SciFi and Fantasy eBook Club discussion
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Hi, I'm Jason Jason RobbinsNice to meet you all. Still getting a handle on the ins and outs of goodreads. LOVE sci-fi and fantasy - Neuromancer, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Song of Ice and Fire, Neverwhere, Perdido Street Station to name a few.
Hi everyone,My name is Jeff, and I'm from Calgary. I enjoy reading, I really like websites such as this one to provide some insight as to what to select to read next.
I like reading Fiction, seem to focus more on the Fantasy but I do read lots of other categories (Mystery, Thrillers etc).
Hello Jeff, Jason, Timothy and Jake. Hope everyone got a good gift card to Amazon or something for Christmas.
Hello again to everyone, I am just wishing all F&SF fans a happy 2015 and lots of great reading.
Hello, My name is Dave. I am a new writer with two self published eBooks and currently working on my third, a Fantasy (Swords and Sorcery) adventure which is my favorite genre.
Hey!I'll get my first ereader tomorrow and I'm really excited. Mostly I'm reading Fantasy, Distopian and SciFi. I'm just 14 years old (soon to turn 15) and live in Switzerland but I do read in english :) My hobbies are reading, writing and horse riding. Someday I wanna be an author and publish a fantasy-series. Actually there's not much more to tell about me. :)
Good reading :)
Laura
Hi everybody! Richard here from East TN. I'm a middle school literature teacher and football coach. I've loved fantasy and science fiction my entire life, so it's natural for me to have made the switch to reading on the Kindle...it's the future, after all! I've pretty much switched to ebooks for anything that doesn't have footnotes, and it goes in my bag or pocket with me just about everywhere. Mid-thirties and married with three kids here, and looking forward to discussing things with everyone in the group.
Hi. My name is Myriam and I am from Iran. I currently work as a university instructor in Azerbaijan republic. Happy to meet you all.I'v been in Goodreads since 2010 and I love sci-fi and fantasy books and read like crazy whenever I can. I've given up on other genres cause I think we have enough reality in our daily lives, I do not need to be reminded of how cruel, dark, inhuman and gory can the real world be, I read that everyday in news. So i prefer fantasy books that can picture different worlds, people, possibilities... something that can expand my imagination. some of my favorite books are "Wheel of Time," "Mistborn" "Foundation series", Patricia Briggs books, "Broken empire".
Myriam wrote: "Hi. My name is Myriam and I am from Iran. I currently work as a university instructor in Azerbaijan republic. Happy to meet you all.I'v been in Goodreads since 2010 and I love sci-fi and fantasy b..."
I would recommend the Riverworld series from Philip Farmer, or the Dune series from Frank Herbert
Hi I'm Dave and joined this group in late December 2014. I'm a retired deputy head from an inner city multicultural school in Cardiff, Uk. I've read science fiction and fantasy for the last 45 years. I also read mystery and thriller and books on the history, culture and politics of the States.My other passion in life is classical music - like the book and magazine collection its large!!!
David wrote: "Hi I'm Dave and joined this group in late December 2014. I'm a retired deputy head..."Hi Dave
With a CV like that, you should be writing it, not reading it! That's sort of how I (and a friend) started!
Hi. I'm Dale, computer geek, avid science fiction reader (hard science fiction, alternate history or military mostly, put I'll sometimes look at other subgenres). I also write science fiction, mostly alternate history with a twist. I just published my fourth novel, and I guess that's as much as I can say without crossing the line into self-promotion.
Marcel wrote: "Thanks. I've read Dune. but I will add Riverworld to my list
Hello Dale, Dave, Myriam, Richard, Dave and everyone else!
Hey, I'm Bridgett. I live in FL with my husband and three cats. I'm working on my PhD in Physical Chemistry, and I'm a total nerd. The vast majority of my reading time is in five-ten minute snippets, so having the Nook and Kindle apps on my phone means I actually complete books in a reasonable amount of time now. I also have a Nook for reading in bed or on vacation. Fave authors - to many to really count, but what comes to mind now are Pratchett, Gaiman, Asimov, Fford, Sanderson. I currently read more fantasy than sci-fi, but I'm trying to read more sci-fi.
Hello everyone,I am glad to be part of this group.
I am a new author, my novel came out on the Kindle.
I am a former professional wrestler, and a 3 time inductee into the United States Martial Arts hall of fame.
