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message 1801: by [deleted user] (new)

Welcome here as well, Cicada


message 1802: by Tasula (new)

Tasula | 43 comments Xeyra wrote: "Hi, I'm Rita, I'm a 29 years old reader from Portugal, and I have no idea if I've introduced myself in this group or not, because I've joined quite a few recently and I've landed in a confusing mes..."

If you like Pratchett (I love him), you should try Christopher Moore (start with Practical Demonkeeping)- hilarious. I like Gaiman as well esp Good Omens (with Pratchett), and American Gods.


message 1803: by David "Thorne" (last edited Apr 06, 2011 08:13PM) (new)

David "Thorne" Luckhardt | 2 comments At 58 I seem to be older than: A. Dirt, and B. Nearly everyone here. Oh well...

I've been a voracious reader (no Bujold puns, please) since childhood, and have worked my way through most SF & Fantasy genres and authors in that time.

I collect Jack Vance but only have a few rarities, and he remains my favorite author. Others are: Iain M. Banks, Ken MacLeod, C.J.Cherryh, John M. Ford, M.A. Foster, Melissa Scott, Emma Bull, Kage Baker, M. John Harrison, Paul Park, William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Tim Powers, Edgar Pangborn, and similar high-quality writers.

In Fantasy: Tolkien, Lewis' Narnia, John Crowley, PC Hodgell, Daniel Hood, Will Shetterly & Emma Bull, Charles de Lint, Doris Egan, Tanith Lee, R.A. Lafferty, Gene Wolfe, etc.


message 1804: by whimsicalmeerkat (new)

whimsicalmeerkat Ala wrote: "Just had to ask, didn't you Denae...


Also, welcome Xeyra :)"


Of course...why wouldn't I?

Welcome, fellow newbies :)


message 1805: by [deleted user] (new)

Welcome to the group, David :)

Denae: it's best to not encourage Aloha. She bites.


message 1806: by whimsicalmeerkat (new)

whimsicalmeerkat Ala: You say that as if it's negative.

Aloha: Ala just pointed out something else we have in common!


message 1807: by Lemon (new)

Lemon (oneofmany) | 3 comments Hey everybody. My name is Sarah, and I'm 22 years old. I'll be graduating from college with a BA in Literature next month, and I currently work two part-time jobs as an assistant archivist and a finance intern. I'm pretty new to goodreads. I joined a couple years ago but only just now became active. Trying to shift away from using amazon as my main book site.

I'm a huge fan of fantasy, science fiction, and speculative fiction (there's a lot of overlap between those 3 genres). In no particular order, some of my favorite sci-fi/fantasy authors are:

Timothy Zahn
Frank Herbert
Isaac Asimov
Ray Bradbury
J.K. Rowling
C.S. Lewis
J.R.R. Tolkien
Neil Gaiman
Patricia A. McKillip
Terry Pratchett
Robin McKinley
Tamora Pierce
Lloyd Alexander
Douglas Adams

I look forward to being a part of this group. :)


message 1808: by Ian-Christian (new)

Ian-Christian Jones (ianchristianjones) | 1 comments Hey everyone, Ian here. I'm a 28 year old Limo Dispatcher living in Los Angeles and reading and writing in my free time. I'm actually brand spankin' new to GoodReads, which is utterly ridiculous. I can't understand how this site got past me in my days on the interwebz. I must admit, though I do love Fantasy and Science Fiction I'm definitely not as well-versed as many of you seem to be.

Anyway, I look forward to chatting with all of you in the near future and hope that the light of GoodReads that has shined into my life will take me down a path of fun times and... well... Good Reads. :)


message 1809: by [deleted user] (new)

Hiyas Sarah and Ian, welcome to the group :)


message 1810: by Aloha (new)

Aloha Welcome Cicada, Ian, Sarah, and David!

Denae, my favorite is dark meat, like Samoan. What's yours?


message 1811: by Tasula (new)

Tasula | 43 comments David "Thorne" wrote: "At 58 I seem to be older than: A. Dirt, and B. Nearly everyone here. Oh well...

