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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2013 15:34:03 GMT -5
Just an update, it's a very heavy Sci-Fi yarn. I first read it many years ago.
In some ways, it's even more deep than Dune, of which I'm a HUGE fan. Dune was published in 1963, 3 years after Walter Miller's work.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2013 20:53:45 GMT -5
Sounds cool!! I think I'm going to have to read those. I loved playing "Fallout" on Xbox-- I can see where some of the theme from the game came from!
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Post by drjohnnyfever on Nov 25, 2013 23:36:04 GMT -5
Just an update, it's a very heavy Sci-Fi yarn. I first read it many years ago. In some ways, it's even more deep than Dune, of which I'm a HUGE fan. Dune was published in 1963, 3 years after Walter Miller's work. "Dune" is a great book and I enjoyed reading it.....then they made the movie. The three most dreaded words in the english language: "Dune-long version"  |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Nov 27, 2013 20:38:58 GMT -5
They made two movie versions of Dune. One had the guy from Twin Peaks in it and was disclaimed by its director David Lynch and credited to Alan Smithee. The other was a miniseries back when Sci-Fi occasionally made good films and was supposed to be far better, but I've never seen it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2013 20:52:04 GMT -5
Just an update, it's a very heavy Sci-Fi yarn. I first read it many years ago. In some ways, it's even more deep than Dune, of which I'm a HUGE fan. Dune was published in 1963, 3 years after Walter Miller's work. "Dune" is a great book and I enjoyed reading it.....then they made the movie. The three most dreaded words in the english language: "Dune-long version" Agreed. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2013 20:57:53 GMT -5
They made two movie versions of Dune. One had the guy from Twin Peaks in it and was disclaimed by its director David Lynch and credited to Alan Smithee. The other was a miniseries back when Sci-Fi occasionally made good films and was supposed to be far better, but I've never seen it. The Sci-Fi production, in my opinion was even worse, EY. Which is probably why you've never seen it. 
There were parts of the David Lynch film that I liked, in general I think that he did a good job of taking a 700 page novel and turning it into a 2 hour movie. Yes, a purist can (I did) find MANY faults with the movie, however I'll credit the movie for increasing sales of the original novel! 
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Post by drjohnnyfever on Nov 27, 2013 21:41:54 GMT -5
Just an update, it's a very heavy Sci-Fi yarn. I first read it many years ago. In some ways, it's even more deep than Dune, of which I'm a HUGE fan. Dune was published in 1963, 3 years after Walter Miller's work. There is so much good classic science fiction I could probably spend the rest of my life reading things I missed and re-reading the rest. There's also a lot of dreck in the genre-some of it very mainstream...imho. But then what form doesn't have it's share? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2013 22:13:46 GMT -5
Just an update, it's a very heavy Sci-Fi yarn. I first read it many years ago. In some ways, it's even more deep than Dune, of which I'm a HUGE fan. Dune was published in 1963, 3 years after Walter Miller's work. There is so much good classic science fiction I could probably spend the rest of my life reading things I missed and re-reading the rest. There's also a lot of dreck in the genre-some of it very mainstream...imho. But then what form doesn't have it's share? I suspect that the "Golden Era" of Sci-Fi literature has sadly passed. Think about it, Aldis, Asimov, Heinlein, Pohl, Herbert, Welles and even Verne; no one writes that stuff anymore.
I'm looking for a print version of a novella; "Custer's Last Jump;" an alternative version of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, where Custer's paratroopers, parachuting from dirigibles, where annihilated by pilots of the Plains Indian Air Force!
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Post by drjohnnyfever on Nov 27, 2013 23:14:09 GMT -5
There is so much good classic science fiction I could probably spend the rest of my life reading things I missed and re-reading the rest. There's also a lot of dreck in the genre-some of it very mainstream...imho. But then what form doesn't have it's share? I suspect that the "Golden Era" of Sci-Fi literature has sadly passed. Think about it, Aldis, Asimov, Heinlein, Pohl, Herbert, Welles and even Verne; no one writes that stuff anymore.
I'm looking for a print version of a novella; "Custer's Last Jump;" an alternative version of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, where Custer's paratroopers, parachuting from dirigibles, where annihilated by pilots of the Plains Indian Air Force!
There's still some first rate sci fi writers....crichton comes to mind.....and how could you leave kilgore trout off your list?  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2013 23:33:01 GMT -5
Sorry, point taken; it's late, and Para is getting sleepy, LOL!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2013 19:24:00 GMT -5
I suspect that the "Golden Era" of Sci-Fi literature has sadly passed. Think about it, Aldis, Asimov, Heinlein, Pohl, Herbert, Welles and even Verne; no one writes that stuff anymore.
I'm looking for a print version of a novella; "Custer's Last Jump;" an alternative version of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, where Custer's paratroopers, parachuting from dirigibles, where annihilated by pilots of the Plains Indian Air Force!
There's still some first rate sci fi writers....crichton comes to mind.....and how could you leave kilgore trout off your list? There's some incredible new stuff out there. Charles Stross, (esp his robot-based series, and his Laundry novels); Alistair Reynolds; Jim Butcher..... a whole slew more that I can't immediately recall.....Adam Roberts, Yellow Blue Tibia- AWESOME read set in post-Soviet Russia...involving Russian sci-fi authors recruited by Stalin to create false alien invasion stories..but it turns out much more to it...really cool! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2013 19:25:14 GMT -5
Another really spectacular sci-fi book, a bit older, "Roadside Picnic"-Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Really cool premise, great in that unexplained events kind of way.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2013 1:02:31 GMT -5
Just an update, it's a very heavy Sci-Fi yarn. I first read it many years ago. In some ways, it's even more deep than Dune, of which I'm a HUGE fan. Dune was published in 1963, 3 years after Walter Miller's work. I finished "Liebowitz" yesterday. Damn good read.
In James Michener's novel "Space" the character Randy Claggett's last words were "Blessed Saint Liebowitz, keep 'em dreaming down there."
Now I know what he meant.
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