Comments on: Sci Fi Geekery http://www.foreverblueskies.com/sci-fi-geekery/ life, the universe and everything - a blog Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:33:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Lever http://www.foreverblueskies.com/sci-fi-geekery/comment-page-1/#comment-3481 Lever Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:21:00 +0000 http://www.foreverblueskies.com/?p=393#comment-3481 Sunday AM<br/><br/><strong>Keithlightwaver:</strong> Mick Farren... Now we're talking sci fi :) Yeah, I read Texts of Festival, being a Hawkwind fan, and loved it. But The DNA Cowboys trilogy is something I need to bag... maybe I shoudl hit the car boot sale this morning?<br/><br/>Dancers at the End of Time... Yes, I've read that too many moons ago, also all the Elric novels and Corum too... Michael Moorcock has such an amazing imagination and doesn't seem to have ever got the credit he deserves IMHO.<br/><br/>Right, let me see if there's a copy of Dune at the car boot too...<br/><br/>Monday AM<br/><br/>The local car boot sale was dire yesterday, very little in the way of books unless you're into Dan(ielle) Steele or Dan Brown *spontaneous awful pun alert* in fact it was really bad day for book hunting but I wasn't going to let it get me Dan ;)<br/><br/>Dune is sounding more and more impressive as you guys talk about it... maybe I should stop off at the charity shop(s on the way through to work this morning...<br/><br/><strong>Narthex:</strong> You could be right about the ID theft idea blooming out of control, it's turning into a bit of a beast as is the botnet issue.<br/><br/>Talking of predictions Snow Crash seems to have been right on the money with the 2nd Life idea... maybe that's where they got it from... I must finish the amazing Catch 22 before getting back into Snow Crash... I'm no good at this multiple book handling ;)<br/><br/>Thank you both for some stimulating discussion :) Sunday AM

Keithlightwaver: Mick Farren… Now we’re talking sci fi :) Yeah, I read Texts of Festival, being a Hawkwind fan, and loved it. But The DNA Cowboys trilogy is something I need to bag… maybe I shoudl hit the car boot sale this morning?

Dancers at the End of Time… Yes, I’ve read that too many moons ago, also all the Elric novels and Corum too… Michael Moorcock has such an amazing imagination and doesn’t seem to have ever got the credit he deserves IMHO.

Right, let me see if there’s a copy of Dune at the car boot too…

Monday AM

The local car boot sale was dire yesterday, very little in the way of books unless you’re into Dan(ielle) Steele or Dan Brown *spontaneous awful pun alert* in fact it was really bad day for book hunting but I wasn’t going to let it get me Dan ;)

Dune is sounding more and more impressive as you guys talk about it… maybe I should stop off at the charity shop(s on the way through to work this morning…

Narthex: You could be right about the ID theft idea blooming out of control, it’s turning into a bit of a beast as is the botnet issue.

Talking of predictions Snow Crash seems to have been right on the money with the 2nd Life idea… maybe that’s where they got it from… I must finish the amazing Catch 22 before getting back into Snow Crash… I’m no good at this multiple book handling ;)

Thank you both for some stimulating discussion :)

]]> By: keithlightwaver http://www.foreverblueskies.com/sci-fi-geekery/comment-page-1/#comment-3479 keithlightwaver Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:31:00 +0000 http://www.foreverblueskies.com/?p=393#comment-3479 You are right about war through servers narthex, but I don't think well be around in our current form for much longer anyway. <br/><br/>Check out the singularity theory on Google or wiki. We have the intelligent machine age sitting on our doordtep, just like Herbert predicted. Except I don't think we will be able to stop it. You are right about war through servers narthex, but I don’t think well be around in our current form for much longer anyway.

Check out the singularity theory on Google or wiki. We have the intelligent machine age sitting on our doordtep, just like Herbert predicted. Except I don’t think we will be able to stop it.

]]> By: narthex http://www.foreverblueskies.com/sci-fi-geekery/comment-page-1/#comment-3478 narthex Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:25:00 +0000 http://www.foreverblueskies.com/?p=393#comment-3478 keith: You are so right about the Dune books. The most fascinating aspect of that series is how Herbert treats human social behavior and evolution as a system, almost an ecological system (not surprising because of his background). I don't think that it was so much a prediction regarding fanatical religion as it was an identification of a pattern that has always happened throughout human history and will probably always be there in one way or another. In the next 50 years, we may be fighting wars through IP servers because it does more harm to have a weapon of mass identity theft than it is to bury an IED. keith: You are so right about the Dune books. The most fascinating aspect of that series is how Herbert treats human social behavior and evolution as a system, almost an ecological system (not surprising because of his background). I don’t think that it was so much a prediction regarding fanatical religion as it was an identification of a pattern that has always happened throughout human history and will probably always be there in one way or another. In the next 50 years, we may be fighting wars through IP servers because it does more harm to have a weapon of mass identity theft than it is to bury an IED.

]]> By: keithlightwaver http://www.foreverblueskies.com/sci-fi-geekery/comment-page-1/#comment-3477 keithlightwaver Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:10:00 +0000 http://www.foreverblueskies.com/?p=393#comment-3477 Did I say re- reading Dune.. I ment actually reading it. Did I say re- reading Dune.. I ment actually reading it.