My novel, Legend of the Mystic Knights, is an alternate fantasy novel. The middle ages never ended, so today there are still knights. I was able to use my background in wrestling and the martial arts and utilize that experience into writing realistic fight scenes.
Thanks again and proud to be a member of the group.
Joe, Tabletop Gamer, Comicbook geek, general dork. Hello!
Hello, all - thanks for letting me join the SciFi and Fantasy eBook Club! :)Let me tell you a bit about myself: I'm a rabid reader and writer - like others, I abandoned my writing for a career in IT but I've never forgotten it. In fact, I love it so much that I've been writing it since 2008.
My love of sci-fi came together to form a Voltron-like structure of passion to become a full-time creative professional. I go into more detail here but I think you can understand why I'd want to take something I'm passionate about and turn it into a full-time job! :)
Aside from my own stuff, sci-fi has been my first and best love :). My desert island top-five sci-fi novels would have to be Neuromancer, The Postman, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, The Diamond Age and Enders Game.
I love telling stories - mostly dystopia and scifi. In fact - one of my prized possessions is my original Blade Runner one-sheet that I have hanging in my office. It collects all of my Comic-Con contribution tags (http://i.imgur.com/oZL9d5Ul.jpg).
Thanks for having me here - I look forward to getting to know all of you! :)
Best wishes,
Dan H.
Hiya! I'm Andrew. I'm a professional game designer, as well as a newbie fantasy author. I enjoy reading well-constructed, internally consistent fantasy novels along the lines of Brandon Sanderson's work. I'm also very interested in RPGs for any platform.
Hi all! I am an international security contractor by trade but a fantasy geek at hart! I love Tolkien as a base but have gotten into authors such as Joe Abercrombie, R. Scott Bakker, and Glen Cook in recent years. Just wish I had more time to read!
HiNew to this group so here goes. My name is Graham and my first love is Fantasy, particularly High Fantasy, or Sword and Sorcery. I totaly geek out over those two in particular - but I am a confessed Star Trek and Star Wars geek. I am drawn to everything science fiction and fantasy. My current reader is a basic kindle. I dont need anything fancier, I use it to read books and only books and the Kindle is great for that. My fav author is Rayment E Feist - also love David Gemmal and Terry Goodkind was a favourite when he first started the sword of Truth, but I still read him, cause I must find out what happens next :o)
Hello. I am Jeff Hopp. My current main interest is eBook graphic novels.....mainly because I'm an author and publishing in that form.My favorite graphic novels were by the French illustrators of the 70's and 80's, my favorite sci-fi writer is P.K.Dick. I've published several graphic novels in print which did get distributed to comic book stores, but recently have shifted focus on reformatting for kindle, because I can do them in color now (which was too costly in print format).
I am not going to name any of my books here however, because I am not trying to promote them, just trying to explain were my artistic head is at this moment.
and oh yeah, I am married with 4 children.
Hi, I am J. L. Holtz or you can call me Jonna, I am an author and a fan of Sci-fi and Fantasy. anything my mother hated, I loved.I am also a writer, and when I am not writing screenplays, ad copy or grants, I write Sci-Fi.
Thanks and hello to all
Hello,Just discovered this group and it looks like a good place to talk about SciFi trends and topics. In my youth, I liked Poe and Orwell but most of my reading was technical texts. I have to admit I didn’t really begin reading for pleasure much until I was in my 30’s even then I stuck mostly 19th century classical works and some prominent well-known series such as Dune, Star Trek and Star Wars stuff. In my youth, I liked Poe and Orwell but most of my reading was electronics and science texts.
Then I discovered writing in my 50’s. Writing is so much more fun for me than reading, I write seat of the pants style so even though I start with a bunch of ideas, the story plot follows my own whims and sense of what makes a good story and from the feedback I have gotten up till now it seems to work. I have 2 books on Goodread so i will put those in the authors forum.
Now I rarely read sci fi for fear that I might copy ideas, instead I have been reading ancient history (Which fascinates me) texts learning the stories of Rome, Greece, England and others. These real life stories inspire my view of the future in a way that allows me to chart it by means of the past instead of what others might be saying. I know I need to have some contact with current trends so perhaps by reading the comments here I can know what subjects are current and try not to write about the same things. (No more zombies please! LoL )
Hi, I'm James Johnson. I've loved science fiction and fantasy and currently have 3 short stories published. I'm a big kid and still enjoy Super Nintendo games from my childhood and always make time to read comic books. Some of my favorite games include Earthbound, Super Metroid, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI, etc. As for comics, I'm a fan of Batman and Superman.
