Books, if you love Firefly you will really love reading....

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DONTCALLMELAWRENCE

Friday, March 17, 2006 7:41 AM

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Originally posted by TenthCrewMember:
*The Killer Angels (it’s the book that inspired Joss to write Firefly)

New to the whole internet community thing, but have been with firefly from the beginning.

I've been watching this thread and am glad someone finally mentioned The Killer Angels

Aside from being the spark that lit the fire that is ... Firefly... it is an amazing book, and you don't really need to love the American Civil War to enjoy it.

Also, if you all are looking for books with similar plot lines and character dynamics I'd recommend checking out some westerns.

Lawrence

CAB1729

Friday, March 17, 2006 9:21 AM

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Originally posted by UnregisteredCompanion:
Got a question....

I am in a book club. I have exposed my friends to sci-fi and fantasy...genres they normally do not read. Some they liked, some they hated, but I want to have them read more.

Problem is that I tend to love books so thick you can use them as a chair, preferably with 6 parts...all equally long. This is NOT a good book for a book club of busy women that meets once a month.

So, I need a short to medium length sci-fi or fantasy book that is self contained (no 9 parts) that non sci-fi types would like OR would love to discuss.

Any ideas?

Thought of another one. I think someone mentioned Tepper before but:

The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper.

Very much a feminist outlook in SF, but she's known for that. In the far future, women are secretly striving to breed out man's destructive aggressiveness - and are doing it right under the men's noses. Boggles the mind, doesn't it? One of my favorites of hers. Her books go in and out of print sporadically but this one happens to be in print right now.

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Hobbes: How come we play war and not peace?
Calvin: Too few role models.

PATSRULE

Friday, March 17, 2006 6:43 PM

I didn't see anyone mention the conquerers trilogy from Timothy Zahn (more famous for some of his StarWars books). The conquerer's trilogy is a space adventure featuring a war between humans and aliens. The first book is from the perspective of one of the humans. The second book follows the first, but from the perspective of one of the aliens. The final book is a hybrid of perspectives. I really enjoyed them.

Also, I followed one of the recomendations from this board and got into the George R.R. Martin books. Fantastic...it was a great recomendation from my perspective.

UKSOUTHBROWNCOAT

Saturday, March 18, 2006 4:38 PM

I second Glen Cook! His Garret books (Private Investigator in a fantasy world - and who wouldn't love Morley Dotes??) and his Black Company I think are quite unique and my copies are completely dogeared after years of re-reading.

DIANASPR

Saturday, March 18, 2006 5:29 PM

im just posting so i can follow this

IMNOTHERE

Saturday, March 18, 2006 5:34 PM

Try Iain M Banks - esp. "Consider Phlebas", "Excession" and "Against a Dark Background".

Space operas with outbreaks of really dark humour and bursts of excessive violence. Often at the same time.

Despite a healthy supply of strange new worlds, gadgets, big damn guns and and really big damn spaceships (with silly names), the plots normally turn out to hinge on the motivation and murky history of the characters (even if some of the characters are also big damn spaceships).

Sounds about right?

MURKYMERC

Sunday, March 19, 2006 2:27 AM

I finally read the book treatment of Serenity. I have to say, I loved it, not only did it included many of the scenes that were cut from the movie, but it also jumped from perspective to perspective so you got a little more insight of each character.

I really love the 'verse.

NAUGHTYMAN

Sunday, March 19, 2006 6:01 AM

I'll second most of Ivy's picks.Loved Guy Gavriel Kay's Summer Tree and the rest of that trilogy too.My favorite Orson Scott Card book would have to be Songmaster.
Also,I'm with JCW on the Dark Tower series.It's so unlike anything else Stephen King has written.Be sure to check out The Road to the Dark Tower-exploring Stephen King's magnum opus!
Now,one of my all-time favorites is definitely M.John Harrison's Pastel City.British sci-fi at its best!

"get busy livin' or get busy dyin'"

KOVU65

Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:50 AM

I had the same problem a while ago, now Ive got a backlog of books. I keep buying them before I read them all. Anyway, a couple suggestions for what I think are really good series':
Jim Butcher - The Dresden Files
F Paul Wilson - Repairman Jack books (The Tomb, Legacies, Conspiracies, All the Rage, Hosts, The Haunted Air, Gateways - I think in that order)
Marc Scott Zicree - Magic Time (this guy wrote episodes of Star Trek TNG, DS9, Babylon 5 and Sliders)
S L Viehl - Stardoc series

I think that should hold you over for a while. It totals around 20+ books. I have more so if you like any/all these let me know. I love to share what I think are really good, fun books. Thanks for that. Happy Reading.

KOVU65

Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:58 AM

Oh Yeah!! I forgot the Pullman series (His Dark Materials) The only problem I had was buying the second book - it was in the young adult section. The Borders drone was looking at me funny!
It was worth it when I read it all that same day.

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