Space Opera Fans discussion
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Introduce Yourself - Part I
Welcome, Phil! I'm a prequelist, too (actually a fan of all things Star Wars), and I live in Chandler. Have you read any of the Legends or canon Star Wars books?
Brandon wrote: "Welcome, Phil! I'm a prequelist, too (actually a fan of all things Star Wars), and I live in Chandler. Have you read any of the Legends or canon Star Wars books?"Brandon, I read all the Star Wars novels I get my hands on. I've been reading them since I was 13 in 1993. Even the ones that weren't as good, still have a warm place in my heart.
Right on! I've loved the recent books by Gray, Golden, and Zahn.
Zahn writes a fun YA series about a kid and a dragon that I really like.
Peace and long life y'all. My name is Tim from the Netherlands, and I'm really new to Science Fiction-literature and Space Opera in particular, but man I'm loving it. So far, I've 'only' read Hamilton's Commonwealth Saga and Void Trilogy (OMFG), and some of Alastair Reynold's books (Pushing Ice, Revelation Space, Redemption Ark, Great Wall of Mars, currently reading Chasm City). Some of that stuff was so cool it made me wanna cry and change my Christmas-plans.
I'm seriously psyched not just about the prospect of reading more from these authors, but also the fact that there are still a gazillion other sagas, trilogies, series, whatevermarathonbooksfilledwithsupersweetspaceideasseriously, etc. out there for me to 'discover'.
This community seems really cool too, love the discussions, happy to make your acquaintance!
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Name: Corey TardifFavorite Books: Anything that catches my eye right from the beginning.
Favorite Genres: I'll read just about anything, whether it be Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi, History, Historical Fiction, Horror, as long as the plot is engaging and well-done.
Favorite TV Shows: Seinfeld, The Walking Dead, The Twilight Zone, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Simpsons, South Park, Battlestar Galactica, King of the Hill,
Favorite Movies: Star Wars Saga (and I'll mention that I saw The Last Jedi this past weekend and I loved it!), Terminator 1&2, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, James Bond Franchise, Toy Story, Monsters Inc., Ghostbusters (Original, I refuse to watch the new one), Alien 1&2, The Abyss, Independence Day, Predator, Armageddon, ET The Extraterrestrial, The Last Starfighter, Galaxy Quest, Batman Franchise, X-Men Franchise, Spider-Man, The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and many more
Favorite Food: Pizza, Hamburgers and Steak, French Fries, Mexican Food, and Shrimp,
Day Job: Bank Technician
Hobbies: Reading (obviously), Movies, Video Games, Animals, Hiking, Yoga, Cooking,
Other: I have a great family, and a wonderful girlfriend. And I look forward to meeting new people in this group!
Welcome, Corey! I like a lot of the same things, but ones I see less often that are awesome are E.T. and shrimp.
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I joined after finishing A Matter of Oaths and seeing this group mentioned it. Name: Keith Frampton
Favourite books? so many! The Child Garden, Dune, The Forever War, God’s War, etc. etc.
Favourite movies? Hmm, not a huge movie watcher. Maybe Sleeper, Bladerunner
Favourite food? Steak, New York cheesecake, sashimi, anything!!
Day job : unwell and not able to work, previously IT Strategy advisor to companies & boards
Hobbies? Reading, Shoegaze music, CRPGs
Other? Live in Melbourne, Australia and love travelling
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Teresa wrote: "Welcome Keith!"Thank you!
Hi all, glad to find this group!Name: Margo Mikeska
Favorite books: ALL of the Dune books (including prequels/sequels/spin offs), Saga of seven suns & saga of shadows, Harry potter, GOT, etc, etc. Now reading all of the new Rick Riordan books (yeah, yeah, they're for teenagers & i don't care)
Favorite movies: too many to name, but love the Harry potter series, horror, sci-fi, super hero & musicals
Tv shows: GOT, the flash, big bang theory, glee, breaking bad, etc...
Favorite food: TACOS
Day job: Forensic DNA supervisor, CODIS database administrator
Hobbies: hiking, fishing, reading,
Other: need recommendations!
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Margo wrote: "Hi all, glad to find this group!Name: Margo Mikeska
Favorite books: ALL of the Dune books (including prequels/sequels/spin offs), Saga of seven suns & saga of shadows, Harry potter, GOT, etc, etc..."
