Re: [scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"?

2009-07-31 Thread Jeff Carter
For me it would have to be Butcher's Storm Front. It was the first Dresden files book and it was like a breath of fresh air to me. Before that it was Christopher Golden's Angels souls demon hearts. I have to admit that my strong church upbringing made me feel guilty for enjoying that book so muc

[RE][scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"?

2009-07-31 Thread Martin Baxter
For me, "The Mote In God's Eye" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Great ideas, semi-plausible scientific bases, fun read all the way through. (And, apparently, some of my former friends agree -- the four who stole each of the four copies I owned, that is.) -[ Received Mail Content

Re: [scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"?

2009-07-31 Thread Keith Johnson
For me, it might be Zelazny's "Lord of Light". it's a great tale about humans who come to rule a planet by scientifically giving themselves powers to match those of the Hindu pantheon. The powers are given to those called the First--the crew and passengers of the ship that brought the humans to

Re: [scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"?

2009-07-31 Thread Keith Johnson
how's that? - Original Message - From: "Jeff Carter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 7:51:57 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"? For me it w

Re: [scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"?

2009-07-31 Thread brent wodehouse
Charles Sheffield's 'Proteus' series ('Sight of Proteus,' 'Proteus Unbound,' 'Proteus Combined,' 'Proteus in the Underworld'). Brent "ravenadal" writes: >The question about Asimov's "Foundation" septology leads me to ask what >was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!" And, by tha

Re: [scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"?

2009-07-31 Thread Martin Baxter
I'd forgotten those, Brent. Good reads. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"? Date : Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:22:45 -0400 From : "brent wodehouse" To : scifinoir2@

Re: [scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"?

2009-07-31 Thread Martin Baxter
That was a novel... -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"? Date : Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:44:16 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com For me, it might be

Re: [scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"?

2009-07-31 Thread Keith Johnson
scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"? That was a novel... -[ Received Mail Content ]------ Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"? Date : Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:

Re: [scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"?

2009-07-31 Thread Bosco Bosco
I have loved everything by Neal Stephenson that I have read. Snow Crash was just unbelievable. I loved Cryptonomicon and the Baroque Cycle. I am in the middle of the third volume now. However for me, The Diamond Age, an exploration of Nano-Technology and sociology amongst other things, is his be

Re: [scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"?

2009-08-03 Thread Milton Davis
sh. --- On Sat, 8/1/09, Bosco Bosco wrote: From: Bosco Bosco Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, August 1, 2009, 5:03 AM   I have loved everything by Neal Stephenson that I

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"?

2009-07-31 Thread Keith Johnson
00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"? For me, "The Mote In God's Eye" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Great ideas, semi-plausible scientific bases, fun read all the way through. (And

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"?

2009-07-31 Thread B. Smith
more. > Maybe it was the whole thought of space-traveling pachyderms... > > > - Original Message - > From: "Martin Baxter" > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 8:00:28 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [RE][scifino

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"?

2009-07-31 Thread Keith Johnson
What was Lucifer's Hammer? - Original Message - From: "B. Smith" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 5:07:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"

2009-08-02 Thread B. Smith
t; Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 5:07:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made > you go "WOW!"? > > > > > > > I loved both of those as well as Lucifer's Hammer and thei

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"?

2009-08-07 Thread Adrianne Brennan
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Re: [RE][scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW

2009-08-07 Thread brent wodehouse
Yah. An inspired choice. :-) Brent Adrianne Brennan writes: >Phillip K Dick's "VALIS".

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"

2009-08-16 Thread C.W. Badie
, August 2, 2009 4:55:21 PM Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] What was the last SF novel you read that made you go "WOW!"   It's a post-apocalyptic novel about the effects of a comet strike on Earth. --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Keith Johnson wrote: > > What was Lucifer