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CatNipped
2007-06-15 01:54:53 UTC
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Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I read a
lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards sci-fi
which DH and I love)...

"Black Beauty" (first read it when I was 4 and still read it occasionally,
it still makes me cry) - Anna Sewell

"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" - Betty Smith

"The Captains and the Kings" - Taylor Caldwell

[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*

All of the "Foundation" novels by Isaac Asimov* (and, come to think about
it, just about all of Asimov's novels)

"Ringworld" - Larry Niven* (the sequels weren't nearly as good)

The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when to quit
and now her son has taken over the franchise)

[And speaking of sons taking over the franchise] "Dune" - Frank Hebert*
(again, the sequels weren't as good, but surprisingly some of Brian's
"prequels" were OK - although that may have been more due to Kevin J.
Anderson then to Brian)

"Stardance" - Spider Robinson* (and all of the "Callahan's Saloon" novels by
him)

"Rendezvous With Rama" - Arthur C. Clark*

Robert L. Forward's* "Rocheworld" series

"Brightness Falls From the Air" - "James Tiptree Jr."* (and every other word
she has ever written under her own name or her pseudonyms)

The "Ender" series - Orson Scott Card

OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's your
favorites?

* Authors whose every book I have read along with: Ben Bova, Dean Ing,
David Brin, and a few others.
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Hugs,

CatNipped

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Vandar
2007-06-15 02:28:33 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I read a
lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards sci-fi
which DH and I love)...
<snip>
Post by CatNipped
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
Excellent book! One of my all time favorites.
Post by CatNipped
All of the "Foundation" novels by Isaac Asimov* (and, come to think about
it, just about all of Asimov's novels)
Asimov's good. My father was a big fan of his and read all of his work,
so I was exposed to him at an early age.
Post by CatNipped
"Ringworld" - Larry Niven* (the sequels weren't nearly as good)
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when to quit
and now her son has taken over the franchise)
She's still kickin' though. In her upper 80s I believe. A very good
sci-fi/fantasy author.
Post by CatNipped
[And speaking of sons taking over the franchise] "Dune" - Frank Hebert*
(again, the sequels weren't as good, but surprisingly some of Brian's
"prequels" were OK - although that may have been more due to Kevin J.
Anderson then to Brian)
Everything I know about "Dune" I learned from the song "To Tame A Land"
by Iron Maiden.
Post by CatNipped
"Stardance" - Spider Robinson* (and all of the "Callahan's Saloon" novels by
him)
"Rendezvous With Rama" - Arthur C. Clark*
Robert L. Forward's* "Rocheworld" series
"Brightness Falls From the Air" - "James Tiptree Jr."* (and every other word
she has ever written under her own name or her pseudonyms)
The "Ender" series - Orson Scott Card
OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's your
favorites?
* Authors whose every book I have read along with: Ben Bova, Dean Ing,
David Brin, and a few others.
Have you ever read anything by R.A.V. Salsitz (aka Emily Drake, Anne
Knight, Elizabeth Forrest, and Charles Ingrid)? She authored the
Dragontales series. She also authored the book that I got the name
Vandar from.
CatNipped
2007-06-15 02:35:54 UTC
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Post by Vandar
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I
read a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards
sci-fi which DH and I love)...
<snip>
Post by CatNipped
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
Excellent book! One of my all time favorites.
Post by CatNipped
All of the "Foundation" novels by Isaac Asimov* (and, come to think about
it, just about all of Asimov's novels)
Asimov's good. My father was a big fan of his and read all of his work, so
I was exposed to him at an early age.
Post by CatNipped
"Ringworld" - Larry Niven* (the sequels weren't nearly as good)
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when to
quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
She's still kickin' though. In her upper 80s I believe. A very good
sci-fi/fantasy author.
Post by CatNipped
[And speaking of sons taking over the franchise] "Dune" - Frank Hebert*
(again, the sequels weren't as good, but surprisingly some of Brian's
"prequels" were OK - although that may have been more due to Kevin J.
Anderson then to Brian)
Everything I know about "Dune" I learned from the song "To Tame A Land" by
Iron Maiden.
Post by CatNipped
"Stardance" - Spider Robinson* (and all of the "Callahan's Saloon" novels
by him)
"Rendezvous With Rama" - Arthur C. Clark*
Robert L. Forward's* "Rocheworld" series
"Brightness Falls From the Air" - "James Tiptree Jr."* (and every other
word she has ever written under her own name or her pseudonyms)
The "Ender" series - Orson Scott Card
OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's your
favorites?
* Authors whose every book I have read along with: Ben Bova, Dean Ing,
David Brin, and a few others.
Have you ever read anything by R.A.V. Salsitz (aka Emily Drake, Anne
Knight, Elizabeth Forrest, and Charles Ingrid)? She authored the
Dragontales series. She also authored the book that I got the name Vandar
from.
No, I'm a "hard science" science fiction fan - I have read very few fantasy
novels (which these sound like they are?) If you recommend one, though,
I'll try it - it's getting hard to find the "hard" sci-fi novels any more.

Hugs,

CatNipped
Vandar
2007-06-15 02:57:02 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
Post by Vandar
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I
read a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards
sci-fi which DH and I love)...
<snip>
Post by CatNipped
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
Excellent book! One of my all time favorites.
Post by CatNipped
All of the "Foundation" novels by Isaac Asimov* (and, come to think about
it, just about all of Asimov's novels)
Asimov's good. My father was a big fan of his and read all of his work, so
I was exposed to him at an early age.
Post by CatNipped
"Ringworld" - Larry Niven* (the sequels weren't nearly as good)
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when to
quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
She's still kickin' though. In her upper 80s I believe. A very good
sci-fi/fantasy author.
Post by CatNipped
[And speaking of sons taking over the franchise] "Dune" - Frank Hebert*
(again, the sequels weren't as good, but surprisingly some of Brian's
"prequels" were OK - although that may have been more due to Kevin J.
Anderson then to Brian)
Everything I know about "Dune" I learned from the song "To Tame A Land" by
Iron Maiden.
Post by CatNipped
"Stardance" - Spider Robinson* (and all of the "Callahan's Saloon" novels
by him)
"Rendezvous With Rama" - Arthur C. Clark*
Robert L. Forward's* "Rocheworld" series
"Brightness Falls From the Air" - "James Tiptree Jr."* (and every other
word she has ever written under her own name or her pseudonyms)
The "Ender" series - Orson Scott Card
OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's your
favorites?
* Authors whose every book I have read along with: Ben Bova, Dean Ing,
David Brin, and a few others.
Have you ever read anything by R.A.V. Salsitz (aka Emily Drake, Anne
Knight, Elizabeth Forrest, and Charles Ingrid)? She authored the
Dragontales series. She also authored the book that I got the name Vandar
from.
No, I'm a "hard science" science fiction fan - I have read very few fantasy
novels (which these sound like they are?)
Yes, they are.
Post by CatNipped
If you recommend one, though,
I'll try it - it's getting hard to find the "hard" sci-fi novels any more.
It seems most of the good sci-fi has already been written.

If I were going to recommend a fantasy novel, it would have to be any of
the original R.E. Howard "Conan" series. As a matter of fact, I'd
recommend all 12 of them, in order. A few of them can be a little hard
to find though. :)
I will admit that the Salsitz books are more... romanticized...
Titanic-like... appealing to women. There's a lot of relationship
development between the characters in her books. In the Conan novels,
there is relationship development between characters, but it's not as
central to the story as in the Salsitz books. After all, he is a
barbarian. The relationships with other characters became more central
in the latter part of the series, as Conan aged, usurped a throne, took
a queen, and had a son. One of the best parts of the series is that
Howard modeled the time and place as "historically familiar". If you
look at the "Conan map", it has an obvious similarity to Europe, Africa,
and Asia at the onset of continental drift.
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I don't know though. You might like Salsitz better. She's more along the
lines of McCaffery.
CatNipped
2007-06-15 13:32:20 UTC
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Post by Vandar
Post by CatNipped
Post by Vandar
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I
read a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted
towards sci-fi which DH and I love)...
<snip>
Post by CatNipped
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
Excellent book! One of my all time favorites.
Post by CatNipped
All of the "Foundation" novels by Isaac Asimov* (and, come to think
about it, just about all of Asimov's novels)
Asimov's good. My father was a big fan of his and read all of his work,
so I was exposed to him at an early age.
Post by CatNipped
"Ringworld" - Larry Niven* (the sequels weren't nearly as good)
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when to
quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
She's still kickin' though. In her upper 80s I believe. A very good
sci-fi/fantasy author.
Post by CatNipped
[And speaking of sons taking over the franchise] "Dune" - Frank Hebert*
(again, the sequels weren't as good, but surprisingly some of Brian's
"prequels" were OK - although that may have been more due to Kevin J.
Anderson then to Brian)
Everything I know about "Dune" I learned from the song "To Tame A Land"
by Iron Maiden.
Post by CatNipped
"Stardance" - Spider Robinson* (and all of the "Callahan's Saloon"
novels by him)
"Rendezvous With Rama" - Arthur C. Clark*
Robert L. Forward's* "Rocheworld" series
"Brightness Falls From the Air" - "James Tiptree Jr."* (and every other
word she has ever written under her own name or her pseudonyms)
The "Ender" series - Orson Scott Card
OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's your
favorites?
* Authors whose every book I have read along with: Ben Bova, Dean Ing,
David Brin, and a few others.
Have you ever read anything by R.A.V. Salsitz (aka Emily Drake, Anne
Knight, Elizabeth Forrest, and Charles Ingrid)? She authored the
Dragontales series. She also authored the book that I got the name Vandar
from.
No, I'm a "hard science" science fiction fan - I have read very few
fantasy novels (which these sound like they are?)
Yes, they are.
Post by CatNipped
If you recommend one, though, I'll try it - it's getting hard to find the
"hard" sci-fi novels any more.
It seems most of the good sci-fi has already been written.
No, the best science fiction is what we haven't even dreamed of yet! ;>
The reason I like the "hard" science fiction (especially that written by
scientists like Asimov and Robert L. Forward), is that they take the *ideas*
for things that have not yet been invented, and follow those through to all
the ramifications it may have on human society and behavior hundreds of
years in the future. But, based on science, it's things that might really
take place (and easier for me to envision myself in a very possible future
rather than in a make-believe land - so I can get "lost" in the story
easier). In fact, some of our best prognosticators have been science
fiction writers (I forgot all the deatils, but some science fiction writers,
in the 40s, got visited by the FBI for "revealing" details about the atom
bomb when the Manhatten Project was still in its infancy!!)
Post by Vandar
If I were going to recommend a fantasy novel, it would have to be any of
the original R.E. Howard "Conan" series. As a matter of fact, I'd
recommend all 12 of them, in order. A few of them can be a little hard to
find though. :)
I will admit that the Salsitz books are more... romanticized...
Titanic-like... appealing to women. There's a lot of relationship
development between the characters in her books. In the Conan novels,
there is relationship development between characters, but it's not as
central to the story as in the Salsitz books. After all, he is a
barbarian. The relationships with other characters became more central in
the latter part of the series, as Conan aged, usurped a throne, took a
queen, and had a son. One of the best parts of the series is that Howard
modeled the time and place as "historically familiar". If you look at the
"Conan map", it has an obvious similarity to Europe, Africa, and Asia at
the onset of continental drift.
http://hyboria.xoth.net/maps/chrysagon_hyboria.jpg
I don't know though. You might like Salsitz better. She's more along the
lines of McCaffery.
I do like Gayle Greeno's "Ghatti" series, and also Tanya Huff's "The Keeper"
series (although I like her space marine "Valor" series much better). I'll
have to give Salsitz a try, thanks!

