[stylist] sharing is now SciFi books

Mon Aug 17 18:30:05 UTC 2015

I'm not a big SciFi reader, it really depends on the story and characters.
Typically, I'm not big into aliens and spaceships and that stuff, however, I
recently read Vagrant by Peter Newman. This is so well-written, and
beautifully written. It's poetic at times, and it has great characters. I
found this book on Audible and decided to try it out and loved it. I
recommend this to most anyone even if not a huge SciFi reader.

I prefer speculative fiction though. Margaret Atwood is one of my favorite
authors in this genre. Love her style and voice, and she creates great
characters and plots with points, but you don't feel like she's preaching at
you. Another spec fic author I have discovered and love is Paolo Bacigaoupi.
Wind Up Girl and Water Knife are amazing books. Another author writing about
social, economic and environmental issues, but you don't feel like he's
preaching or belaboring a point. You just get lost in the story.

I typically enjoy fantasy over SciFi, and Neil Gaimon is probably my
favorite fantasy writer, but he also writes SciFi, and I like some of his
SciFi stories. Gaimon recently published a short story collection, Trigger
Warnings, and some of the stories are SciFi. I enjoyed most of them, though
I will never understand the Lovecraft lovers. Sorry, just not my cup of tea,
smile.

Based on these authors, I guess I like a more literary style in my SciFi
writing.

Bridgit

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Chelsea and Debbie

As a fellow science fiction fan (I also used it as a kid to mentally escape
from life) I would be interested in knowing any books that particularly
moved you.  I'm always looking for interesting books to read.

Chelsea--have you read "The Martian" yet.  I think you would just love it.
I'm a little past half way through now, and this is a science geeks dream
book.

Anyway, seeing that this is a writer's division chatroom, lets talk books.

Shawn

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Hi Debbie,
Science fiction has always been a form of escapism and possibility for me.
Then again, I've always been a futurist, so goes with the territory, I
guess. Robert Heinlein is a classic author; besides rocketship Galileo, my
favorites from him are space Cadet and star man Jones. Never could get into
Stranger in a Strange Land.

Red thunder is available on both bookshare and BARD; I like the BARD
narrator for the first two books.

College students always love cookies around finals ahem, Christmas time.
Trust me.

Chelsea

On Aug 16, 2015, at 10:44 PM, Debby Phillips <semisweetdebby at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi! Physics! That's cool.  I have not read John Barley, but I will try and
find Red Thunder.  Today I tried watching BATTLE Star Galactica, but it was
not described, and it was very hard for me to follow.  I used to watch it
when I was younger, back when Loren Green, I believe, played the part of
Adama.  Lol.  Guess that dates me.  I like Anne McCaffrey probably best, and
I've decided that I at least want a fire lizard if I can't have a dragon.
(Grin).  But my first science fiction book I read was by Robert Heinlein.
I'd always thought I'd hate science fiction, but I had a boyfriend who
really liked it.  (I was in 7th grade, and I really thought that I needed to
read this book that he suggested.  And wow! I liked it.  I think it was
Rocket Ship Galileo.
> 
> I love baking more than cooking, too.  I used to be the Christmas cookie
baker.  But then I got married and my stepdaughters already baked tons of
cookies, and didn't really need for me to bake more.  I miss it, so maybe
this year I'll bake cookies anyway.  I can always take them somewhere to
share.  Well, I'd best get going, almost time for me to go to bed.  I get up
around 4 in the morning to be at work on time.  Take care,    Debby

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