Sci-Fi Fans?

[ronstew]

Who would have guessed that somebody calling himself Zardoz would be an SF fan?

These days I seem to be more into fantasy. My tag line comes from JK Rowling. I think I overdosed on Star Trek in the 1990s.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Zardoz, I am a huge Heinlein fan. I grew up reading him and have quite a collection that I still re-read. I have actually been dabbling in getting a complete set of first editions of his work, including the few he refused to have pubished after the first time.

I am going to put this date on my calendar. Now, I am going to have to check and see if there are any Games in the general (within 200-300 miles) at that same time.

[Zardoz]

KiltedCodeWarrior, Me too! I have read every work of RAH that I can get my hands on. It was a sad day at the Zardoz compound when he passed, but fortunatly, many unreleased works, both fiction and non-fiction have been popping up in the years since his death. I hope to see you in KC!

[Jerry]

I wish I could go, Robert A. Heinlein has always been one of my favorites along with Assimov and Norton. I think I've read just about everything the three of then wrote, and I still pull out the old books and re-read them occasionaly

[MacWage]

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Imagine Batman in a KILT (with tights PLEASE-I DON"T want to know it he is "regimental") wielding a LIGHTSABER!!

I've even created my own Star Wars universe culture:

Planet: Caledon
Called by peoples: Alba
Race: Alban (human)

This planet is characterized by Lightsaber wielding guys in kilts (and belted plaids/great kilts) and blue face paint, a ubiquitious blue shape bearing a large white X, indecipherable writing (think P1M typing quite drunk), an elixer of life called: uisgebethe ("The water of life"), and so forth. You get the idea. By the way, the highest military and intellectual rank is the "Order of the Bat" and wears a bat on thier chest and upon their "stuff" a matter of pride.

So am I a Sci Fi fan, a batman fan, or just Weird?
(do I really want an answer?)

[Zardoz]

MacWage,

You should read "The Mote in God's Eye" by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle. It's a great book, much of it's action takes place on or around the planets New Scotland and New Ireland in the New Caledonia star system.

[smaughazard]

Wow, other kilted SF/fantasy junkies! I've been reading and illustrating (and dabbling in writing) the genre most of my life, and the collection of books threatens to outgrow the available space constantly. I try to read at least two or three novels per week (amazing how much one can read during lone lunches and such). As long as this is the topic, here's a sample of my SF art:

http://www.eyetwists.com/trad_pages/scout.html

There are a number of others on the site; just hit the "Back to Gallery" button for thumbnails, or use the "Back" or "Next" buttons.

[wgority]

Patricia Kenneally (nee' Kenneally-Morrison) has already trod this ground with her Keltiad books. Her tales include action, adventure, and a world-view alternately made interesting or tedious by her own adherence to wicca. Some of her characters and writing can be very entertaining. For myself, I prefer the earlier books to the later where she really wants to beat some drum or another.

Bill

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I've even created my own Star Wars universe culture:

Planet: Caledon
Called by peoples: Alba
Race: Alban (human)

This planet is characterized by Lightsaber wielding guys in kilts (and belted plaids/great kilts) and blue face paint, a ubiquitious blue shape bearing a large white X, indecipherable writing (think P1M typing quite drunk), an elixer of life called: uisgebethe ("The water of life"), and so forth. You get the idea.