Hugs,

CatNipped
fille
2007-06-15 12:45:49 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
No, I'm a "hard science" science fiction fan - I have read very few fantasy
novels (which these sound like they are?) If you recommend one, though,
I'll try it - it's getting hard to find the "hard" sci-fi novels any more.
Hugs,
CatNipped
Cat - I really don't know much about science fiction books - not
really my type. But can you explain what you mean by "hard" sci-fi as
opposed to the fantasy type. Do you mean ones based more in a sort of
reality?
CatNipped
2007-06-15 13:50:37 UTC
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Post by fille
Post by CatNipped
No, I'm a "hard science" science fiction fan - I have read very few fantasy
novels (which these sound like they are?) If you recommend one, though,
I'll try it - it's getting hard to find the "hard" sci-fi novels any more.
Hugs,
CatNipped
Cat - I really don't know much about science fiction books - not
really my type. But can you explain what you mean by "hard" sci-fi as
opposed to the fantasy type. Do you mean ones based more in a sort of
reality?
Yes, "hard" science fiction, especially that written by scientists (and
there are an amazing number of scientists who write science fiction like
Isaac Asimov and Robert L Forward), *STRICTLY* follow the laws of physics
(although they may bend them a bit for the story's sake when they need their
protagonists to move from star to star and they propose that faster than
light travel might be invented without currently knowing *how* it might be
possible other than some speculation about Einstein's or Hawking's
theories).

The good writers take ideas from inventions we're only just dreaming about
and then extropolate a future where these items have become common-place,
and then they look at the ramifications of these inventions on human society
and human behavior. Some people find it hard to get involved in "hard"
science fiction because some of the scientists who write it love to explain
the physics behind their imagined inventions - and if you're not up to date
in the sciences it will seem like pages and pages of gobbledegook.

The *very* best science fiction writers of the past have very accurately
predicted some of the technology we use today and how it has affected our
lives (television, cell phones, space shuttle, etc.). So there's reason to
think that the "hard" science fiction of today may become tomorrow's
reality. Some science fiction writer's in the 40s were investigated by the
FBE for writing about the atom bomb while the Manhatten Project was still in
its infancy!!!

Fantasy, on the other hand, takes place in make-believe worlds and times
where, sometimes, magic is used and dragons exist. I can't seem get "into"
these worlds because I can't suspend my disbelief long enough to get
involved in the story (I keep thinking in the back of my mind "this is
ridiculous, that couldn't really happen") - I've tried but have only come
close in those stories I cited when I replied to Vandar, and those stay
*fairly* close to reality.

Hugs,

CatNipped
Vandar
2007-06-15 17:05:13 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
Fantasy, on the other hand, takes place in make-believe worlds and times
where, sometimes, magic is used and dragons exist. I can't seem get "into"
these worlds because I can't suspend my disbelief long enough to get
involved in the story (I keep thinking in the back of my mind "this is
ridiculous, that couldn't really happen") - I've tried but have only come
close in those stories I cited when I replied to Vandar, and those stay
*fairly* close to reality.
Just to clarify a bit, the Conan series, while fantasy, is not steeped
in an unreal world. There are no flying dragons spewing fire. Sorcery
exists, but is mostly limited to "shamans" who use mixtures of plant by
products to create a desired effect (paralysis, hallucinations, etc). An
army being ambushed by a group of dragon-taming wizards doesn't happen.
When Conan runs into a "dragon", it's usually just a giant lizard trying
to eat him, or an hallucination caused by some shaman's potion or poison
on an arrow.
Wizards in that series are more like priests. They conduct rituals for
and have sacrifices to their "gods", and occassionally will summon some
ugly beast from the bowels of the Earth, but the beast is rarely
supernatural just as much of a threat to the priest who summoned it as
it is to Conan.

The Salsitz books are more fantasy in that respect - actual flying
dragons who speak and can cast spells.
unionfireman
2007-06-15 17:56:20 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
Fantasy, on the other hand, takes place in make-believe worlds and times
where, sometimes, magic is used and dragons exist. I can't seem get
"into" these worlds because I can't suspend my disbelief long enough to
get involved in the story (I keep thinking in the back of my mind "this
is ridiculous, that couldn't really happen") - I've tried but have only
come close in those stories I cited when I replied to Vandar, and those
stay *fairly* close to reality.
Just to clarify a bit, the Conan series, while fantasy, is not steeped in
an unreal world. There are no flying dragons spewing fire. Sorcery exists,
but is mostly limited to "shamans" who use mixtures of plant by products
to create a desired effect (paralysis, hallucinations, etc). An army being
ambushed by a group of dragon-taming wizards doesn't happen. When Conan
runs into a "dragon", it's usually just a giant lizard trying to eat him,
or an hallucination caused by some shaman's potion or poison on an arrow.
Wizards in that series are more like priests. They conduct rituals for and
have sacrifices to their "gods", and occassionally will summon some ugly
beast from the bowels of the Earth, but the beast is rarely supernatural
just as much of a threat to the priest who summoned it as it is to Conan.
The Salsitz books are more fantasy in that respect - actual flying dragons
who speak and can cast spells.
I must have been in my "Delete Zone" and missed the OP, so if I'm being
repetitive, I apologize. My personal favorites include anything by Stephen
King. I am currently reading the Dark Tower series for the third time, just
to refresh my mind when I read the new Marvel Comic version of the series.

As far as fantasy goes, for those not ready to delve into the intricacies of
Tolkien, I would highly recommend The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the
Unbeliever. I read them about 15 or 20 years ago, and they remain some of
my favorite fantasy works.
unionfireman
2007-06-15 17:57:58 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
Fantasy, on the other hand, takes place in make-believe worlds and times
where, sometimes, magic is used and dragons exist. I can't seem get
"into" these worlds because I can't suspend my disbelief long enough to
get involved in the story (I keep thinking in the back of my mind "this
is ridiculous, that couldn't really happen") - I've tried but have only
come close in those stories I cited when I replied to Vandar, and those
stay *fairly* close to reality.
Just to clarify a bit, the Conan series, while fantasy, is not steeped in
an unreal world. There are no flying dragons spewing fire. Sorcery
exists, but is mostly limited to "shamans" who use mixtures of plant by
products to create a desired effect (paralysis, hallucinations, etc). An
army being ambushed by a group of dragon-taming wizards doesn't happen.
When Conan runs into a "dragon", it's usually just a giant lizard trying
to eat him, or an hallucination caused by some shaman's potion or poison
on an arrow.
Wizards in that series are more like priests. They conduct rituals for
and have sacrifices to their "gods", and occassionally will summon some
ugly beast from the bowels of the Earth, but the beast is rarely
supernatural just as much of a threat to the priest who summoned it as it
is to Conan.
The Salsitz books are more fantasy in that respect - actual flying
dragons who speak and can cast spells.
I must have been in my "Delete Zone" and missed the OP, so if I'm being
repetitive, I apologize. My personal favorites include anything by
Stephen King. I am currently reading the Dark Tower series for the third
time, just to refresh my mind when I read the new Marvel Comic version of
the series.
As far as fantasy goes, for those not ready to delve into the intricacies
of Tolkien, I would highly recommend The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the
Unbeliever. I read them about 15 or 20 years ago, and they remain some of
my favorite fantasy works.
I should have mentioned that the Thomas Covenant books are written by
Stephen R. Donaldson.
CatNipped
2007-06-16 00:55:22 UTC
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Fantasy, on the other hand, takes place in make-believe worlds and times
where, sometimes, magic is used and dragons exist. I can't seem get
"into" these worlds because I can't suspend my disbelief long enough to
get involved in the story (I keep thinking in the back of my mind "this
is ridiculous, that couldn't really happen") - I've tried but have only
come close in those stories I cited when I replied to Vandar, and those
stay *fairly* close to reality.
Just to clarify a bit, the Conan series, while fantasy, is not steeped in
an unreal world. There are no flying dragons spewing fire. Sorcery exists,
but is mostly limited to "shamans" who use mixtures of plant by products
to create a desired effect (paralysis, hallucinations, etc). An army being
ambushed by a group of dragon-taming wizards doesn't happen. When Conan
runs into a "dragon", it's usually just a giant lizard trying to eat him,
or an hallucination caused by some shaman's potion or poison on an arrow.
Wizards in that series are more like priests. They conduct rituals for and
have sacrifices to their "gods", and occassionally will summon some ugly
beast from the bowels of the Earth, but the beast is rarely supernatural
just as much of a threat to the priest who summoned it as it is to Conan.
True, but I never thought of the Conan books as being fantasy - I really
don't know what category I'd but them in (same with Gale Greeno's "Ghatti's"
series). I do enjoy some fantasies.

One book that really hooked me was "The Flying Sorcerers" by David Gerrold
(another one of my "must read" authors) and Larry Niven. This one has a
neat twist in that it portrayed two totally different points of view - the
advanced star traveler who crashes on a primitive world sees everything that
happens in terms of physics and science, quite explanable in his eyes; and
the primitives who see everything that happens in terms of magic, also quite
explanable in their eyes (and the authors acheive the impossible by making
the reader see *bioth* sides). It also has an unbelievable, hilarious
running pun for hard-core sci-fi fans (I'll give you a hint by saying the
primitives interpret the star traveler's name into "like a shade of
purple-gray" - think another famous sci-fi author I've mentioned in this
thread - tell me if you can't figure it out and I'll explain! ;>).

http://www.amazon.com/Flying-Sorcerers-David-Gerrold/dp/1932100237/ref=sr_1_14/104-2015644-7586317?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181954590&sr=1-14

or

http://tinyurl.com/39rp3f

This is one of the most hilarious and delightful books I've ever read - I
highly recommend it for a fast, fun read.
The Salsitz books are more fantasy in that respect - actual flying dragons
who speak and can cast spells.
Well, I *do* like Anne McCaffrey's "Pern" novels (although she does play lip
service to a scientific explanation - totally incredible - for her
teleporting, telepathic, fire-breathing dragons, I would really classify
these as more fantasy than sci-fi). I'm finding them even more enjoyable on
CDs to listen to during my commute - the stories lend themselves well to
being narrated (like the folk tales told around a fire).
--
Hugs,

CatNipped

See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/
jbrink45
2007-06-15 02:40:20 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I read
a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards
sci-fi which DH and I love)...
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
One of my favorites all time! I still have the copy I bought in college in
1970!
Post by CatNipped
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when to
quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
I adored these, too! I quit reading them at some point but don't recall
why...
Post by CatNipped
Hugs,
CatNipped
I'll definitely get into this thread later--after the Spurs game. GO
SPURS!!!