I've been a voracious reader (no Bujold puns, please) since childhood, and have worked my way through most SF & Fan..."


Hi David, I think members are all different ages- it shouldn't matter. I like a few of the authors you mentioned- esp Kage Baker and Tanith Lee, but in SF/fantasy the authors I have read and liked in recent times are Kristine Katherine Rusch (the Disappeared series), Sean McMullen (Souls in the Great Machine series, and Voyage of Shadowmoon series), Simon Green, Jim Butcher, Harry Connolly, Warren Ellis (Crooked Little Vein), William C Dietz (Legion of the Damned), Richard Kadrey, Amanda Downum, Mathew Sturges, Poppy Z Brite, Steven Brust, Kim Newman (Anno Dracula), Elizabeth Bear, Christopher Moore (Island of the Sequined Love Nun, etc.), Connie Willis, Liz Williams, Terry Pratchett. Maybe you would like to try one of these?


message 1812: by whimsicalmeerkat (new)

whimsicalmeerkat Aloha wrote: "Denae, my favorite is dark meat, like Samoan. What's yours?"

pale nerd, I've found they agree with me best


message 1813: by Raj (new)

Raj K-b | 5 comments Hi all - name's Raj (29) and I live in a galaxy far far away..no seriously, I am from the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. I got started on SF and Fantasy works quite early and was so interested in it that I wrote my undergraduate thesis on Aldous Huxley and William Gibson.
I have no hard preference as such between science fiction, speculative fiction or fantasy - I like discovering fiction that is in-between and defies categories.
I like dystopian science fiction, cyberpunk, steampunk, comic fantasy. Great authors I have appreciated are:

Terry Pratchett (discworld totally rocks! and his writing *speaks* to me - esp irony-wise)
Neil Gaiman
Douglas Adams
Isaac Asimov
Arthur C. Clarke
Frank Herbert (dune series is great!)
Alastair Reynolds
William Gibson
Ray Bradbury
Iain (M.) Banks
Tolkien
Stephen Baxter
Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time!)
Robin Hobb
C.S. Lewis (Narnia!)
and many more!


message 1814: by [deleted user] (new)

Welcome Raj :)


message 1815: by Raj (new)

Raj K-b | 5 comments Cheers - still looking around :)) seems a nice place to hang out.


message 1816: by whimsicalmeerkat (new)

whimsicalmeerkat welcome!


message 1817: by Andi (new)

Andi Wellington (AndiWellington) Hi. I haven't read much Sci Fi but what I've read recently has made me want to read more. I just picked up Ender's Game which I keep hearing about. If you have a favorite you'd recommend, please let me know. I prefer Sci Fi with a little romance.


message 1818: by Aloha (new)

Aloha Welcome, Raj!


message 1819: by Aloha (new)

Aloha Welcome, Andi! I love the most recent Hugo co-winner The Windup Girl. I just purchased Doomsday Book, which I heard was great, too. I think they both have a little romance. I know The Windup does, or at least sensuality.


message 1820: by Melanie (new)

Melanie (typpy) | 24 comments Raj wrote: "Hi all - name's Raj (29) and I live in a galaxy far far away..no seriously, I am from the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. I got started on SF and Fantasy works quite early and was so inter..."

You should read Jeff VanderMeer. Shriek is about the best written book I've ever read.


message 1821: by Andi (new)

Andi Wellington (AndiWellington) Aloha wrote: "Welcome, Andi! I love the most recent Hugo co-winner The Windup Girl. I just purchased Doomsday Book, which I heard was great, too. I think they both have a little ro..."

