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On Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 9:08 AM Cameron Crum <cc...@murcevilo.com> wrote: > There was a Dune miniseries done a few years ago that was much better than > the movie they did in the 80s. It followed the book much more closely. > > Cameron > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 10:01 AM Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > >> Dune books, Dune movie, Dune video game. I only have experienced the >> latter. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >> >> >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> >> *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> >> *Sent: *Friday, July 24, 2020 10:04:10 PM >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] bored >> >> My wife was into science fiction. She always bought these every year: >> >> https://us.macmillan.com/series/yearsbestsciencefiction/ >> >> >> >> After she died, I took boxes of them to the AAUW book sale. >> >> >> >> She also tried to convince me Dune was great literature. I have nothing >> against SF, but that’s not my idea of a good time. When I was a kid I >> liked reading Jules Verne. And watching Flash Gordon in TV. >> >> >> >> There are some underrated old sci fi movies, like Forbidden Planet, Enemy >> Mine, The Day The Earth Stood Still. Many movies were based on novels. >> You could track down the books. I remember reading On The Beach. >> >> >> >> I used to watch stuff like Twilight Zone, I must be too lazy to read. >> Maybe I need a cognitive test. Person, woman, man, camera, TV. >> >> >> https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/hwqglc/person_woman_man_camera_tv_hotdog/ >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Mark Radabaugh >> *Sent:* Friday, July 24, 2020 9:11 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] bored >> >> >> >> So y’all were supposed to find me some other good SciFi books. There is >> a lot of SciFi out there but the vast majority of it reads like the >> narration of a first person shooter. Boring. >> >> >> >> Martha Wells “All Systems Red” is amusing. >> >> >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> On Jul 24, 2020, at 6:27 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> The movie is shit, but apparently it wasn't even supposed to be a >> Starship Troopers movie. The original title was "Bug Hunt on Outpost 9". >> Someone at the Heinlein estate thought it had too much similarity to >> Starship Troopers and there was a legal dispute. The studio agreed to pay >> licensing to use Starship Troopers IP. The director had apparently never >> even heard of the book and was annoyed at having to rework the movie into >> the "Starship Troopers" framework. >> >> >> >> On 7/24/2020 5:59 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >> >> Why are people talking about Starship Troopers lately? I’d never heard >> of it. I asked my son what it was about and he said bugs. Bad bugs? >> Yes. Good movie? Stupid movie. >> >> >> >> Was it satire? There’s a fine line between satire and stupid. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On >> Behalf Of *Mark Radabaugh >> *Sent:* Friday, July 24, 2020 4:15 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >> <af@af.afmug.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] bored >> >> >> >> Heinlein hasn’t aged as well as I would have expected. Some great ideas >> but the sex bits appealed a lot more to a teenage male than they do some 40 >> years later. >> >> >> >> Asimov has held up very well - as good today as it was when it was >> written. >> >> >> >> For newer SciFi: >> >> >> >> I absolutely love Dan Simmons “Hyperion Cantos”. A bit slow to start >> but a fantastic work. Don’t start it if you have other things you need >> to do. >> >> >> >> The “Imperial Radch” series by Ann Leckie is also one of my very >> favorites. A bit hard to wrap your head around at first but once you >> figure it out it’s excellent. >> >> >> >> If you want something that’s just a plain fun easy read - “Old Man’s War” >> by John Scalzi is a concept straight out of Heinlein’s style, with a >> slightly different twist on the sexuality. >> >> >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> >> On Jul 24, 2020, at 4:53 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> I liked Heinlein's Starship Troopers. >> >> The idea that citizenship is not a birthright but something you earn >> through service to society was interesting food for thought. It's not >> something we could do realistically, but it was interesting to think >> about. On the other hand, the idea that every soldier takes care of his >> own logistics is pretty dumb though. Heinlein must have found it >> objectionable to have more people in the rear echelon than you have actual >> fighters, but frankly modern wars are won by logistics. Having more >> soldiers is irrelevant if they don't have food, ammo, clothing, and fully >> working equipment; and expecting every Gomer Pile to take part in every >> aspect of that would be dumb. >> >> Puppet Masters wasn't bad either. It spawned the whole body snatching >> subgenre in sci fi. >> >> >> >> On 7/24/2020 4:14 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: >> >> I get Sinclair Lewis and Upton Sinclair confused. Didn’t really like >> either of them. Been a while since I read any Bradbury or Heinlein. >> >> >> >> *From:* Ken Hohhof >> >> *Sent:* Friday, July 24, 2020 2:01 PM >> >> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] bored >> >> >> >> I talked to an old college friend the other day, he had just read and was >> recommending “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis. >> >> >> >> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On >> Behalf Of *Adam Moffett >> *Sent:* Friday, July 24, 2020 2:54 PM >> *To:* af@af.afmug.com >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] bored >> >> >> >> Books are better. >> >> I found the 1911 edition of the *Boy Scouts Handbook *enlightening. The >> views expressed by the author(s) are a glimpse into a different time. It >> also discusses survival and outdoor skills in broad terms. If you tried to >> build a bow or a log cabin from the instructions in that book you'd have to >> do a lot of your own figuring to fill in the blanks, but maybe that's the >> whole point, and maybe that's the piece we're missing from society today. >> Like maybe the journey of figuring out the precise techniques to carve the >> notches into the logs is a better experience than emulating a you-tuber who >> shows you every single step. >> >> My other recent recreational book was the *National Audubon Society >> Field Guide to North American Trees*. I lived 40 years on this earth >> only ever learning a handful of major tree types (Oak, Maple, etc). I'm >> embarrassed to say I was calling every needle leafed tree a "pine" for most >> of those years. I finally decided to educate myself on the topic. >> >> >> >> On 7/24/2020 3:29 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: >> >> I am not much of a sports fan... I thought. But with no sports on I am >> really missing them. I would at times catch part of a game to pass the >> time. That option is gone for the moment and there nothing but crap on to >> watch... Need a good book I guess. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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