You don't need to apologize for loving Riordan. I am always finding myself being attracted by YA sci-fi & fantasy.
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Margo, I am almost 63 and I really enjoy Riordan's books. I got into them a few years ago when my now 14 year old son was given a boxed set of the first Percy Jackson series by one of my sisters for Christmas a few years ago.
Hi!I need to read all the DUNE books. It’s a TBR I still haven’t done.
Echo wrote: "Hi!I need to read all the DUNE books. It’s a TBR I still haven’t done."
I've only read the first one and that was back in high school. If you'd like to try a buddy read, I'm game. (Sometimes, you just need a nudge.)
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I need to move DUNE up on my TBR. The local library has it.
Hello, my name is Veronika. I am excited to find this group! Looking forwar to next months Dune. As a sci-fi fan, I feel ashamed I have not read it yet!Favorite Books: LOTR, The Hobbit, Hitchhikers guide,
Favorite Genres: sci-fi, fantasy, science, astrophysics
Favorite TV shows: Star Trek, Dr Who,
Favorite Movies: Jurrasic Park, Star Wars
Hobbies: Hiking, Astronomy, reading
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Hello to everyone from Sunny Greece. Fav books, Everything from Weber, and The name of the Rose. by Eco. Fav series All Startrek All the time, Genre Scifi but in love with Space Opera. Movies Dune (lynch version) and Dark City Fav food well Everything I am a Chef which answer the next question as well. As for hobbies well I do enjoy cooking for my wife so I'll put that down too and of course, reading books,
and again tx for this awesome thread xoxoxoxo
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Teresa wrote: "Welcome Nikos!"thank you good to by here :)
My name is Christopher though Chris will work as well. I have been in the background for a while now. I tend to be picky about what I read for Space Opera but have found a few new series to read through here. I also watch a lot of Space Opera as well. Along with playing games set in space as well. Always up for a good discussion anytime of the day.
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Name: JoshFavorite Books: Anything by Nathan Lowell, Harry Potter, Dune (but only the first couple), Hobbit, Honor Harrington series to name a few
Favorite Genres: Space Opera is the top of the list. Then probably fantasy. Historical fiction is an entertaining diversion as well.
Favorite TV shows: Big Bang Theory, HIMYM, a bunch of stuff off of Food Network
Favorite Movies: I'm really liking the JJ Abrams Star Trek reboot and the new Marvel movies
Favorite Food: Tacos
Day Job: Construction equipment service
Hobbies: I have kids, who has time for hobbies?
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Teresa wrote: "Welcome Josh! Two of the books scheduled for February are Dune by Frank Herbert and Milk Run by Nathan Lowell. We already have discussion threads posted for them so feel free to add comments. There..."Thanks. I actually found out about this group because someone posted it on the Nathan Lowell Facebook Group!
Josh wrote: "Teresa wrote: "Welcome Josh! Two of the books scheduled for February are Dune by Frank Herbert and Milk Run by Nathan Lowell. We already have discussion threads posted for them so feel free to add ..."He has one? I loved Quartershare. Please share the link!
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.... and I was the one who posted the invitation there. I posted in one of the Liaden Universe groups too.
Name: Helen BassettFavorite Books: Partners in Necessity
Favorite Genres: Fantasy, some romance, cozy mystery
Favorite TV shows: Vera
Favorite Movies: Charade
Favorite Food: lemon pie
Day Job: retired
Hobbies: read, paint, games
Other: I enjoy reading Andre Norton, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, Lynn Kurland, and others.
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Name: JudeFavorite Books: Partners in Necessity, Plan B (pretty much anything by Lee & Miller), Anne McCaffrey (especially the Pegasus and Tower series), Elizabeth Moon, Tamora Pierce, Lee Child, John McPhee, C.J. Cherryh, Simon Winchester, early Georgette Heyer.
Favorite Genres: SF, some Fantasy, Mystery, a little Romance, Fiction, Eclectic Nonfiction.
Favorite TV shows: No faves. Occasionally catch BBT but mostly stick to AP, DIY, HGTV, History, Nat Geo, Smithsonian.
Favorite Movies: Depends on my mood.
Favorite Food: Popcorn.
Day Job: Working hard at being retired.
