Out of the Dark (Weber's most recent non-Honorverse book) certainly wasn't up-to-par. I wonder how much a writer's status impacts the writer/editor relationship. It must be hard getting some of the more famous writers to do re-writes.
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Out of the Dark (Weber's most recent non-Honorverse book) certainly wasn't up-to-par. I wonder how much a writer's status impacts the writer/editor relationship. It must be hard getting some of the more famous writers to do re-writes.
I am waiting till all the pern novels are on the nook formate . as for the dune saga I
am buying it all and then reading it . Mr. cox I am currently reading tales of the slayer vol.2 and I just read " blood and brine , the caribbean . 1661 " . I gota say a great slayer story .
am buying it all and then reading it . Mr. cox I am currently reading tales of the slayer vol.2 and I just read " blood and brine , the caribbean . 1661 " . I gota say a great slayer story .
Hey, thanks! I had a lot of fun writing that story.
(If you're interested, I also have a story in Vol. 4.)
very cool I have to get vol 3 and 4 in phsyical form they are not on the nook yet . bad thiing about buffy and angel is only half of them are on the nook . and none of the crossover series are on the nook .
have you read " I am number 4 " it looks good and it looks like it will be a long series..
currently reading tales of the slayer vol.2 and star wars knight errant
currently watching smallville season 4 and supernatural season 4
p.s I wanted to add I loved both youre khan trilogy and Q trilogy .
You are the next best Q writer next to peter david.
Have you read any of the warhammer material for science fiction
or fantasy?
have you read " I am number 4 " it looks good and it looks like it will be a long series..
currently reading tales of the slayer vol.2 and star wars knight errant
currently watching smallville season 4 and supernatural season 4
p.s I wanted to add I loved both youre khan trilogy and Q trilogy .
You are the next best Q writer next to peter david.
Have you read any of the warhammer material for science fiction
or fantasy?
Thanks again. I haven't read any of the stuff you mentioned, although I've seen the tv commercials for I AM NUMBER 4. Finding time for free reading is always a challenge. I'm usually researching a book or reading a manuscript from some publisher. I'm hoping to tackle THE HUNGER GAME soon, though, just to see what all the excitement is about.
Wonder if the Dumarest novel "Web of Sand" (number 20 in that series) was in any way inspired by Dune? In that book, Earl Dumarest goes hunting for "sand-worm shit" (the sand-worms on the planet he is on, it turns out, shit valuable baubles).
Thanks for the link. I just read the first Omnibus and have started on the second.
mr. cox are you talking about the hunger games by suzanne collins . You know that is a trilogy right . and is that sopposed to be a post apocalyptic setting or what . I looked it up on my nook and found all three and , I put them in my wish list arera .
currently reading articles of the federation and enterprise daedalus
currently watching smallville season 5 and supernatural season 4
future readings will include games of throne series and stephen king's dark tower
I am a bookaholic I do two books a week plus comics and graphics
currently reading articles of the federation and enterprise daedalus
currently watching smallville season 5 and supernatural season 4
future readings will include games of throne series and stephen king's dark tower
I am a bookaholic I do two books a week plus comics and graphics
I read through the trilogy a couple months ago. Fun, quick easy reads. Nothing earth shattering but enjoyable nevertheless. Don't go in with your expectations too high and I think you'll find them quite enjoyable.
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They're on my radar too. I'm curious to see how similar they are to Koushun Takami's Battle Royale, because what I've heard makes them sound very similar. Or, if not similar, they follow the same path as, say, Doctor Who's "The Girl and the Fireplace" (and, in many respects, Amy Pond's character arc) follows a similar path as "The Time Traveller's Wife".
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Perry Rhodan.
There are (now) 2583 weekly published "Perry Rhodan" stories that now play in the year 5050 (+ 36 issues of a shorter series which played in the 21. century, 40 novels and 415 shorter novels) + 850 issues of the spin-off series "Atlan" (+ 91 novels).
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you remmber when I mentioned S.M. STERLING well I did some checking on my nook and this is what it has :
1) Island in the sea of time ( the island in the sea of time series )
2) Against the tide of years
3) On the oceans of eternity
1) The sky people ( Lords of Creation series )
2) In the courts of the crimson king
3) ** forthcoming
1) Dies the Fire (Emberverse series)
2)
3) A meeting at corvallis
4) The sunrise lands
5) The scourge of god
6) The sword of the lady
7) The high king of montival
and this series is just getting started. overall not bad .
1) Island in the sea of time ( the island in the sea of time series )
2) Against the tide of years
3) On the oceans of eternity
1) The sky people ( Lords of Creation series )
2) In the courts of the crimson king
3) ** forthcoming
1) Dies the Fire (Emberverse series)
2)
3) A meeting at corvallis
4) The sunrise lands
5) The scourge of god
6) The sword of the lady
7) The high king of montival
and this series is just getting started. overall not bad .
I avoided Pern for years because I thought it was fantasy till a woman I was dating forced me to read one. Not a whole lot of "advanced" science till you get to Dragonsdawn and the more recent books which deal with the introduction of advance tech and science to what has been a medieval society.
I thought the culture/world building was interesting and even the Dragons have a basis in "science".
I'm fond of Fosters Pip and Flinx series. (14 books) and the related Humanx Commonwealth stories (14 books)
ERBs Barsoom is a childhood favorite, as are his Tarzan series ( 25 books)
The TimeWars series by Simon Hawke lasted 12 books. Being a fan of history and time travel I enjoyed them.
Most of the other series I've followed dont have that many entries.
You can choose to ignore Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's Dune novels all you want, but they do exist, which therefore makes the series eligible for inclusion in this thread.
I initially got into Dune by reading Brian and KJA's prequel novels, which kind of made it hard for me to get through Frank Herbert's original novel due to the difference writing style; I do at some point want to go back and give the series another shot, because I absolutely loved the novels I read.
People are probably going to disagree with me on this, but I'm putting Terry Brooks' Shannara series up for inclusion in this thread; the series is thought of as being primarily of the Fantasy genre, but Brooks has started to seed the series with elements that are definitely more Sci-Fi than Fantasy, particularly with the Word and the Void and Genesis of Shannara sub-series. There are also even elements of Sci-Fi in many of the earlier novels, although they're kind of subtle.