Jamie
CatNipped
2007-06-15 02:44:55 UTC
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Post by jbrink45
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I
read a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards
sci-fi which DH and I love)...
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
One of my favorites all time! I still have the copy I bought in college in
1970!
Post by CatNipped
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when to
quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
I adored these, too! I quit reading them at some point but don't recall
why...
Post by CatNipped
Hugs,
CatNipped
I'll definitely get into this thread later--after the Spurs game. GO
SPURS!!!
Jamie
Who are they playing? I don't follow sports much, but I guess I have to
root for the Rockets seeing as Houston is my adopted home town. Do you live
in San Antonio?

Hugs,

CatNipped
jbrink45
2007-06-15 02:59:12 UTC
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Post by jbrink45
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I
read a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted
towards sci-fi which DH and I love)...
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
One of my favorites all time! I still have the copy I bought in college
in 1970!
Post by CatNipped
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when to
quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
I adored these, too! I quit reading them at some point but don't recall
why...
Post by CatNipped
Hugs,
CatNipped
I'll definitely get into this thread later--after the Spurs game. GO
SPURS!!!
Jamie
Who are they playing? I don't follow sports much, but I guess I have to
root for the Rockets seeing as Houston is my adopted home town. Do you
live in San Antonio?
Hugs,
CatNipped
They're playing the Cleveland Cavaliers and are about 20 minutes away from
the national championship!!! I live in Georgetown, about 30 miles north of
Austin. I lived in Houston (Spring Branch) as a youngster and again as a
young adult, then Dallas for a while and east Texas for 25 years. I'm a huge
sports fan, from high school to professional!

Jamie
CatNipped
2007-06-15 13:51:40 UTC
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Post by jbrink45
Post by CatNipped
Post by jbrink45
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I
read a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted
towards sci-fi which DH and I love)...
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
One of my favorites all time! I still have the copy I bought in college
in 1970!
Post by CatNipped
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when to
quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
I adored these, too! I quit reading them at some point but don't recall
why...
Post by CatNipped
Hugs,
CatNipped
I'll definitely get into this thread later--after the Spurs game. GO
SPURS!!!
Jamie
Who are they playing? I don't follow sports much, but I guess I have to
root for the Rockets seeing as Houston is my adopted home town. Do you
live in San Antonio?
Hugs,
CatNipped
They're playing the Cleveland Cavaliers and are about 20 minutes away from
the national championship!!! I live in Georgetown, about 30 miles north of
Austin. I lived in Houston (Spring Branch) as a youngster and again as a
young adult, then Dallas for a while and east Texas for 25 years. I'm a
huge sports fan, from high school to professional!
Jamie
You were in my neighborhood! I live in Spring!

I wish your Spurs good luck in the championship!

Hugs,

CatNipped
jbrink45
2007-06-15 17:56:31 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
Post by jbrink45
Post by CatNipped
Post by jbrink45
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I
read a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted
towards sci-fi which DH and I love)...
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science
fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
One of my favorites all time! I still have the copy I bought in college
in 1970!
Post by CatNipped
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when
to quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
I adored these, too! I quit reading them at some point but don't recall
why...
Post by CatNipped
Hugs,
CatNipped
I'll definitely get into this thread later--after the Spurs game. GO
SPURS!!!
Jamie
Who are they playing? I don't follow sports much, but I guess I have to
root for the Rockets seeing as Houston is my adopted home town. Do you
live in San Antonio?
Hugs,
CatNipped
They're playing the Cleveland Cavaliers and are about 20 minutes away
from the national championship!!! I live in Georgetown, about 30 miles
north of Austin. I lived in Houston (Spring Branch) as a youngster and
again as a young adult, then Dallas for a while and east Texas for 25
years. I'm a huge sports fan, from high school to professional!
Jamie
You were in my neighborhood! I live in Spring!
I wish your Spurs good luck in the championship!
Hugs,
CatNipped
I have a first cousin in Spring :-)
CatNipped
2007-06-15 18:08:42 UTC
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Post by jbrink45
Post by CatNipped
Post by jbrink45
Post by CatNipped
Post by jbrink45
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I
read a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted
towards sci-fi which DH and I love)...
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science
fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
One of my favorites all time! I still have the copy I bought in
college in 1970!
Post by CatNipped
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when
to quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
I adored these, too! I quit reading them at some point but don't
recall why...
Post by CatNipped
Hugs,
CatNipped
I'll definitely get into this thread later--after the Spurs game. GO
SPURS!!!
Jamie
Who are they playing? I don't follow sports much, but I guess I have
to root for the Rockets seeing as Houston is my adopted home town. Do
you live in San Antonio?
Hugs,
CatNipped
They're playing the Cleveland Cavaliers and are about 20 minutes away
from the national championship!!! I live in Georgetown, about 30 miles
north of Austin. I lived in Houston (Spring Branch) as a youngster and
again as a young adult, then Dallas for a while and east Texas for 25
years. I'm a huge sports fan, from high school to professional!
Jamie
You were in my neighborhood! I live in Spring!
I wish your Spurs good luck in the championship!
Hugs,
CatNipped
I have a first cousin in Spring :-)
It's a small world (I liked the now-cancelled "Six Degrees" which showed how
NY dwellers' lives interweaved with each other even when they didn't know
each other).

Hugs,

CatNipped
dixichik
2007-06-15 19:44:09 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
Post by jbrink45
Post by CatNipped
Post by jbrink45
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I
read a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted
towards sci-fi which DH and I love)...
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science
fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
One of my favorites all time! I still have the copy I bought in college
in 1970!
Post by CatNipped
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when
to quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
I adored these, too! I quit reading them at some point but don't recall
why...
Post by CatNipped
Hugs,
CatNipped
I'll definitely get into this thread later--after the Spurs game. GO
SPURS!!!
Jamie
Who are they playing? I don't follow sports much, but I guess I have to
root for the Rockets seeing as Houston is my adopted home town. Do you
live in San Antonio?
Hugs,
CatNipped
They're playing the Cleveland Cavaliers and are about 20 minutes away
from the national championship!!! I live in Georgetown, about 30 miles
north of Austin. I lived in Houston (Spring Branch) as a youngster and
again as a young adult, then Dallas for a while and east Texas for 25
years. I'm a huge sports fan, from high school to professional!
Jamie
You were in my neighborhood! I live in Spring!
I wish your Spurs good luck in the championship!
Hugs,
CatNipped
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Vandar
2007-06-15 20:11:10 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I
read a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted
towards sci-fi which DH and I love)...
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science
fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
One of my favorites all time! I still have the copy I bought in college
in 1970!
Post by CatNipped
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when
to quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
I adored these, too! I quit reading them at some point but don't recall
why...
Post by CatNipped
Hugs,
CatNipped
I'll definitely get into this thread later--after the Spurs game. GO
SPURS!!!
Jamie
Who are they playing? I don't follow sports much, but I guess I have to
root for the Rockets seeing as Houston is my adopted home town. Do you
live in San Antonio?
Hugs,
CatNipped
They're playing the Cleveland Cavaliers and are about 20 minutes away
from the national championship!!! I live in Georgetown, about 30 miles
north of Austin. I lived in Houston (Spring Branch) as a youngster and
again as a young adult, then Dallas for a while and east Texas for 25
years. I'm a huge sports fan, from high school to professional!
Jamie
You were in my neighborhood! I live in Spring!
I wish your Spurs good luck in the championship!
Hugs,
CatNipped
I have a first cousin in Spring :-)- Hide quoted text -
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He's a lieutenant with the Texas Department of Corrections! lol
lol... almost had me on that one. But he won't be doing life. He's up
for "parole" (retirement) after 20 years, isn't he?
L
2007-06-15 03:23:36 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I read a
lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards sci-fi
which DH and I love)...
"Black Beauty" (first read it when I was 4 and still read it occasionally,
it still makes me cry) - Anna Sewell
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" - Betty Smith
"The Captains and the Kings" - Taylor Caldwell
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
All of the "Foundation" novels by Isaac Asimov* (and, come to think about
it, just about all of Asimov's novels)
"Ringworld" - Larry Niven* (the sequels weren't nearly as good)
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when to quit
and now her son has taken over the franchise)
[And speaking of sons taking over the franchise] "Dune" - Frank Hebert*
(again, the sequels weren't as good, but surprisingly some of Brian's
"prequels" were OK - although that may have been more due to Kevin J.
Anderson then to Brian)
"Stardance" - Spider Robinson* (and all of the "Callahan's Saloon" novels by
him)
"Rendezvous With Rama" - Arthur C. Clark*
Robert L. Forward's* "Rocheworld" series
"Brightness Falls From the Air" - "James Tiptree Jr."* (and every other word
she has ever written under her own name or her pseudonyms)
The "Ender" series - Orson Scott Card
OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's your
favorites?
* Authors whose every book I have read along with: Ben Bova, Dean Ing,
David Brin, and a few others.
--
Hugs,
CatNipped
See all my masters here: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/
I read all the books I found in my Grandparents' attic when I
stayed with them, so it's kind of an odd assortment but I loved all of
these (plus tons more which I can't remember at the moment):

Watership Down
Sacajawea (sp?)
The Caine Mutiny
The Andromeda Strain
A Christmas Carol
God Bless the Mark
To Kill A Mockingbird
Little Women
Life With Father
Nancy Drew (all of them)

