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Welcome to all the new faces. Yes the cofee pot is on the counter over there. Help yourself . We're not fancy here. Like Henry Ford said, "You can have it any way you want it as long as it starts out black."

As for those so called catfish donuts.... :eek: What the hell are you talking about? I've never made or even heard of catfish donuts. Silliest thing i ever heard of. I can see it now, a donut floating across the water with a catfish nibbling on it as it goes.

Heinlein? Yes, I've read it all over the years but come to think about it, it has been a lot more years than I care to remember. Now, where is that box of books?
 
ChloeTzang said:
There's a few SF writers I like to use as models and he's one, along with John Ringo, David Drake and C h Cherryh. Depends what I'm writing of course and I find Heinleins views on sex quite fascinating. I'm sure he'd have been totally at home on Literotica.
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Have you tried A.E.van Vogt, E.E. "Doc" Smith, Arthur C Clarke, to name by 3 of my old favourites ?
 
Handley_Page said:
Have you tried A.E.van Vogt, E.E. "Doc" Smith, Arthur C Clarke, to name by 3 of my old favourites ?
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But they doesn't has the wierd sex of Heinlein ... which I doesn't find at alll difficult to deal with. Sometimes freaking stupid (did the dude never actually lived in a poly family? Gots no grasp how it's did - and no, is not 24/7 sex - gots to stop for a sip of waters some!). Kay - Heinlein wrote lots of wishfuls-thinking about stuff he never experienced.

Clarke worked too hard on being science - Made his stories great for peoples what likes science, then scary for peoples what ended up working in science.
Van Vogt will challenge the thinkings about peoples and their interactions with dealing with peoples - and make ya feels bad about past performance.

Doc Smith is just gonna make you think a bit. Then think again.

And don't forget Vonnegut. Is gonna maked ya wished you didn't thinked so much.

Can has Peirs Anthony - was castigated for writing a story about how a person of not hasing a penis responded to being used by a peoples what hased one. There is rules about how peoples should react to being violated and if doesn't respond 'right' then is a bad person. (can't blame teh guy for telling peoples F-off and going back to his hole.)

I missed details of some of authors cause - hey, they writed stories to make you think. If you agrees or not about what they thinked was not the point - was MAKE YOU THINKED. They wouldn't a been offended (Anthony and Clarke would a been proud of ya if you gots mad).
 
Well, they cannot find a 'thrombosis' in my leg, apparently.
I was amazed at the technology involved, though.

Is there some coffee in the pot, please ?
 
Handley_Page said:
Well, they cannot find a 'thrombosis' in my leg, apparently.
I was amazed at the technology involved, though.

Is there some coffee in the pot, please ?
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Congrats on the leg and I'll make a fresh pot. It's about that time of the afternoon.

Medical technology has advanced so much it ain't even funny in the last thirty years alone. The machines and the computer systems and programs that do the analysis are crazy smart and fast. What used to take months to diagnose, now only takes days. Usually less.
 
Handley_Page said:
Have you tried A.E.van Vogt, E.E. "Doc" Smith, Arthur C Clarke, to name by 3 of my old favourites ?
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All of the above and a few more. I love SF. My dad loves SF. My grandad loves SF. My partner has a huge collection of SF. Me too including a pile of ooooold Analog mags from a garage sale. Doc Smith, Pohl, van Vogt, Laumer, Poul Anderson, Frank Herbert, and lots more. I'm not so hot on Clarke but John Wyndham I always liked. Harry Harrison. Etc etc. All those old authors from waaaay back.
 
TxRad said:
Congrats on the leg and I'll make a fresh pot. It's about that time of the afternoon.

Medical technology has advanced so much it ain't even funny in the last thirty years alone. The machines and the computer systems and programs that do the analysis are crazy smart and fast. What used to take months to diagnose, now only takes days. Usually less.
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Thank you. The coffee is Very Welcome. This morning, I had a chance to see one of those "UltraSound" machines. Sound (apart from the audio channel) has nothing to do with it. I could use some of that kit in the Amateur Radio stuff ! (13 MHz ?) One usually sees one of these things with some lady-with-a-big bump being looked at; I discovered that there's much more to it.

But the images were most interesting, once the operator had explained what was going on.


ChloeTzang said:
All of the above and a few more. I love SF. My dad loves SF. My grandad loves SF. My partner has a huge collection of SF. Me too including a pile of ooooold Analog mags from a garage sale. Doc Smith, Pohl, van Vogt, Laumer, Poul Anderson, Frank Herbert, and lots more. I'm not so hot on Clarke but John Wyndham I always liked. Harry Harrison. Etc etc. All those old authors from waaaay back.
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That's because I am Wa a a ay old !
 
