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ljim2000		#21	[-]
Star Fleet Admiral Posts: 4381 (07/12/08 19:22:25) Simulacrum Cretin Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Seems we're on a cyberpunk roll, so why not one of the first female proponents of the genre Pat Cadigan, next? We're looking like: 8/1 Arthur C. Clarke 8/2 Vernor Vinge 8/3 Vonda McIntyre 8/4 Robert A. Heinlein 8/5 Roger Zelazny 8/6 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 8/7 Lloyd Biggle Jr. 8/8 Elizabeth Bear 8/9 Elizabeth Moon 8/10 Edgar Rice Burroughs 8/11 H. Beam Piper 8/12 Keith Laumer 8/13 Joan D. Vinge 8/14 J.T. McIntosh 8/15 Kahterine MacLean 8/16 Bruce Sterling 8/17 William Gibson 8/18 Pat Cadigan 8/22 Ray Bradbury 8/29 Michael Moorcock Who wants to pick next? My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
Kevin McCabe		#22	[-]
Space Lieutenant Posts: 26 (07/13/08 11:26:44) The Kevinator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Well, we're a bit short on ladies. How about Ursula K Le Guin, Storm Constantine, Caitlin Kiernan, or Tanith Lee?
ljim2000		#23	[-]
Star Fleet Admiral Posts: 4385 (07/13/08 12:17:21) Simulacrum Cretin Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	All great suggestions. Of course we do have our one of our time between other nominations rule, so I'll assume you were suggesting them in order and make Ursula K. Le Guin your nominee. But in the interest of bringing new authors into the fold, I'll make Storm Constantine my next pick then! We can also fit your other two suggestions in once there are nominations from a couple other people too. Soo... 8/1 Arthur C. Clarke 8/2 Vernor Vinge 8/3 Vonda McIntyre 8/4 Robert A. Heinlein 8/5 Roger Zelazny 8/6 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 8/7 Lloyd Biggle Jr. 8/8 Elizabeth Bear 8/9 Elizabeth Moon 8/10 Edgar Rice Burroughs 8/11 H. Beam Piper 8/12 Keith Laumer 8/13 Joan D. Vinge 8/14 J.T. McIntosh 8/15 Kahterine MacLean 8/16 Bruce Sterling 8/17 William Gibson 8/18 Pat Cadigan 8/19 Ursula K. Le Guin 8/20 Storm Constantine 8/22 Ray Bradbury 8/29 Michael Moorcock Who wants to fill that gap between 8/20 and 8/22?? My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
Custer1		#24	[-]
Star Fleet Admiral Posts: 4389 (07/14/08 04:12:06) Man of Tomorrow Wizard of Science By night known as: Captain Future Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Well that list would give 11 out of 24, if we include the other two female writers listed, which can't be too bad, though Tanith Lee would be a bit optional as she has been featured in a previous August, and even had one of our "Book Reads". Still, to keep in with the trend, how about a very promising Hugo-nominated author whose career was very sadly cut short in 1967: Rosel George Brown.
ljim2000		#25	[-]
Star Fleet Admiral Posts: 4389 (07/14/08 06:29:46) Simulacrum Cretin Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Well, we did say we were opening up the floodgates to all SF authors including the ones we'd done in the past. Since Kevin wasn't around then, we can't exactly hold him to what we did before. So after Rosel George Brown, we have Caitlin Kiernan, and I'll sponsor Tanith Lee to get all of his suggestions in. We're getting close! What we have: Soo... 8/1 Arthur C. Clarke 8/2 Vernor Vinge 8/3 Vonda McIntyre 8/4 Robert A. Heinlein 8/5 Roger Zelazny 8/6 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 8/7 Lloyd Biggle Jr. 8/8 Elizabeth Bear 8/9 Elizabeth Moon 8/10 Edgar Rice Burroughs 8/11 H. Beam Piper 8/12 Keith Laumer 8/13 Joan D. Vinge 8/14 J.T. McIntosh 8/15 Kahterine MacLean 8/16 Bruce Sterling 8/17 William Gibson 8/18 Pat Cadigan 8/19 Ursula K. Le Guin 8/20 Storm Constantine 8/21 Rosel George Brown 8/22 Ray Bradbury 8/23 Caitlin Kiernan 8/24 Tanith Lee 8/29 Michael Moorcock August 25th, anyone?? My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
Golophin		#26	[-]
Space Lieutenant Posts: 71 (07/14/08 14:17:31) Space Ensign Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I would like to nominate Peter F. Hamilton or Stanislaw Lem
