd grade. I was hooked.
Favorite Genres: Sci-fi, Fantasy, Mystery, Action/Adventure, Romance, Paranormal, Historical, the occasional Western-especially Hillerman-type mysteries.
Favorite TV shows: Have to think about that-probably anything in the above categories. I generally stay away from horror.
Favorite Movies: Same as above
Favorite Food: Eclectic-I love to cook and explore different cuisines.
Day Job: I've done various things but I'm currently a gecko breeder. Yup. You read that right.
Hobbies: See above, also cooking, travel, psychology, writing, photography, gardening
Other: Who has time for other?
Name: Desirée (Desi is fine! Or AD) Favorite Books: Anything by Toni Morrison; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz; Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel; His Dark Materials trilogy, Animorphs series
Favorite Genres: Literature, paranormal, urban fantasy
Favorite TV shows: Umm... I don't really have any. I like to binge-watch on Netflix, but I'm not so into things I would consider myself a die-hard. In my teenage years I was super into anime, and my favorites were Revolutionary Girl Utena and Escaflowne, does that count? Hahaha
Favorite Movies: Blade Runner (I am so hyped for the sequel!), Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Hot Fuzz, The Fifth Element, Disney Animated Films (traditional and 3D), The Road to El Durado
Favorite Food: Asado. This is difficult to explain, because it's a Tex-Mex dish and different regions interpret it differently. It's a red chile sauce similar to something you'd put over enchiladas with roasted pork. I think in New Mexico it's called Carne Adovada. I've seen it called Asado de Puerco as well. It's very simple and not the prettiest dish by a far margin, but it was my Grandma's specialty. Its simple, but very difficult to get right.
Day Job: Government worker (one of the peons, nothing special)
Hobbies: Photography, baking, cooking (I hope to start one of those "fandom food" blogs someday), writing, gaming
Other: When I was a child, my dream was to be an animator for Disney. That's why to this day I still have a huge soft spot for animated movies. :)
I am an author who has published under another name. I don't have a space opera on the list of novel projects (yet, it's always a "yet" with me) but I'm here for discussion of books, not to toot my horn. Perhaps someday if I ever write one I'll be able to share with you. :)
One day while talking with a friend about books we've read, I mentioned how I wanted to read sci-fi book without too much in the way of technical jargon, more adventure and light fantasy mixed in like Star Wars. She mentioned that I would probably like Space Opera, and that's how I ended up here! Judging from the genre description, it's exactly what I've been wanting to read. :D
I look forward to discussing a (hopefully) new favorite genre with people. :)
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Hi, my name is Bill.I discovered Tom Swift books in the school library in about 1969, and have been a fan of science fiction ever since. I probably read all the science fiction in the school library from 1970 to 1976. My personal collection now far exceeds what the library had back then. I was in the process of reading all the Dune books but got distracted and am reading books from various book clubs and working my way through Larry Niven's Known Space books.
My main interests are AI, nanotech, cyberpunk, and space opera.
I have probably seen all the Star Trek TV shows and now have started watching them again on on netflix but not progressing very rapidly. Watching TV takes too much time out of reading and listening to music. I like The Expanse TV series and hope to soon read the books.
I have seen all the Star Trek and Star Wars movies but not much else.
I am retired but was an electronics tech in the Physics Department at the local University, but spent most of my time at work writing software. For many years the software was for automating data acquisition from various instruments. The last few years was spent writing code for FPGAs in custom electronics for particle physics and nanotechnology research.
For hobbies I take my camera for long walks in nature and around the city, play the stock and options markets, listen to music (ambient, electronic, postrock, jazz, classical), read science fiction, science and economics. I give up on gardening until after I get a body transplant.
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I discovered Tom Swift books in the school library in about 1969, and have been a fan of science fiction ever since. I probably read all the science fiction in the school libr..."
Welcome, Bill.
Bill wrote: "Hi, my name is Bill.I discovered Tom Swift books in the school library in about 1969, and have been a fan of science fiction ever since. I probably read all the science fiction in the school libr..."
My introduction to Tom Swift, Jr. was grade five or six (1965\66) when someone gave me the second book for Christmas.
If you have an interest in Tom Swift here is a website for you
http://tomswift.net/
Greg, I have read the Seven Suns books. I'm not sure if I would call any of them life-changing, but there were some very cool ideas and concepts used. The Ildiran culture was the most fascinating part for me.
Name: David AgranoffFavorite Books: Anything by John Shirley, F.Paul Wilson, Neal Asher for Space opera.
Favorite Genres: Horror, weird sci-fi,space opera, military sci-fi, old school Sci-fi,
Favorite TV shows: BSG (reboot), Fringe, Luther, Millennium
Favorite Movies: Prince of Darkness, Chinese Ghost Story, Wrath of Khan, Empire Strikes,
Favorite Food: Vegan food (24 years and counting vegan)
Day Job: Special ed teacher...
Hobbies: Weight lifting, basketball, Star gazing
Other:
I am an author with 4 published horror novels, my first space opera (co-written) is set to be released this summer from Grand Mal press. I have my first solo sci-fi novel coming out next year. Want to meet other space opera readers and writers. Thought this was a good place.
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I've been reading all manner of sci-fi since discovering Tom Swift when I was 12. I gravitate towards hard sci-fi and enjoy a complex, multi-storied plot.
My favorite books include Ender's Game, Dune, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, The Gods Themselves, Eon, The Uplift Wars, all of Iain M. Banks, Alastair Reynolds, John C. Wright, and Peter F. Hamilton.
I was trained in Computing Science and worked as a programmer/ consultant for a number of years before returning to university to get a PhD in molecular biology. I worked in synthetic biology at Canada's National Institute for Nanotechnology for a bunch of years before retiring to Cuenca, Ecuador in 2012.
Now, I'm pursuing a new hobby/career and writing my own sci-fi. I write and blog under the pen name, Paul Anlee, and my first book (The Reality Thief) is due out April 2017.
After I get what people are into here, I hope to look for interested reviewers. But I'm still an avid reader and hope to contribute in that vein as well (I see The Mote in God's Eye is up for discussion this month-an old favorite as well).