Past Introduction messages (Archive)

[A.L.]

:)Hi.

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Hello and welcome to the group SciFi&Heroic Fantasy,Thomas,Lizette,Eliza and Alexandra.

[jaw]

Hello. I'm jaw. I'm a father of two and an avid reader. I've been a member of goodreads for a bit now but recently decided to join more groups in an effort to find new books to read.

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Hello,welcome to the SciFi&Heroic group.

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jaw wrote: "Hello. I'm jaw. I'm a father of two and an avid reader. I've been a member of goodreads for a bit now but recently decided to join more groups in an effort to find new books to read."

Hi, jaw, and welcome aboard! I hope you'll join in on some of our discussions as well as find some ideas for new books to consider. As I mentioned recently, you might find our Recommendations folder a good place to start. It contains lists of member favorites in various sub-genre's of Science Fiction and Fantasy. I think the NPR's Listener Poll of Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy novels and the Locus Magazine Reader Poll of top SF&F are especially useful for SF&F readers looking for respected classics of the genre. (The Locus list notably separates Fantasy from Science Fiction, since you expressed a preference.)

Our bookshelf can also show you past winners of SF&F's annual Hugo Awardsand Nebula Awards for best novel each year since the 60s.

In addition, you might scan our Book Discussions folder for specific titles of interest. Add your comments to any of them you care to!

[Sabrina]

Whoops, I forgot to introduce myself before posting. My name is Sabrina Flynn. I'm a long time SF/F reader and writer. Tad Williams is my favorite SF/F author. And the White Plume Mountain books by Paul Kidd is one of my favorite fantasy trilogies.

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welcome Sabrina and Jaw. :)

enjoy your stay, dont be shy about posting. :D

[David]

Good day ladies and gents. My name is David Gaither, and I am one of the many new self-published writers out there these days, just released an anthology of short stories—but that's not why I'm here. I'm here because I love heroic fantasy.

I'm a huge fan of all fantasy, but heroic and sword-and-sorcery has my heart. I've read a ton, but some of my favorites, in no particular order, include Tad Williams, David Gemmell, Joel Rosenberg, and Terry Brooks.

The similarity between these, and my own writing, is that although they are set in fantastical worlds that prod our imaginations, they are at their core character stories about larger-than-life heroes facing incredible odds and their own flaws. I have a degree in History, Military in focus, so I like to think that my stories present the rigors of mass combat and battle realistically, at least.

But I'm not here to about me. So just want to say, hello and greetings, I'm glad to be aboard.

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David wrote: "Good day ladies and gents. My name is David Gaither, and I am one of the many new self-published writers out there these days,..."


Hi, David. Welcome to the group. I look forward discussing heroic fantasy with you.

Hmmm. Joel Rosenberg. I should dust off the old Guardians of the Flame series; it was a favorite of mine, once.

By the way, we were talking about Favorite Military Fantasy Novels last week. If your studies of history and heroic fantasy have led you to any interesting examples, please add some to our list!

We also invite authors to post information about their work in our Promotions folder. Good luck with your new anthology!

[Marie]

Hi, my name's Marie and I'm an Illustrator. I'm actually looking for a 'top 20 sci-fi books' lists for a personal project I'm working on - have I come to the right place, or could someone point me in the right direction please? Any help would be much appreciated...

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Naive.super wrote: "Hi, my name's Marie and I'm an Illustrator. I'm actually looking for a 'top 20 sci-fi books' lists for a personal project I'm working on - have I come to the right place, or could someone point me ..."

Hi, Marie. Welcome.

Top 20 is rather subjective, but take a look at the NPR Listener Poll of Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy novels and the Locus Magazine Reader Poll of top SF&F, which ought to be a decent start. The latter separated SciFi from Fantasy.

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Hi all,Sabrina,David and Marie welcome to Sci-Fi & Heroic Fantasy.

[Sabrina]

David wrote:I'm a huge fan of all fantasy, but heroic and sword-and-sorcery has my heart. I've read a ton, but some of my favorites, in no particular order, include Tad Williams, David Gemmell, Joel Rosenberg, and Terry Brooks.

Oh yay, another Tad Williams fan! David, do you have a time period that you focus on as far as military history? Or mostly an overview of all wars?

[Sabrina]

Charlton wrote: "Hi all,Sabrina,David and Marie welcome to Sci-Fi & Heroic Fantasy."

Thanks for the warm welcome, Charlton and Spooky.

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a "top 20" list? them's fightin words to hard core fans...no 2 fans will have the same list...and do you mean the best 20? the most important 20? or the best, most important ABOUT SF? the 20 best short story collections? dear me, the question is a impossable one...

