that's so awesome! I only travel to see PJ :( not too
much money to go to comic con, are you going for any specific show or movie or comic?
I usually hit:
Anything Neil Gaiman related (he was there with Henry Selick for the Coraline DVD release)
Anything Fables related (great comic), and there are usually 2-3 different things fables related.
Otherwise, it's either whatever my kids want to see (Cartoon Network/Nick programming) or the big movie previews. The year they showed the first Iron Man footage was awesome. The last year or two its gotten a lot harder, as people tend to camp out for their favorite shows/movies. For example we wanted to see Mythbusters this year, but even though my daughter and I lined up 2 hours early, we still couldn't get in the room to see their panel. For Comic-Con, you've got to have the expectation you aren't going to see everything you'd like, so I can see where smaller scale conventions (San Diego Comic Con gets 125k attendees) like Dragon Con would be less stressful.
Dragon Con was a great time this year. I only went on Saturday, but we got a hotel room down there and stay late for all the parties etc. The panels and all are very cool, but just meeting people and hanging out is the most fun for me.
I did see Adam Savage (from Mythbusters) in a panel and he is REALLY cool. That was easily my fav panel.He had a contest he was walking around in costume and people were supposed to guess who he was. He was dressed as chewy
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Dragon Con was a great time this year. I only went on Saturday, but we got a hotel room down there and stay late for all the parties etc. The panels and all are very cool, but just meeting people and hanging out is the most fun for me.
I did see Adam Savage (from Mythbusters) in a panel and he is REALLY cool. That was easily my fav panel.He had a contest he was walking around in costume and people were supposed to guess who he was. He was dressed as chewy
He did a similar thing (in costume on the floor) at comic con and sent a bunch of hints via twitter. Never found him, but had a good time trying to track him down (we dressed as one of the Joker's henchmen). Agree, the most fun at these events is people watching/meeting people with similar interests.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
I'm a sci-fi / fantasy nut - more sci-fi than fantasy really but i do love me some George R.R. Martin...
Favorite sci-fi author is Philip K. Dick, over the last 5 years or so I have been slowly wading my way through his works...
I'm going to toss in a recommendation... I just read a book called Vurt over the summer by a dude named Jeff Noon... it was simply fantastic... It's very much in the vein of PKD's writing.
If anyone here is a fan of comics / graphic novels and want to check out a great series pick up Y: The Last Man, you can probably get them from your local library if you don't feel like ordering them.
Starting season's 4.0 and then 4.5 of Batlestar Galactica soon. I've enjoyed it so far but it seems to be slipping a little going into this last season. we'll see how it ends
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Dragon Con was a great time this year. I only went on Saturday, but we got a hotel room down there and stay late for all the parties etc. The panels and all are very cool, but just meeting people and hanging out is the most fun for me.
I did see Adam Savage (from Mythbusters) in a panel and he is REALLY cool. That was easily my fav panel.He had a contest he was walking around in costume and people were supposed to guess who he was. He was dressed as chewy
He did a similar thing (in costume on the floor) at comic con and sent a bunch of hints via twitter. Never found him, but had a good time trying to track him down (we dressed as one of the Joker's henchmen). Agree, the most fun at these events is people watching/meeting people with similar interests.
Adam was No Face (from Spirited Away) this year at comic con. Didn't see him on the floor, but caught the mythbusters panel again.
Dragon Con was a great time this year. I only went on Saturday, but we got a hotel room down there and stay late for all the parties etc. The panels and all are very cool, but just meeting people and hanging out is the most fun for me.
I did see Adam Savage (from Mythbusters) in a panel and he is REALLY cool. That was easily my fav panel.He had a contest he was walking around in costume and people were supposed to guess who he was. He was dressed as chewy
He did a similar thing (in costume on the floor) at comic con and sent a bunch of hints via twitter. Never found him, but had a good time trying to track him down (we dressed as one of the Joker's henchmen). Agree, the most fun at these events is people watching/meeting people with similar interests.
Adam was No Face (from Spirited Away) this year at comic con. Didn't see him on the floor, but caught the mythbusters panel again.
Very cool!
He won't be at this year's DragonCON :( Unless he is a late add
Spock and Capt Kirk will be there though. I was never a big star trek fan but i look forward to hearing them talk.
Carrie Fisher and Adam Baldwin will be there too
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Starting season's 4.0 and then 4.5 of Batlestar Galactica soon. I've enjoyed it so far but it seems to be slipping a little going into this last season. we'll see how it ends
not a full on SyFy geek-but I love Haven and I'm sad that Farscape got canned.
:wave: hello sci-fi loving mod...I just know you wanna join in!
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I absolutely love the X-Files. The plots and storylines were excellent. I thought Fringe was going to follow the X-Files in greatness, but sadly, the show has gone downhill for me and I just stopped watching it. I couldn't stand the episodes that would focus on the alternate universe. They were really hard to watch.
