spidey book club

NightRychune · Post by **NightRychune** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:48 am

ayn rand was a $#@!ing moron and you're a retard for advocating anything she ever did

terran has lost all credibility as a human being

Bard · Post by **Bard** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:53 am

NightRychune wrote:QUOTE (NightRychune @ Jun 26 2011, 08:48 PM) ayn rand was a $#@!ing moron and you're a retard for advocating anything she ever did

terran has lost all credibility as a human being

Eep. Holy @#(!!

I agree with Vir...

Post by **BackTrak** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:01 am

For some reason, I can read Brian Daley's Floyt/Fitzhugh triology over an over. If I find myself with a week of free time, I'll bring the well worn series with me and plow through them over again. These are great light sci-fi.

http://www.amazon.com/Jinx-Terran-Inherita...mp;sr=8-1-spell

Jinx on a Terran Inheritance
Requiem for a Ruler of Worlds
Fall of the White Ship Avatar

These really have fond memories for me. Maybe I'll go dig em out of the attic again!

Adept · Post by **Adept** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:36 am

Lindy_Hop wrote:QUOTE (Lindy_Hop @ Jun 27 2011, 03:06 AM) Honestly, when I want to read deeply flawed political philosophy with one dimensional characters I reread Starship Troopers.

Which at least has merits as early military Sci-Fi, and I believe the first descriptions of powered battlesuits.

Pos_21 · Post by **Pos_21** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:21 am

I fell in love with a Starship Trooper

omegahero · Post by **omegahero** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:30 pm

young denise richards!

Post by **Raveen** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:37 pm

If we're talking about Heinlen then Time Enough For Love should probably be on the list somewhere. Stranger in a Strange Land too but that one is slightly more boob/polygamy/incest obsessed (not that TEFL isn't mind you).

Adept · Post by **Adept** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:40 pm

Raveen wrote:QUOTE (Raveen @ Jun 27 2011, 03:37 PM) If we're talking about Heinlen then Time Enough For Love should probably be on the list somewhere. Stranger in a Strange Land too but that one is slightly more boob/polygamy/incest obsessed (not that TEFL isn't mind you).

I never really understood the appeal of Stranger in a Strange Land, at least as Sci-Fi. It's social commentary / fantasy if anything.

But yes, Heinlein! For all his faults I like him a lot. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is definitely a book I would recommend.

A really top notch book is Arthur C Clarke's "The City and the Stars". A rare bit of Science Fiction that has aged really well. It deals with very high technology, and doesn't feel old or rediculous despite having been written in 1956! I also recommend Earthlight by the same author.

Spunkmeyer · Post by **Spunkmeyer** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:43 pm

Gee, someone says Ayn Rand and flame fest ensues, how odd

However, I've found my new signature.

A bit more on-topic: I've seen The Difference Engine recommended, and I'll add this: it's more Sterling than Gibson..I think. And therefore isn't that brilliant

. I love the setting and I love the idea of a steampunk meritrocracy that's only slightly corrupt but the story just doesn't flow much, and the more action-oriented chapters are painful to read as if they've been ripped out of a children's adventure story.

Post by **BackTrak** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:59 pm

I'd say you hit the nail on the head there Spunky, I also didn't care much for The Difference Engine. I was looking for more info about the machine itself and I just didn't get satisfied. I'd suggest Gibson's Burning Chrome, a short story collection edited by Sterling which was a good batch of brain chaw.