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Anyway, welcome. Enjoy."
hummm....I think you're delusional about audiobooks?
hummm....The above and go away you poser/traitor (your pick)
hummm.....I dislike your taste in SF? OR
hummm...."Oh what a beautiful morning, Oh what a beautiful day. I've got a wonderful feeling.." and so forth.
Curious, H

As a matter of fact I'm a huge audio book fan. You can do "other stuff" as you listen to an audio book. I discovered them when it was "Books on Tape".

As a matter of fact I'm a huge audio book fan. You can do "other stuff" as you listen to an audio book. I discovered them when it was "Books on ..."
That's a relief. I was ready for a duel. After 45 reading became a game of finding my glasses and trying not to fall asleep. Audiobooks fill in all the spare time and keep me from sinking in the mire of trivial pursuit.

So, what's your problem with Trivial Pursuit?

So, what's your problem with Trivial Pursuit? "
Trivial is everything that falls below the waterline of loved things on any given day - usually excesses and lazy defaults.
Heidi wrote: "Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "
So, what's your problem with Trivial Pursuit? "
Trivial is everything that falls below the waterline of loved things on any given day - usually excesses and lazy defaults."
Like, trimming toenails? LOL
So, what's your problem with Trivial Pursuit? "
Trivial is everything that falls below the waterline of loved things on any given day - usually excesses and lazy defaults."
Like, trimming toenails? LOL
Lasers. They should make laser toenail trimmers. Hmm.....I feel a short story coming on! LOL


Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "I'm one of those guys who has to use heavy duty wire cutters and then the flying toenails tend to break things and endanger pets."
Say "Good night, Gracie"

Welcome new members! :)
Alan and Rob - are you still having the same issue with the emails about this thread? If so I'll send a note to GR to ask how we should go about fixing this.

Hi Penny
It now comes up in the right place (Heidi, 3661) - but messages are labelled as 'new' right back to Kirstin at 3645, it should have started 'new' with Heidi at 3661. I can live with that.

It now comes up in the right place (Heidi, 3661) - but messages are labelled as 'new' right back to Kirstin at 3645, it should have started 'new' with Heidi at 3661. I can live with that."
Good to know, thanks Alan! Let us know if it becomes an issue again or if something else pops up. You can always PM myself or Kim with group issues.


I'm a voracious sff reader. There's no other literary genre that has utterly captivated my imagination. When I read other genres. its akin to watching black and white non talking movies. Reading sff on the other hand is like watching a 3D movie in imax with the soundtrack in full blast surround sound stereo.
I can't quite figure out why sff fires up my neurons so. When you think about it, sff worlds are plumbed entirely from the wild and wonderful imaginings of the sff authors. But somehow its more real to me than reality.
Am really looking forward to exploring strange new worlds and new civilizations through the recommendations of bold explorers like you :) Here's a toast to our future journeys together. Kampai!

I'm currently in between about 3 books, Interview With a Vampire (Anne Rice, of course), The Red Queen (Phillipa Gregory, I'm a sucker for good historical fiction), and Red Prophet (Orson Scott Card).
I plan on trying to keep up with some of the discussion boards, but I'm not expecting to participate a whole lot.. I look forward to reading with you all!



I've been lurking here for a couple weeks. It's probably time to introduce myself. My name is Ben, and I love reading all sorts of things. Science Fiction and Fantasy are my first loves, though, so I'm almost always reading it among whatever else may be on my currently reading list.
Some favorite authors:
Gene Wolfe
Ursula K. Le Guin
M. Rickert
John Scalzi
And a couple editors:
Jonathan Strahan -- of all the best of the year editors, his taste coincides the most with mine
Al Sarrantonio -- for what I think of as his trilogy
*999: Twenty-nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense
*Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy
*Redshift:: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction
Also, I'm stoked because I just got the 2013 Hugo Voter Packet and loaded most of it onto my ereader (curse those three password protected pdfs, though!). Can't wait to start that marathon once I clear a couple items from my currently reading list.

Rofl! Oh Puma, you make me laugh :)
Ben wrote: "...And a couple editors:..."
Hi Ben :) That's not a list one sees often. List of favourite authors sure, but editors seldom get the credit they deserve. Are you per chance an editor? I ask mostly because I've been making good guesses lately :P

Now that I think of it, we're lucky to have Jim Frenkel of Tor living around here, so I get to see him at the local cons. Still couldn't tell you which books he's worked on, though.

I'm new to this club and rather new on goodreads as well. So far I'm really more of a fantasy reader than a sci fi reader. In fact the only sci fi I've read so far is Douglas Adams's books and arguably that's more humour than sci fi. I can't say that I'm a hardcore fantasy reader either cause I've only been reading fantasy for two years. Started after watching season 1 of Game of Thrones. I do love fantasy. Especially dark, gritty fantasy. So far my favourites are George RR Martin and Steven Erikson. Other authors whose books I tried or am currently reading include Joe Abercrombie(me likes), Robin Hobb(me likes), Tad Williams(not really my thing), Robert Jordan(meh) and Terry Goodkind(definitely not for me) Very much looking forward to reading Daniel Abraham's Long Price Quartet and Dagger and Coin series and Mark Lawrence's Broken Empire series. I'm open to any and all suggestions. Allthough of course not in this thread. Also I tend to be passionate about certain series such as Malazan so I might get carried away a bit in a discussion. Though I always try to remain civil.


I dabble in all things creative and have a past of dancing, acting, singing, writing and snapping photos... and some other things. I do a lot of things. I also enjoy traveling a bunch, and the outdoors. Taa-taa!

