So, to jump start this party, has anyone read any Isaac Asimov?
Quote from: AstroGeek327 on February 04, 2015, 09:55:21 PM
So, to jump start this party, has anyone read any Isaac Asimov?
Yes but Arthur C Clarke is better. :)
Quote from: Cender on February 05, 2015, 08:45:37 AM
Quote from: AstroGeek327 on February 04, 2015, 09:55:21 PM
So, to jump start this party, has anyone read any Isaac Asimov?
Yes but Arthur C Clarke is better. :)
Hmmm....I do really like Clarke but there is something about Asimov's writing style....
It's a close call. Have you ever read John Scalzi? He's one of my new favorites with his humorous spin on things. Redshirts is quite hilarious.
I have read some Asimov. I really like I, Robot despite it being very different from the movie
Started reading Foundation, but couldn't slog through the .politics. and put it down. Picked it back up, same issue. I'll try again down the road.
Read the beginning of Redshirts while my friend had it, seems good.
Quote from: Thetrufflehunter on February 05, 2015, 04:55:40 PM
Started reading Foundation, but couldn't slog through the .politics. and put it down. Picked it back up, same issue. I'll try again down the road.
Read the beginning of Redshirts while my friend had it, seems good.
Did you start with the original trilogy? Because it is so much easier to start with Prelude to Foundation and Forward the Foundation ;)
Quote from: Cender on February 05, 2015, 03:17:59 PM
It's a close call. Have you ever read John Scalzi? He's one of my new favorites with his humorous spin on things. Redshirts is quite hilarious.
Added to my library list xD is he similar to Douglas Adams and Hitchhiker's Guide?
Quote from: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on February 05, 2015, 04:08:34 PM
I have read some Asimov. I really like I, Robot despite it being very different from the movie
I haven't seen the movie yet....I hear they totally butchered it x)
I bought some books today, managed to complete my Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, my Airborn trilogy (Kenneth Oppel, great author), and my Inkheart trilogy, still looking to get Darkwing to complete my Silverwing series
Quote from: MarduArrow on February 06, 2015, 01:49:54 AM
I bought some books today, managed to complete my Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, my Airborn trilogy (Kenneth Oppel, great author), and my Inkheart trilogy, still looking to get Darkwing to complete my Silverwing series
I liked Guardians of Ga'Hoole! The Inkheart series is on my list, too.
Quote from: AstroGeek327 on February 05, 2015, 11:01:01 PM
Quote from: Thetrufflehunter on February 05, 2015, 04:55:40 PM
Quote from: Cender on February 05, 2015, 03:17:59 PM
It's a close call. Have you ever read John Scalzi? He's one of my new favorites with his humorous spin on things. Redshirts is quite hilarious.
Added to my library list xD is he similar to Douglas Adams and Hitchhiker's Guide? Quote from: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on February 05, 2015, 04:08:34 PM
Not saying anything bad about Douglas Adams (because Hitchhikers trilogy is my favorite thing ever), the main difference between him and Scalzi is Douglas Adams starts with a normal scifi presence and adds a ton of irreverent things, Scalzi tends to try and take an irreverent starting point and build off of it for a real story.
Quote from: MarduArrow on February 06, 2015, 01:49:54 AM
I bought some books today, managed to complete my Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, my Airborn trilogy (Kenneth Oppel, great author), and my Inkheart trilogy, still looking to get Darkwing to complete my Silverwing series
Airborn series is great :D
Quote from: E.kann1 on February 06, 2015, 07:09:25 AM
Quote from: MarduArrow on February 06, 2015, 01:49:54 AM
I bought some books today, managed to complete my Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, my Airborn trilogy (Kenneth Oppel, great author), and my Inkheart trilogy, still looking to get Darkwing to complete my Silverwing series
Airborn series is great :D
And the Redwall series by Brian Jaques!
At a bit of a lower reading level but along the same lines as Airborn, Airman by Eoin Colfer and the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld are also pretty good.
