I wasn't looking for any analogy until after the Twin Tower section, so I probably missed many. Except for the sequence where the chicken nuggets take off and...
Absolutely not. I am 100% against wasting food like that. For many reasons, not least of all that there are to many people who have little to eat. Wayne In a...
OCers, Well, I had a very good time visiting with your group about two weeks ago. I especially enjoy Karl's Jr. and it's not a fast food chain that's present...
Wasting food - it's the bomb. Sure it's a crime, and therefore deserves pun-ishment. Too bad some people blew up at the sight of it. Others tracked it down,...
Will & Yvonne Morton
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Mar 10, 2008 6:43 am
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The Literary Orange writers¹ workshop will take place Saturday, 5 April, in Garden Grove. Science fiction authors in panel discussions are David Brin, Vernor...
Allan Thanks for the listings. I'll follow up on the OC Star trek group, and forward your information about the Redlands group to the people I know in the ...
Shauna, Thanks for the lead. Have you looked at the list of speakers. Some of the authors (not just SF ones) are excellent. I'm not able to make it, but it...
The next meeting of Writing Orbit will be 6:00 PM Sunday, March 16. Since it's starting earlier, we're planning a potluck dinner - so bring your favorite...
Will & Yvonne Morton
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Mar 12, 2008 5:12 pm
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Dear Dave, I did look at the romance speakers to see which ones I knew. But otherwise, when I saw they had sections on SF, that¹s what I looked at. I decided...
Still has a mouth, and still must scream When I was about 18, I went to a science-fiction bookstore in Berkeley, Calif., to attend a book signing by Harlan...
17 years after Gene Roddenberry died, Susan Sackett has written a sleazy tell-all book about her years with Gene Roddenberry. I guess she figures Majel (who...
I've been a bit busy lately, but just to bring everyone up to date, here is the current status of things. Last months book, rolled over from the previous...
Dave, I had wanted to get in for the discussion of 'The Scar" but was unable to. I pretty much agree with those that were not impressed by the book. I read...
In a message dated 3/15/2008 6:58:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, wesomniman1@... writes: <<It seems like the field of SF is getting dry when it comes to...
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Mar 16, 2008 12:48 pm
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This is the most interesting review I've seen in a while. < http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23638065/ > Gordon Levine...
Catherine Thanks for the reply. My taste is SF is kind of basic. I love Murray Leinster's Space Opera stuff and the well thought out adventures of Heinlein....
Folks: I've been reading SF and Fantasy since the early "40s...some stories were crap, some were excellent...but my personal opinion as to the reason for the...
Here's an apparently minority view: I think Michael Crichton's sci-fi novels are well constructed, thought-provoking, and hard to put down. To me, they're...
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Mar 16, 2008 8:18 pm
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Without a doubt, if we, when we actually get out there, there will be, as you said Gordon, Conflicts. If only between human settled worlds. What I find...
Agree! Gordon ... Here's an apparently minority view: I think Michael Crichton's sci-fi novels are well constructed, thought-provoking, and hard to put down....