And while we're on the subject of books, I wanted to like A Tale Of
Two Cities, but at the end, when you finally get to the "far, far better
thing" guy, you find out he did it because he had a crush on some woman,
and wanted to make her happy by letting himself get killed instead of
her husband. I was so disappointed! I thought that was not a good
reason, and I can think of far, far better things to give your life for
than that! Maybe I missed the point?
CatNipped
2007-06-16 01:28:18 UTC
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Post by L
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I read a
lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards sci-fi
which DH and I love)...
"Black Beauty" (first read it when I was 4 and still read it
occasionally,
it still makes me cry) - Anna Sewell
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" - Betty Smith
"The Captains and the Kings" - Taylor Caldwell
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
All of the "Foundation" novels by Isaac Asimov* (and, come to think about
it, just about all of Asimov's novels)
"Ringworld" - Larry Niven* (the sequels weren't nearly as good)
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when to quit
and now her son has taken over the franchise)
[And speaking of sons taking over the franchise] "Dune" - Frank Hebert*
(again, the sequels weren't as good, but surprisingly some of Brian's
"prequels" were OK - although that may have been more due to Kevin J.
Anderson then to Brian)
"Stardance" - Spider Robinson* (and all of the "Callahan's Saloon" novels by
him)
"Rendezvous With Rama" - Arthur C. Clark*
Robert L. Forward's* "Rocheworld" series
"Brightness Falls From the Air" - "James Tiptree Jr."* (and every other word
she has ever written under her own name or her pseudonyms)
The "Ender" series - Orson Scott Card
OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's your
favorites?
* Authors whose every book I have read along with: Ben Bova, Dean Ing,
David Brin, and a few others.
--
Hugs,
CatNipped
See all my masters here: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/
I read all the books I found in my Grandparents' attic when I
stayed with them, so it's kind of an odd assortment but I loved all of
Watership Down
Loved it!
Post by L
Sacajawea (sp?)
Didn't read it but I liked reading about her in history class, so I may give
it a read.
Post by L
The Caine Mutiny
Loved it!
Post by L
The Andromeda Strain
Loved it!
Post by L
A Christmas Carol
Loved it!
Post by L
God Bless the Mark
Never heard of this one.
Post by L
To Kill A Mockingbird
Loved it!
Post by L
Little Women
Loved it!
Post by L
Life With Father
Loved it!
Post by L
Nancy Drew (all of them)
Loved them! Looks like we have a lot of the same tastes in novels.
Post by L
And while we're on the subject of books, I wanted to like A Tale Of
Two Cities, but at the end, when you finally get to the "far, far better
thing" guy, you find out he did it because he had a crush on some woman,
and wanted to make her happy by letting himself get killed instead of
her husband. I was so disappointed! I thought that was not a good
reason, and I can think of far, far better things to give your life for
than that! Maybe I missed the point?
There are a lot of "classics" I just didn't get (I'm just too plebian, I
guess). Could see the point of "The Great Gatsby", "War and Peace", etc.
"Moby Dick" was somewhat interesting, as was "David Copperfield". I did
like "Anna Karenina" and all of Mark Twain's work, but on the whole, give me
science fiction any day! ;>

Hugs,

CatNipped
L
2007-06-16 23:56:42 UTC
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Post by L
Sacajawea (sp?)
Didn't read it but I liked reading about her in history class, so I may give
it a read.
I couldn't put it down. It's a nice, lonnng novel and I
accidentally learned all sorts of history while I was reading it!
Post by CatNipped
Post by L
God Bless the Mark
Never heard of this one.
Whoops, it's God Save the Mark, and it's by ... um, there's an
E in it, let me go look it up... Donald E. Westlake. It's a silly book,
but it was fun to read. :)
Xan
2007-06-16 20:13:18 UTC
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Post by L
I read all the books I found in my Grandparents' attic when I
stayed with them, so it's kind of an odd assortment but I loved all of
Watership Down
Sacajawea (sp?)
The Caine Mutiny
The Andromeda Strain
A Christmas Carol
God Bless the Mark
To Kill A Mockingbird
Little Women
Life With Father
Nancy Drew (all of them)
Watership Down is one of my all time favorite books, and I'm currently
rereading it for the umpteenth time. My second favorite book, also by
Richard Adams, is Shardik. Other favorites include: Sarum by Edward
Rutherfurd; Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin; Misery by Stephen King; The
Other and Harvest Home by Tom Tryon; The Thorn Birds by Colleen
McCullough; and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (a scathing indictment of
the Chicago meat-packing industry back in the 1920's). I've tried to
read sci-fi but just can't get into it, although I did manage to get
through some Bradbury works back in the old days. I do love mystery
novels, though, including all of Agatha Christie, PD James, Ngaio Marsh,
and Elizabeth George. I also love certain philosophy books, my
favorites being the works of Alan Watts and Krishnamurti. There are
many more that I just can't think of right now ("oldtimers" disease, ya
know...)

Xan
fille
2007-06-15 12:54:10 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's your
favorites?
I probably have no right to be in this thread because the only books
I've read (years ago) that have been mentioned in here so far were the
Nancy Drew series. My mother turned me on to them when I was young.
I am a non-fiction gal and my tastes run to true crime, biographies of
people who have led tough or odd lives, the Holocaust, self-help type
books (guess I need those considering my taste in books - LOL). A few
that stand out for me:
"Helter Skelter" - Vincent Bugliosi
"Diary of Anne Frank"
c***@yahoo.com
2007-06-15 13:31:37 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I read a
lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards sci-fi
which DH and I love)...
You have a good list.

I'll second "Stranger in a Strange Land" and will add:

A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle - a children's book but I love
the story
The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayer - great mystery
Godbody - Theodore Sturgeon (I read this every spring)
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (of course)
Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey - what if Richard III *didn't* murder
his nephews
The Anodyne Necklace - Martha Grimes
The "Odd Thomas" series by Dean Koontz

and my very favorite is "The Stand" by Stephen King

callen in VA
Tzigaane
2007-06-15 15:59:43 UTC
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Post by c***@yahoo.com
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I read a
lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards sci-fi
which DH and I love)...
You have a good list.
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle - a children's book but I love
the story
The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayer - great mystery
Godbody - Theodore Sturgeon (I read this every spring)
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (of course)
Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey - what if Richard III *didn't* murder
his nephews
The Anodyne Necklace - Martha Grimes
The "Odd Thomas" series by Dean Koontz
and my very favorite is "The Stand" by Stephen King
I'll match "The Stand" and raise you "It". Those are both my favorite
King books. "It" scared the crap out of me. I wouldn't read it after dark.

Most of what I read is non-fiction, but some of my favorite fiction in
more recent years is:

"The Time Traveler's Wife" - author escapes me at the moment
"Animal Dreams" - Barbara Kingsolver

I so totally adored TTW that I want everyone in the world to read it (of
course, probably, no one else would like it as much as I did and that
would be sad...)

tzigaane
c***@yahoo.com
2007-06-15 16:11:09 UTC
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Post by Tzigaane
I'll match "The Stand" and raise you "It". Those are both my favorite
King books. "It" scared the crap out of me. I wouldn't read it after dark.
I like "It" too. I was reading it in bed one night after my
daughter's birthday party and unbeknownst to me one of the balloons
got sucked into my bedroom by the fan, came under my bed and popped
out the other side right next to my face. Scared the bejesus out of
me.
Post by Tzigaane
Most of what I read is non-fiction, but some of my favorite fiction in
"The Time Traveler's Wife" - author escapes me at the moment
When you remember tell me.

Callen in VA
Tzigaane
2007-06-15 19:46:01 UTC
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Post by c***@yahoo.com
Post by Tzigaane
I'll match "The Stand" and raise you "It". Those are both my favorite
King books. "It" scared the crap out of me. I wouldn't read it after dark.
I like "It" too. I was reading it in bed one night after my
daughter's birthday party and unbeknownst to me one of the balloons
got sucked into my bedroom by the fan, came under my bed and popped
out the other side right next to my face. Scared the bejesus out of
me.
=:-0 See?!?! What were you thinking, reading that after dark, in bed
no less?! Did you learn *nothing* as you were reading it? :-)
Post by c***@yahoo.com
Post by Tzigaane
Most of what I read is non-fiction, but some of my favorite fiction in
"The Time Traveler's Wife" - author escapes me at the moment
When you remember tell me.
OK, I went and found the book. The author is Audrey Niffenegger. It is
a beautifully, intricately crafted, intriguing, fascinating story. It's
one that would keep me thinking and wondering and pondering it all day
even when I wasn't reading it. If you read it, I hope you'll enjoy it.

t
Mickey
2007-06-15 16:42:10 UTC
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Post by Tzigaane
Post by c***@yahoo.com
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I read a
lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards sci-fi
which DH and I love)...
You have a good list.
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle - a children's book but I love
the story
The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayer - great mystery
Godbody - Theodore Sturgeon (I read this every spring)
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (of course)
Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey - what if Richard III *didn't* murder
his nephews
The Anodyne Necklace - Martha Grimes
The "Odd Thomas" series by Dean Koontz
and my very favorite is "The Stand" by Stephen King
I'll match "The Stand" and raise you "It". Those are both my favorite
King books. "It" scared the crap out of me. I wouldn't read it after dark.
Most of what I read is non-fiction, but some of my favorite fiction in
"The Time Traveler's Wife" - author escapes me at the moment
I read it last year and enjoyed it. I dread what they will do to it
bringing it to the screen. Based on your liking TTW, I suspect you might
enjoy "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" by Patrick Susskind and "The
Piano Tuner" by Daniel Mason. You might just like "The Amazing
Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" by Michael Chabon."

For those of you into the quirky, I recommend the works of Christopher
Moore ("Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal,"
"Island of the Sequined Love Nun," "The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming
Tale of Christmas Terror," etc.) and the Thursday Next series of books
by Jasper Fforde.

The Other Mickey
Post by Tzigaane
"Animal Dreams" - Barbara Kingsolver
I so totally adored TTW that I want everyone in the world to read it (of
course, probably, no one else would like it as much as I did and that
would be sad...)
tzigaane
Tzigaane
2007-06-15 19:48:28 UTC
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Post by Mickey
Post by Tzigaane
Post by c***@yahoo.com
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I read a
lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards sci-fi
which DH and I love)...
You have a good list.
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle - a children's book but I love
the story
The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayer - great mystery
Godbody - Theodore Sturgeon (I read this every spring)
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (of course)
Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey - what if Richard III *didn't* murder
his nephews
The Anodyne Necklace - Martha Grimes
The "Odd Thomas" series by Dean Koontz
and my very favorite is "The Stand" by Stephen King
I'll match "The Stand" and raise you "It". Those are both my favorite
King books. "It" scared the crap out of me. I wouldn't read it after dark.
Most of what I read is non-fiction, but some of my favorite fiction in
"The Time Traveler's Wife" - author escapes me at the moment
I read it last year and enjoyed it. I dread what they will do to it
bringing it to the screen. Based on your liking TTW, I suspect you might
enjoy "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" by Patrick Susskind and "The
Piano Tuner" by Daniel Mason. You might just like "The Amazing
Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" by Michael Chabon."
Thanks for the recommendations Mickey. Summer is coming and I do have
more time to read then.
Post by Mickey
For those of you into the quirky, I recommend the works of Christopher
Moore ("Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal,"
"Island of the Sequined Love Nun," "The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming
Tale of Christmas Terror," etc.) and the Thursday Next series of books
by Jasper Fforde.
Intriguing. I'm game.

