Sci-Fi Geeks Vs. Lit. Geeks - Page 3

DanaC · 03-24-2009, 10:47 AM

Some of Sheri S Tepper's work stands up with the best.

Cloud · 03-24-2009, 11:41 AM

Glatt--those aren't obscure books!

glatt · 03-24-2009, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

Glatt--those aren't obscure books!

To a college kid, many are.

skysidhe · 03-24-2009, 11:47 AM

I took social science fiction literature in college.

It was facinating! I liked Star Trek but maybe because that was the only thing on at the time.

I know I am not a sci fi geek though.

Cloud · 03-24-2009, 12:21 PM

For a while I was involved in a local SF convention, and even chaired it one year. That makes me a pretty big SF nerd.

Beest · 03-24-2009, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

For a while I was involved in a local SF convention, and even chaired it one year. That makes me a pretty big SF nerd.

Emphasis added.
Ding Ding Ding, it's SF Nerd not geek,
/tuts
//pushes glasses up nose

(monster really should have taken a photo of the Huron Robotics Club that were seated near us at a restaurant on Saturday)

monster · 03-24-2009, 02:41 PM

yup, I shoulda

video even.

Beestie · 03-24-2009, 04:08 PM

I was a member of a science fiction book club when I was a kid. I read Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama when I was in the 8th grade.

I heard they were going to make a movie about it but this is all I found(from IMDB).

lumberjim · 03-24-2009, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

We should change the name of The Cellar to A Confederacy of Dunces.

we should change your face to a collection of punches!

DanaC · 03-24-2009, 07:40 PM

BBC Radio 4 recently aired a serialised audio play of Rendezvous with Rama. I didn't get to listen to it so I can't say if it's any good. But it might be worth checking out on download?

ZenGum · 03-25-2009, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

Glatt--those aren't obscure books!

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

To a college kid, many are.

To many college kids, the concept of "book" is obscure.

I'm not just being silly, I have encountered several 2nd or 3rd year students who were borrowing their first book from the university library. (You know what I mean, not their first book ever.) I had to explain to one that his student card IS his library card.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-25-2009, 02:21 AM

Don need no stinkin books... Wikipedia knows all.

btw, ieSpell wants to change Wikipedia to wiped... apropos.

lumberjim · 03-25-2009, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Most were really good reads, so I figured I'd list them here for anyone who might be interested. Off the top of my head, I can recall:

Where Softly Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Wilhelm. I liked it a lot.

The Forever War by Haldeman. Excellent.

Because I think you're smart, and I usually agree with what you say, I am downloading these two ......the canticle one interests me, but it was not on audible.com ....

ETA: I very nearly ordered the WRONG forever war. apparently, Dexter Filkins also wrote a book by the same title...cock. it's about the taliban and iraq and shit i would hate.

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Originally Posted by DanaC

The Time Traveller's Wife (can't recall the author).

Audrey Niffenegger

very excellent!

Cloud · 03-25-2009, 09:16 PM

Okay, Brianna, ya wanna rumble?

Lit geeks (if that is what you prefer) don't have the imagination or creativity to read good SF. (sneer). They prefer the mundane, the day-to-day, the comfort of real life!

It takes a special person to create and write whole worlds, history, culture as well as new scientific concepts, to weave those concepts into present place and character; and a special person to be able to read and visualize them. I also submit that science fiction and fantasy (whether or not you care to lump them together) are the classics of our time--or at least some of them. Written and filmed SF is woven into twentieth and twenty first century culture, irrevocably. Much of written science fiction is fine and though provoking, as much as mainstream literature. I think that movies, especially, have joined with this genre so marvelously, and I only anticipate more creativity in this area.

Okay, I'm kidding about the rumbling and sneering part, and would never make fun of literature geeks. Seriously--everyone is entitled to their own taste. Just read!

lumberjim · 03-25-2009, 09:18 PM

but don't listen because that doesn't count

03-24-2009, 11:41 AM	#32
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Glatt--those aren't obscure books! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-24-2009, 12:21 PM	#35
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	For a while I was involved in a local SF convention, and even chaired it one year. That makes me a pretty big SF nerd. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-24-2009, 02:41 PM	#37
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yup, I shoulda video even. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-24-2009, 04:08 PM	#38
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	I was a member of a science fiction book club when I was a kid. I read Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama when I was in the 8th grade. I heard they were going to make a movie about it but this is all I found(from IMDB). __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

03-25-2009, 02:21 AM	#42
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Don need no stinkin books... Wikipedia knows all. btw, ieSpell wants to change Wikipedia to wiped... apropos. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-24-2009, 10:47 AM	#31
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Some of Sheri S Tepper's work stands up with the best.

03-24-2009, 11:47 AM	#34
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I took social science fiction literature in college. It was facinating! I liked Star Trek but maybe because that was the only thing on at the time. I know I am not a sci fi geek though.

03-24-2009, 07:40 PM	#40
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	BBC Radio 4 recently aired a serialised audio play of Rendezvous with Rama. I didn't get to listen to it so I can't say if it's any good. But it might be worth checking out on download?

03-25-2009, 09:16 PM	#44
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Okay, Brianna, ya wanna rumble? Lit geeks (if that is what you prefer) don't have the imagination or creativity to read good SF. (sneer). They prefer the mundane, the day-to-day, the comfort of real life! It takes a special person to create and write whole worlds, history, culture as well as new scientific concepts, to weave those concepts into present place and character; and a special person to be able to read and visualize them. I also submit that science fiction and fantasy (whether or not you care to lump them together) are the classics of our time--or at least some of them. Written and filmed SF is woven into twentieth and twenty first century culture, irrevocably. Much of written science fiction is fine and though provoking, as much as mainstream literature. I think that movies, especially, have joined with this genre so marvelously, and I only anticipate more creativity in this area. Okay, I'm kidding about the rumbling and sneering part, and would never make fun of literature geeks. Seriously--everyone is entitled to their own taste. Just read! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-25-2009, 09:18 PM	#45
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	but don't listen because that doesn't count __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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