ljim2000		#27	[-]
Star Fleet Admiral Posts: 4390 (07/14/08 20:02:48) Simulacrum Cretin Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Excellent Golophin. We can take Peter F. Hamilton from you, and I'll gladly donate a turn to nominate Stanislaw Lem as well. As we near the finish, I do request that everybody stay to one author per turn though from here on out. We're running out of spots that can be donated! This very exciting Author August looks thus so far: 8/1 Arthur C. Clarke 8/2 Vernor Vinge 8/3 Vonda McIntyre 8/4 Robert A. Heinlein 8/5 Roger Zelazny 8/6 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 8/7 Lloyd Biggle Jr. 8/8 Elizabeth Bear 8/9 Elizabeth Moon 8/10 Edgar Rice Burroughs 8/11 H. Beam Piper 8/12 Keith Laumer 8/13 Joan D. Vinge 8/14 J.T. McIntosh 8/15 Kahterine MacLean 8/16 Bruce Sterling 8/17 William Gibson 8/18 Pat Cadigan 8/19 Ursula K. Le Guin 8/20 Storm Constantine 8/21 Rosel George Brown 8/22 Ray Bradbury 8/23 Caitlin Kiernan 8/24 Tanith Lee 8/25 Peter F. Hamilton 8/26 Stanislaw Lem 8/29 Michael Moorcock Who wants to fill 8/27?? My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
Kevin McCabe		#28	[-]
Space Lieutenant Posts: 27 (07/14/08 21:03:19) The Kevinator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	OK, I'm game. How about Neil Gaiman?
Custer1		#29	[-]
Star Fleet Admiral Posts: 4396 (07/16/08 00:33:17) Man of Tomorrow Wizard of Science By night known as: Captain Future Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	And if there's still a gap to fill, how about Zenna Henderson...?
ljim2000		#30	[-]
Star Fleet Admiral Posts: 4396 (07/16/08 06:29:26) Simulacrum Cretin Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Sounds good to me. I'd like to go back to the very roots of SF with Jules Verne next! Which brings us to: 8/1 Arthur C. Clarke 8/2 Vernor Vinge 8/3 Vonda McIntyre 8/4 Robert A. Heinlein 8/5 Roger Zelazny 8/6 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 8/7 Lloyd Biggle Jr. 8/8 Elizabeth Bear 8/9 Elizabeth Moon 8/10 Edgar Rice Burroughs 8/11 H. Beam Piper 8/12 Keith Laumer 8/13 Joan D. Vinge 8/14 J.T. McIntosh 8/15 Kahterine MacLean 8/16 Bruce Sterling 8/17 William Gibson 8/18 Pat Cadigan 8/19 Ursula K. Le Guin 8/20 Storm Constantine 8/21 Rosel George Brown 8/22 Ray Bradbury 8/23 Caitlin Kiernan 8/24 Tanith Lee 8/25 Peter F. Hamilton 8/26 Stanislaw Lem 8/27 Neil Gaiman 8/28 Zenna Henderson 8/29 Michael Moorcock 8/30 Jules Verne Who would like the honor of filling the 31st and final day of the month?? My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
Kevin McCabe		#31	[-]
Space Lieutenant Posts: 30 (07/16/08 19:27:24) The Kevinator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Way to go on Jules Verne El Jim!!!!! I've been looking for an excuse to read The Master of The World for some time now. Well, if we need to cap things, and if someone else doesn't have a burning desire, how about Iain Banks?
ljim2000		#32	[-]
Star Fleet Admiral Posts: 4397 (07/16/08 19:53:15) Simulacrum Cretin Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	First come, first serve (or is that last serve?) at this bar! We have a full slate! 8/1 Arthur C. Clarke 8/2 Vernor Vinge 8/3 Vonda McIntyre 8/4 Robert A. Heinlein 8/5 Roger Zelazny 8/6 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 8/7 Lloyd Biggle Jr. 8/8 Elizabeth Bear 8/9 Elizabeth Moon 8/10 Edgar Rice Burroughs 8/11 H. Beam Piper 8/12 Keith Laumer 8/13 Joan D. Vinge 8/14 J.T. McIntosh 8/15 Katherine MacLean 8/16 Bruce Sterling 8/17 William Gibson 8/18 Pat Cadigan 8/19 Ursula K. Le Guin 8/20 Storm Constantine 8/21 Rosel George Brown 8/22 Ray Bradbury 8/23 Caitlin Kiernan 8/24 Tanith Lee 8/25 Peter F. Hamilton 8/26 Stanislaw Lem 8/27 Neil Gaiman 8/28 Zenna Henderson 8/29 Michael Moorcock 8/30 Jules Verne 8/31 Iain M. Banks Looks to be an exciting month ahead. We'll start promoting in short order. Perhaps a day of rest first... Last Edited By: ljim2000 07/17/08 18:31:51. Edited 2 times.
