Past Introduction messages (Archive)

[Steph]

Hi! My name is Steph. I'm from the Philippines. And hope to learn a lot of good books to read from you guys! :)

[CJ.]

Hi everyone, I'm C.J. and I've been into Fantasy and Sci-Fi for as long as I've been reading... From the first time in the 70s when I got a D&D book, the genre of Fantasy and Sci-fi has captured my attention!

[Melisa]

Hello, I joined Goodreads last week and I'm loving it! This is the first group I've joined now and as you can guess I love fantasy and Scifi but I am happy reading most things!

[Carolyn]

Hi kat stalph cj and melissa!(:

[Carli]

Hi new people!

[James]

Hi new people too!

[Carolyn]

hey guys add me!(:

[Kevin]

Carli wrote: "Hi Kevin. I admire your persistence. :)" well thanks.

[Kevin]

Julie wrote: "are you kidding me? I write a nice little intro to myself and get no response and Kevin, who I'm sure broke about 4 of the 6 rules to the group, (really? a pop up group rules list?) and he gets a ..." and i am so sorry. I didn't read the rules before but now i will follow them. please forgive me.

[Kevin]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003... now i know what they are.

[Carli]

Kevin wrote: "http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003... now i know what they are."

Wait, what are they?

[Carli]

Ink cartridges?

[Xdyj]

Hi, welcome to our group!

We are currently doing nomination for our November group read. You are also welcome to add topics e.g. start a discussion on your favorite sf/f in Book Discussions folder.

[Carli]

Hi Ritesh! Welcome to the group!

[Coletta]

Hi I'm Coletta. I love fantasy and some science fiction. My favorite books are books with dragons and magic. My favorite series are The Inheritance Cycle and Harry Potter.

[Carolyn]

hey coletta and ritesh btw ritesh i love your name!!!(:

[Connor]

Welcome everyone! Sorry I haven't been on so much lately. I've had a lot going on.

[Carolyn]

I forgive you connor!(:

[Connor]

Thanks. ;)

[Carolyn]

Haha ur welcome!(:

[Jenny]

I'm Jen and am happy to have found this group! I've been reading sci-fi and fantasy since I was in my teens. I started reading the series of novels based on the Star Wars movies (Timothy Zahn, etc) and got hooked on the Shannara books while sick with mono in college (my best memory of The Summer of Mono). Then moved onto Dune, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings.
I'm plenty older now, but still love this genre. More recently, I've been delving into Steampunk, but i'm always on the lookout for good recommendations.
I 'm curious to see what book will be chosen for November. I'm looking forward to the discussions!

[Connor]

Well, good! Welcome to the group! :D

[Xdyj]

Welcome!

[Steph]

Welcome to other new members! (I think it still includes me :D) I hope to read The Lord of the Rings this break and I can't really wait cause I know it'll be a good one! :)

[[deleted user]]

Welcome to all the newly arrived and well met. Lord of the Rings is the baseline for all modern fantasy Steph. I do hope you enjoy reading them.

[Steph]

Thanks Craig! Yeah. I really think it will be great reading them. And I bought my copies like a year ago. Just haven't had the time to read them. :)

[[deleted user]]

It's been quite some time since I've read them, but when I was in my early teens, I read them so often that after a while I didn't even read them from from to back. I'd just pick up a book in the series, open it to a random page and start reading. A lot of writers nowadays try to write in ways that are non-Tolkien, but he'll always be the foundation of the genre.

[Carolyn]

Ur welcome ritesh!!!!(:

[Carolyn]

Ikr!!! I have a huge toread book list but I'm only 13 so I have to wait to get money or for christmas or my bday

[Xdyj]

Carolyn wrote: "Ikr!!! I have a huge toread book list but I'm only 13 so I have to wait to get money or for christmas or my bday"

Maybe you can try school or public libraries. Before last year most of the books I read were from school libraries.

[Carolyn]

Ohh ok thanks for the suggestion guys!(: but its always nice to have a copy of your favorie book right?!(:

[Carolyn]

Welcome john!!! Nice to meet you(:

[Alex]

Hi everyone! I'm Alex, and I'm new to Goodreads. Thought I'd pop in here and see what its all about. I've been a fantasy reader all my life, but have never been in a book club, forum board or what have you. Looking forward to hearing what people are reading.

[Carli]

Hi Alex, John. (and Alex, I don't know what to call 'this' either) :)

[Renee]

Morning everyone. I grew up reading Tolkien and Brooks and am a huge Joseph Campbell fan. I think I have every book Mercedes Lackey ever wrote! I'll have to die in my current house because I've run out of friends willing to haul boxes of books upstairs.

