From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Howdy stranger! Where ya frum?
Newfoundland, Canada, aka THE ROCK.
Haven't read him since the 70s.(Gerrold)
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Good stuff. My advice is to buy and subsequently read his books.
Never read him.(Pratchett)
Excellent writer.
_______________________________________________________________________________> >" -Anne Rice (Blurs the line of sci-fi/one of the most captivating and > talented writers I have ever come across)"
!Not! scifi by any stretch. I've read pretty much all of her books as they were published. I'm waiting for Blood Canticle to come out in PB. Just finished Blackwood farm.
Well, no, it's not sci-fi. But it does blur those lines with it's subject matter in general. I mean the whole premise of the "Witches", in Anne's Universe is power of the mind. Specifically telepathy (A trait common in Vampires) and telekinesis (Also common in Vampires). One might say however, that those things simply don't apply, and Anne's Universe is completely Earthbound, therefore any connection to sci-fi is null and void. On the contrary, nothing could be further from the truth. If you have read "Memnoch....." then you know who or what God is supposed to be in the context of that Universe(Well that's if you even believe Lestat in the first place, and if you do, then you must put your faith in Memnoch as well). God is nothing more than an UBER-evolved being, who wants to discover where he/she/himself/herself came from by creating the Universe, to see if any beings evolved to what he/she (God) is. (A RAMA parallel certainly exists)
Take ghosts. Anne describes them as Human souls, who basically transfer to another dimension. Heaven and Hell, are merely other dimensions apart from our own. There are physical beings, and there are "spiritual" beings. And not all "spiritual" beings are Humans who have passed on. Take the Angels, and Amel:
(Responsible for the Vampire), Lasher(Who pulled an "Amel" in "The Witching Hour"), and of course Lasher talks of other "spirits"; they are not human spirits.
Also lets not forget the other "immortals" hinted at at various times in those books. The great Marius fears these "daywalkers". So there are many sci-fi parallels, and I have only touched on a few things.
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> > -Arthur C. Clarke (Rama series, that's all I have to say)
I've read a lot of Clarke. He is great!
Referring only to the Rama series, do you have a fav book out of those 4?
> > -Tolkien (I suppose THAT'S just a given)
Whadya think of the movies?
I was disappointed in the Two Towers. It deviated too much from the book(something that always aggravates me) The first flick however, was decent.
> > -Various Star Trek and Star Wars novels tend to find their way into my > personal library.
If it were up to me TV and film "Franchises" would be banned from the bookstores! <G>
I hear ya, but have to disagree. Especially in relation to Star Trek.
Tell you what. Explain to me why you think stories of the Trek Universe should not be transferred to books, and we'll have a nice friendly debate.<lol>
> > -I also love the Stargate Universe (For those of you who may share that > interest)
Grrrrrrr..........I Luv Farscape!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Farscape?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? I've always thought, that it was one of the worst attempts at a "good" sci-fi series that I have ever witnessed. I have more truck with series' who are honest about the fact that they aren't GREAT.
> MCT
MC Travis?
MCT is my "screen-name", that I use in my Net travels. Nothing to do with Travis.......
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