Kat wrote: "So i didn't see that two other Cats had posted right before me!"
It seemed like neither you nor the Cat just before you noticed which is what made it so funny actually :) At first I thought you were other Kat (the newest Kat post) because you mentioned SoIaF and I know this Kat also likes the series.
None of you are going to believe me because it seems too big a coincidence, but when I was a teenager we used to sometimes pretend not to be ourselves and make up schools and back stories the fake name I always went with was Cat :) It was partly because of my love of cats and partly after a character in a book but don't ask me which one!
Ben wrote: "Sorry to ruin your streak, Penny, but I'm not an editor. ;)"
Blast! You have to admit it was a fair guess though :) I didn't realise all the editors you mentioned were short story editors until you said so. I can't say I read much short fiction, I seem to like books in excess of 1000 pages lately :P
Jonah wrote: "I'm new to this club and rather new on goodreads as well."
Welcome! We have an entire section dedicated to suggestions and no shortage of members keen to recommend their favourites! Start a thread saying what kind of books you like and what kind you're keen to read and you'll get lots of suggestions. Same goes for you Kat! The one who wanted not to strongly focused on romance fantasy suggestions, not the one I already knew from the Not a Book Club Club :P

Uh huh. I'll believe it when it happens. O.o
Have you managed to get your copy yet?

Uh huh. I'll believe it when it happens. O.o
Have you managed to get your copy yet?"
Yes, sir! I love the cover.
Penny wrote: "None of you are going to believe me because it seems too big a coincidence, but when I was a teenager we used to sometimes pretend not to be ourselves and make up schools and back stories the fake name I always went with was Cat :) It was partly because of my love of cats and partly after a character in a book but don't ask me which one!"
Love this! Cat is a perfect nickname! Short and snazzy. Good call! I wish I knew what book you were inspired by. I'm not gonna ask... not gonna ask.

The Cat in the Hat too obvious?


I'm new to Goodreads as well as to the group. Born in Scotland in 1977, I studied at Glasgow Uni (English Language and Literature) and at Goldsmiths College, London (Creative and Life Writing). I now live in Surrey with my husband and two young sons. I'm a published poet and indie novelist.
I read a pretty wide range of stuff. I've just finished "Perdido Street Station" and "Air (Have Not Have)" and I'm just getting into "The Shining Girls" and "Holophin" (by fellow poet-SciFi crossover Luke Kennard) but to be honest I don't get enough time for reading - I get most done whilst feeding my youngest son in the night, but there is a Kindle vs phone-Scrabble battle which takes place nightly. I'm hoping the scheduled group reads and discussions will weigh in on the Kindle side of the battle and help me get through more books. "There's...too many of them..."
Cleland wrote: "Hi, I'm Angela.
I'm new to Goodreads as well as to the group. Born in Scotland in 1977, I studied at Glasgow Uni (English Language and Literature) and at Goldsmiths College, London (Creative and ..."
Hi, Cleland!
I'm new to Goodreads as well as to the group. Born in Scotland in 1977, I studied at Glasgow Uni (English Language and Literature) and at Goldsmiths College, London (Creative and ..."
Hi, Cleland!

I had fun backreading. Talk about coincidences, 3 cats in a row and then some more lol. They say trouble comes in threes, I wonder what kind of trouble we're invoking :p The wit and easy banter of the members in this forum made me feel really welcome. Am really looking forward to checking out this active and fun group regularly :)
BTW a list of my fave sff authors in no particular order
CJ Cherryh
Stephen Donaldson
Roger Zelazny
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Esther M. Friesner
Robert Jordan
Terry Goodkind
C.S. Friedman
Judith Tarr
Peter David (for his star trek work)
Michelle Sagara West
Jennifer Roberson
Ray Bradbury

Rob wrote: "The Cat in the Hat too obvious?"
Rofl, no I meant that I don't remember the book, not that I don't want to admit to it. It was part of a series of young adult books based on star signs. I was superstitious and into all that when I was a teen. Now I have to go look for this series. Excellent! I so love having something other than my thesis to do :)

My favourite books are:
1. Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton.
2. The Dragonlance Chronicles - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman.
3. Prey - Michael Crichton.
4. Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin.
and a lot to follow...
I believe I've found, not just a group, but a fountain full of analysis & creative matter, as I viewed the paths of discussions for various books.
I completed reading Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin this month, and watched Season One of the TV series, making sure I didn't go ahead with the TV series for Season Two. I could only decide for reading the books first, rather than watching the TV series first.
I hope it'll be fun to discuss a lot of things and meet different people.

Finally, a bit of cheek- I have a book coming out on 1 July through Pan MacMillan Momentum - its called Mudlark and it's a book where the women don't get damseled and the gays don't all die.
Cheers
Chris

I have been I love with sci fi ever since I got my hand son Caves of Stell by Issac Asimov as a child and been a fan of fantasy since I saw LOTR at the theater.
Some of my favorite authors are
Steven erikson,
Asimov obviously,
Tolkein,
Sanderson,
Adrian Tchaikovsky,
Ernest Hemingway,
Paul s Kemp etc.

I have been I love with sci fi ever since I got my hand son Caves of Stell by Issac Asimov as a child and been a fan of fantasy since I saw LOTR at th..."
Hi Deeptanshu
thought I might try and start a thing where the person just before the next person welomes them. So welcome Deeptanshu from a fellow Asimov reader
Cheers Chris

Just wanted to find some like minded individuals to connect with. I live in San Francisco, I came here for school and have never left. My first love is Transformers G1, followed by Ender's Game, Firefly, and Doctor Who.
My favorite author's are Ray Bradbury, Margaret Atwood, Issac Asimov, Orson Scott Card, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, to name a few. I try to read current stuff as well as classics. I have a propensity for history and science as well. Right now I am reading "The Drunkards Walk-How Randomness Rules Our Lives."
I am working on the second book in my scifi trilogy. I am looking forward to some lively discussions. Cheers!
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