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I also did not mean to post that so early, hehe... Anyways I like to write in ways that have never been done before! And while I seek for my own success in my writing passion, I yearn to help others succeed in their own brilliances.
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I also did not mean to post that so early, hehe... Anyways I like to write in ways that have never been done before! And while I seek for my own success in my writing passion, I yearn to help others succeed in their own brilliances.
Hi, I'm Hannah.I just finished Ready Player One and Armada by Ernest Cline. So now I'm on a Sci-fi kick.
Hi my name is Dionne and I'm in my forties(that's as far as I'm going age-wise). I love to read and to write. Of late I have written something and it is published up in Amazon. It's a science fiction. Presently I am working on another but that's a fantasy story. Anyway I live in California. I love all science fiction and fantasy books so there's a lot. My ultimate favorite author is David Eddings.
Jack Benny stopped at 39... Welcome Dionne.
Greetings to all! I'm EJ, a Dutch expat living in California. I've loved reading Science Fiction and Fantasy since I was little, but I really got into it after reading The Lord of the Rings during lunch breaks in high school. They had it in three parts, each with beautiful illustrations, and I used to get lost in them. Then I started reading Star Wars books, like the X-Wing series (I played the games to death, so it was a natural choice) and eventually, more Science Fiction. I've been writing since I was four years old and it's still the only thing I want to do for a living. I'm working on making that happen. I look forward to chatting with you all!
Hi all,My name is Nick. I was born and raised in New York and currently reside in New Jersey. I'm new to this group and to Goodreads in general. I hadn't had time to read much in the past several years but I have since been able to pick it up again and didn't realize how much I had missed it. I just finished The Martian, and just picked up Neuromancer. (a little late on that one I know)
Anyway, just thought I'd say hello. I hope to be reading along with the next group book.
Hi, Nick. I've been hearing a lot about The Martian, and weirdly, though I blog for Amazing Stories and review for Adventures in Scifi Publishing , I've never read it. Shame on me. Need to check it out. Neuromancer is good. I also highly recommend The Windup Girl by Paolo Baccigalupi.
Hii everyone. I'm new in this group and I wanted to introduce myself.
My name is Gal (yes it's a boy's name) I'm from Israel and I love reading fantasy books of all kinds. You can see my reading least and see what books I've read and what I like. I hope to fit in here. Have a good day ;)
Hey everyone. I'm a 21 year old woman by the name of Nicole. I'm from New Zealand. I'm quite excited to join in with the readings as I do love to read fantasy books. I'm still getting the hang of scifi! I wouldn't say I'm a geek because I hardly speak "big" words. But anywho, nice to meet everyone :)Soifua x
John wrote: "Hi, Nick. I've been hearing a lot about The Martian, and weirdly, though I blog for Amazing Stories and review for Adventures in Scifi Publishing , I've never read it. Shame on me. Need to check it..."Thanks John, I'll put it on my list though I just got sidetracked by Ready Player One. (I'm all over the place)
Hi My name is Winfred, friends call me Wynn, currently living in KSA due to work. My love affair with Scifi started with a little known book called Photon, It was a case of judging a book by it's cover since what drew me into buying it in the first place was the cover art. :p As for fantasy the first ever book i bought and got me hooked harder than Scifi was The Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock. Since then i have almost exclusively only read these two genres.
Hi all, I'm Deric. I'm curious if anyone got hooked on fantasy the way I did, by reading the MYTH books by Robert Asprin or by reading the XANTH series. Now my tastes are all over the place but I am on a Brandon Sanderson kick right now. I'm from New York, I've lived in Cleveland, Boulder, and now live in Michigan. I'm a theatre professor at a Big Ten school and I enjoy writing sci fi and fantasy novels in my free time (but I won't post about those here).
See ya! - Deric
Rebecca wrote: "Yeah, I started out on Xanth."Yay! I gave up on the later books in the series but I recently did a re-read of the first 5 or 6 books. It's really fun and inventive, it's horribly misogynistic (which I didn't realize when I first read it), and after a while the puns get overwhelming. But some of those characters are still with me. I think my favorite is Good Magician Humphrey.
Nick wrote: "John wrote: "Hi, Nick. I've been hearing a lot about The Martian, and weirdly, though I blog for Amazing Stories and review for Adventures in Scifi Publishing , I've never read it. Shame on me. Nee..."I also clearly need to read Ready Player One, though my book reviewing takes up quite a bit of reading time (mostly that involves reading for pleasure, luckily, though I try to make time for personal choices, too).
Deric wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Yeah, I started out on Xanth."Yay! I gave up on the later books in the series but I recently did a re-read of the first 5 or 6 books. It's really fun and inventive, it's horribly m..."
My favorite is the Gap Chasm. Anthony lives in Florida and there was a ditch running through his back yard that his kids loved to jump over. That ditch became the "Gap Chasm" in the books.
Hi all, dropping by and saying hello. One of my fav's and still is Authur C Clarke. And just finished The Martian....great book!
Hi there! I've been on Goodreads for a long time but I've only recently decided to put more time hanging out around here.