Thanks Aloha : )


message 1822: by Tasula (new)

Tasula | 43 comments Raj,
If you like Gaiman and Pratchett, you will probably like Christopher Moore (start with Practical Demonkeeping), and for something really different but very literate, Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair (where there is a police force that protects literature and characters from books, and where you can literally get lost in a book). Or find The Raw Shark Texts by Hall, Steven
(a challenging and worthwhile read).
If you want to try a really good vamp book where Queen Victoria marries Dracula, try Kim Newman's Anno Dracula.


message 1823: by Tasula (new)

Tasula | 43 comments Andi wrote: "Hi. I haven't read much Sci Fi but what I've read recently has made me want to read more. I just picked up Ender's Game which I keep hearing about. If you have a favorite you'd recommend, please le..."

SF with some romance- try Lynne Viehl (aka S L Viehl), Tanya Huff's Valor series, Linnea Sinclair, Ann Aguirre. Otehr SF authors I like a lot, but would not consider romantic: Kristine Katherine Rusch, Sean McMullen, Elizabeth Bear (Carnival is a favorite, or New Amsterdam), Kage Baker (time travel), William Dietz (Legion of the Damned- military sf).


message 1824: by Melanie (new)

Melanie (typpy) | 24 comments Andi wrote: "Hi. I haven't read much Sci Fi but what I've read recently has made me want to read more. I just picked up Ender's Game which I keep hearing about. If you have a favorite you'd recommend, please le..."

Ender's Game is great and the next two books in the series are also very good but I caution you to stop there, the rest will spoil your experience of the first three.


message 1825: by Raj (new)

Raj K-b | 5 comments @ melanie and Tasula: thanks for the suggestions. Will look them up :)


message 1826: by Xdyj (last edited Apr 11, 2011 08:54PM) (new)

Xdyj | 53 comments Hi, I'm Chenxi and I am now 23. I was born in Guangzhou, China and I'm currently living at a small town in central New York called Ithaca. I read a lot of sf/f (only Chinese translations then) when I was around 12 (at that time my favorites were A. C. Clarke and James Tiptree Jr.) and restarted reading in this genre when I was in college and could finally read comfortably in English.
Some other sf/f authors I like are:
C. J. Cherryh
Neal Stephenson
Kin Stanley Robinson
Neil Gaiman
J. K. Rowling
Emma Bull
Douglas Adams
Greg Egan
R. A. Heinlein
And I'm currently reading Iain Banks.


message 1827: by [deleted user] (new)

Welcome to the group, Chenxi :)


message 1828: by whimsicalmeerkat (new)

whimsicalmeerkat Welcome!


message 1829: by Al "Tank" (new)

Al "Tank" (alkalar) | 346 comments Andi wrote: "Hi. I haven't read much Sci Fi but what I've read recently has made me want to read more. I just picked up Ender's Game which I keep hearing about. If you have a favorite you'd recommend, please le..."

Try "Eighth Day" by Al Philipson if you can be happy with an eBook. The most unusual post-apocalyptic "romance" you'll read outside of "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Heinlein. Eighth Day is rated "R", so expect some fairly intense sex scenes, or avoid it if that would offend you.

Speaking of Heinlein, his "I Will Fear no Evil" is billed as a "romance". Even more unusual than Eighth Day and told by "the master" himself.

None of these would qualify as a "typical" romance (like the ones my wife reads). So if you're looking for something more "mainline" they might not be your cup of spoo.


message 1830: by Robin (new)

Robin Powell Hi. I'm a 25 year old Software Developer from Manchester in the UK. Thought I'd join you guys as I almost exclusivly read Sci-Fi and Fantasy books. I'm currently working my way through Isaac Asimov's Foundation series (currently around half way through Foundation and Empire), which is a series I've been meaning to read almost as long as I can remember, and finally decided I would actually start last week.

I'm also working my way through an anthology of 67 Lovecraft books and short stories, which I pick up every now and again (usually between finishing one book and starting another), and am supplementing all this with a few comics (just picked up Watchmen off Ebay and working my way through Buffy season 8 whenever I find the next one in the series for a decent price). I dislike the term "Graphic Novel" for reasons I can't quite explain.

