HoonDing Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Elizabeth Moon - Vatta's War (5 books) I cannot praise Elizabeth Moon enough. Her stories are always deep with well thought-out settings, characters and themes and feel incredibly authentic because of her very impressive and varied background which includes serving in the marines, being a paramedic and being in local government not to mention various hobbies that have obviously come in handy when writing like fencing and biology Now I know where you got your nickname from. 1 The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 A space opera TV series that borrows loosely from Star Wars, Star Trek, and Firefly: It is a loose federation of alien species and worlds linked together by an ancient network of interdimensional channels ('gravity threads') that provide the equivalent of FTL travel. The main characters are members of a team belonging an organization that is intended to enforce interstellar treaties. These grant rights and protections to the federation members, among these humans. Individuals are recruited to the organization based on their character and certain special qualities; whether it be advanced weapon skills, super-technical expertise, biopsionic powers, unusually adaptive physiology, or what have you. The team possesses a small vessel--roughly the equivalent of the Firefly vessel--plus ground skimming technology, tactical weaponry, an advanced med bay, and some colorful AI bots and droids. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 You can try reading John Scalzi's Old Mans War series. It's not outstanding or anything but it's not terrible. It's like a ham sandwich. It's not exciting but sometimes you just want a ham sandwich. That's the one I was going to mention. For some reason I really liked it, although I liked the first half more than the 2nd half. And like Malcador, I'd also say skip Zoe's Tale. Haven't read much of anything recently, so I doubt I'd know of something Tale hasn't at least heard of before, and for TV/movies ... well, I haven't been very keen on such lately. I still watch a fair bit at times, but with a growing sense of generational alienation. Or just grumpiness. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orogun01 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Continuum is good for a Time Travel fix. 3rd season just started and is laying down the rules for Time Travel. Eureka was one of my favorites if you want something lighter. Defiance should be starting up again soon(Technically post-apocalyptic, but with aliens and more of a western frontier feel), as will Orphan Black (Clones).Fan of all those shows, though Continuum isn't starting in the states until next week. One of Defiance's creators was a guy behind Farscape, so I'm hoping it gets up to that level, despite the small scope it is starting with. I like Continuum, the second season was killer. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serrano Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Schlock Mercenary by Howard Taylor http://youtu.be/2cssgHm9KLE http://youtu.be/3OdP17ZeEv8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoonDing Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share Posted March 28, 2014 Schlock Mercenary by Howard TaylorWhen does that start to get good? I've tried reading it from the start a few times since he's one of the contributors to the Writing Excuses podcast, but those first strips are painful. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oerwinde Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Continuum is good for a Time Travel fix. 3rd season just started and is laying down the rules for Time Travel. Eureka was one of my favorites if you want something lighter. Defiance should be starting up again soon(Technically post-apocalyptic, but with aliens and more of a western frontier feel), as will Orphan Black (Clones).Fan of all those shows, though Continuum isn't starting in the states until next week. One of Defiance's creators was a guy behind Farscape, so I'm hoping it gets up to that level, despite the small scope it is starting with. I like Continuum, the second season was killer. Season 3 is messed up so far. Not in a bad way, but very game changing. Its darker. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serrano Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Schlock Mercenary by Howard TaylorWhen does that start to get good? I've tried reading it from the start a few times since he's one of the contributors to the Writing Excuses podcast, but those first strips are painful. Sorry, I can't remember. it's been ages since I've read them. It did get better but if you're hating the early ones then it's probably not for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenshrike Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 The Grimnoir series by Larry Correia's really good. Magic has been popping up in more and more people over the past century. At the current time Japan has ROFLSTOMPed Russia and now has giant zeppelin battleships and controls much of northern asia. Edison and Tesla were both Cogs who made insane inventions. In the case of Tesla, "Peace Rays" which are basically giant particle accelerator Death Rays 2 "You know, there's more to being an evil despot than getting cake whenever you want it" "If that's what you think, you're DOING IT WRONG." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoonDing Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Sliders was good. Well except for the final two seasons. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I think you could argue its "sf-ness" based on the fact that its not a big SF concept show, and certainly a lower budget one considering its age and syndicated program status, but I was a fan of the Stahunter/Starhunter 2300 series. Bounty hunters on a re-purposed luxury space cruiser travel between earth and the outer planets (FTL is thought to be possible in the universe but hasn't been achieved) where various planets / moons are their own autonomous "states". A lot of it is "bounty of the week" stuff, but its fun enough. There is a through story in both seasons, though, about human genetic potential, alien DNA, the pursuit of FTL and familial drama (in both seasons people are searching for missing family members and trouble with relatives is a common occurrence) First season has Michael Pare' as the ships lead who is using the bounty hunting jobs to look for his kidnapped son; the second season follows the son looking for his missing father. Tanya Allen's Percy Montana and Stephen Marcus' Rudolpho are bright spots in both series/seasons. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte Carlo Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I don't know if it counts as classic Sci-Fi or not, but I'm a sucker for the original Philip Jose Farmer Riverworld books. http://www.pjfarmer.com/riverwld.htm To Your Scattered Bodies Go is groovier than a groovy thing riding a PVC unicorn. Highly recommended. Oh, and if you dig the idea of Sam Clemens and Hermann Goering building rival riverboats and conducting naval warfare on a terra-formed planet where all humans have been mysteriously resurrected... then this is the series for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orogun01 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) I liked RiverWorld, the movie was also good.Edit: that just reminded me, Jules Verne's "Mysterious Island".Seriously, when in doubt go for the classics. If you don't enjoy them at least you can look sophisticated in polite company. Edited April 2, 2014 by Orogun01 I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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