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I wonder are they any other science fiction fans out there other than that trekkies? Anyone like Campbell Heinlien Assimov NIven Van Vogt Kuttner Anderson. Any of those names ring a bell?
am I alone in the Universe? Has the world surrendered to the disciples of the magarine man? Is there truly a tribble invasion? Help Andre Norton! Help Me!
YOU ARE NOT ALONE . . . . . Ok -- I'll fess up -- I have read Isaac Assimov, Kurt Vonegut, Robert Heinlein, Poul Anderson -- don't know if I've read the others you mentioned -- you left out Ray Bradbury -- didn't you like his stuff? I preferred reading it to seeing it enacted on the screen. Also, what about Frank Herbert? The Dune trilogy was wonderful to read and so/so on screen. Have, but have not yet read, Children of Dune. We'll have to start a scifi thread sometime. I think I've never enjoyed any genre better than science fiction although I read a great deal and enjoy many, many books. And, yes I enjoyed the Star Trek stuff -- but liked Deep Space Nine better.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by valentine YOU ARE NOT ALONE . . . . . Ok -- I'll fess up -- I have read Isaac Assimov, Kurt Vonegut, Robert Heinlein, Poul Anderson -- don't know if I've read the others you mentioned -- you left out Ray Bradbury -- didn't you like his stuff?
I Sing the Body Electric was one of my favorites more years ago than I'd like to admit. The new scifi is not as interesting to me. I have read some of Orson Scott Card's books that were fair. I have several short story collections from back in the 70s that I enjoyed.
Living in the Washington DC area does have some plus' to offset the horrible DC traffic. Through one of my local contacts at NASA I have obtained one of the images that as of yet scientist have not been able to explain. Because it sparked a debate, if to sustain life on Mars is "edible" food required? Which in my opinion is a valid argument.
I'm a strong supporter of space exploration, but this proposal is misguided and another example of our dear president's election-year grandstanding. What you say?
How much money did he propose to put into this grand scheme, which will cost trillions. Zilch. Just like No Child Left Behind, which has come to mean No Child Left with a Behind.
As a follow up to my previous post. I have long thought that knowing that some technologies are already hitting the wall of "diminishing returns" that we vintage members have had the experience of living in the most incredible time frame in human history. Of course, none of us know what technologies will emerge in the 22nd century and beyond. But I feel very strongly, that this period that us "baby boomer's" have experienced will stand the test of time as one of the most incredible periods in human history. In my life time (born in 1950) I have seen the birth of the passenger "jet age" to space flight and the incredible advances in aviation and space flight. From the SR-71 Blackbird to the Apollo missions. Perhaps with Apollo 13 being the best example of "American inginuity".
I must admit that I really appreciate the fact that my father would wake me up at the wee hours of the morning to watch the launches all though the early stages of the Mercury and Liberty Programs. I can hear his words now: "This is history, being made".
As a life long aviation buff, I think that it is a shame to note that Alan Shepard was in fact NOT the first American in space. That honor actually belongs to an X-15 pilot named Bob Wright (if I remember correctly) who flew and X-15 to an altitude of 253 miles AGL.
I still have very fond memories of that night in July of 1969 watching Neil Armstrong step foot on the moon at a neighborhood bar that I used to hang out. As the messages of congratulations streamed in from countries around world. The tune that came on the Juke Box at Al's Stereo Bar was none other than The Youngblood's tune: "Get Together".