t
jbrink45
2007-06-15 18:21:54 UTC
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Post by c***@yahoo.com
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I read a
lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards sci-fi
which DH and I love)...
You have a good list.
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle - a children's book but I love
the story
The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayer - great mystery
Godbody - Theodore Sturgeon (I read this every spring)
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (of course)
Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey - what if Richard III *didn't* murder
his nephews
The Anodyne Necklace - Martha Grimes
The "Odd Thomas" series by Dean Koontz
and my very favorite is "The Stand" by Stephen King
I'll match "The Stand" and raise you "It". Those are both my favorite King
books. "It" scared the crap out of me. I wouldn't read it after dark.
"The Stand" is the ONLY Stephen King book I've been able to read after dark,
and that was only after seeing the miniseries first!
Tzigaane
2007-06-15 20:07:47 UTC
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Post by Tzigaane
Post by c***@yahoo.com
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I read a
lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards sci-fi
which DH and I love)...
You have a good list.
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle - a children's book but I love
the story
The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayer - great mystery
Godbody - Theodore Sturgeon (I read this every spring)
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (of course)
Daughter of Time - Josephine Tey - what if Richard III *didn't* murder
his nephews
The Anodyne Necklace - Martha Grimes
The "Odd Thomas" series by Dean Koontz
and my very favorite is "The Stand" by Stephen King
I'll match "The Stand" and raise you "It". Those are both my favorite
King books. "It" scared the crap out of me. I wouldn't read it after dark.
"The Stand" is the ONLY Stephen King book I've been able to read after
dark, and that was only after seeing the miniseries first!
The Stand is more creepy than terrifying. I found that when I was
reading it when I was out in public and someone next to me coughed or
sneezed, I would sort of smile to myself and instinctively move away.

t
JXStern
2007-06-15 14:00:11 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
Oy! Good book at the time, but I dunno about now.
Post by CatNipped
"Ringworld" - Larry Niven* (the sequels weren't nearly as good)
Ringworld is a gem!
Post by CatNipped
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when to quit
and now her son has taken over the franchise)
The first one, mostly.
Post by CatNipped
The "Ender" series - Orson Scott Card
The original story, the original novel, and not the updated original
novel.
Post by CatNipped
OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's your
favorites?
* Authors whose every book I have read along with: Ben Bova, Dean Ing,
David Brin, and a few others.
How about Roger Zelazny? I think your taste runs along mine, at least
partly, and Zelazny is right there at the top. "Lord of Light", and
of course the entire Amber series, ... and most everything else he
wrote. It skirts the SF/fantasy edge.

Brin's "uplift" books are perhaps the best SF I've ever read.

Did you ever read the ancient Lensman books by E.E. "Doc" Smith? The
original space opera, from whence came Star Trek and Star Wars and
all.

Oh, and Cordwainer Smith (no relation to "Doc", since his real name
was Linebarger), anything he wrote, but his one novel was Norstrillia,
which is a real hoot.

You like hard SF, how about Saberhagen's "Berserker" books?
Saberhagen is a fantastic writer, and also has his fantasy series, he
and Niven interchanged ideas on "manna". "Empire of the East" is a
fanastic series, and the derivative "Swords" books start out OK,
though they are after all only potboilers.

Then there's Michael Swanwick and Bruce Sterling and William Gibson
...

Yes, I've spent many hours on SF, and have quite a pile of books
scattered around.


More recently, I've spent most of my reading time on academic
philosophy books, my favorites being mostly so boring to normal people
(eg, Wittgenstein) it goes beyond words. Then there's Derrida and
other "pomo"s, that's an entirely other kettle of fish.

No wonder I have to watch a little reality TV!

J.
CatNipped
2007-06-15 15:49:04 UTC
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On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:54:53 -0500, "CatNipped"
Post by CatNipped
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
Oy! Good book at the time, but I dunno about now.
Yeah, it predated the "hippy / free love (sex)" era and had a lot of the
(then) cutting-edge philosophy. It does seem a bit hokey today, but still,
IMO, a very good read.
Post by JXStern
Post by CatNipped
"Ringworld" - Larry Niven* (the sequels weren't nearly as good)
Ringworld is a gem!
Post by CatNipped
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when to quit
and now her son has taken over the franchise)
The first one, mostly.
Post by CatNipped
The "Ender" series - Orson Scott Card
The original story, the original novel, and not the updated original
novel.
Yeah, but I liked the "Bean" novels too starting with "Ender's Shadow" I
believe.
Post by JXStern
Post by CatNipped
OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's your
favorites?
* Authors whose every book I have read along with: Ben Bova, Dean Ing,
David Brin, and a few others.
How about Roger Zelazny? I think your taste runs along mine, at least
partly, and Zelazny is right there at the top. "Lord of Light", and
of course the entire Amber series, ... and most everything else he
wrote. It skirts the SF/fantasy edge.
Of course ROger Zelazny!
Post by JXStern
Brin's "uplift" books are perhaps the best SF I've ever read.
Yeah, I just re-read that series.
Post by JXStern
Did you ever read the ancient Lensman books by E.E. "Doc" Smith? The
original space opera, from whence came Star Trek and Star Wars and
all.
Fer shure, those were the novels I cut my teeth on when I was 5 (in 1956!).
Post by JXStern
Oh, and Cordwainer Smith (no relation to "Doc", since his real name
was Linebarger), anything he wrote, but his one novel was Norstrillia,
which is a real hoot.
Haven't read it -I'll have to put it on my list for next book shopping.
Post by JXStern
You like hard SF, how about Saberhagen's "Berserker" books?
Saberhagen is a fantastic writer, and also has his fantasy series, he
and Niven interchanged ideas on "manna". "Empire of the East" is a
fanastic series, and the derivative "Swords" books start out OK,
though they are after all only potboilers.
Ohmygawd, yes, how could I forget those - I'm going to have to find and
re-read them now! And who was it wrote the "Gateway" series (the mind is
going - I would say early Alzheimers, but it isn't really all that early!!
;>).
Post by JXStern
Then there's Michael Swanwick and Bruce Sterling and William Gibson
I don't remember reading anything by them, any specific novels you could
suggest?
Post by JXStern
...
Yes, I've spent many hours on SF, and have quite a pile of books
scattered around.
More recently, I've spent most of my reading time on academic
philosophy books, my favorites being mostly so boring to normal people
(eg, Wittgenstein) it goes beyond words. Then there's Derrida and
other "pomo"s, that's an entirely other kettle of fish.
No wonder I have to watch a little reality TV!
LOL! Yup!! ;>

Hugs,

CatNipped
Post by JXStern
J.
JXStern
2007-06-15 18:02:40 UTC
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On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:49:04 -0500, "CatNipped"
Post by CatNipped
Of course ROger Zelazny!
Good!
Post by CatNipped
Post by JXStern
Did you ever read the ancient Lensman books by E.E. "Doc" Smith? The
original space opera, from whence came Star Trek and Star Wars and
all.
Fer shure, those were the novels I cut my teeth on when I was 5 (in 1956!).
They came out with trade-sized reprints a few years ago, and I bought
the set!
Post by CatNipped
Post by JXStern
Oh, and Cordwainer Smith (no relation to "Doc", since his real name
was Linebarger), anything he wrote, but his one novel was Norstrillia,
which is a real hoot.
Haven't read it -I'll have to put it on my list for next book shopping.
I think you will be (very) pleased - if you can find it!
OK, Amazon has it!
http://www.amazon.com/Norstrilia-Cordwainer-Smith/dp/1596872578/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-4245007-3751126
Post by CatNipped
Post by JXStern
Then there's Michael Swanwick and Bruce Sterling and William Gibson
Gibson's "Neuromancer" was the novel that made Cyberpunk big circa
1985. "Count Zero" is the same world, a few years later, and even
better written. There are a couple more, but those two are (IMHO) by
far the best. The movies "The Matrix" and "Johnny Mneumonic" are
directly from Gibson. I think he got some credits for one or the
other.

Bruce Sterling writes in a similar mode. "Schizmatrix" is a wild work
of absolute genius. "The Artificial Kid" is really cute and perverse.
And oh yeah, "Islands In The Net" shows how to wage post-modern war -
Grenada versus Singapore versus Mali versus Corporations!

But the wildest of all are by Swanwick, two really obscure but
absolutely excellent books, "Vacuum Flowers" that I'm pretty sure is
where the TNG guys got the Borg, and "Stations Of The Tide" that is so
far out, there's just no describing it, it's "Vacuum Flowers" a couple
of centuries later.

Not sure how many of these are still in print.

All are pure SF.

Good reading!

Dang, any and all would make great, great movies, but then so would
Ringworld. But then again, so SHOULD have Dune, ... but Hollywood
versus Science Fiction is another story entirely. I'll be dragging
into the theater this week to see the Silver Surfer, but of course
we're really just waiting for ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Galactus!

J.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CatNipped
2007-06-15 18:23:34 UTC
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Post by JXStern
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:49:04 -0500, "CatNipped"
Post by CatNipped
Of course ROger Zelazny!
Good!
Post by CatNipped
Post by JXStern
Did you ever read the ancient Lensman books by E.E. "Doc" Smith? The
original space opera, from whence came Star Trek and Star Wars and
all.
Fer shure, those were the novels I cut my teeth on when I was 5 (in 1956!).
They came out with trade-sized reprints a few years ago, and I bought
the set!
Post by CatNipped
Post by JXStern
Oh, and Cordwainer Smith (no relation to "Doc", since his real name
was Linebarger), anything he wrote, but his one novel was Norstrillia,
which is a real hoot.
Haven't read it -I'll have to put it on my list for next book shopping.
I think you will be (very) pleased - if you can find it!
OK, Amazon has it!
http://www.amazon.com/Norstrilia-Cordwainer-Smith/dp/1596872578/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-4245007-3751126
Post by CatNipped
Post by JXStern
Then there's Michael Swanwick and Bruce Sterling and William Gibson
Gibson's "Neuromancer" was the novel that made Cyberpunk big circa
Did you see this?
http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/05/18/william-gibsons-neuromancer-finally-coming-to-the-big-screen/
I *SO* hope they don't butcher it.
Post by JXStern
1985. "Count Zero" is the same world, a few years later, and even
better written. There are a couple more, but those two are (IMHO) by
far the best. The movies "The Matrix" and "Johnny Mneumonic" are
directly from Gibson. I think he got some credits for one or the
other.
Bruce Sterling writes in a similar mode. "Schizmatrix" is a wild work
of absolute genius. "The Artificial Kid" is really cute and perverse.
And oh yeah, "Islands In The Net" shows how to wage post-modern war -
Grenada versus Singapore versus Mali versus Corporations!
But the wildest of all are by Swanwick, two really obscure but
absolutely excellent books, "Vacuum Flowers" that I'm pretty sure is
where the TNG guys got the Borg, and "Stations Of The Tide" that is so
far out, there's just no describing it, it's "Vacuum Flowers" a couple
of centuries later.
Not sure how many of these are still in print.
I will *DEFINITELY* be looking for those, they sound right up my alley -
THANKS!
Post by JXStern
All are pure SF.
Good reading!
Dang, any and all would make great, great movies, but then so would
Ringworld. But then again, so SHOULD have Dune, ... but Hollywood
<Sigh> I know. With the CGI capabilities they have now-a-days they could
make some drop-dead killer sci-fi movies if they wanted to. To give them
their due though, sci-fi fans are only a small percentage of the population
and then to spend their money on books (and geek tech computers and such)
and not very much on movies.

