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Sun Dec-06-09 04:19 PM
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Poll question: What's your favorite subgenre of science fiction? |
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Sun Dec-06-09 04:20 PM
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Sun Dec-06-09 04:42 PM
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Dystopian Future and Exploration of Cosmos most likely are my favorites.
I like The X-Files but thats about it for paranormal stuff.
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Sun Dec-06-09 04:58 PM
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But I really dig the authors who manage to present aliens as something truely alien, rather than merely funny shaped humans.
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Sun Dec-06-09 07:34 PM
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Samuel R. Delaney did a great job with "Sands in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand" -
Michael Butler (or was it Bishop) started out an old SF "space opera" - I think it's called "Earthblood" - really great, but the plot totally feel apart. His treatment of the aliens - and the "human interaction" in the first few chapters were quite good.
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Sun Dec-06-09 09:12 PM
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16. Ive been fairly impressed with |
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C.J. Cherryh. Its been a long time since I read anything of hers, but I remember it being quite good that way.
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Sun Dec-06-09 06:33 PM
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5. Neo political subterranean space-time traveling succubi ninja vixens |
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Edited on Sun Dec-06-09 06:34 PM by HopeHoops
It is kind of a niche market.
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Sun Dec-06-09 06:52 PM
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You had me at "political subterranean".
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Sun Dec-06-09 06:43 PM
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Sun Dec-06-09 06:51 PM
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7. Alternative history (the "What if Napolean had X-ray vision?" stuff) |
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Actually, I like something with a little more plausibility than the old SNL skits from the 70s. I sometimes refer to it by its fancypants names like "uchronia" or "counterfactual history." Cause I'm a dork.
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Sun Dec-06-09 07:38 PM
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12. Have you seen the movie "CSA: Confederate States of America"? |
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It's an alternative history built on "what if the South won the civil war?" Great movie!
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Sun Dec-06-09 09:15 PM
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17. Now, would that include |
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Flint's 16xx series, or is that to far into time travel to be alternate history?
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Sun Dec-06-09 06:56 PM
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9. Where's the furry fiction? Learned about those beasts last night. nt |
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Sun Dec-06-09 07:30 PM
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you know - All of the above . . .
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Sun Dec-06-09 07:39 PM
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13. Human exploration and time travel were tied. |
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Sun Dec-06-09 08:46 PM
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15. Postcyberpunk or New Space Opera, depending on my mood. (nt) |
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Sun Dec-06-09 09:38 PM
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18. 'Other Worlds' for me (Banks, LeGuin), but classic space opera, dystopian, |
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and military are high on the list.
I think the most recent author that i've made a point of tracking everything down from is Jack McDevitt.
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Sun Dec-06-09 09:49 PM
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19. dystopian and whatever style KSR is, literary or hard science fiction nt |
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Sun Dec-06-09 10:19 PM
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20. Time travel and epic. nt |
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Sun Dec-06-09 10:29 PM
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21. Blake's 7, Babylon 5, Firefly, some Doctor Who, Star Trek (TOS, some TNG) |
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Time travel or future dystopia...
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Mon Dec-07-09 09:34 AM
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22. Human exploration of the cosmos. |
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Mon Dec-07-09 11:00 AM
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23. Battle Of The Planet Of Hot Alien Chicks With Big Hooters |
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Mon Dec-07-09 11:16 AM
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24. Other worlds, as with Larry Niven (Ringworld), Anne MaCaffrey (Pern), |
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and Marion Zimmer Bradley (Darkover) being a few of my favorites.
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Mon Dec-07-09 11:22 AM
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Like authors Effinger, Gibson, or Phillip K Dick. Also, other worlds stories that may be in Earth's distant future, like Dune, or The Saga of Seven Suns.
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