[Val]

Hey, I'm Val. I'm pretty new to goodreads and trawled through the groups list for quite a while before I stumbled on one that mentioned books that I recognise and respect (like Dune :) ) When I saw that Forever was also being currently discussed I figured "Y'know what? This is the group for me."
I'm a sci-fi/fantasy reader and also a self-publishing author. I'm sure I'll get round to showing my wares at some point in the appropriate sections.

[Rose]

Hello everyone,
I took a look through the group's bookshelf and thought I might fit in here. I like several genres but sci-fi tops my list of favourites. See you in the discussion threads.

[Andy]

Hi everyone and thanks for the warm welcome over the past few days. This group is great!

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Val wrote: "Hey, I'm Val. I'm pretty new to goodreads and trawled through the groups list for quite a while before I stumbled on one that mentioned books that I recognise and respect (like Dune :) ) When I saw that Forever..."

Hi, Val, and welcome to both Goodreads and our group. I hope you find both interesting & worthwhile. We do have a number of Dune fans here. Some of us stopped reading when Frank died, and others soldiering on...

And I hope you join us in our current Forever War discussion topic. (The discussion seems to have petered out as everyone has had their say. Yet I remember when the book came out, how totally amazing its point of view was.) Each month we pick three different books for discussion: one Classic Novel, one Contemporary Novel, and one Short Story/novella/Anthology (our classic/contemporary dividing line seems to be somewhere around 1990 :) we welcome you to join into our current door any past book discussion that interest you.

We also invite authors to post about their work in our Promotions folder.

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Rose wrote: "Hello everyone, I took a look through the group's bookshelf and thought I might fit in here. I like several genres but sci-fi tops my list of favourites. See you in the discussion threads."

Hi, Rose. A warm welcome to the group. I look forward to seeing your comments in our discussion threads. We have a lot of past Book Discussions, all of which are still open and most could use a little new blood. (We select specific futire books to discuss via our Current Nominations folder.) And we also love talking about general topics in arguing about which books are best. Feel free to add your opinion anywhere!

And again, welcome to the group.

[Val]

Thanks for the welcome Old Guy :)
I read one book past Frank Herbert's last and regretted it. I think I've almost washed House Atreides out of my mind now!
I'll certainly try to jump in on that Forever War discussion. I read it a while ago, but thought it was a great book with ideas that still feel original today.

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Hey guys,Val,Rose,Andy, welcome to the Sci-Fi & Heroic Fantasy group.

[Ashley]

Hey, my names Ashley and I love to read books. My favourite are books which are about heroics, adventure and are set in different lands and/or time periods.

[Zachary]

Ashley wrote: "Hey, my names Ashley and I love to read books. My favourite are books which are about heroics, adventure and are set in different lands and/or time periods."

Hi Ashley,

I too prefer reading and writing material set in alternative worlds. Have you read the 'Eragon' series by Christopher Paolini? I highly recommend them. Please feel free to check my profile out sometime as I often post excerpts from my work too. :)

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Hello, Ashley, and welcome to both Goodreads and the group. I hope you find both entertaining. Check out our Book Discussions folder for current and past book discussion, or just join us in the general chatter

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Hey Ashley,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

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welcome to our new peeps. :D

enjoy your stay, dont be shy, post at will. :D

[Bryce]

Howdy everyone! Names Bryce, just joined Goodreads not to long ago, stumbled upon it really, while in search of new books to read. I've been adding my library of books on here over the past few weeks or so , and decided to give the groups a quick once over and noticed this one seemed to fit my style of reading. My favorite author is probably Robin Hobb, and her Farseer trilogy, with Brandon Sanderson coming in a close second with the Mistborn books. I've read a whole slew of fantasy books, and I look forward to seeing what you all recommend!

[A.L.]

Oh, well hello group. I am Angelica and I am awesome. I think that about covers everything, right?

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Angelica wrote: "Oh, well hello group. I am Angelica and I am awesome. I think that about covers everything, right?"

Hi, Eliza, and welcome to our group. We aim for total awesomeosity. And that covers that. Please join us in our various conversations.

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Bryce wrote: "Howdy everyone! Names Bryce, just joined Goodreads not to long ago, stumbled upon it really, while in search of new books to read. I've been adding my library of books on here over the past few weeks or so , and decided to give the groups a quick once over and noticed this one seemed to fit my style of reading..."

Hi, Bryce, and welcome to our little corner of fantasyland. I hope you'll join in on some of our discussions. The group seems to like Brandon Sanderson in general and Mistborn in particular, but we haven't heard a whole lot about Robin Hobb lately. Please help us rectify that!

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Hello Bryce and Angelica,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

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Clive wrote: "Hi everyone, I’m Clive ..."

Greetings and salutations, Clive, and welcome to the group. I hope you'll join us in any conversations you see that interest you, daffy or not. I see you already located our Promotions folder, and best of luck with your latest novel.

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Hi Clive,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

[I.E.]