We could start another thread on how Hollywood perverted some great sci-fi
novels, hmmmm... let's see: "I, Robot", "Starship Troopers" (although the
book wasn't *that* much better than the movie), "Dune" (the mini-series was
better), "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "20,000 Leagues Under the
Sea", "Around the World in 80 Days", "The Time Machine", "Island of Dr.
Moreau", "The Invisible Man", "War of the Worlds", "2001 a Space Odyssey".
Any I missed?
Post by JXStern
versus Science Fiction is another story entirely. I'll be dragging
into the theater this week to see the Silver Surfer, but of course
we're really just waiting for ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Galactus!
J.
LOL! You sound like you read as much as DH and I do. Thank gawd for Katy
Used Book Store - you can "sell back" your used books for credit towards
buying other used books. DH and I will walk out of that store with 20 or 30
books for about $10 - $15!

Hugs,

CatNipped
Post by JXStern
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vandar
2007-06-15 18:44:31 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
Post by JXStern
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:49:04 -0500, "CatNipped"
Post by CatNipped
Of course ROger Zelazny!
Good!
Post by CatNipped
Post by JXStern
Did you ever read the ancient Lensman books by E.E. "Doc" Smith? The
original space opera, from whence came Star Trek and Star Wars and
all.
Fer shure, those were the novels I cut my teeth on when I was 5 (in 1956!).
They came out with trade-sized reprints a few years ago, and I bought
the set!
Post by CatNipped
Post by JXStern
Oh, and Cordwainer Smith (no relation to "Doc", since his real name
was Linebarger), anything he wrote, but his one novel was Norstrillia,
which is a real hoot.
Haven't read it -I'll have to put it on my list for next book shopping.
I think you will be (very) pleased - if you can find it!
OK, Amazon has it!
http://www.amazon.com/Norstrilia-Cordwainer-Smith/dp/1596872578/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-4245007-3751126
Post by CatNipped
Post by JXStern
Then there's Michael Swanwick and Bruce Sterling and William Gibson
Gibson's "Neuromancer" was the novel that made Cyberpunk big circa
Did you see this?
http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/05/18/william-gibsons-neuromancer-finally-coming-to-the-big-screen/
I *SO* hope they don't butcher it.
Post by JXStern
1985. "Count Zero" is the same world, a few years later, and even
better written. There are a couple more, but those two are (IMHO) by
far the best. The movies "The Matrix" and "Johnny Mneumonic" are
directly from Gibson. I think he got some credits for one or the
other.
Bruce Sterling writes in a similar mode. "Schizmatrix" is a wild work
of absolute genius. "The Artificial Kid" is really cute and perverse.
And oh yeah, "Islands In The Net" shows how to wage post-modern war -
Grenada versus Singapore versus Mali versus Corporations!
But the wildest of all are by Swanwick, two really obscure but
absolutely excellent books, "Vacuum Flowers" that I'm pretty sure is
where the TNG guys got the Borg, and "Stations Of The Tide" that is so
far out, there's just no describing it, it's "Vacuum Flowers" a couple
of centuries later.
Not sure how many of these are still in print.
I will *DEFINITELY* be looking for those, they sound right up my alley -
THANKS!
Post by JXStern
All are pure SF.
Good reading!
Dang, any and all would make great, great movies, but then so would
Ringworld. But then again, so SHOULD have Dune, ... but Hollywood
<Sigh> I know. With the CGI capabilities they have now-a-days they could
make some drop-dead killer sci-fi movies if they wanted to. To give them
their due though, sci-fi fans are only a small percentage of the population
and then to spend their money on books (and geek tech computers and such)
and not very much on movies.
We could start another thread on how Hollywood perverted some great sci-fi
novels, hmmmm... let's see: "I, Robot", "Starship Troopers" (although the
book wasn't *that* much better than the movie), "Dune" (the mini-series was
better), "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "20,000 Leagues Under the
Sea", "Around the World in 80 Days", "The Time Machine", "Island of Dr.
Moreau", "The Invisible Man", "War of the Worlds", "2001 a Space Odyssey".
Any I missed?
"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

I didn't mind "...Dr Moreau", but I'm heavily biased toward anything
Fairuza.

A new version of "Fahrenheit 451" is due out next year.
CatNipped
2007-06-16 00:38:17 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
Post by JXStern
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:49:04 -0500, "CatNipped"
Post by CatNipped
Of course ROger Zelazny!
Good!
Post by CatNipped
Post by JXStern
Did you ever read the ancient Lensman books by E.E. "Doc" Smith? The
original space opera, from whence came Star Trek and Star Wars and
all.
Fer shure, those were the novels I cut my teeth on when I was 5 (in 1956!).
They came out with trade-sized reprints a few years ago, and I bought
the set!
Post by CatNipped
Post by JXStern
Oh, and Cordwainer Smith (no relation to "Doc", since his real name
was Linebarger), anything he wrote, but his one novel was Norstrillia,
which is a real hoot.
Haven't read it -I'll have to put it on my list for next book shopping.
I think you will be (very) pleased - if you can find it!
OK, Amazon has it!
http://www.amazon.com/Norstrilia-Cordwainer-Smith/dp/1596872578/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-4245007-3751126
Post by CatNipped
Post by JXStern
Then there's Michael Swanwick and Bruce Sterling and William Gibson
Gibson's "Neuromancer" was the novel that made Cyberpunk big circa
Did you see this?
http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/05/18/william-gibsons-neuromancer-finally-coming-to-the-big-screen/ I
*SO* hope they don't butcher it.
Post by JXStern
1985. "Count Zero" is the same world, a few years later, and even
better written. There are a couple more, but those two are (IMHO) by
far the best. The movies "The Matrix" and "Johnny Mneumonic" are
directly from Gibson. I think he got some credits for one or the
other.
Bruce Sterling writes in a similar mode. "Schizmatrix" is a wild work
of absolute genius. "The Artificial Kid" is really cute and perverse.
And oh yeah, "Islands In The Net" shows how to wage post-modern war -
Grenada versus Singapore versus Mali versus Corporations!
But the wildest of all are by Swanwick, two really obscure but
absolutely excellent books, "Vacuum Flowers" that I'm pretty sure is
where the TNG guys got the Borg, and "Stations Of The Tide" that is so
far out, there's just no describing it, it's "Vacuum Flowers" a couple
of centuries later.
Not sure how many of these are still in print.
I will *DEFINITELY* be looking for those, they sound right up my alley -
THANKS!
Post by JXStern
All are pure SF.
Good reading!
Dang, any and all would make great, great movies, but then so would
Ringworld. But then again, so SHOULD have Dune, ... but Hollywood
<Sigh> I know. With the CGI capabilities they have now-a-days they could
make some drop-dead killer sci-fi movies if they wanted to. To give them
their due though, sci-fi fans are only a small percentage of the
population and then to spend their money on books (and geek tech
computers and such) and not very much on movies.
We could start another thread on how Hollywood perverted some great
sci-fi novels, hmmmm... let's see: "I, Robot", "Starship Troopers"
(although the book wasn't *that* much better than the movie), "Dune" (the
mini-series was better), "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "20,000
Leagues Under the Sea", "Around the World in 80 Days", "The Time
Machine", "Island of Dr. Moreau", "The Invisible Man", "War of the
Worlds", "2001 a Space Odyssey". Any I missed?
"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
Forgot about that one (about the only sci-fi movie we haven't bought).
Post by Vandar
I didn't mind "...Dr Moreau", but I'm heavily biased toward anything
Fairuza.
A new version of "Fahrenheit 451" is due out next year.
I heard that, but after the experiences I've had with sci-fi books turned
into movies, I'm anticipating this with mixed emotions! ;>

Hugs,

CatNipped
JXStern
2007-06-16 01:23:58 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
Post by JXStern
But the wildest of all are by Swanwick, two really obscure but
absolutely excellent books, "Vacuum Flowers" that I'm pretty sure is
where the TNG guys got the Borg, and "Stations Of The Tide" that is so
far out, there's just no describing it, it's "Vacuum Flowers" a couple
of centuries later.
Not sure how many of these are still in print.
I will *DEFINITELY* be looking for those, they sound right up my alley -
THANKS!
The images in both are hugely memorable, the guy can plain write!
Post by CatNipped
LOL! You sound like you read as much as DH and I do. Thank gawd for Katy
Used Book Store - you can "sell back" your used books for credit towards
buying other used books. DH and I will walk out of that store with 20 or 30
books for about $10 - $15!
Used to do the used books thing, but it's harder and harder to do. A
lot of used book stores are out of business. Fewer customers, slower
turnover, less selection. Fewer readers buying new books to trade in.
Fewer good novel-length books being written.

And, ... oh yeah, C.J. Cherryh?!!? Her "Gates" trilogy probably gave
birth to the Stargate movie and series. Female author, female
protagonists. The "Cyteen" trilogy was her cyberpunk. A lot of her
writing is just ... creepy. But good. "Gates" is mixed fantasy and
SF, "Cyteen" is pure SF.

J.
Alida Spry
2007-06-15 14:35:59 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I read
a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards
sci-fi which DH and I love)...
"Black Beauty" (first read it when I was 4 and still read it occasionally,
it still makes me cry) - Anna Sewell
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" - Betty Smith
"The Captains and the Kings" - Taylor Caldwell
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
All of the "Foundation" novels by Isaac Asimov* (and, come to think about
it, just about all of Asimov's novels)
"Ringworld" - Larry Niven* (the sequels weren't nearly as good)
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when to
quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
[And speaking of sons taking over the franchise] "Dune" - Frank Hebert*
(again, the sequels weren't as good, but surprisingly some of Brian's
"prequels" were OK - although that may have been more due to Kevin J.
Anderson then to Brian)
"Stardance" - Spider Robinson* (and all of the "Callahan's Saloon" novels
by him)
"Rendezvous With Rama" - Arthur C. Clark*
Robert L. Forward's* "Rocheworld" series
"Brightness Falls From the Air" - "James Tiptree Jr."* (and every other
word she has ever written under her own name or her pseudonyms)
The "Ender" series - Orson Scott Card
OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's your
favorites?
* Authors whose every book I have read along with: Ben Bova, Dean Ing,
David Brin, and a few others.
--
Hugs,
CatNipped
See all my masters here: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/
Looks like a great list!

I personally love Stephen King and have read most of his work. The Stand
and the Green Mile were really good as was the Dark Tower series.

My all time favorite book is Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. It's the first in
a series of six (so far but there will be at least one more if not two).

I have a book of the collected works of Edgar Allen Poe and that was really
good. I also have a collection of Leo Tolsoy so I read Anna Karenina, since
I heard so much about how great it was. I thought it was completely boring
and a rather stupid story.

My kids and my husband read the Harry Potter series and loved it but I
haven't read it yet. They also read the Narnia series and enjoyed that.

I'll have to check out some of the ones you've mentioned.

Have a great weekend!

