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Topic: Sci Fi
mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Sat 08/14/10 11:02 AM
if you like the LOR type series, try the shannara series by terry brooks. http://www.terrybrooks.net/

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Sat 08/14/10 01:04 PM
More choices!!!

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Sat 08/14/10 03:58 PM
if you like the LOR type series, try the shannara series by terry brooks. http://www.terrybrooks.net/ Much appreciated!

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Sat 08/14/10 04:17 PM
if you like the LOR type series, try the shannara series by terry brooks. http://www.terrybrooks.net/ Much appreciated! let me know if you want to try it, the first isn't the best one to start with.

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Sat 08/14/10 05:48 PM
Well, I think I'm gonna read LOTR first. I keep putting it off because it's 3 books and I know it will take a while. But, I'm really wanting to read them. But, I've got my lists for after that. And, I don't have to wait to watch some of these movies.

pmarco41 Joined Wed 04/30/08 Posts: 2163	Sat 08/14/10 05:53 PM
Okay, I've got more than a long list for movies. Now give me some book suggestions. Did you guys like the Jim Butcher books? Is that considered sci fi? I read the first one and loved it. So many books....so little time. Scifi- Dune- James Herbert Stranger In A Strange Land- Robert Heinlein Steel Beach- John Varley Damnation Alley- Roger Zelazny Little Fuzzy, Fuzzy Sapiens, Fuzzies and Other People- H Beam Piper Battlefield Earth 3000- L Ron Hubbard I like everything you like...will you marry me..?? barring that, can I borrow your movies and books??? Ok, but I want a Star Wars Wedding. damn..I want a Star Trek one..I knew it couldnt be THAT perfect between us....

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Sat 08/14/10 05:54 PM
I was adding some of these to my Netflix list and saw Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I remember that movie....saw it eons ago, must have been in my teens....it was great! I watched a movie called Invasion (I think?) with my son and I remember thinking it was the body snatcher movie remade. He and I love watching scary movies. The Grudge and The Ring are our favorites...oh and The Others.

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Sat 08/14/10 05:55 PM
damn..I want a Star Trek one..I knew it couldnt be THAT perfect between us.... I'd bet money that he would be willing to compromise on this...

pmarco41 Joined Wed 04/30/08 Posts: 2163	Sat 08/14/10 05:55 PM
Well, I think I'm gonna read LOTR first. I keep putting it off because it's 3 books and I know it will take a while. But, I'm really wanting to read them. But, I've got my lists for after that. And, I don't have to wait to watch some of these movies. actually its one huge book..it was divided into 3 by the publisher...ive been reading LOTR every other year since 1985...yeah..I know, kind of nerdy..but I really, really like the book...Simarillion is also good for understanding the History and Mythology of Middle Earth....

pmarco41 Joined Wed 04/30/08 Posts: 2163	Sat 08/14/10 05:57 PM
damn..I want a Star Trek one..I knew it couldnt be THAT perfect between us.... I'd bet money that he would be willing to compromise on this... we could always go Babylon5...

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Sat 08/14/10 06:03 PM
Well, I think I'm gonna read LOTR first. I keep putting it off because it's 3 books and I know it will take a while. But, I'm really wanting to read them. But, I've got my lists for after that. And, I don't have to wait to watch some of these movies. actually its one huge book..it was divided into 3 by the publisher...ive been reading LOTR every other year since 1985...yeah..I know, kind of nerdy..but I really, really like the book...Simarillion is also good for understanding the History and Mythology of Middle Earth.... Oh veeeeeeeeeeeeeery nice. And, Amazon has it on Kindle. I need to hurry and finish the book I'm on so I can hurry up and go to Middle Earth.

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Sat 08/14/10 06:04 PM
damn..I want a Star Trek one..I knew it couldnt be THAT perfect between us.... I'd bet money that he would be willing to compromise on this... we could always go Babylon5... What do you buy a couple of sci fi geeks for a wedding present???