Cool list of best Sci Fi & Fantasy series as voted on by NPR listeners:
<big-ass list>
Surprised to see that I've read all 10 of the top 10. And quite a few of the remaining, probably 50%. Good variety on that list, from Watchmen to Watership Down. One thing I found odd was there there were a few series (Song of Fire & Ice, Hitchikers), but Terry Pratchett's Discworld was listed as a few individual books, when the whole series was solid.
TV wise, I'm just getting into Dr. Who. Quite a bit of it available on Netflix.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
Cool list of best Sci Fi & Fantasy series as voted on by NPR listeners:
<big-ass list>
Surprised to see that I've read all 10 of the top 10. And quite a few of the remaining, probably 50%. Good variety on that list, from Watchmen to Watership Down. One thing I found odd was there there were a few series (Song of Fire & Ice, Hitchikers), but Terry Pratchett's Discworld was listed as a few individual books, when the whole series was solid.
TV wise, I'm just getting into Dr. Who. Quite a bit of it available on Netflix.
I've read 6 of the top ten BUT I did actually order the foundation trilogy and dune 3 days ago so in a few months i'll be on 8
I've heard Dr Who is good but i have nto gotten into it. What is it like?
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I absolutely love the X-Files. The plots and storylines were excellent. I thought Fringe was going to follow the X-Files in greatness, but sadly, the show has gone downhill for me and I just stopped watching it. I couldn't stand the episodes that would focus on the alternate universe. They were really hard to watch.
My roomate watched this. I never really gave it a shot. He seemed to think a lot olie you taht it started strong and has really dropped off
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Cool list of best Sci Fi & Fantasy series as voted on by NPR listeners:
<big-ass list>
Surprised to see that I've read all 10 of the top 10. And quite a few of the remaining, probably 50%. Good variety on that list, from Watchmen to Watership Down. One thing I found odd was there there were a few series (Song of Fire & Ice, Hitchikers), but Terry Pratchett's Discworld was listed as a few individual books, when the whole series was solid.
TV wise, I'm just getting into Dr. Who. Quite a bit of it available on Netflix.
I've read 6 of the top ten BUT I did actually order the foundation trilogy and dune 3 days ago so in a few months i'll be on 8
I've heard Dr Who is good but i have nto gotten into it. What is it like?
Foundation trilogy is excellent (as is most Asimov, especially the robots books). Asimov added to it later in his life with a few prequels and sequels. I started w/ the trilogy when I was a kid, but I think it would be interesting to read in sequence. The later prequels first, then the trilogy, then the sequels.
Dune I remember liking the first books a lot, but then dropped off. It's been years though, I should probably revisit them.
Dr. Who was a british sci-fi show in the 60's/70's(?)that got rebooted in the mid 2000s. I've got through maybe 10 of the first episodes from the 2000's, and it revolves around The Doctor, a time traveler who helps out people in different times/places. Gives them a lot of leeway around the variety of episodes they can have (mystery, drama, etc.), and it has really strong writing. Had a HUGE presence at Comic Con (the panel filled a 6500 person room), so I figured I should probably give it a chance.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
not a full on SyFy geek-but I love Haven and I'm sad that Farscape got canned.
:wave: hello sci-fi loving mod...I just know you wanna join in!
Have you watched Stargate?
I was thinking about Stargate or Farscape as my next series to watch i was gonna ask how they compare if you've seen both.
Also which mod here likes sci fi? :?:
I could not get into Stargate...like the first SG movie, but not the second one. I would go with Farscape. They got cancelled because costuming/special effects was getting out of hand (budget wise).
Apparently BSG is supposed to be cool too....and yes, I enjoyed the SciFi section at EMP-even though I am not a huge SciFi geek.
I won't call out the mod, if she wants to announce herself, she is welcome to... (you have a 50/50 chance of being right)
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
Starting season's 4.0 and then 4.5 of Batlestar Galactica soon. I've enjoyed it so far but it seems to be slipping a little going into this last season. we'll see how it ends
It did slip a little for season 4, but the series finally more than makes up for it.
Best TV series EVER. Better than Lost and I am a Lost who's seen the series multiple times.
Anyone ever read The Ender series by Orson Scott Card. I stumbled on them last year on my holiday to the USA, and thought it was great. I read the 1st two books but Haven't been able to find the rest of them back here.
I haven't read the books, but I just read an article about Orson Scott Card today. Apparently, he's a batshit crazy homophobe. Which is disappointing, because I hear he's a damn good writer.
i read a few of his essays a couple of years back and they totally killed it for me. i can't read anything by him that i haven't previously read (ie, the entire ender/bean saga). it's sad really, he's a talented author, but i can't support his narrow ignorance.