]]> By: keithlightwaver http://www.foreverblueskies.com/sci-fi-geekery/comment-page-1/#comment-3476 keithlightwaver Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:08:00 +0000 http://www.foreverblueskies.com/?p=393#comment-3476 Well I read hundreds prhaps even thousands of scifi books over the years and to be honest, I can count on my fingers the good ones. Yep Dune is up there but can I recomend "The DNA cowboys Trilogy" written by "Mick Farren" in the seventies. Unbelievably acurate in its portrayals of consumerism, A.I. progress and human ego. At the same time its a physchodelic adventure story filled with fantastic and sometimes disturbing ideas.<br/>It seems some of the best scifi came right out of ladbrooke grove in london in the sixties and seventies just like much of the music.<br/><br/>And I would also recomend "The dancers at the end of time" by Michael Moorcock. Funny and amazingly perceptive.<br/><br/>Re reading the entire Dune seris wont hurt either, Especially God Emporer. Its strange but it almost like Herbert predicted the latest rise of fanatical religion as a war tool. Or perhaps Osamah read Dune in his youth?<br/>enjoy Well I read hundreds prhaps even thousands of scifi books over the years and to be honest, I can count on my fingers the good ones. Yep Dune is up there but can I recomend “The DNA cowboys Trilogy” written by “Mick Farren” in the seventies. Unbelievably acurate in its portrayals of consumerism, A.I. progress and human ego. At the same time its a physchodelic adventure story filled with fantastic and sometimes disturbing ideas.
It seems some of the best scifi came right out of ladbrooke grove in london in the sixties and seventies just like much of the music.

And I would also recomend “The dancers at the end of time” by Michael Moorcock. Funny and amazingly perceptive.

Re reading the entire Dune seris wont hurt either, Especially God Emporer. Its strange but it almost like Herbert predicted the latest rise of fanatical religion as a war tool. Or perhaps Osamah read Dune in his youth?
enjoy

]]> By: Lever http://www.foreverblueskies.com/sci-fi-geekery/comment-page-1/#comment-3470 Lever Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:50:00 +0000 http://www.foreverblueskies.com/?p=393#comment-3470 <strong>Narthex:</strong> History of the chariot, aye? Now that's a curious sounding read...<br/><br/>OK, I got Nova on my list but that's gonna be a toughie 'cos that one's outta print... but then that never stopped me getting my E E Doc Smith collection together ;) Narthex: History of the chariot, aye? Now that’s a curious sounding read…

OK, I got Nova on my list but that’s gonna be a toughie ‘cos that one’s outta print… but then that never stopped me getting my E E Doc Smith collection together ;)

]]> By: narthex http://www.foreverblueskies.com/sci-fi-geekery/comment-page-1/#comment-3469 narthex Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:02:00 +0000 http://www.foreverblueskies.com/?p=393#comment-3469 BTW, another classic. Short, conceptual, sweet and brilliant is Samuel Delany's <i>Nova.</i><br/><br/>Gotta put it on your list! BTW, another classic. Short, conceptual, sweet and brilliant is Samuel Delany’s Nova.

Gotta put it on your list!

]]> By: narthex http://www.foreverblueskies.com/sci-fi-geekery/comment-page-1/#comment-3468 narthex Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:40:00 +0000 http://www.foreverblueskies.com/?p=393#comment-3468 Oh, I've been reading like this for years. It's the only way I can get through the harder books (like The History of the Chariot: from Ancient Egypt to Modern Day Abrams) and still get entertained by a novel I can read through in a day. :D Oh, I’ve been reading like this for years. It’s the only way I can get through the harder books (like The History of the Chariot: from Ancient Egypt to Modern Day Abrams) and still get entertained by a novel I can read through in a day. :D

]]> By: Lever http://www.foreverblueskies.com/sci-fi-geekery/comment-page-1/#comment-3466 Lever Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:13:00 +0000 http://www.foreverblueskies.com/?p=393#comment-3466 <strong>Narthex:</strong> Ouch, 4/5 at a time is a bit much :) I'm struggling with Catch 22 which I started back in December and Snow Crash, let alone another 2/3 books on top of that LOL<br/><br/>I've seen the movie of Dune but I guess the book is the real deal. lemme buy a copy and read that next, after I find a copy with a decent cover.<br/><br/>And <a HREF="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/asin/1841493937/mantaworld-21" REL="nofollow">glasshouse</a> looks good... Narthex: Ouch, 4/5 at a time is a bit much :) I’m struggling with Catch 22 which I started back in December and Snow Crash, let alone another 2/3 books on top of that LOL

I’ve seen the movie of Dune but I guess the book is the real deal. lemme buy a copy and read that next, after I find a copy with a decent cover.

And glasshouse looks good…

]]> By: narthex http://www.foreverblueskies.com/sci-fi-geekery/comment-page-1/#comment-3465 narthex Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:35:00 +0000 http://www.foreverblueskies.com/?p=393#comment-3465 I so identify with you but there are so many books to read that I end up reading 4-5 books at the same time. I think while in high school, I started reading scifi just to piss off my stepdad because I got tired of him telling me what to read. The Dune Chronicles I did not read until college but the vast scope and breadth of it just blew me away.<br/><br/>BTW, I just came across by accident a book called Glasshouse by Charles Stross. Have you heard of him? I've not read anything like this since William Gibson... I so identify with you but there are so many books to read that I end up reading 4-5 books at the same time. I think while in high school, I started reading scifi just to piss off my stepdad because I got tired of him telling me what to read. The Dune Chronicles I did not read until college but the vast scope and breadth of it just blew me away.

BTW, I just came across by accident a book called Glasshouse by Charles Stross. Have you heard of him? I’ve not read anything like this since William Gibson…

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