Alida
Tzigaane
2007-06-15 16:02:31 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I read
a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards
sci-fi which DH and I love)...
"Black Beauty" (first read it when I was 4 and still read it occasionally,
it still makes me cry) - Anna Sewell
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" - Betty Smith
"The Captains and the Kings" - Taylor Caldwell
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
All of the "Foundation" novels by Isaac Asimov* (and, come to think about
it, just about all of Asimov's novels)
"Ringworld" - Larry Niven* (the sequels weren't nearly as good)
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when to
quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
[And speaking of sons taking over the franchise] "Dune" - Frank Hebert*
(again, the sequels weren't as good, but surprisingly some of Brian's
"prequels" were OK - although that may have been more due to Kevin J.
Anderson then to Brian)
"Stardance" - Spider Robinson* (and all of the "Callahan's Saloon" novels
by him)
"Rendezvous With Rama" - Arthur C. Clark*
Robert L. Forward's* "Rocheworld" series
"Brightness Falls From the Air" - "James Tiptree Jr."* (and every other
word she has ever written under her own name or her pseudonyms)
The "Ender" series - Orson Scott Card
OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's your
favorites?
* Authors whose every book I have read along with: Ben Bova, Dean Ing,
David Brin, and a few others.
--
Hugs,
CatNipped
See all my masters here: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/
Looks like a great list!
I personally love Stephen King and have read most of his work. The Stand
and the Green Mile were really good as was the Dark Tower series.
I haven't read the Green Mile, but the movie is definitely on my list of
all time favorites.

tzigaane
Vandar
2007-06-15 17:14:19 UTC
Permalink
Post by Tzigaane
Post by Alida Spry
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I
read a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted
towards sci-fi which DH and I love)...
"Black Beauty" (first read it when I was 4 and still read it
occasionally, it still makes me cry) - Anna Sewell
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" - Betty Smith
"The Captains and the Kings" - Taylor Caldwell
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
All of the "Foundation" novels by Isaac Asimov* (and, come to think
about it, just about all of Asimov's novels)
"Ringworld" - Larry Niven* (the sequels weren't nearly as good)
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when
to quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
[And speaking of sons taking over the franchise] "Dune" - Frank
Hebert* (again, the sequels weren't as good, but surprisingly some of
Brian's "prequels" were OK - although that may have been more due to
Kevin J. Anderson then to Brian)
"Stardance" - Spider Robinson* (and all of the "Callahan's Saloon"
novels by him)
"Rendezvous With Rama" - Arthur C. Clark*
Robert L. Forward's* "Rocheworld" series
"Brightness Falls From the Air" - "James Tiptree Jr."* (and every
other word she has ever written under her own name or her pseudonyms)
The "Ender" series - Orson Scott Card
OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's
your favorites?
* Authors whose every book I have read along with: Ben Bova, Dean
Ing, David Brin, and a few others.
--
Hugs,
CatNipped
See all my masters here: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/
Looks like a great list!
I personally love Stephen King and have read most of his work. The
Stand and the Green Mile were really good as was the Dark Tower series.
I haven't read the Green Mile, but the movie is definitely on my list of
all time favorites.
Pisses my daughter off when I get into "Green Mile" mode, especially in
public...

"Walking in the store... walking in the store...grabbing a loaf of
bread...grabbing a loaf of bread... going to the register...going to the
register...waitin' in line...waitin' in line...waitin' in line..." :)

The people in line who have seen the movie usually start snickering
under their breath. Embarasses the hell out of my kid.

As an aside, I have to say that my proudest moment of embarassing her
came last week when I dropped her off at school. She drove, so when we
got there I had to get out and walk around the car. There were a bunch
of kids outside waiting to go in. Well... I get out of the car, lift up
my shirt and start scratching my belly like a backwoods hick, and
hollered out so all could hear: "And don't worry! The doctor said that
rash should clear up in a few weeks!"

I laughed all the way home.
Tzigaane
2007-06-15 19:59:06 UTC
Permalink
Post by Vandar
Post by Tzigaane
Post by Alida Spry
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato),
I read a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted
towards sci-fi which DH and I love)...
"Black Beauty" (first read it when I was 4 and still read it
occasionally, it still makes me cry) - Anna Sewell
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" - Betty Smith
"The Captains and the Kings" - Taylor Caldwell
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
All of the "Foundation" novels by Isaac Asimov* (and, come to think
about it, just about all of Asimov's novels)
"Ringworld" - Larry Niven* (the sequels weren't nearly as good)
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when
to quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
[And speaking of sons taking over the franchise] "Dune" - Frank
Hebert* (again, the sequels weren't as good, but surprisingly some
of Brian's "prequels" were OK - although that may have been more due
to Kevin J. Anderson then to Brian)
"Stardance" - Spider Robinson* (and all of the "Callahan's Saloon"
novels by him)
"Rendezvous With Rama" - Arthur C. Clark*
Robert L. Forward's* "Rocheworld" series
"Brightness Falls From the Air" - "James Tiptree Jr."* (and every
other word she has ever written under her own name or her pseudonyms)
The "Ender" series - Orson Scott Card
OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's
your favorites?
* Authors whose every book I have read along with: Ben Bova, Dean
Ing, David Brin, and a few others.
--
Hugs,
CatNipped
See all my masters here: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/
Looks like a great list!
I personally love Stephen King and have read most of his work. The
Stand and the Green Mile were really good as was the Dark Tower series.
I haven't read the Green Mile, but the movie is definitely on my list
of all time favorites.
Pisses my daughter off when I get into "Green Mile" mode, especially in
public...
"Walking in the store... walking in the store...grabbing a loaf of
bread...grabbing a loaf of bread... going to the register...going to the
register...waitin' in line...waitin' in line...waitin' in line..." :)
The people in line who have seen the movie usually start snickering
under their breath. Embarasses the hell out of my kid.
As an aside, I have to say that my proudest moment of embarassing her
came last week when I dropped her off at school. She drove, so when we
got there I had to get out and walk around the car. There were a bunch
of kids outside waiting to go in. Well... I get out of the car, lift up
my shirt and start scratching my belly like a backwoods hick, and
hollered out so all could hear: "And don't worry! The doctor said that
rash should clear up in a few weeks!"
I laughed all the way home.
You're a bad, bad man!
<hehehesnickerheheh>

t
Vandar
2007-06-15 20:15:45 UTC
Permalink
Post by Tzigaane
Post by Vandar
Post by Tzigaane
Post by Alida Spry
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato),
I read a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted
towards sci-fi which DH and I love)...
"Black Beauty" (first read it when I was 4 and still read it
occasionally, it still makes me cry) - Anna Sewell
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" - Betty Smith
"The Captains and the Kings" - Taylor Caldwell
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science
fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
All of the "Foundation" novels by Isaac Asimov* (and, come to think
about it, just about all of Asimov's novels)
"Ringworld" - Larry Niven* (the sequels weren't nearly as good)
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know
when to quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
[And speaking of sons taking over the franchise] "Dune" - Frank
Hebert* (again, the sequels weren't as good, but surprisingly some
of Brian's "prequels" were OK - although that may have been more
due to Kevin J. Anderson then to Brian)
"Stardance" - Spider Robinson* (and all of the "Callahan's Saloon"
novels by him)
"Rendezvous With Rama" - Arthur C. Clark*
Robert L. Forward's* "Rocheworld" series
"Brightness Falls From the Air" - "James Tiptree Jr."* (and every
other word she has ever written under her own name or her pseudonyms)
The "Ender" series - Orson Scott Card
OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's
your favorites?
* Authors whose every book I have read along with: Ben Bova, Dean
Ing, David Brin, and a few others.
--
Hugs,
CatNipped
See all my masters here: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/
Looks like a great list!
I personally love Stephen King and have read most of his work. The
Stand and the Green Mile were really good as was the Dark Tower series.
I haven't read the Green Mile, but the movie is definitely on my list
of all time favorites.
Pisses my daughter off when I get into "Green Mile" mode, especially
in public...
"Walking in the store... walking in the store...grabbing a loaf of
bread...grabbing a loaf of bread... going to the register...going to
the register...waitin' in line...waitin' in line...waitin' in
line..." :)
The people in line who have seen the movie usually start snickering
under their breath. Embarasses the hell out of my kid.
As an aside, I have to say that my proudest moment of embarassing her
came last week when I dropped her off at school. She drove, so when we
got there I had to get out and walk around the car. There were a bunch
of kids outside waiting to go in. Well... I get out of the car, lift
up my shirt and start scratching my belly like a backwoods hick, and
hollered out so all could hear: "And don't worry! The doctor said that
rash should clear up in a few weeks!"
I laughed all the way home.
You're a bad, bad man!
<hehehesnickerheheh>
I try. <evil grin>

Next year, I want to attend an open house wearing bib overalls, a straw
hat, and bare feet. Maybe I'll do that for graduation. :)
Tzigaane
2007-06-16 01:25:33 UTC
Permalink
Post by Vandar
Post by Tzigaane
Post by Vandar
Post by Tzigaane
Post by Alida Spry
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat
potato), I read a lot too. So here are my favorites (again
heavily weighted towards sci-fi which DH and I love)...
"Black Beauty" (first read it when I was 4 and still read it
occasionally, it still makes me cry) - Anna Sewell
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" - Betty Smith
"The Captains and the Kings" - Taylor Caldwell
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science
fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
All of the "Foundation" novels by Isaac Asimov* (and, come to
think about it, just about all of Asimov's novels)
"Ringworld" - Larry Niven* (the sequels weren't nearly as good)
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know
when to quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
[And speaking of sons taking over the franchise] "Dune" - Frank
Hebert* (again, the sequels weren't as good, but surprisingly some
of Brian's "prequels" were OK - although that may have been more
due to Kevin J. Anderson then to Brian)
"Stardance" - Spider Robinson* (and all of the "Callahan's Saloon"
novels by him)
"Rendezvous With Rama" - Arthur C. Clark*
Robert L. Forward's* "Rocheworld" series
"Brightness Falls From the Air" - "James Tiptree Jr."* (and every
other word she has ever written under her own name or her pseudonyms)
The "Ender" series - Orson Scott Card
OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's
your favorites?
* Authors whose every book I have read along with: Ben Bova, Dean
Ing, David Brin, and a few others.
--
Hugs,
CatNipped
See all my masters here: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/
Looks like a great list!
I personally love Stephen King and have read most of his work. The
Stand and the Green Mile were really good as was the Dark Tower series.
I haven't read the Green Mile, but the movie is definitely on my
list of all time favorites.
Pisses my daughter off when I get into "Green Mile" mode, especially
in public...
"Walking in the store... walking in the store...grabbing a loaf of
bread...grabbing a loaf of bread... going to the register...going to
the register...waitin' in line...waitin' in line...waitin' in
line..." :)
The people in line who have seen the movie usually start snickering
under their breath. Embarasses the hell out of my kid.
As an aside, I have to say that my proudest moment of embarassing her
came last week when I dropped her off at school. She drove, so when
we got there I had to get out and walk around the car. There were a
bunch of kids outside waiting to go in. Well... I get out of the car,
lift up my shirt and start scratching my belly like a backwoods hick,
and hollered out so all could hear: "And don't worry! The doctor said
that rash should clear up in a few weeks!"
I laughed all the way home.
You're a bad, bad man!
<hehehesnickerheheh>
I try. <evil grin>
Next year, I want to attend an open house wearing bib overalls, a straw
hat, and bare feet. Maybe I'll do that for graduation. :)
Be sure to black out a couple of teeth too. And try to carry a jug. My
SO and I dressed that way for Halloween one year. At the party, I'd
introduce him as my "pa" and then pull him close and give him a big old
French kiss. We're classy, what can I say? :-)

