JDBoston 0 #51 July 10, 2002 My fiction favorites: anything by Milan Kundera, or James Joyce or Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Lolita too, occasionally Thomas Pynchon. I think our present society is actually more like Brave New World than 1984. In Brave New World, humans try to control and plan and engineer everything in life, and everyone takes this drug "soma" (like video games, TV, or online message boards...) to keep from having to really think or engage with each other - like rats in a cage, they get through their days by self-stimulating and self-medicating and become inert and ineffective as citizens. But I do see the 1984 parallels starting to emerge... Orwell was a very sharp guy. I like most of the rest of the books he wrote too. Joe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #52 July 10, 2002 Quoteis he the guy who did "flight of the old dog" and "day of the cheetah" ( or something simialar)? i read one about a thought controlled fighter jet that was pretty cool, and another about a super-stealth plane that i think were his. great stuff! *ding*, that's the boy. Yeah, I dig his stuffcavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoby 0 #53 July 10, 2002 QuoteEnder's Game was practically the bible of adolescent boys when I was in high school. It's every boys wargame dream come alive. Almost everyone I know has read it, loved it, still has a copy, and read Ender's Shadow in hardback the day it came out. Same here, most of my friends have read it, at least the sci-fi geeks anyway. Orson Scott Card is pretty good all around, but Ender's Game is a masterwork. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallRate 0 #54 July 10, 2002 Actually, the original Time Machine was written by H.G. Wells. Maybe H.G. Wells did have a time machine and he and George Orwell are the same person. Or...perhaps they are the same person but neither is the real person. This person could be from the 25th century, stopping every now and then in times past to predict the future in writing. His real name is probably Harry George Orwells, or something like that. FallRate "Do you believe the FBI is doing enough to prevent the July 18 Terrorist Attacks!? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nws01 0 #55 July 10, 2002 This is strange but it is about an author. I had a dream last night that Dove was coming to Boston and needed a place to stay. I got all excited and had her stay at my place. For some reason I put up a tent in my house for her to sleep in. I asked her if she wanted to go out to get something to eat and she told me she had a date with J.D. Salinger. He came to the house and picked her up. I was jealous but I was happy thatI met J.D. I am messed in the head I know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AggieDave 6 #56 July 10, 2002 Put the crack pipe down and step away, just step away...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites nws01 0 #57 July 10, 2002 I have never tried crack. With my mind I do not need it. Believe me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TomAiello 26 #58 July 10, 2002 Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card (already discussed this one) Time Enough for Love - Robert Heinlein (the "Libertarian Manifesto") Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay (if you like Tolkien, try Kay, he was Tolkiens posthumous editor, and I like him even better than Tolkien) Surely You Must be Joking - Richard Feynman (my personal hero in childhood)-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 3 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
AggieDave 6 #56 July 10, 2002 Put the crack pipe down and step away, just step away...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nws01 0 #57 July 10, 2002 I have never tried crack. With my mind I do not need it. Believe me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #58 July 10, 2002 Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card (already discussed this one) Time Enough for Love - Robert Heinlein (the "Libertarian Manifesto") Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay (if you like Tolkien, try Kay, he was Tolkiens posthumous editor, and I like him even better than Tolkien) Surely You Must be Joking - Richard Feynman (my personal hero in childhood)-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
