Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-08-16 Thread C.W. Badie
Before I was 8...Lost In Space, Star Trek... From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 2, 2009 7:34:13 AM Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like   rave, I was bitten around my tenth birthday

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-08-04 Thread marian_changling
truthseeker...@... Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 6:50 PM   Need to think carefully over this one before I reply, Marian. It's been a long day on my end, and my stomach

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-08-04 Thread Augustus Augustus
Marian, i promise, u will like them.  i loved them. Fate. --- On Tue, 8/4/09, marian_changling md_moor...@yahoo.com wrote: From: marian_changling md_moor...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 12:44 PM

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-08-02 Thread Martin Baxter
rave, I was bitten around my tenth birthday. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like Date : Sat, 1 Aug 2009 21:58:51 -0400 From : wlro...@aol.com To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I was a sci-fi reader before my 30's and I am still

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-08-01 Thread wlrouge
I was a sci-fi reader before my 30's and I am still one. To be honest, I per SF over anything else. --Lavender -- From: ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:47 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-31 Thread Augustus Augustus
wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 6:50 PM   Need to think carefully over this one before I reply, Marian. It's been a long day on my end

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-31 Thread ravenadal
Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like Is it possible to become a sci-fi reader in one's thirties? I have always considered SF a young person's game - if you don't get the bug early you seldom get it. I wish I had a dollar for every time I have suggested a great book to someone post

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-31 Thread Martin Baxter
rave, most of the people I've been making recommendations to are in their twenties. They are all European, if that makes any differentiation. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like Date : Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:47:35 - From

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-31 Thread mcjennings124
- From: ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:30:14 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like Maurice, apparently, in your forties, you were still an open-faced sandwich: open to new ideas and experiences. I would suggest that makes you

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-31 Thread B. Smith
. book 1 - Titan (1979) book 2 - Wizard (1980) book 3 - Demon (1984) --- On Thu, 7/30/09, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@... wrote: From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@... Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 6:50 PM

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-31 Thread Reece Jennings
, July 31, 2009 7:30 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like Maurice, apparently, in your forties, you were still an open-faced sandwich: open to new ideas and experiences. I would suggest that makes you an exception that proves the rule. Most people

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-31 Thread Keith Johnson
:33 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like Marian, the wife had me 2 read this series by a guy named John Varley, the Gaea Trilogy. the books were very interesting. fantasy and scifi. a really good read. book 1 - Titan (1979) book 2 - Wizard (1980

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-31 Thread Augustus Augustus
yeah, i had a vision of her as well.  whistlestop was a kool ass blimp! --- On Fri, 7/31/09, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 12

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-31 Thread Keith Johnson
: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like yeah, i had a vision of her as well. whistlestop was a kool ass blimp! --- On Fri, 7/31/09, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like To: scifinoir2

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-31 Thread Augustus Augustus
keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 4:16 PM   yes indeed! Remember when she was forced to decide which of the Centaur-like

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-31 Thread Keith Johnson
yeah, good stuff - Original Message - From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 4:46:13 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like yes i do, but it was more fun watching her

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-31 Thread Augustus Augustus
:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like   yes i do, but it was more fun watching her trying 2 pretend 2 fight her alcoholism.  but what about the Priests?  they were kool.  with the deathsnakes in them.  and the 50ft marilyn monroe avatar

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-31 Thread Keith Johnson
I never thought of that... - Original Message - From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 6:28:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like by the way, i read the books 3 years

[RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-30 Thread Martin Baxter
Marian, the Hyperion series is about the closest I can think of in comparison, in terms of scope and depth of event and characterization. Having read both, I wouldn't dis-recommend Hyperion. I would, however, suggest Foundation first. Can I be rude and inquire as to your friend's age? A few SF

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2009-07-30 Thread marian_changling
I am going to guess that she is in her thirties. I groaned when I heard that she was reading the book. Mainly because SF of that era was strong on ideas and less so with characterization. I remember loving the book but I don't know if I could read it now. Now I might sit back and gripe

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-30 Thread Martin Baxter
Need to think carefully over this one before I reply, Marian. It's been a long day on my end, and my stomach is growling. Early on the morrow, my word 'pon 't. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like Date : Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:32:03

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-30 Thread ravenadal
Is it possible to become a sci-fi reader in one's thirties? I have always considered SF a young person's game - if you don't get the bug early you seldom get it. I wish I had a dollar for every time I have suggested a great book to someone post thirty to only be met with a I don't read

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-30 Thread mcjennings124
interpretation. Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:47:35 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like Is it possible to become a sci-fi reader in one's thirties? I have always considered SF

RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like

2009-07-30 Thread Reece Jennings
Pardon the spelling. Blackberry/Crackberry! _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mcjennings...@yahoo.com Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:17 PM To: SciFi2 Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Foundation-like I'm 62! I 'discovered'. Octavia