I highly recommend you read the other Killer Bees; well worth the time._______________________________________________________________________________
Will do. I've been in a sci-fi lull as of late however, concentrating on some of the "classics". (NO, I don't mean H.G. Wells or Jules Verne)lol!!
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_______________________________________________________________________________> -Anne Rice (Blurs the line of sci-fi/one of the most captivating and > talented writers I have ever come across)
Vampires, ugh!
To quote Anne herself:
"The vampire is an incredible metaphor for the outsider in all of us"
Tell me you have never felt to some degree, at some point in time, like unto the proverbial "outsider", and I shall omit that comment from my memory. At any rate, her Universe which is much more intricate, and expansive then what you may think, is somewhat more believeable than many of the sci-fi Universes I have stumbled across.
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> -Ben Bova (Has always held an interest for me, since I read "Mars")
"Mars" and "Return to Mars" are both good. His later "Grand Tour" stories are all pretty much the same book over and over; disappointing.
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> -Tolkien (I suppose THAT'S just a given)_______________________________________________________________________________
And How!
Well, it's almost like saying water is wet. Many sci-fi & fantasy buffs tread each others' territory; and since Tolkien is for all intents and purposes, THE quintessential fantasy writer, I assume most sci-fi buffs have delved into his Universe.
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> Michael Chrichton is certainly noteworthy.
I've enjoyed most of his SF-oriented work, but much of it, while good, is not at the same level of the Killer Bees.
Again I must agree. Not because I have read the works of the Killer Bees (the exception being db), but because I certainly recognize the low ceiling looming over Chrichton's head.
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