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Sun 08/15/10 07:09 AM
Okay, I've got more than a long list for movies. Now give me some book suggestions. Did you guys like the Jim Butcher books? Is that considered sci fi? I read the first one and loved it. So many books....so little time. Scifi- Dune- James Herbert Stranger In A Strange Land- Robert Heinlein Steel Beach- John Varley Damnation Alley- Roger Zelazny Little Fuzzy, Fuzzy Sapiens, Fuzzies and Other People- H Beam Piper Battlefield Earth 3000- L Ron Hubbard I like everything you like...will you marry me..?? barring that, can I borrow your movies and books??? Ok, but I want a Star Wars Wedding. damn..I want a Star Trek one..I knew it couldnt be THAT perfect between us.... Okay, Farscape Wedding...how do you feel about gray makeup?

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Sun 08/15/10 07:10 AM
Well, I think I'm gonna read LOTR first. I keep putting it off because it's 3 books and I know it will take a while. But, I'm really wanting to read them. But, I've got my lists for after that. And, I don't have to wait to watch some of these movies. actually its one huge book..it was divided into 3 by the publisher...ive been reading LOTR every other year since 1985...yeah..I know, kind of nerdy..but I really, really like the book...Simarillion is also good for understanding the History and Mythology of Middle Earth.... Oh veeeeeeeeeeeeeery nice. And, Amazon has it on Kindle. I need to hurry and finish the book I'm on so I can hurry up and go to Middle Earth. You can also read The Hobbit, then you can get a lil more background info on how Bilbo found the Ring.

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Sun 08/15/10 07:14 AM
I was adding some of these to my Netflix list and saw Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I remember that movie....saw it eons ago, must have been in my teens....it was great! I watched a movie called Invasion (I think?) with my son and I remember thinking it was the body snatcher movie remade. He and I love watching scary movies. The Grudge and The Ring are our favorites...oh and The Others. If you're talking about Invasion with Nicole Kidman, it is another version of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, there's also Body Snatchers from 1993 which isn't too bad. Then there is the 1978 version with Donald Sutherland and Leonard Nimoy which is excellent.

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Sun 08/15/10 07:14 AM
damn..I want a Star Trek one..I knew it couldnt be THAT perfect between us.... I'd bet money that he would be willing to compromise on this... we could always go Babylon5... What do you buy a couple of sci fi geeks for a wedding present??? Honeymoon at Space Camp.

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Sun 08/15/10 07:17 AM
You can also read The Hobbit, then you can get a lil more background info on how Bilbo found the Ring. Actually, The Hobbit I have read. My parents bought me that and The Chronicles of Narnia series in my early teens.

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Sun 08/15/10 07:22 AM
You can also read The Hobbit, then you can get a lil more background info on how Bilbo found the Ring. Actually, The Hobbit I have read. My parents bought me that and The Chronicles of Narnia series in my early teens. Cool. Tolkien and the author of the Narnia series(CS Lewis) were great friends- Treebeard is CS Lewis, the way Treebeard speaks in the books is how Tolkien remembered Lewis speaking.

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Sun 08/15/10 07:24 AM
Well, I think I'm gonna read LOTR first. I keep putting it off because it's 3 books and I know it will take a while. But, I'm really wanting to read them. But, I've got my lists for after that. And, I don't have to wait to watch some of these movies. Uh oh, if you consider LOTR long you may want to hold off on the Wheel of Time series- each book is close to 800 pages or longer, the Sword of Truth books are huge too.

Ruth34611 Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 32402	Sun 08/15/10 07:28 AM
You can also read The Hobbit, then you can get a lil more background info on how Bilbo found the Ring. Actually, The Hobbit I have read. My parents bought me that and The Chronicles of Narnia series in my early teens. Cool. Tolkien and the author of the Narnia series(CS Lewis) were great friends- Treebeard is CS Lewis, the way Treebeard speaks in the books is how Tolkien remembered Lewis speaking. Wow, that's a very interesting bit of information! CS Lewis is another great author. I read the Screwtape Letters in my teens as well...great book.