Hello all. My name is Craig Jenkins and I have been an author and on Goodreads for sometime. I Live in the UK and work on the London Underground in regards to engineering works. I have too many interests to list although it stands to reason I am a big fan of sci-fi and have begun to venture into more fantasy of late. That's all I have to say about that. Always interested to see what people think of books and like anyone else I take my next read upon the good feed back from the Good Reads posse.
Hi, I'm Macie. I'm an author and an artist, but I'm really a mermaid. I graduated from Auburn University, which also makes me a tiger. I know that's right, since I live life on the wild side. I don't wear a seat belt or wash my strawberries. I have Wonder Woman underwear. At night in my dreams I'm a drug-dealing mermaid. I sell sea weed, of course. Reality bites when I wake up to see I'm a human. That's why I joined this group, to see if I could meet some others ... others like me ... who don't fit in with the humans.
Hi my name is Rokhold and i live in Iowa. I love scifi and fantasy but mostly comics. But really anything with bigger than life action or creatures, explosions and aliens. you know cool stuff. I just got an ereader so i only have a couple things that are not main stream like the classics, Lord of the Rings, Hobbit and the Hunger Games, but we all know those, some of what is new would be Wulfen written and illustrated by Liam Kavanagh also Out of Darkness Rising and a new favorite on mine RoChe Montoya with her two books Planet Prey and The 2nd Realm other than that i have not found a way to get all my comics to my ereader so i still have to hold those, lol
Dan Turdeanhi all,
I am really interested in getting people to read my books. They are often free to download on Amazon as they are this weekend.
Synopsis:
Life had been hard for the people living in the human dwellings up north of the Great Desert for as long as they could remember. Trapped between the ever-encroaching golden sands and the darkness within Wündalær, the few, small villagers at the edge of the realm struggled for survival. Many found their end starved to death or frozen, others swallowed by the desert, but some got dragged inside their graves by fangs and paws. Aerö was one of them.
He was the son of Eldur, an Elemental, and much he wished he was like him, filled with knowledge and power. However when his powers flared and burned to the ground the village of Woods, Aerö understood the curse that came with them. He could not longer be among his family and friends, not until he could command his father’s flame.
Together with Velas, an old Sorcerer, his father’s crimson pendulum and a tattered map, Aerö begins his long journey to the City of Sands where the Healer promised that the King will teach him to control his gifts.
Millennia after the last great war, the Sorcerers decide it is the time to cleanse the world of Beasts once and for all. The war that will forever change the life of those who lived in Urukk has began. But a war fuelled by millennia-old hatred is rarely easily won.
Aerö is captured by the Beasts who seem to have an interest in him. Trapped deep inside their Lair, Aerö learns the truth about his foretold birth, about his origin and most of all about the parents he knew not.
Now, Aerö must choose, to fight and find certain death or flee and live on the run.
Many thanks,
D
Hi, all,My name is Martin Roy Hill. I'm an avid reader and writer of sci-fi novels, as well as other genres. (You can check them out here if you'd like to: Martin Roy Hill.)
I'm from sunny and wildfire prone Southern California and read books on my Kindle Fire. (I also write my novels and short stories on my Kindle Fire!)
See you around the group!
Hello, I'm Brenda and I love fantasy and Sci-Fi, I am now getting into comic since I just married a comic book fan, but those are just another form of Fantasy of Sci-Fi. What's more fantastic than a man who can fly, has wings or even mental powers. Can't wait to see what is happening in this group. By the way, any one know if new issues of comics come in kindle form, my husband no longer buys them and his collection only goes so far.
Hi Brenda, Martin, Dan, Rok, Erick, Macie, Craig, James, Drayton, J.L, Jeff, Graham, N.J., Andrew...and anyone else from when it was still cold out.Can't go wrong with The Crystal Shard.
