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Posted by kat on August 28, 2002 at 07:19:08:

In Reply to: Re: Larry Niven and other stuff. posted by Bob - the Alien on August 21, 2002 at 23:15:57:

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: : I'd be interested to hear who your favorite Science Fiction writers are.

: I almost forgot to answer this question. oh, no!

: The answers are:

: Ursula LeGuin - for quality writing and good stories.
: Anne McCaffery - for sporadic quality writing, but excellent storylines and wonderful dragons.
: Larry Niven - mediocre writing, medicore stories, but excellent extrapolations from science to fantastic worlds.
: William Gibson - but only his older works. something broke in him recently.
: Oh, and how could I forget -- Asimov.

: And, although I won't recommend him as a writer, Orson Scott Card wins honorable mention for 'Ender's Game'. Even though it was written when he was young, and obviously targetted and young geeky children, I still enjoy reading it as I get older.

: I used to like Heinlein. For a few books. Then he started to repeat himself. Then I got old enough to understand what his philosophy on women actually was, then I read a few more books. Now, I can only read 2 of his books at all without throwing them away in horror. I understand why people like him, I really do. But I just can't do it. And I can;t read a lot of writers from his era for the same reasons. Ack. We should discuss this more when I get there in a couple weeks, because I will start a rant if I am not careful. :)

Wow! Now I really want to hear about this Heinlein philosophy on women. I'll wait though. Here's the real shame though, I don't have time to read anything I don't consider essential anymore, which means I haven't read any Science Fiction in quite some time. Well, except a half hearted attempt to read C.S.Lewis' Space trilogy. Bummer. I think I read Ursula Leguin before but I can't remember anything about the book. I like Asimov(the man is an institution), but I think reading his stuff is sometimes laborious. Speaking of Asimov, I saw him on TV years ago on Dr Ruth Westheimer's show, of all places. She was really coming on to him, it was hysterical!

Shalom,
-kat

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: : : : : : I'd be interested to hear who your favorite Science Fiction writers are. : : I almost forgot to answer this question. oh, no! : : The answers are: : : Ursula LeGuin - for quality writing and good stories. : : Anne McCaffery - for sporadic quality writing, but excellent storylines and wonderful dragons. : : Larry Niven - mediocre writing, medicore stories, but excellent extrapolations from science to fantastic worlds. : : William Gibson - but only his older works. something broke in him recently. : : Oh, and how could I forget -- Asimov. : : And, although I won't recommend him as a writer, Orson Scott Card wins honorable mention for 'Ender's Game'. Even though it was written when he was young, and obviously targetted and young geeky children, I still enjoy reading it as I get older. : : I used to like Heinlein. For a few books. Then he started to repeat himself. Then I got old enough to understand what his philosophy on women actually was, then I read a few more books. Now, I can only read 2 of his books at all without throwing them away in horror. I understand why people like him, I really do. But I just can't do it. And I can;t read a lot of writers from his era for the same reasons. Ack. We should discuss this more when I get there in a couple weeks, because I will start a rant if I am not careful. :) : : Wow! Now I really want to hear about this Heinlein philosophy on women. I'll wait though. Here's the real shame though, I don't have time to read anything I don't consider essential anymore, which means I haven't read any Science Fiction in quite some time. Well, except a half hearted attempt to read C.S.Lewis' Space trilogy. Bummer. I think I read Ursula Leguin before but I can't remember anything about the book. I like Asimov(the man is an institution), but I think reading his stuff is sometimes laborious. Speaking of Asimov, I saw him on TV years ago on Dr Ruth Westheimer's show, of all places. She was really coming on to him, it was hysterical! : Shalom, : -kat

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