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For Science Fiction (and Fantasy) Reading Enthusiasts

An SI Board Since February 1999

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Emcee: Rory McLeod	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

Figured all of us who are hooked on this genre of writing needed a place to get together to talk about:

- favourite Sci-fi (ok, and Fantasy) writers
- great series
- recommendations, and
- technology/concepts presented.

I'm no expert on all of the different writers out there or their collective works, but I'm an avid fan.

Started when I was travelling by myself across Canada when I was 16 (ok, ok that was in 1978). Never having been a reader prior to that trip, I found myself having only travelled for 4 hours and completely bored. The bus stopped in North Bay (Canada's NORAD site) and I searched the barren magazine rack for something to "read" ... actually I was looking for the latest MAD Magazine. There wasn't anything worthwhile and as I was leaving, I scanned the book rack and came across a book called, "Tunnel in the Sky". The concept, about a futuristic high school survival class being transported to a distant planet, only to be stranded, intrigued me.

I was hooked and haven't looked back since.

Let's have fun and freely share our thoughts about the genre of writing that lets you dream of the future and how it might be.

Cheers, Rory.

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73	lightspeedmagazine.com (Warning: spoilers for "The Cold Equations" and	TimF	-	6/20/2012
72	Anyone read _A Deepness in the Sky_ by Vernor Vinge yet? It was one of the more	Wildstar	-	8/4/2000
71	Hi, I just put up a page devoted to the author Maya K. Bohnhoff. duneram.com	Green Receipt	-	1/19/2000
70	Vonnegut's <b>Breakfast of Champions</b> with Bruce Willis, Ni	Gordon A. Langston	-	10/1/1999
69	What are you looking for? I haven't read any of the Nova collections, so I	Tony	-	8/20/1999
68	Have you been to WhirlGirl? They are running a Win a Role on WhirlGirl sweepst	ChunkyP	-	8/13/1999
67	Does anyone know of current collections of SCI-FI shortstories? I prefer short	maouse	-	8/12/1999
66	Hello Myrddin, If we're talking Sci-Fi movies now, I've got to mention	Rory McLeod	-	7/9/1999
65	Planet of the Apes!!! My brother received the box set for grad gift. It's	Myrddin	-	7/9/1999
64	I tried to read the Wheel of Time series and only got as far as reading the 3rd	Wildstar	-	7/8/1999
63	Favorite fantasy author? At one time I would have said Robert Jordan from &quo	Myrddin	-	7/8/1999
62	Read it. Enjoyed it. But not my fave. Even though it's got "dragons	Rory McLeod	-	6/25/1999
61	Definitely a great book. After a ten year period of abstinence of sci-fi liter	tiloup	-	6/24/1999
60	Ender's Game This is by far my favorite book. Anyone else agree?	WigginWannabe	-	6/24/1999
59	Well, I have read some Brin. I didn't remember it, but I recognize both &l	Bob Lao-Tse	-	6/16/1999
58	Heigh-diddly-ho, BLT! Brin. "Startide Rising" is awesome. It is dense	Jacques Chitte	-	6/15/1999
57	Wow, not just the master of the double (and even triple) entendre, but a scienc	Bob Lao-Tse	-	6/14/1999
56	Nice post, BLT. I'm unfamiliar with a lot of those names - will have to che	Jacques Chitte	-	6/14/1999
55	And now a real live character in an existential novel! Quite the hangout. Spea	Jorj X Mckie	-	5/23/1999
54	wow, a real live sci fi celeb <g>	accountclosed	-	5/23/1999
53	Bob Was just talking to by brother in Oregon and he was mentioning the scien	Gordon A. Langston	-	5/8/1999
52	Bob, FANTASTIC POST! Absolutely incredible. Boy, do you have a memory for no	Rory McLeod	-	5/7/1999
51	Wow, a science fiction thread. Now I can write without having to argue politic	Bob Lao-Tse	-	5/7/1999
50	Wildstar, I was very hesitant to rent it for that reason alone (also my wife i	Rory McLeod	-	5/7/1999
49	I totally agree. I knew that the movie would be a total bastardization of the	Wildstar	-	5/6/1999

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