Outside of books I'm a Metal fan (mainly Folk Metal, Death Metal and Melodic Death Metal if anyone is particularly interested, but there are bands I like in most sub-genres), play a lot of PC games (EVE Online being my current vice), enjoy a good movie (a few bad ones too), and sitting in the sun with beer.


message 1831: by [deleted user] (new)

Welcome Robin :)

I have never heard of Folk Metal, and now I'm intrigued.


message 1832: by Robin (new)

Robin Powell Ala, think Heavy Metal, but with Accordians, Violins, Bagpipes etc. Songs about Vikings, Pirates, battles and drinking.

If you're really intrigued check out Korpiklaani, Eluveitie, Ensiferum, Alestorm, Tyr, In Extremo, Turisas or Finntroll. I'd say that's a pretty good run-down of the go-to bands for the genre.


message 1833: by [deleted user] (new)

Thanks Robin, I'll give them a looksee.

Not a big metal fan, really, but songs about vikings, pirates, battles and drinking? I'm game.


message 1834: by Lee (new)

Lee Gimenez | 7 comments Hi,
I'm a sci-fi author, and have had four books published so far. My fifth is due out August 2011.
My books are available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Fictionwise, Mobipocket, Amazon U.K. (England),Flipkart(India) and Booku(Australia). Please visit my website at:
http://leegimenez.com/home
You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin.

Thanks,
Lee Gimenez


message 1835: by [deleted user] (new)

This is the fifth time you've introduced yourself in this thread, Lee.

The Fifth time.

Come on, man. Stop it.


message 1836: by [deleted user] (new)

Hi all,
I'm a first time novelist who wrote a book for his children and has been overwhelmed at how it's been received. My children and my job occupy most of my time but I try to write when possible. Check out Jake West - The Keeper of the Stones. It's appealing to people of all ages and further details may be obtained at www.jakewest.co.uk (Site currently being professionally overhauled). I'm on Fbook and Twitter and a fan group or two is on Fbook already - lol.
Thanks and best wishes,

M J Webb


message 1837: by whimsicalmeerkat (new)

whimsicalmeerkat /sigh I know I'm new here, but to me "hey go check out my site/book/facebook/Twitter/semaphore" counts as promotion and it is irritating me to a somewhat irrational degree. I just want to say hi to people who say hi. /sigh


message 1838: by Jakob (new)

Jakob | 14 comments "J.R.R. Tolkien & C. S. Lewis have finally met their match!"

Now that's some praise! :P


message 1839: by Sarah (new)

Sarah (wheatabix) I discovered this group because of Jakob. I hope to discover some great new fantasy authors/books. I've just started George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones.


message 1840: by [deleted user] (new)

Welcome, Sarah :)


message 1841: by Sarah (new)

Sarah (wheatabix) Thank you Ala. It's nice to find other fantasy fans.


message 1842: by Jakob (new)

Jakob | 14 comments haha I don't think I've ever introduced myself here either :P just a long time stalker :)


message 1843: by [deleted user] (new)

Well, welcome lurker


message 1844: by whimsicalmeerkat (new)

whimsicalmeerkat Ooh, we have lurkers? Such fun. What shall we do to them?


message 1845: by [deleted user] (new)

Pitchforks and Torches!


message 1846: by Jakob (new)

Jakob | 14 comments :)


message 1847: by Sarah (new)

Sarah (wheatabix) That's what you get for admitting that you're a lurker. Come out of the shadows, Jakob!


message 1848: by [deleted user] (new)

yes Jakob. Come out of the shadows and closer to this bonfire here. What's that? No, no, that's not a stake in the middle of the bonfire. That's our..uh...wishing pole. Yes.

See, you take a rope, and wrap it around yourself and the pole, then close your eyes and make a wish.


message 1849: by Sarah (new)

Sarah (wheatabix) Is the rope made up of all different pretty colours?


message 1850: by Jakob (new)

Jakob | 14 comments Aye, but the shadows be so lovely :P


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