Hobbies: Hand(yarn)work.
Other:
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Should I assume that you and Helen saw the post in Friends of Liad about us reading Balance of Trade soon? The discussion thread is already posted and you are welcome to comment on it even before Feb 1st.
Yes, I did see it on Friends of Liad. I will admit I do not follow many discussion groups but will try to check in occasionally.
Teresa wrote: "Welcome Jude!Should I assume that you and Helen saw the post in Friends of Liad about us reading Balance of Trade soon? The discussion thread is already posted and you are welcome to comment on i..."
Yes, I am so pleased to know there is a place to discuss such wonderful books.
I lean toward space opera in my science fiction. Generally avoid fantasy, YA, NA and books that have more sadness, violence and angst than humor, plot, and character development. I also read cozy mysteries, paranormal romance and random books I run across and think I will like. I will usually finish a book in series I'm reading even if I don't like it and wait for next book hoping for something better but will quit a book or series I no longer enjoy. I'm more likely to listen to a book than watch a TV show or a movie. Food I enjoy too much or so my scales tell me. I volunteer with local Friends of the Library group sorting books for book sales. Currently listening to J.D. Robb's Dark in Death. Re-reading Singh's Psy-Changeling series which touched me with a scene that could have come from the kind of 1950's SciFi I fell in love with years ago. Thinking about putting the Honor Harrington series on my 2018 re-read list. Having fun finding and reading short stories by old favorites like James Schmitz. I drink more hot tea than coffee in the winter and I'm going to make myself a cup now. Update: Dark in Death one of the better ones now to decide which of my TBR to read next.
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Thanks Betsy. I'm enjoying the Robb. I think of in Death as futuristic police procedural. I find it odd that some sites classify the books on a book by book basis with the same site calling one book romantic suspense, another science fiction, another mystery and so on. I tend to think of any mystery books set in the future as types of mystery not as science fiction.
Hello all. I discovered and joined Goodreads last year. What an awesome platform!Name: Troy D. Wymer
Favorite books: Other than my own, Dune Chronicles and some Star Wars, but please see my struggle with that here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Favorite Genre: Science Fiction Space Opera
Favorite TV Shows: Battlestar Galactica (Classic only!), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, V (Classic only!), Airwolf, and many more.
Favorite Movies: Star Wars, The Fearless Vampire Killers
Favorite Food: Italian and Mexican
Day Job: Prepress Technician and Graphic Designer
Hobbies: Web Design, Drumming, Model Railroads, and listening to various subgenres of metal music. \m/
Other: I love to write science fiction space opera. I started writing in 1984 when I was 15.
Name: LazFavorite Books: Dark Towers, Hitchhikers Guides, Red Dwarfs (don't knock em til you read em), Mountain Mans, Childhood's End...
Favorite Genres: Sci/Fi, Sci/Fi with humour,
Favorite TV shows: Sons of Anarchy, Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul, the usual suspects...
Favorite Movies: M, Night Shyamalan, Almost all Stephen King adaptations, Almost anything with JJ Abrams attached to it...
Favorite Food: Pizza!!!
Day Job: Web/Graphic Design...
Hobbies: Web/Graphic Design, Music Production...
Other: Bit of a new kid on the reading block... I love stories and character development of all types, but I've always got a song idea in my head which makes reading difficult... But I'm making a point now to keep at it and have a book ready and waiting whenever I finish one... So I'm always open for good suggestions...
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Name: Mike Pluta Favorite Books: Link to My Favorites Shelf
Favorite Genres: Hard Sci-Fi, Spaces Opera, Technothriller, Cyberpunk, Mystery, Paranormal
Favorite TV shows: I don't watch much TV anymore, that said... Marvel on Netflix, Altered Carbon, Orphan Black
Favorite Movies: Blade Runner, Primer, 12 Monkeys, anything old Godzilla
Favorite Food: lasagna, Pad Thai w fried tofu, pierogi
Day Job: Business and Technology Architect
Hobbies: Audiobooks- I listened to almost 300 books last year and don't seem to be slowing down.
Other: When I was a kid, way back in the '80s, I was a member (on the fringes) of The 414s hacker group.
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Betsy - you liked Jar-Jar??? May your soul be cursed to wander the desolate spirit lands for eternity.