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Urbane Guerrilla · 01-15-2007, 07:18 AM

Fobble, oh, yeah. Funny, I used to know that... thanks.

About the Galactic Milieu, I wouldn't know. I'm talking about early as in when written, not its setting.

I used to really love F&SF novels and would read that genre almost exclusively, enjoying the imagination of it all.

I'd like to see movies of Keith Laumer's works, still -- though I think Retief would have to be more deeply written than he usually was to make an intelligent SF movie, and likewise his Groaci opposition reworked into at least a little more than a straight-up parody of Soviet Russian foreign service and foreign aid. One gets the impression (a big impression) Laumer found a lot to dislike during his time with the State Department's foreign service in the early Sixties, and took his creative revenge on it all in his Retief stories.

We'll probably see an Elric movie first, though. Like many 20th-century writers, Michael Moorcock's writing is quite cinematic -- it should translate well.

Mercedes Lackey would, too. Even the novels full of unicorns.

Griff · 01-15-2007, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

the bits and pieces crowd...?

Testosterone v Estrogen. I was under the misapprehension that it was a chick book.

Sundae · 01-15-2007, 10:58 AM

I loved The Time Traveller's Wife. I recommended it to everyone I know who reads. It was equally enjoyed by male/ female readers I know - but the men did have eclectic tastes and didn't need explosions and espionage in their books.

Also loved the Sandman series - I have some of the original comics, most of the series in reprint form and the graphic novels so I can read them in bed and generally not worry about damaging fragile (relatively speaking) comics. I remember my work collegue being amazed that I wasn't embarrassed about reading graphic novels on the Tube. Or children's books (this was before Harry Potter hit the public consciousness). I turned him into a Sandman fan

Ibby · 01-15-2007, 08:19 PM

Just finished re-reading about half the Tintin series.
Pure classics. I love 'em.

Urbane Guerrilla · 01-15-2007, 09:15 PM

Now let's all imagine Carl Sagan saying billions and billions of blistering blue barnacles...

Shawnee123 · 01-16-2007, 09:27 AM

Read a beach book over the weekend...so not like me. It was silly but it got my mind off stuff.

For a laugh, I recommend Bob Newhart's I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This...his memoirs. He's a funny guy and has some great stories about other comedians in it.

wolf · 01-17-2007, 02:27 AM

Up to Book 2 of The Dresden files, Fool Moon.

Also reading Sex Appealed: Was the U.S. Supreme Court Fool - Judge Janice Law

Happy Monkey · 01-17-2007, 04:58 PM

Ice and Fire on HBO!

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Now comes word from Variety that George R. R. Martin's epic "Song of Ice and Fire" series has found a home at HBO.

Clodfobble · 01-17-2007, 05:22 PM

*gasp*

Oh man they'd better not make it suck. I wish they'd put a date on when they might start filming!

lumberjim · 01-17-2007, 05:24 PM

i like hbo's track record. this should be effin awesome.

i wish they'd do the ender books

Happy Monkey · 01-17-2007, 05:31 PM

I don't think HBO has made a show that sucks yet. What I'm worried about is that they'll make a show that is awesome, and then cancel it abruptly, like Carnivale, Deadwood, and Rome.

Irie · 01-18-2007, 12:52 AM

I'm about halfway through The curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon and so far it's great. Maybe this is old news but for those that don't know, it's a "murder mystery" about the neighbors dog told from the view of an autistic boy. It's really interesting and gripping. I suggest it to everyone.

Sundae · 01-18-2007, 07:20 AM

Downloaded Scott of the Antarctic's diaries last night (can't remember the official title). I've been looking for it for ages in book form - don't know why I didn't check the internet before.

I dovetails nicely with one of my favourite books - The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Gerrard who was a member of the expedition.

Urbane Guerrilla · 01-19-2007, 12:48 AM

Every now and then when I really need to get things back into perspective, I read either astronomy or geology -- popular works, that is. ATM, it's John McPhee's Annals of the Former World -- dipping (if not striking

-- hammerheaded geologists' joke [geoke?] ) into its five books in no particular order, just here and there, finished Rising From The Plains last night.