Quote from: AstroGeek327 on February 06, 2015, 01:51:14 PM
Quote from: E.kann1 on February 06, 2015, 07:09:25 AM
Quote from: MarduArrow on February 06, 2015, 01:49:54 AM
I bought some books today, managed to complete my Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, my Airborn trilogy (Kenneth Oppel, great author), and my Inkheart trilogy, still looking to get Darkwing to complete my Silverwing series
Airborn series is great :D
And the Redwall series by Brian Jaques!
Yes!
Quote from: E.kann1 on February 06, 2015, 02:00:47 PM
At a bit of a lower reading level but along the same lines as Airborn, Airman by Eoin Colfer and the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld are also pretty good.
YUSSSSS. I am a huge Eoin Colfer fan. Artemis Fowl, anyone?
Also, just finished the Legend series by Marie Lu. Quite good.
Artemis Fowl was good! Also.....I know that no teenager in their right mind actually likes this book, but don't judge: Great Expectations :o
And another lesser known but still great series is the Gone series by Michael Grant. And the Circle Trilogy by Ted Dekker!!!!
Quote from: Thetrufflehunter on February 06, 2015, 09:57:28 PM
YUSSSSS. I am a huge Eoin Colfer fan. Artemis Fowl, anyone?
Also, just finished the Legend series by Marie Lu. Quite good.
Both of those are awesome! No matter how obsessed everyone was with the hunger games, I still think that the Legend series was much better, if you want to read a dystopian future kind of book. (Along the same lines, what do we think of the Divergent series?)
Quote from: E.kann1 on February 07, 2015, 11:54:57 AM
Quote from: Thetrufflehunter on February 06, 2015, 09:57:28 PM
YUSSSSS. I am a huge Eoin Colfer fan. Artemis Fowl, anyone?
Also, just finished the Legend series by Marie Lu. Quite good.
Both of those are awesome! No matter how obsessed everyone was with the hunger games, I still think that the Legend series was much better, if you want to read a dystopian future kind of book. (Along the same lines, what do we think of the Divergent series?)
I hated them.... :3
Never bothered.
Best dystopian series: THE HUNT. It's a trilogy by Andrew Fukuda. It's vampires, but some incredibly well. Can be graphic (like, the entire time).
Also my favorite soft scifi is probably the lost children series by Margaret Peterson Haddix. A story about what the hell happened to all of the children of history who went missing (Virginia Dare, the daughter of Einstein, the brother princes who's name I forgot, etc).
Quote from: Thetrufflehunter on February 07, 2015, 06:23:18 PM
Never bothered.
Best dystopian series: THE HUNT. It's a trilogy by Andrew Fukuda. It's vampires, but some incredibly well. Can be graphic (like, the entire time).
Also my favorite soft scifi is probably the lost children series by Margaret Peterson Haddix. A story about what the hell happened to all of the children of history who went missing (Virginia Dare, the daughter of Einstein, the brother princes who's name I forgot, etc).
Added to my list D:
Quote from: AstroGeek327 on February 07, 2015, 10:49:17 PM
Quote from: Thetrufflehunter on February 07, 2015, 06:23:18 PM
Never bothered.
Best dystopian series: THE HUNT. It's a trilogy by Andrew Fukuda. It's vampires, but some incredibly well. Can be graphic (like, the entire time).
Also my favorite soft scifi is probably the lost children series by Margaret Peterson Haddix. A story about what the hell happened to all of the children of history who went missing (Virginia Dare, the daughter of Einstein, the brother princes who's name I forgot, etc).
Added to my list D:
The hunt (and the prey and the trap) are all incredible. Favorite series 👏
Quote from: Thetrufflehunter on February 08, 2015, 02:29:07 AM
Quote from: AstroGeek327 on February 07, 2015, 10:49:17 PM
Quote from: Thetrufflehunter on February 07, 2015, 06:23:18 PM
Never bothered.
Best dystopian series: THE HUNT. It's a trilogy by Andrew Fukuda. It's vampires, but some incredibly well. Can be graphic (like, the entire time).
Also my favorite soft scifi is probably the lost children series by Margaret Peterson Haddix. A story about what the hell happened to all of the children of history who went missing (Virginia Dare, the daughter of Einstein, the brother princes who's name I forgot, etc).
Added to my list D:
The hunt (and the prey and the trap) are all incredible. Favorite series 👏
I REALLY need to go to the library x)