I love stories where good triumphs over evil and "the little guy" (or gal) CAN make a difference on their world. My favorite book is "The Ladies of Mandrigyn" by Barbara Hambly.

[Tyrone]

Hi everybody,

I'm Tyrone and i live in Cornwall, which is a beautiful area of the UK.

I've always been a huge reader and my proudest memory related to reading was having read every single book in the lower school library and having to be 'escorted' weekly to the upper school library where i discovered Sci-fi and Fantasy. Some of the books i found there, such as The Hobbit, The Tripods Series by John Christopher, The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper and the John Wyndham novels, are still amoung my favourites and periodically re-read.

Later, i used to have to walk home from school past the local Library so i stopped by almost everyday and was able to explore the books ranging from 194o's & 50's space opera to the epic fantasy series by all the big authors from the 80's and 90's.

More recently i have been delving into the originators of the genres. People like Wells, Verne, Dunsay and Co and i have to keep reminding myself that these books are not cliched becuse it was these authors that orginated the tropes that we all take for granted.

While i could trot out lots of impressive authors who i could name as my favourites, i have to be honest with my bookshelves...The two authors for whom i have every book they have had published (that i can get hold of) are David Gemmell, may he Rest in Peace, and Harry Harrison.

Most recently i have discovered the books of Peter Hamilton and Richard K Morgan. As i also like Crime and Thriller novels and these guys have dabbled in a bit of cross genre fiction giving me the best of both worlds.

I'm always grateful for recommendations of more Crime/ Thriller novels set in fantasy or Sci-fi setting...

[Jenny]

Renee wrote: "Morning everyone. I grew up reading Tolkien and Brooks and am a huge Joseph Campbell fan. I think I have every book Mercedes Lackey ever wrote! I'll have to die in my current house because I've run..."

Hi Renee! I, too, grew up reading those authors, and also greatly admire Joseph Campbell! Welcome aboard, I'm a newbie here too!

[Renee]

Hi Jenny!
Hope you have a great day! **dashes off to work in the rain**

[Connor]

Welcome everyone! Hope you all enjoy the group! :D

[Xdyj]

Welcome everyone! We're nominating our November group read, please feel free to add books you want to read.

Tyrone wrote: "Hi everybody,

I'm Tyrone and i live in Cornwall, which is a beautiful area of the UK.

I've always been a huge reader and my proudest memory related to reading was having read every single boo..."

Here are some sf/f crime novels I can think of:
Neuromancer
The City & the City
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
As to less well-known ones I've recently read Archangel Protocol, I like it personally but I would expect many people might find it way too anvilicious.

[Carolyn]

Nice to meett everyone!(:

[Vanessa]

Hey everyone! I'm introducing myself: hi *little wave*..... nice to meet everyone! :D

[Carolyn]

nice to meet you to vanessa! I'm carolyn(:

[Pickle]

Hi

Im Stuart, 34 from Glasgow, Scotland.

I love reading and seem to only read Sci-fi, horror, fantasy or steampunk.

My favourite authors are: Philip K Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, Tim Powers, Alfred Bester with a couple ive probably missed out.

My current three favourite books are (my opinion changes constantly on these :))

1.
2.
3.

[Carli]

Hi, Vanessa and Pickle/Stuart! I am Carli! Welcome to the group!

[Carolyn]

Hi vanessa and pickle!! Nice to meet you guys! And cool book pickle!!!(:

[Christopher]

Hi all,
I'm Christopher, 42, from California. I work on a farm and write in my spare time. I like a lot of different genres, but epic fantasy is one of my favorites: Tolkien, Lewis, Le Guin, McKillip, McKinley.

Anyway, thanks for having me.

[L.m.]

Greetings everybody.

I'm Luis and I just moved the surface of the sun (the locals call it Arizona for some odd reason). Writing has been a passion of mine but being a Marketing Analyst is what's currently paying my bills. I'm really big on the sci-fi and superhero genre of books but I'll read almost anything if it's recommended.

Stan Lee is my biggest inspiration as well as my personal hero both in writing and personality.

Currently, I'm patiently awaiting the release of my first novel which is scheduled for publication in December.

I'm very happy to be a part of the group! Thanks for the invite.

[Adelaide]

My name is Adelaide and I love reading sci-fi and science fantasy (as well as a large variety of books, but those are the ones I read the most...mostly sci-fi). I like fantasy, but I won't read books with fantasy containing witchcraft or sorcery. I just finished Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik and it was AWESOME.

[Brenda]

I love the Temeraire books!