Five books, about rocks, almost entirely about rocks -- and he makes the formations and the rocks sing.

lumberjim · 01-19-2007, 01:25 AM

sounds riveting |:

01-15-2007, 07:18 AM	#676
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Fobble, oh, yeah. Funny, I used to know that... thanks. About the Galactic Milieu, I wouldn't know. I'm talking about early as in when written, not its setting. I used to really love F&SF novels and would read that genre almost exclusively, enjoying the imagination of it all. I'd like to see movies of Keith Laumer's works, still -- though I think Retief would have to be more deeply written than he usually was to make an intelligent SF movie, and likewise his Groaci opposition reworked into at least a little more than a straight-up parody of Soviet Russian foreign service and foreign aid. One gets the impression (a big impression) Laumer found a lot to dislike during his time with the State Department's foreign service in the early Sixties, and took his creative revenge on it all in his Retief stories. We'll probably see an Elric movie first, though. Like many 20th-century writers, Michael Moorcock's writing is quite cinematic -- it should translate well. Mercedes Lackey would, too. Even the novels full of unicorns. Last edited by Urbane Guerrilla; 01-15-2007 at 07:30 AM.

01-15-2007, 10:58 AM	#678
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I loved The Time Traveller's Wife. I recommended it to everyone I know who reads. It was equally enjoyed by male/ female readers I know - but the men did have eclectic tastes and didn't need explosions and espionage in their books. Also loved the Sandman series - I have some of the original comics, most of the series in reprint form and the graphic novels so I can read them in bed and generally not worry about damaging fragile (relatively speaking) comics. I remember my work collegue being amazed that I wasn't embarrassed about reading graphic novels on the Tube. Or children's books (this was before Harry Potter hit the public consciousness). I turned him into a Sandman fan __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-15-2007, 08:19 PM	#679
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Just finished re-reading about half the Tintin series. Pure classics. I love 'em. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

01-15-2007, 09:15 PM	#680
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Now let's all imagine Carl Sagan saying billions and billions of blistering blue barnacles... __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

01-16-2007, 09:27 AM	#681
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Read a beach book over the weekend...so not like me. It was silly but it got my mind off stuff. For a laugh, I recommend Bob Newhart's I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This...his memoirs. He's a funny guy and has some great stories about other comedians in it. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-17-2007, 02:27 AM	#682
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Up to Book 2 of The Dresden files, Fool Moon. Also reading Sex Appealed: Was the U.S. Supreme Court Fool - Judge Janice Law __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-17-2007, 05:22 PM	#684
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	gasp Oh man they'd better not make it suck. I wish they'd put a date on when they might start filming!

01-17-2007, 05:24 PM	#685
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i like hbo's track record. this should be effin awesome. i wish they'd do the ender books __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-17-2007, 05:31 PM	#686
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I don't think HBO has made a show that sucks yet. What I'm worried about is that they'll make a show that is awesome, and then cancel it abruptly, like Carnivale, Deadwood, and Rome. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-18-2007, 12:52 AM	#687
Irie Kinda n00b Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 27	I'm about halfway through The curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon and so far it's great. Maybe this is old news but for those that don't know, it's a "murder mystery" about the neighbors dog told from the view of an autistic boy. It's really interesting and gripping. I suggest it to everyone. __________________ 'The Universe tends to unfold itself as it should'

01-18-2007, 07:20 AM	#688
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Downloaded Scott of the Antarctic's diaries last night (can't remember the official title). I've been looking for it for ages in book form - don't know why I didn't check the internet before. I dovetails nicely with one of my favourite books - The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Gerrard who was a member of the expedition. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-19-2007, 12:48 AM	#689
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Every now and then when I really need to get things back into perspective, I read either astronomy or geology -- popular works, that is. ATM, it's John McPhee's Annals of the Former World -- dipping (if not striking -- hammerheaded geologists' joke [geoke?] ) into its five books in no particular order, just here and there, finished Rising From The Plains last night. Five books, about rocks, almost entirely about rocks -- and he makes the formations and the rocks sing. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

01-19-2007, 01:25 AM	#690
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	sounds riveting \|: __________________ 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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