As much as I love Heinlein (and I do) and Clarke and Campbell and that crowd, I like the second generation of SF authors more — Larry Niven, David Gerrold, Piers Anthony (Well, pre-Xanth), Spider Robinson, Poul Anderson, Robert Silverberg, Frederick Pohl, Roger Zelazny...

... but truth be told, fantasy speaks to me more, and there’s tons of great new fantasy right now.
 
Handley_Page said:
Well, they cannot find a 'thrombosis' in my leg, apparently.
I was amazed at the technology involved, though.

Is there some coffee in the pot, please ?
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That's great, HP. :rose:

TxRad said:
Medical technology has advanced so much it ain't even funny in the last thirty years alone. The machines and the computer systems and programs that do the analysis are crazy smart and fast. What used to take months to diagnose, now only takes days. Usually less.
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There's a specialized MRI machine that reads even more and smaller things than the regular machine does. I'm lucky enough to be scheduling a date with it as well as a couple other tests.
 
The_Comte_dAmour said:
As much as I love Heinlein (and I do) and Clarke and Campbell and that crowd, I like the second generation of SF authors more — Larry Niven, David Gerrold, Piers Anthony (Well, pre-Xanth), Spider Robinson, Poul Anderson, Robert Silverberg, Frederick Pohl, Roger Zelazny...

... but truth be told, fantasy speaks to me more, and there’s tons of great new fantasy right now.
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Niven and Pournelle for sure. They both wrote great stories. Nivens aliens are great and his superman sex story was just wonderful
 
ChloeTzang said:
Niven and Pournelle for sure. They both wrote great stories. Nivens aliens are great and his superman sex story was just wonderful
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Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenix! A classic!

Niven's a master at creating believable alien species. I'd love to see a Ringworld movie, if only to see a live action Kzin and Pierson's puppeteer.
 
Some of the old masters - Heinlein first among them, stand with the next generation. Niven and Pournelle, together or apart, certainly. Never been too sure about Gerrold. Chloe mentioned John Ringo, one of the best of the new breed. C. J. Cherryh is a sometime thing for me. That totally breathless approach gets tired real fast. Going back a bit, I think Zenna Henderson's People were one of the best creations in science fiction. Gotta watch out for the factory 'bots, though - David Weber, Eric Flint. They take a good concept and beat it to death.
 
The_Comte_dAmour said:
Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenix! A classic!

Niven's a master at creating believable alien species. I'd love to see a Ringworld movie, if only to see a live action Kzin and Pierson's puppeteer.
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Yes! That was the story. I loved it. Supersonic semen breaking the sound barrier with every nocturnal emission... and what happens to Lois Lane when superman ejaculates with those muscles of steel.... :eek:

As for the Man-Kzin Wars series!!!! And a Ringworld Movie? Yes!!!! You'd have to have an outstanding director to do that one justice.

GrandTeton said:
Some of the old masters - Heinlein first among them, stand with the next generation. Niven and Pournelle, together or apart, certainly. Never been too sure about Gerrold. Chloe mentioned John Ringo, one of the best of the new breed. C. J. Cherryh is a sometime thing for me. That totally breathless approach gets tired real fast. Going back a bit, I think Zenna Henderson's People were one of the best creations in science fiction. Gotta watch out for the factory 'bots, though - David Weber, Eric Flint. They take a good concept and beat it to death.
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Gerrold? No. Got some of his books and he's just run of the mill. Drags for me. Ringo, Tom Kratman, David Drake, Lois McMaster Bujold (I love the Vorkosigan series - just beautifully entertaining). I'm not that big on Fantasy, enjoy it but most of it I find a stretch to get engaged with.

Zenna Henderson and the People? Those stories are just wonderful. Out their on there own. James White and the Space Hospital series I love to. One of the few medical book series I really enjoy.

I like Weber but the Honorverse is just dragging it's tail now. Flint has his moments, some good, some bad.

What about Michael Z Williamson and the Freehold series?

And .....Never a truer word was spoken than.....

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Who wrote the River World book or was it books? Memory is not the first thing to go when you get old but I forget what was first. :eek:

Fresh coffee for the late evening and midnight crew.

Chloe, that is a saying I'd love to have on a t-shirt. :D
 
Handley_Page said:
Well, they cannot find a 'thrombosis' in my leg, apparently.
I was amazed at the technology involved, though.

Is there some coffee in the pot, please ?
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:rose: Been there, had the ultrasound.

The_Comte_dAmour said:
As much as I love Heinlein (and I do) and Clarke and Campbell and that crowd, I like the second generation of SF authors more — Larry Niven, David Gerrold, Piers Anthony (Well, pre-Xanth), Spider Robinson, Poul Anderson, Robert Silverberg, Frederick Pohl, Roger Zelazny...