t
fmomoon
2007-06-15 23:56:23 UTC
Permalink
Post by Vandar
Post by Tzigaane
Post by Alida Spry
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I
read a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted
towards sci-fi which DH and I love)...
"Black Beauty" (first read it when I was 4 and still read it
occasionally, it still makes me cry) - Anna Sewell
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" - Betty Smith
"The Captains and the Kings" - Taylor Caldwell
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
All of the "Foundation" novels by Isaac Asimov* (and, come to think
about it, just about all of Asimov's novels)
"Ringworld" - Larry Niven* (the sequels weren't nearly as good)
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when
to quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
[And speaking of sons taking over the franchise] "Dune" - Frank
Hebert* (again, the sequels weren't as good, but surprisingly some of
Brian's "prequels" were OK - although that may have been more due to
Kevin J. Anderson then to Brian)
"Stardance" - Spider Robinson* (and all of the "Callahan's Saloon"
novels by him)
"Rendezvous With Rama" - Arthur C. Clark*
Robert L. Forward's* "Rocheworld" series
"Brightness Falls From the Air" - "James Tiptree Jr."* (and every
other word she has ever written under her own name or her pseudonyms)
The "Ender" series - Orson Scott Card
OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's
your favorites?
* Authors whose every book I have read along with: Ben Bova, Dean
Ing, David Brin, and a few others.
--
Hugs,
CatNipped
See all my masters here:http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/
Looks like a great list!
I personally love Stephen King and have read most of his work. The
Stand and the Green Mile were really good as was the Dark Tower series.
I haven't read the Green Mile, but the movie is definitely on my list of
all time favorites.
Pisses my daughter off when I get into "Green Mile" mode, especially in
public...
"Walking in the store... walking in the store...grabbing a loaf of
bread...grabbing a loaf of bread... going to the register...going to the
register...waitin' in line...waitin' in line...waitin' in line..." :)
The people in line who have seen the movie usually start snickering
under their breath. Embarasses the hell out of my kid.
As an aside, I have to say that my proudest moment of embarassing her
came last week when I dropped her off at school. She drove, so when we
got there I had to get out and walk around the car. There were a bunch
of kids outside waiting to go in. Well... I get out of the car, lift up
my shirt and start scratching my belly like a backwoods hick, and
hollered out so all could hear: "And don't worry! The doctor said that
rash should clear up in a few weeks!"
I laughed all the way home.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
That was you??? <G> You sound like my dad, who told my first
boyfriend that I was a musician, like him, so use small words. I
blushed big time on that one.

Moni
CatNipped
2007-06-16 01:21:52 UTC
Permalink
Post by Vandar
Post by Tzigaane
Post by Alida Spry
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I
read a lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted
towards sci-fi which DH and I love)...
"Black Beauty" (first read it when I was 4 and still read it
occasionally, it still makes me cry) - Anna Sewell
"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" - Betty Smith
"The Captains and the Kings" - Taylor Caldwell
[Then at age 5 I discovered the world of science fiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
"Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein*
All of the "Foundation" novels by Isaac Asimov* (and, come to think
about it, just about all of Asimov's novels)
"Ringworld" - Larry Niven* (the sequels weren't nearly as good)
The early "Pern" novels by Anne McCaffrey (she just didn't know when to
quit and now her son has taken over the franchise)
[And speaking of sons taking over the franchise] "Dune" - Frank Hebert*
(again, the sequels weren't as good, but surprisingly some of Brian's
"prequels" were OK - although that may have been more due to Kevin J.
Anderson then to Brian)
"Stardance" - Spider Robinson* (and all of the "Callahan's Saloon"
novels by him)
"Rendezvous With Rama" - Arthur C. Clark*
Robert L. Forward's* "Rocheworld" series
"Brightness Falls From the Air" - "James Tiptree Jr."* (and every other
word she has ever written under her own name or her pseudonyms)
The "Ender" series - Orson Scott Card
OK, I could keep this up all night, but you get the idea. What's your
favorites?
* Authors whose every book I have read along with: Ben Bova, Dean Ing,
David Brin, and a few others.
--
Hugs,
CatNipped
See all my masters here: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/
Looks like a great list!
I personally love Stephen King and have read most of his work. The
Stand and the Green Mile were really good as was the Dark Tower series.
I haven't read the Green Mile, but the movie is definitely on my list of
all time favorites.
Pisses my daughter off when I get into "Green Mile" mode, especially in
public...
"Walking in the store... walking in the store...grabbing a loaf of
bread...grabbing a loaf of bread... going to the register...going to the
register...waitin' in line...waitin' in line...waitin' in line..." :)
The people in line who have seen the movie usually start snickering under
their breath. Embarasses the hell out of my kid.
As an aside, I have to say that my proudest moment of embarassing her came
last week when I dropped her off at school. She drove, so when we got
there I had to get out and walk around the car. There were a bunch of kids
outside waiting to go in. Well... I get out of the car, lift up my shirt
and start scratching my belly like a backwoods hick, and hollered out so
all could hear: "And don't worry! The doctor said that rash should clear
up in a few weeks!"
I laughed all the way home.
Evil, pure evil - I love it!! ;>
--
Hugs,

CatNipped

See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/
jbrink45
2007-06-15 17:59:42 UTC
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Post by Alida Spry
My all time favorite book is Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. It's the first
in a series of six (so far but there will be at least one more if not
two).
I LOVED this series and almost didn't read it. My sister had read Outlander
and loved it, so she gave it to me. This generally isn't my genre, and I
started it once but never got to the first time shift. I'll be eternally
grateful that I gave it another shot some months later. I'm anxiously
awaiting the next one!

Jamie
Randy
2007-06-15 20:15:14 UTC
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"CatNipped" <***@PossiblePlaces.com> wrote:

Jean Auel's Earth's Children novels (The first 4, haven't read the fifth one
yet)

Richard Blade Series-SF Fantasy (34 books) published from 1969-1984
by: Jeffrey Lord (House pseudonym used by
Lyle Kenyon Engel, Roland J Green, Ray Nelson, Manning Lee Stokes)

Mark Richard Zubro Mysteries (a gay American mystery novelist)
Tom and Scott Mysteries (11 books)
Paul Turner Mysteries (8 out of 9 books)

Recently read By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz. I am going to have to
read more of his books.

Plus many other individual books.

Randy
http://picasaweb.google.com/crmartin1
CatNipped
2007-06-15 20:37:15 UTC
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Post by Randy
Jean Auel's Earth's Children novels (The first 4, haven't read the fifth one
yet)
I got the fifth one on CD since I had such a long commute - it was OK, but
the sex "scenes" made me uncomfortable after a while (seemed more like soft
porn than an integral part of the story - or maybe it's just different when
you're listening rather than reading). Also, she seems to get more and more
"in love" with her protagonist with each sequel - Ayla is now resembling a
demi-goddess more than a real life woman.
Post by Randy
Richard Blade Series-SF Fantasy (34 books) published from 1969-1984
by: Jeffrey Lord (House pseudonym used by
Lyle Kenyon Engel, Roland J Green, Ray Nelson, Manning Lee Stokes)
Mark Richard Zubro Mysteries (a gay American mystery novelist)
Tom and Scott Mysteries (11 books)
Paul Turner Mysteries (8 out of 9 books)
Recently read By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz. I am going to have to
read more of his books.
DH loves Dean Koontz, but I never got into his books.

Hugs,

CatNipped
Post by Randy
Plus many other individual books.
Randy
http://picasaweb.google.com/crmartin1
fmomoon
2007-06-15 23:53:17 UTC
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Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I read a
lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards sci-fi
which DH and I love)...
As a child I read everything by Walter Farley (The Black Stallion
series) and Margarite Henry (Misty, etc.). As a young adult, I loved
Mitchener (sp?) and Steinbeck. Now, I will read pretty much anything
by Amy Tan, and a ton of others. For pure escape, I read John
Grishom. Now, I'm reading "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" and have
waiting in the queue "Plum Wine," "Saving Fish from Drowning," "Brick
Lane" and "Three Junes."

The most powerful book I've read in the past year was "The Kite
Runner."

Moni.....voracious reader
Tzigaane
2007-06-16 01:32:30 UTC
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Post by fmomoon
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I read a
lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards sci-fi
which DH and I love)...
As a child I read everything by Walter Farley (The Black Stallion
series) and Margarite Henry (Misty, etc.).
When I was a kid she came to our elementary school and signed copies of
"Wild Mustang" or whatever it is called. I must still have that somewhere.
Post by fmomoon
As a young adult, I loved
Mitchener (sp?) and Steinbeck.
I read Grapes of Wrath in high school, got hooked and started reading
the rest of his stuff. But it wasn't until I was an adult that I read
East of Eden. I think that might be my favorite.

Boy, now I'm starting to recall all sorts of fiction I've read over the
years. "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand is another favorite (better than
"The Fountainhead")

t
fmomoon
2007-06-17 04:15:53 UTC
Permalink
Post by Tzigaane
Post by fmomoon
Post by CatNipped
Just to show I'm not a total couch potato (or theater seat potato), I read a
lot too. So here are my favorites (again heavily weighted towards sci-fi
which DH and I love)...
As a child I read everything by Walter Farley (The Black Stallion
series) and Margarite Henry (Misty, etc.).
When I was a kid she came to our elementary school and signed copies of
"Wild Mustang" or whatever it is called. I must still have that somewhere.
Oh, how wonderful! I bugged my parents for months that I wanted to go
and adopt one of the ponies. :)
Post by Tzigaane
Post by fmomoon
As a young adult, I loved
Mitchener (sp?) and Steinbeck.
I read Grapes of Wrath in high school, got hooked and started reading
the rest of his stuff. But it wasn't until I was an adult that I read
East of Eden. I think that might be my favorite.
"East of Eden" is my favorite Steinbeck, also. Because I grew up in
Monterey, I do have a soft spot in my heart for "Tortilla Flat" and
"Cannery Row," though.
Post by Tzigaane
Boy, now I'm starting to recall all sorts of fiction I've read over the
years. "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand is another favorite (better than
"The Fountainhead")
I read both of those. I recommended "Anthem" to a student this year
because he is just the kind of thinker who would get Rand's stuff. He
ate it up! He's on a terror now, apparently, to read all of Rand's
work this summer.
Post by Tzigaane
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