My Dad's SciFi Collection

feeds@yuku.com (cbl62) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:02:32 GMT

My dad has been a collector of science fiction stuff for 45 years, and he has decided to sell it all. I am selling it all for him on ebay this week. There are more than 80 items including.

* First Robert Heinlein publication in Astounding Science Fiction (Aug. 1939),

"The Left Hand of Darkness", By Ursula K. LeGuin

feeds@yuku.com (Tripod) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:12:55 GMT

This is another novel I read for the first time this year, that I thoroughly enjoyed. LeGuin's beautiful storytelling style feels almost dreamlike, yet is so vivid that you can almost feel you are on that planet. Her premise of a planet populated with androgenous beings is extremely imaginative and draws you into that world. The way she describes the cold on this planet called "Winter" makes you feel like putting on an extra sweater----even if you're reading this in the...

"Ringworld", by Larry Niven

feeds@yuku.com (Tripod) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:03:37 GMT

I didn't see any topic dedicated to this science fiction classic, so I thought I'd start one.

I only read this book for the first time a few months ago, and really enjoyed it. Very imaginative, entertaining, witty and quite humorous too. With Larry Niven's fast-paced storytelling, there's never a dull moment.

A true masterwork, IMHO! Do you folks agree?

Bizarre Alternate Realities

feeds@yuku.com (schrodingerssnake) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:46:07 GMT

What are some books/movies featuring bizarre alternate realities? I'm talking any level of bizarre, from the "I'm married to my worst enemy" kind of weird to "Everyone here is made of noodles" level.

Time Travelling Balls

feeds@yuku.com (timerring) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:45:42 GMT

Hello, I thought this might be the place to ask! There has to be someone else who read this moderately old (at least three decades old) short story; it's about a scientist giving a tour of the facility where they test a time machine. The time machine involves two huge metal balls that bounce off of eachother, and the one into the past can collect data but the one to the future can't. They start off very far apart in time, and come together in the present to bounce off eachother. As...

Time Travel- When/where would you go?

feeds@yuku.com (schrodingerssnake) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:34:38 GMT

If you could time travel to any point in history, when/where would you go and why?

The Law of Nines by Terry Goodkind (movie clip too)

feeds@yuku.com (Cruze) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:37:56 GMT

I hope I posted this in the correct forum , if not could an admin redirect it for me please.

I've been waiting for this book to come out, not really sure where Goodkind was going with his new direction but when I saw this, I was really hooked!

I can't wait to read this book and see what Goodkind's got in store now.

The Law of Nines, by NYT's Best Selling author Terry Goodkind, A stunning...

Looking for recommendations

feeds@yuku.com (hannah) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:13:25 GMT

Hi everyone!

I'm new here, and pretty new to SF in general. I'd like to get into it more but it's not very easy to find my way in, because there's so much of it out there and if you don't know anything much about the genre it's hard to guess what's crap and what's great. This looks like a good SF forum so I decided to ask here! I'm looking for specific recommendations, titles or authors. What are your favourites?...

Charles N. Brown, 1937-2009, RIP

feeds@yuku.com (pecooper) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:20:18 GMT

Charles N. Brown, 1937-2009, 72, died peacefully in his sleep July 12, 2009. His death was reported on the front page of Locus magazine, and well it should be. He founded the magazine in 1968 and has edited it ever since.

He is another fan who will be missed as much as any author.

The Strain by Guillermo del Torro

feeds@yuku.com (SLCheck) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:41:06 GMT

Has anyone checked out "The Strain" by Guillermo del Torro and Chuck Hogan? Talk about bringing scary back to vampires. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts. I loved that book. In fact I wrote a review for it - check it out at

Protagonists

feeds@yuku.com (Violanthe) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:23:00 GMT

What makes for a good protagonist in fiction? Is a good protagonist necessarily synonymous with a good hero? If not, then what's the difference? And who are some of your favorite protagonists in fiction?

Does it bug you when. . .

feeds@yuku.com (Islandgirl81) — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:26:46 GMT

Does it bug anybody else when sci-fi books set in the very near future act like technology is going to change *dramatically* within a very short period of time?? I'm reading a sci-fi book set in 2012 called "Courts of the Sun" and it's pretty interesting (it's linked to the same "end of the world" Mayan prophecies mentioned in a couple of eps of "The X-Files") . But they have all these things like cars with internet connections embedded in the...

Shatnerquake! An Action Novel

feeds@yuku.com (xrascalxkingx) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:20:06 GMT

It's Shatner VS Shatners!

It's the first ShatnerCon with William Shatner as the guest of honor! But after a failed terrorist attack by Campbellians, a crazy terrorist cult that worships Bruce Campbell, all of the characters ever played by William Shatner are suddenly sucked into our world....

What IS Science Fiction?

feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:25:32 GMT

Custer and I were having what I thought was an interesting discussion about whether the graphic novel Station set on the International Space Station and featuring a murder mystery was really "science fiction" or not. This got me to wondering what the people who come to this board think the genre is exactly.

While I think it would be fine for this discussion to incorporate dictionary and wikipedia or other "scholarly" and/or "popular...

Help Pick Our April 2009 Group Movie Discussion!

feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:11:16 GMT

Our Star Movie Reviewer Aramis has requested that the board show a little love to the cinema with a group discussion in April of a science fiction movie! Because watching a movie goes quite a bit quicker than reading a book, we're going to center our discussion on the first week of April, starting with the 1st and running through the 7th (though of course we'll take additional comments after that too). Aramis will lead the discussion, asking relevant questions if the...

The Science Fiction Book Club

feeds@yuku.com (The Queen of the Geeks) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:04:32 GMT

I've been a member of the Science Fiction Book Club since 1972. (I actually joined eight years before I was born...yeah, that's the ticket...!)

In fact, some of the oldest books in my collection are SFBC titles like Asimov's FANTASTIC VOYAGE novelization, Edgar Rice Burrough's "Barsoom" novels, and some Robert A. Heinlien stuff.

But, let's face it...they've been slipping lately. It used to be one could depend on virtually everything coming...

Gets old fast

feeds@yuku.com (Violanthe) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:03:35 GMT

For the avid booklover, finding new selections can be difficult for a variety of reasons. But what parts of your favorite genres are especially difficult to discover afresh? What aspects of your favorite books "get old" more quickly than others? If you're a horror fan, do you find it difficult to find a book that honestly scares you anymore? If you're a mystery fan, do you find...

Forrest J Ackerman - R.I.P

feeds@yuku.com (pecooper) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:29:19 GMT

Sci-Fi's No. 1 Fanboy, Forrest J Ackerman, Dies at 92.

Not one of the great authors, but he was an important person in fandom. He will be missed.

Top Ten Science Fiction Books

feeds@yuku.com (ljim2000) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:48:14 GMT

This subject for a thread came up in one of the author forums, so lets see what people pick. Feel free to either order them or not. I'm sure that my Top 10 would be different at a different time, but I'm willing to have a go for right now...

1) Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds: while I can't argue with those who say he's grown as a writer since, this book still set the bar for the whole genre by deftly...

Korean SF / SF in Korea

feeds@yuku.com (oneota) — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:06:47 GMT

I would like to learn about SF in Korea. As far as I can tell, there is almost no academic interest in SF (I've found one article - and that was about Western SF). I have written to a number of people, but, of the few who have answered, no has been able to help.

(I'm talking about written SF, not movies.)

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