My love of reading is only matched by my love of writing. I've had a few poems published but my plan is to have one of my fantasy books published (one's completed and another is in progress). FYI I REALLY like dragons :D
I've got two awesome little girls and an editor/writer husband <3 (that isn't the only reason I married him, he's also kinda funny and fantastic).
I have a ton of favourite books and here are a few:
"Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke (The descriptions are really well done)
"The Two Princesses of Bamarre" - Gail Carson Levine
"Ender's Game" - Orson Scott Card
"Airborn" - Kenneth Oppel
"The Bible" - by ... God ;)
"The Abhorsen Series" - Garth Nix
I love science fiction, especially when it can make you see things from another perspective.It's hard to pick a favorite book, but two that come to mind are Ender's Game and Kindred. Both take the normal hero/villain idea and turn it on its head. You have to understand those who are against you. And once you do, you'll love them (even if you still want to destroy them).
Orson Scott Card is my favorite author and I was lucky enough to attend his Literary Bootcamp.
Hello.I am Rodrigo, chilean science teacher (biology), and SF fan since... well, too many years. Also an amateur writer, although my stories are in spanish and argentinian SF fanzines, all of them in spanish, of course. It is encouraging to find a community like this where so many topics of the field are being discussed, so I am sure that I will learn a lot from you all. Thank you and see you.
Hi, I am Kim, I am from Atlanta and I have made it my goal this year to read newly published sci Fi and fantasy books and stories. I have been reading a lot of short stories lately, but am currently reading Ernest Cline's Armada.
Hey ho, new to the group but not by any means new to F&SF, as I've been reading it since about birth (which at this point is far too long ago to discuss in public!). Have read 71 of the books on the group bookshelf, with quite a few more on my to-read list.
John wrote: "I've finally started reading Gardens of the Moon...""Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners" -- I love that opening line in the summary :D
Hello all. I've been lurking in this group for quite a while, but now I'm reading Armada and plan to take part in the group discussion, so I figure it's time I introduce myself. I'm a long-time fan of both SF and Fantasy, though I tend to read SF more often. Nice to be here!
Hi Kasey! I just finished the Martian!!! I absolutely loved it because of how realistic it seemed. Though those calculations were WAY too detailed, especially at the beginning. Can't wait to see their film :)Stoyana
Hello all, I've just joined Goodreads and I really like the idea of discussing while reading, rating, and getting recommendations :) I am a scientist, I just finished my PhD in the UK. I'm a huge fan of sci-fi, especially hard sci-fi. I didn't read much when I was little so I've had to catch up in the recent years. What else... I'm 26 years old, I have a twin sister and I also LOVE dogs!!
I'm looking forward to exchanging thoughts on good reads :)
Hello everyone!My real name is Marie-Sophie and I'm a Bachelor student of English. I'm also studying Russian and French and a huge reason for this is that I love reading foreign literature! My passion for science-fiction came after reading Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles; I became a huge fan of his and I started searching other sci-fi authors, like Ursula K. LeGuin and Arthur C. Clarke.
Since January 2015, I've read some fantasy&sci-fi books I always wanted to like
and
, to name a few. I can't wait to really get into this group and explore its book choices for the month!
My name is Christopher Taylor and I'm an author as well as a reader. I prefer to read historical fiction and detective novels, but I write mostly fantasy and do enjoy some sci fi and fantasy reading as well. Most of what I prefer is older; books such as the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser or Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champions series. I've written three novels and many gaming books over the years, and I'm doing well on my 100 books read challenge for the year (only 8 books back on average right now, and gaining). Putting out my latest book has eaten up so much reading time I am not comfortably putting back 2 books a week as I expected this year!
I live in Oregon, which as anyone who's been here knows is paradise, but rains far too much for anyone to move here so you should only visit. If I somehow became fabulously wealthy, I'd live in a mountain cabin by a lake and write there all year long.
Hi all! My reading tastes tended to be with Crime and Horror but i recently became infatuated with the Fantasy genre (sci-fi still has to be nurtured haha). It's strange because i love the genres in respect to film and video games but could never get into the book side, well, apart from reading and enjoying the Lord of the ring books.
We'll do our best to help....
Hiya! I'm Liz and I only started reading a lot within the past couple of years. I pretty much read anything, but I love fantasy. None of my real life friends and family read really, so I decided to join goodreads!
Hi Liz, welcome. A lot of us have "been there" as the only reader in our family or "circle" of friends.
Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Welcome."Hello all,
I must confess to having recently become a disillusioned reader. I started reading urban fantasy and that led to paranormal romance, but I have become more and more disinterested in the books I am reading. Then I had a revelation, plain and simple I love fantasy.
My bookshelves at home contain David Eddings, David Gemmel (seriously there is no question that Druss is 'the legend', Robert Jordan, Terry Brooks, Brandon Sanderson, and Raymond E Feist (the list could go on). My point is that I live fantasy and for some reason I haven't been reading it.
Anyhow, just going back to my routes, and reading the books I love, and wanted to find a like-minded community.
I'm looking forward to connecting with other fantasy enthusiasts.
Tori
Sorry *roots not *routes. I am on my phone and am having trouble editing
:) Note my restraint in not saying anything...
I hate to admit the number of times I've typed the wrong word just because my brain supplied the wrong word.
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