OK... time out... (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-signs102.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)
The "sci" in "sci-fi" stands for... SCIENCE!
If it has magical clouds and talking fairies - it's... (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-signs127.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-signs127.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php) FANTASY!
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OK... time out... (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-signs102.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)
The "sci" in "sci-fi" stands for... SCIENCE!
If it has magical clouds and talking fairies - it's... (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-signs127.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-signs127.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php) FANTASY!
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+1 for AL
Yup. If you're like me and think fantasy is teh ghey, you should definitely read Fallen Angels by Larry Niven. Great libertarian SCIENCE FICTION.
I agree although I've never read Goodkind. Let me clarify, I like HARD SF.Yup. If you're like me and think fantasy is teh ghey, you should definitely read Fallen Angels by Larry Niven. Great libertarian SCIENCE FICTION.
I don't dislike ALL fantasy. In fact, I really like the Sword of Truth series. My biggest pet peeve about it is all of the damned reference to PROPHECY. I hate prophecy. I hate the idea of prophecy. I hate that prophecy is used so heavily. Of course, they use prophecy in The Matrix, and it absolutely soils Star Wars.
...or it was L Neil Smith.
...or it was L Neil Smith.
It's not like Smith is hard to find on the 'Net...
http://www.ncc-1776.org/
http://www.lneilsmith.org/
http://www.bigheadpress.com/lneilsmith/
http://www.bigheadpress.com/tpbtgn
There's only one TV show that gets away with mixing sci-fi with elements of fantasy / mythology (ex. technomages, prophecy, telepathy, etc), and that's Babylon 5 (http://). It's ridiculous how much I love that show...
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lol No, no they don't.There's only one TV show that gets away with mixing sci-fi with elements of fantasy / mythology (ex. technomages, prophecy, telepathy, etc), and that's Babylon 5 (http://). It's ridiculous how much I love that show...
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Do they usually play "(nightwish?)" during an episode?
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Twelve Hawks's much anticipated novel is powerful, mainstream fiction built on a foundation of cutting-edge technology laced with fantasy and the chilling specter of an all-too-possible social and political reality. The time is roughly the present, and the U.S. is part of the Vast Machine, a society overseen by the Tabula, a secret organization bent on establishing a perfectly controlled populace. Allied against the Tabula are the Travelers and their sword-carrying protectors, the Harlequins. The Travelers, now almost extinct, can project their spirit into other worlds where they receive wisdom to bring back to earth—wisdom that threatens the Tabula's power. Maya, a reluctant Harlequin, finds herself compelled to protect two naïve Travelers, Michael and Gabriel Corrigan. Michael dabbles in shady real estate deals, while Gabriel prefers to live "off the Grid," eschewing any documentation—credit cards, bank accounts—that the Vast Machine could use to track him. Because the Tabula has engineered a way to use the Travelers for its own purposes, Maya must not only keep the brothers alive, but out of the hands of these evil puppet-masters. She succeeds, but she also fails, and therein lies the tale. By the end of this exciting volume, the first in a trilogy, the stage is set for a world-rending clash between good and evil.
Communist science fiction is lies.Even if the author is an anti-communist?
Lem [..] allowed his works to be twisted into communist propaganda.How exactly would he have stopped that? Gun down the guys running the printing presses?
L. Neil is a huge gun nut! He and I spent a half hour talking about handguns at the last FreedomFest. He lives right up the road near Ft. Collins and he's really personable (invited me up to shoot "any time") but sadly I haven't yet taken the opportunity.You need to take the opportunity and share it with us. I'm jealous.
L. Neil is a huge gun nut! He and I spent a half hour talking about handguns at the last FreedomFest. He lives right up the road near Ft. Collins and he's really personable (invited me up to shoot "any time") but sadly I haven't yet taken the opportunity.You need to take the opportunity and share it with us. I'm jealous.
...or am I gonna have to bittorrent the whole damn series?
I love Babylon5 and watched a good bit of it when it aired back in high school. |
P2P is always the best way
Last week may have seemed slow here at _The Libertarian Enterprise_
and Big Head Press (at least my parts thereof), but that's only because
I was busy elsewhere, my every waking hour filled the necessity of
finishing my project on time for National Novel Writing Month
(NaNoWriMo) 2009.
And I did.
_Sweeter Than Wine_, in, many ways, is the story of the vampire next
door. It will become publicly available as soon as I can make it so.
As a consequence, we tried an experiment, posting the following both
at BigHeadPress.com and in _The Libertarian Enterprise_:
_CERES_, a novel by L. Neil Smith
Chapter Thirty-Seven: "Convergence"
"Barsoom go boom!"
http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2009/tle546-20091129-02.html
or
http://www.bigheadpress.com/lneilsmith/?page_id=348
Also:
_Atlantea the Beautful_ by Rex F. May and L. Neil Smith
"The perfect Aryan woman!"
http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2009/tle546-20091129-08.html
And don't forget:
_Phoebus Krumm_ by L. Neil Smith
Illustrated by Scott Bieser and ~3~
" ... soon we'll have air to breathe."
Current page: http://www.bigheadpress.com/pk
Beginning page: http://www.bigheadpress.com/pk?page=1
Enjoy!
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"It's not your mother. It's just a big rock." -- L. Neil Smith
http://www.zazzle.com/rexfmay/gifts
The Webley Page: http://www.lneilsmith.org
The Libertarian Enterprise: http://www.ncc-1776.org
LNS at Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
http://www.jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/lneilsmith.htm
Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick: http://www.phoenixpick.com/
Big Head Press: http://www.bigheadpress.com
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I found firefly to be a quite liberty-oriented series - not the movie though.
I used to watch B5, and just found it to be boring and preachy; but when the Archangel Michael or Gabriel, or whoever it was, came out of the spaceship - I couldn't watch anymore. The idea that all aliens have french accents and the exact same haircut bothered me (I'm just focusing on one group of aliens - but all the groups were very cookie-cutter according to my rememborizing), but the religious stuff turned me the rest of the way off. To be honest; I watched the show back when I was still a brainwashed liberal, prior to becoming an intellectually superior conservative, way before I understood any concept of liberty.
But I was just wondering, did nobody else find the firefly story to be very liberty oriented? It was such an awesome series - I'm still pissed off that they canceled it, and that the movie turned some of the characters into violent, petty criminals.
I used to watch B5, and just found it to be boring and preachy |
but when the Archangel Michael or Gabriel, or whoever it was, came out of the spaceship - I couldn't watch anymore. |
The idea that all aliens have french accents and the exact same haircut bothered me [...] |
But I was just wondering, did nobody else find the firefly story to be very liberty oriented? |
It is the best sci-fi show ever - but I've never met anyone else who had even seen it, and I've never heard it mentioned anywhere, to include in relation to libertYou really should come to NH, just to check shit out.
The preacher guy was interesting and little pieces of his past would hint at more.
Talia Winters is flippin SEXY!
Talia Winters is flippin SEXY!Meh. Lyta Alexander FTW.
Morena Baccarin is hot, but latent lesbian telepaths win every time!
Once again, this is a science fiction thread. It would be scientifically impossible for me to ever get any of those women. Start a "fantasy" thread instead. :lol:
It would be scientifically impossible for me to ever get any of those women.I used to think that way until I met Irena and put my mind to it.