Brenda wrote: "Hello, I'm Brenda and I love fantasy and Sci-Fi, I am now getting into comic since I just married a comic book fan, but those are just another form of Fantasy of Sci-Fi. What's more fantastic than ..."Hi brenda
please go with
it's other edition of
Brenda wrote: "Hello, I'm Brenda and I love fantasy and Sci-Fi, I am now getting into comic since I just married a comic book fan, but those are just another form of Fantasy of Sci-Fi. What's more fantastic than ..."Green Lantern: New Guardians, Vol. 1: The Ring Bearer
is great, but I don't know if they come in kindle, you may just have to check amazon
Joey wrote: "Joe, Tabletop Gamer, Comicbook geek, general dork. Hello!"Hey Joe, I just joined a group called Geek Fun, and I thought you may be interested.
The thing I hate about these threads is that they go on so long you invariably end up not being able to read everyone's introductions! First world problems... oh no, I'm meeting too many people thanks to the internet! :PAnyway, I'm Gavin. Professional game designer. Been working and living in Asia for almost a decade. Speak, read and write Chinese and have dabbled in Korean and Japanese. When I'm not reading, I'm writing... or out with friends telling them about my writing. They're polite enough to indulge me. The rest of the time I spend in the gym or catching up on TV shows I've fallen behind on.
Recently read issue #1 of Brian K. Vaughan's new series
. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Hi, my name is Michael and I'm a big sci-fi fan. Got hooked on it early as a kid watching Star Trek, Star Wars and anime. Then started playing all these sci-fi videogames like Phantasy Star, Starcontrol 2, X-Wing. Excited to join this group.
Hi folks. I've actually introduced myself before, but it was over a year ago and I've been absent for most of that time. So, hello, and nice to meet you all over again :-) My name is Gaines. My e-reader is my computer. I still prefer a physical book, but I must admit I'm killing fewer trees whenever I read electronically. Plus, I have a feeling that my brain is slowly evolving (devolving?) and will eventually not be able to comprehend anything unless it is written on a computer, phone, or ipad screen. :-)
Hello! My name is Theophania; Tiffany or Tiff for short. I live in the UK, work in an office with real windows, and my lovely Kobo Aura H2O is one of my favourite possessions because it doesn't mind if I drop it in the bath, and it means I can buy more books without having to move out of the house and live in a tent in the garden.I've loved fantasy and sci-fi ever since I can remember (and certainly before I worked out what "sci-fi" actually meant).
Hello All,
I'm retired. I worked in the U.S., Canada, England and Africa. Now I live in a little village in Western NY where there are more cows than people and more tractor dealers than car dealers. After years of filling my bookshelves with hard bounds, especially science fiction, espionage/thriller, WWII fiction/non-fiction, and spirituality, I just got a Kindle. So am I addicted yet? Nope, but you know what they say about your first taste.
I'm retired. I worked in the U.S., Canada, England and Africa. Now I live in a little village in Western NY where there are more cows than people and more tractor dealers than car dealers. After years of filling my bookshelves with hard bounds, especially science fiction, espionage/thriller, WWII fiction/non-fiction, and spirituality, I just got a Kindle. So am I addicted yet? Nope, but you know what they say about your first taste.
Greetings to all. My name is Sam B Miller II. I am proud to tell you I have written a novel titled 'The Origin of F.OR.C.E.' There are reviews here at Goodreads for my story. The entire book is currently free to read at http://www.inkitt.com/stories/15877 in the writing contest, and I invite you to peruse it! Thank you for taking your time to read my introduction.
Thanks Greg. And hello Sam, Seb, and Charles. It's a pleasure to meet you.
And Charles, it sounds like you have a great book collection :-) I love hard bound books. But yes, these e-readers sure are convenient!
Thanks, Gaines. Nice to make your acquaintance.
I understand your possible, it took a team of horses to make me do it, switch to an eReader. I'm a Kindle and iPad guy. Switched over when I was trying to take so many paperback books with me on vacation I ran out of room for my clothes.
I can definitely relate. And to think how much money I spent on shipping most of my books across the Pacific when I moved to Oz....
I thought shipping by balloon was a bunch of hot air.....but now that you describe the process.
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My name is Timothy Bond and I am a first time author.
I've been a fan of both fantasy and science fiction books my whole life, and am an avid reader of both. I have only selected a fraction of the books I have read in my profile, and will have to come back and spend a day selecting those books in my library back home that I can still remember reading.
I'm an American living in Malaysia and though I have a real job, I try to write every day as well.
Nice to be here :)