Hi, I'm IE. Nice to meet you all. I am looking forward to contributing to some discussions here.

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I.E. wrote: "Hi, I'm IE. Nice to meet you all. I am looking forward to contributing to some discussions here."

Hi, I.E.. Welcome to the group! Nice to meet you, too. I'm looking forward to discussing F&SF with you!

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Hi I.E.,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

[[deleted user]]

hi to our new members. :D look foward to talking shop with you all. :)

[Joseph]

Hi my name is Joe, I live in the Seattle area. My favorite books in the sci-fi genre are Starship Troopers and Dune. Lately I have been on a reading craze and plan on introducing more sci-fi into my reading list this year. Looking forward to getting some good suggestions on here.

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Joseph wrote: "Hi my name is Joe, I live in the Seattle area. My favorite books in the sci-fi genre are Starship Troopers and Dune. ..."

Hi, Joe, and Welcome to the SF&HF Group. We do all love science fiction here. Please join in any discussion that catches your interest.

As a fan of Starship Troopers, you might check out our current discussion of The Forever War , a counterpoint from a few decades later, and our discussion of Military SF. We also have an older discussion of Dune that could use some new thoughts!

Welcome aboard!

[Joseph]

Excellent, looking forward to picking up some good discussion points once I get into some more sci-fi. Sci-fi is emerging as one of my favorite genres of late due to it's incredible capacity to transcend many genres (sociology, philosophy, technology, ethics). It is such a rich genre I wish I had picked up on earlier in life.

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Hi Joe,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

[Michael James]

hello, joined a bit ago and haven't posted an intro, so I thought that I would. I was looking for groups to join and what lead me to this one was that you were discussing one of my favorite sci-fi books, The forever war, and one of the upcoming book discussions is another of my favorites, Wild Cards.

I look forward to discuss these and other sic-fi books with everyone.

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Michael James wrote: "hello, joined a bit ago and haven't posted an intro, so I thought that I would. I was looking for groups to join and what lead me to this one was that you were discussing one of my favorite sci-fi ..."

Hi, Michael, and welcome to our group and Goodreads. I hope you find our chatter interesting & worthwhile. By ll means, please join our current discussion of The Forever War. Our discussion of Wild Cards should start next week, I'm reading it now, and I look forward to discussing it with you and the rest of the group.

Welcome!

[Dean]

Clive wrote: "Hi everyone, I’m Clive :^}

I’m also the author of the three Mystery/SFF novels of the Dica Series: ‘Leiyatel's Embrace’, ‘Of Weft and Weave’, and ‘Last True World’, and the recently released Cold ..."

Welcome, Clive. I share with you a love of thought-provoking sci-fi and speculative fiction. Do you have some sample chapters of your work posted on Goodreads?

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Hello Michael James,welcome to the Sci-fi Heroic Fantasy club.

[Jason]

Hello my name is Jason and I just recently got back into reading within the last year. When I was a teenager I mostly read tie-in fiction so I am looking to expand beyond that.

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Jason wrote: "Hello my name is Jason and I just recently got back into reading within the last year. When I was a teenager I mostly read tie-in fiction so I am looking to expand beyond that."

Hi, Jason. Welcome to the group! I hope you'll join in on some of our discussions as well as find some useful recommendations within them.

If you are looking for ideas for SF/F to read, you might find our Recommendations folder a good place to start. It contains lists of member favorites in various sub-genre's of Science Fiction and Fantasy. You may find the NPR's Listener Poll of Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy novels and the Locus Magazine Reader Poll of top SF&F especially useful, but there are a lot of other useful lists in that folder as well. Plus, our Book Discussions folder has our group's own discussions of select books. (Each month we picked up three books, one classic novel, one contemporary novel, and a short story/collection, to discuss in detail.

And once again, welcome aboard!

[Drew]

My name is Drew, and I am a recently-hired young adult librarian. I have a lot of experience with and passion for YA fantasy/sci-fi (Lord of the Rings, Percy Jackson, Ender's Game, Leviathan trilogy, etc.). After recently reading A Princess of Mars and the first two books in the Song of Ice and Fire series, I've found that I would like to read more in the realm of adult fantasy/sci-fi. Your upcoming book discussions look like a good place to start!

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Drew wrote: "My name is Drew, and I am a recently-hired young adult librarian. I have a lot of experience with and passion for YA fantasy/sci-fi (Lord of the Rings, Percy Jackson, Ender's Game, Leviathan trilog..."

Hi, Drew, and welcome to our group. I hope you find our current, past, and future Book Discussions informative, and also hope you'll join those discussions!

We're in the process of choosing a Contemporary SF/F novel to read and discuss together later this month. You can participate in the Selection Poll if you have a preference from among the nominees. And we're also collecting nominations for our next Classic SF/F novel to read as well. Feel free to add your own suggestion if you like.

And once again. welcome!