Custer1		#33	[-]
Star Fleet Admiral Posts: 4401 (07/17/08 00:43:32) Man of Tomorrow Wizard of Science By night known as: Captain Future Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	If that's the list "of record", I've just corrected the "Kahterine" typo. And just to check, when we say "Iain Banks" we mean we are concentrating on his non-sf output, which is indeed usually pretty fantastic, rather than the hard sf side which is credited to "Iain M. Banks"...? Handy, that, as my current audiobook is his Walking On Glass...
ljim2000		#34	[-]
Star Fleet Admiral Posts: 4401 (07/17/08 18:32:22) Simulacrum Cretin Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I put the "M." in. This is the Science Fiction Message Board after all! My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
Kevin McCabe		#35	[-]
Space Lieutenant Posts: 32 (07/17/08 21:40:16) The Kevinator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Which is what I intended (but screwed up). I've heard great things about Banks' non-sci fi, but have only read some of his Culture books thus far.
dogpoet		#36	[-]
Star Fleet Admiral Posts: 258 (07/21/08 09:02:01) Starship Commander Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Has Caitlin Kiernan ever written any SF apart from her story in that Eternal Champion collection? Most of what I've read seems more fantasy or out and out horror. Not that I have a problem with that, but If we're being purist enough to exclude Iain Bank's unemmed books (several of which are very definitely SF), then it could be a sticking point. Please buy my book, somebody?
ljim2000		#37	[-]
Star Fleet Admiral Posts: 4414 (07/21/08 16:44:19) Simulacrum Cretin Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	dogpoet wrote: Has Caitlin Kiernan ever written any SF apart from her story in that Eternal Champion collection? Most of what I've read seems more fantasy or out and out horror. Not that I have a problem with that, but If we're being purist enough to exclude Iain Bank's unemmed books (several of which are very definitely SF), then it could be a sticking point. Well, purist we've never been. Now if an author writes some SF and some other speculative fiction, of course we'll focus on the science fiction, but that never precludes any mention of the other work. Hard to talk about Moorcock and not mention Elric, and who the heck can even determine when Lovecraft was writing SF and when it was straight horror? As far as Banks goes, since he lists his actual name two different ways, it only makes sense for us to use the science fiction one. Nobody, however, will lose any points or be demoted for mentioning other work he's written. We should definitely strive to locate the Kiernan science fiction stories, I agree. We don't want to throw the floodgates open to all Fantasy authors here, just the ones who cross over. My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board Last Edited By: ljim2000 07/21/08 16:47:25. Edited 1 times.
Kevin McCabe		#38	[-]
Space Lieutenant Posts: 34 (07/21/08 21:00:06) The Kevinator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Well, I doubt we can really classify Caitlin Kiernan's stuff as anything near hard sci fi. I see why the horror thing is attractive, but really I think a lot of her stuff is about a psychological (scientific?) explanation of horror. Gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about it.
ljim2000		#39	[-]
Star Fleet Admiral Posts: 4417 (07/22/08 00:10:30) Simulacrum Cretin Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Well we certainly are open to the "softer" realms of SF on this board. Perhaps we should hold this discussion until Kiernan's day in August though. Making a case for why an author could be considered science fiction, including via the "social sciences" could make for interesting on topic discussion. My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
dogpoet		#40	[-]
Star Fleet Admiral Posts: 259 (07/22/08 07:58:44) Starship Commander Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The Kiernan SF short story (that I've read: there may be others) is called Giants In The Earth and appeared in the Edward E Kramer Eternal Champion theme anthology Pawn Of Chaos. It's one of the various theme anthologies dealing with stuff other than their own intellectual property White Wolf published during their first flush of success in the mid '90s. I'm not sure, but I think Kiernan's first publishing credit was in an earlier one of these a (pretty godawful, sadly) Sandman based collection. As for Banks, I just think it's odd to exclude stuff with very overt (some might say downright blatant) SF elements purely because it was published before he began writing out and out space opera under a different version of his name. Most of The State Of The Art appeared in anthologies before he started eming, after all. Please buy my book, somebody?

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