meme

..., Arthur C. Clarke. Were these the ones which involved lots of complicated sexual relationships so as to maintain genetic diversity? I know I read them but I can't remember what they were about. 23. Ringworld, Larry Niven 24. Elric of Melnibone series, Michael Moorcock 25. The Dying Earth series, Jack Vance 26. Lyonesse series, Jack Vance I believe I tried one and gave up. Unless it was some ...

November

... past year, but I think I have read something in the order of seventy to eighty novels, and my sense of the time of each of these gets distorted the further back I go.  I just finished Ringworld by Larry Niven, and enjoyed it.  The science is cool, given the book was originally published in 1970.  This usually leaves one with an impression of the future as imagined in the past, but that failed ...

Howdy

... so much of it as a kid (that's what my Dad was into so that's what was around) that I'm kind of a little tired of it. I've read just about everything by Robert Heinlein, I like the Ringworld stuff, never got into Asimov. I still enjoy a bit of sci-fi but I'm kind of burned out on it. Murder-mystery - This is something I got into fairly recently. I've read just about everything by Steve ...

Geek Book Meme

..., Anthony 16. The Dragonriders of Pern, McCaffery 17. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks 18. Watchman, Moore 19. Neuromancer, Gibson 20. Pawn of Prophecy, Eddings 21. Hogfather, Pratchett 22. Ringworld, Niven 23. Nine Princes in Amber, Zelazny 24. Jhereg, Brust 25. Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Weis and Hickman 26. Brave New World, Huxley 27. Watership Down, Adams 28. Once and ...

Middling geek

... for Chameleon, Anthony 16. The Dragonriders of Pern, McCaffery 17. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks 18. Watchman, Moore 19. Neuromancer, Gibson 20. Pawn of Prophecy, Eddings 21. Hogfather, Pratchett 22. Ringworld, Niven 23. Nine Princes in Amber, Zelazny 24. Jhereg, Brust 25. Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Weis and Hickman 26. Brave New World, Huxley 27. Watership Down, Adams 28. Once and ...

...for Chameleon, Anthony 16. The Dragonriders of Pern, McCaffery 17. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks 18. Watchman, Moore 19. Neuromancer, Gibson 20. Pawn of Prophecy, Eddings 21. Hogfather, Pratchett 22. Ringworld, Niven 23. Nine Princes in Amber, Zelazny 24. Jhereg, Brust 25. Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Weis and Hickman 26. Brave New World, Huxley 27. Watership Down, Adams 28. Once and ...

... (on Dreamquest, a LARP, and how the difference between fantasy novel writing), Pierre Savoie (RPgamer, on how reading Ringworld the novel improves the experience of Ringworld the RPG, and how RPG can give insights to a novel universe its based on), David Pringle (on editing novels/short stories for ...

Updates--Mod Event

... the next just suddenly somewhere on the Ringworld. Not in the complex, or at least... within the accessible areas of the Ringworld. There will be no awaiting explanation. ... areas to its citizens. Frankly the Ringworld is just not in as pristine ...and other space debris have damaged the Ringworld beyond repair; there are places where ... many of the places on the Ringworld. Also this means that new Phased ...

Las 100 mejores novelas de ci-fi del s. XX

...the earth), Robert Silverberg (1981) La torre de cristal (Tower of glass), Robert Silverberg (1990) El año del sol tranquilo (The year of the quiet sun), Wilson Tucker (1983) [X] Mundo anillo (Ringworld), Larry Niven (1976) [X] A vuestros cuerpos dispersos (To your scattered bodies go), Philip José Farmer (1973) [X] Muero por dentro (Dying inside), Robert Silverberg (1987) Los propios dioses (The ...

Wednesday Writing Post: The Theory and Practice of Titles

... are: Characters. These would include not only those titles which are actually names ( David Copperfield, Hamlet ) but also titles which describe main characters or their attributes ( A Wizard of Earthsea, Ringworld Engineers ). Objects. Everything from real items ( The Beasts of Tarzan, The Sword in the Stone ) to the conceptual ( Foundation, A Wrinkle in Time, The Languages of Pao ). ...