... but truth be told, fantasy speaks to me more, and there’s tons of great new fantasy right now.
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Indeed. Spider Robinson holds a special place in my heart. I did love Heinlein in my college days. The Nebula awards were a fantastic way to find new authors. I instantly thought of them when I saw Arrival, then did a quick search and found out it was a Nebula Award winner. I'm currently re-reading Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress. So much fantastic Science Fiction over the years.
 
Philip Jose Farmer also wrote an amazing book with lots of odd sex called "The Face of the Beast". Its a Sci-fi murder mystery, with Forrest Ackerman as a character.

Spider Robinson not only completed an unfinished Heinlein book (Variable Star), but he is forever near the top of my list because he once wrote a 300+ page shaggy dog story, "Lady Slings the Booze" (with Nicola Tesla as a character).
 
Morning all and Happy Friday! Well, I just finished a real doozy of a story, I think. Of course, it is destined for a new category for me (Romance), so I have no idea how well it will meet expectations. Reminding myself what I've gathered about that audience from what I've read, and comments here... Sex less explicit and not too early? -- Of course, it completely sidelined one of my possible Nude Day submissions, but when has that ever stopped the Muses from spinning up another story?

Warm sticky buns for all to celebrate! (My fav...)
 
TxRad said:
As for those so called catfish donuts.... :eek: What the hell are you talking about? I've never made or even heard of catfish donuts. Silliest thing i ever heard of.
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Jeepers, Tex, they were on your counter!

Anyway, WRT SF, some of my favourites, with Heinlein, Niven, Herbert, Clarke, Pournelle et al:

Samuel Delaney is hard to beat, with examples like Dhalgren and Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand coming to mind. This being the site it is, I might mention that he also wrote some spectacular porn.

Joe Haldeman (eg The Forever War) does a remarkable job of combining fiction with the effects of real science (eg. how does the time dilation inherent in space travel affect a love affair?)

Walter Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz took the 1961 Nova award, deservedly, and to me is pretty close to the best SF story ever written.

And, of course, our recently-departed, much-lamented Ursula le Guin, RIP.
 
Well, there are cinnamon sugar crunch donuts on the counter this morning. Fresh coffee is in the pot and there is a hot kettle. Help your own self.

SolarRay, romance is a good crowd for the most part. Have fun with the new story.

Writing scfi for me is a problem in that i read so much of it, how much of the story that i write did i cope from someone else. That is always the fear. I've got a couple of scifi stories out there but I know where the ideas came from. I stole the plot bunnies from a Spanish painter and artist.
 
A pal of mine recently bought a new mobile 'phone. It's a clam-shell design and it has real buttons and a small, but decent, screen. It also takes pictures, rather strangely.
So I was persuaded to go find out a bit more about this phone at my local supermarket (don't ask !).
The salesman could not give me any written information, could not answer my questions (truth to tell, I was stumped by a coulple of his).
All the b'st@rds wanna do is sell you a most expensive 'thing'. . . .

And with that, a coffee would be more than welcome.
 
SolarRay said:
Morning all and Happy Friday! Well, I just finished a real doozy of a story, I think. Of course, it is destined for a new category for me (Romance), so I have no idea how well it will meet expectations. Reminding myself what I've gathered about that audience from what I've read, and comments here... Sex less explicit and not too early? -- Of course, it completely sidelined one of my possible Nude Day submissions, but when has that ever stopped the Muses from spinning up another story?

Warm sticky buns for all to celebrate! (My fav...)
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Good luck with the story. Romance has a nice crowd, though rather small. The only downside is that if the story doesn't match their content expectations they can also be brutal bombers. They're protective of the category.
 
Handley_Page said:
All the b'st@rds wanna do is sell you a most expensive 'thing'. . . .
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While I cannot deny that, remember that we consumers are the ones driving - or at least supporting - the trends. Let a manufacturer come up with a newer model full of sparkly features (95% of which 95% of us never use) and people will queue overnight to pay £75 more than they did for the perfectly servicable one they bought last year.

As Alexander Eberlin noted, the surest way to be out of fashion next year is to be at the height of it this year.
 
TarnishedPenny said:
As Alexander Eberlin noted, the surest way to be out of fashion next year is to be at the height of it this year.
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How very true.
But what peeves me is the lack of simple conduct.
Not to have details on a product being sold is plain daft, IMO.

Meanwhile, Coffee

PS. We're having a long weekend; (Bank Holiday on ~Monday) Are we going to have some nice weather ?
Stupid question, I guess.
It's raining. . . . .
 
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