Scott or not, i think an Alien prequel is a horrible idea.
don't worry, it was originally planned as being a prequel, now it's a non-related standalone flick, the people spoke and someone must've been listening.
what do you guys think of duncan jones' movies (whistle, moon, source code)? i think he's the best up-and-coming sci-fi director/writer around.
whistle had a unique premise, though i wish it had been fleshed out into full motion picture.
though slow-paced, i feel that moon is among the best sci-fi mindbenders out there.
and source code was a beauty, and a perfect first-big-budget flick from the young dude.
i'm glad i didn't realize he was bowie's son til after i became a fan (post-moon). if i had known prior, my bowie-bias would have destroyed the validity of this post.
what do you guys think of duncan jones' movies (whistle, moon, source code)? i think he's the best up-and-coming sci-fi director/writer around.
whistle had a unique premise, though i wish it had been fleshed out into full motion picture.
though slow-paced, i feel that moon is among the best sci-fi mindbenders out there.
and source code was a beauty, and a perfect first-big-budget flick from the young dude.
i'm glad i didn't realize he was bowie's son til after i became a fan (post-moon). if i had known prior, my bowie-bias would have destroyed the validity of this post.
Love This, Spot On, but i got nothing against Bowie, Love him too. Really excited to see what he and Neil Blompank, is that his name? have in store for us. Hopefully two masters in the making.
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Dragon Con was a great time this year. I only went on Saturday, but we got a hotel room down there and stay late for all the parties etc. The panels and all are very cool, but just meeting people and hanging out is the most fun for me.
I did see Adam Savage (from Mythbusters) in a panel and he is REALLY cool. That was easily my fav panel.He had a contest he was walking around in costume and people were supposed to guess who he was. He was dressed as chewy
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He did a similar thing (in costume on the floor) at comic con and sent a bunch of hints via twitter. Never found him, but had a good time trying to track him down (we dressed as one of the Joker's henchmen). Agree, the most fun at these events is people watching/meeting people with similar interests.
http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
spotify:user:merkinball
How fun!
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Why not (V) (°,,,,°) (V) ?
Jolene Blalock. Hottest Vulcan ever!.
7 of 9 is a close second though.
Favorite sci-fi author is Philip K. Dick, over the last 5 years or so I have been slowly wading my way through his works...
I'm going to toss in a recommendation... I just read a book called Vurt over the summer by a dude named Jeff Noon... it was simply fantastic... It's very much in the vein of PKD's writing.
If anyone here is a fan of comics / graphic novels and want to check out a great series pick up Y: The Last Man, you can probably get them from your local library if you don't feel like ordering them.
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Adam was No Face (from Spirited Away) this year at comic con. Didn't see him on the floor, but caught the mythbusters panel again.
http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/ ... 0-minutes/
http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
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He won't be at this year's DragonCON :( Unless he is a late add
Spock and Capt Kirk will be there though. I was never a big star trek fan but i look forward to hearing them talk.
Carrie Fisher and Adam Baldwin will be there too
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Another habit says its long overdue
Another habit like an unwanted friend
I'm so happy with my righteous self
battlestar gallactica = :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
3. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert
5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin
6. 1984, by George Orwell
7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov
9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan
13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson
15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore
16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss
19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
21. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
22. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
23. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King
24. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke
25. The Stand, by Stephen King
26. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
27. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury
28. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
29. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman
30. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
31. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams
33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey
34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein
35. A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller
36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
37. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne
38. Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys
39. The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells
40. The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny
41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings
42. The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson
44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven
45. The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin
46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien
47. The Once And Future King, by T.H. White
48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
49. Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke
50. Contact, by Carl Sagan
51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons
52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
54. World War Z, by Max Brooks
55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett
58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson
59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold
60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
61. The Mote In God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
62. The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind
63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist
67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks
68. The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard
69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb
70. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
71. The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
72. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne
73. The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore
74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson
76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey
78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin
79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
81. The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson
82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks
84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher
87. The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn
89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldan
90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock
91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
93. A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge
94. The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov
95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson
96. Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis
98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville
99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony
100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis
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:wave: hello sci-fi loving mod...I just know you wanna join in!
- Christopher McCandless
Surprised to see that I've read all 10 of the top 10. And quite a few of the remaining, probably 50%. Good variety on that list, from Watchmen to Watership Down. One thing I found odd was there there were a few series (Song of Fire & Ice, Hitchikers), but Terry Pratchett's Discworld was listed as a few individual books, when the whole series was solid.
TV wise, I'm just getting into Dr. Who. Quite a bit of it available on Netflix.
http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
spotify:user:merkinball
I've heard Dr Who is good but i have nto gotten into it. What is it like?
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I was thinking about Stargate or Farscape as my next series to watch i was gonna ask how they compare if you've seen both.
Also which mod here likes sci fi? :?:
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Foundation trilogy is excellent (as is most Asimov, especially the robots books). Asimov added to it later in his life with a few prequels and sequels. I started w/ the trilogy when I was a kid, but I think it would be interesting to read in sequence. The later prequels first, then the trilogy, then the sequels.
Dune I remember liking the first books a lot, but then dropped off. It's been years though, I should probably revisit them.
Dr. Who was a british sci-fi show in the 60's/70's(?)that got rebooted in the mid 2000s. I've got through maybe 10 of the first episodes from the 2000's, and it revolves around The Doctor, a time traveler who helps out people in different times/places. Gives them a lot of leeway around the variety of episodes they can have (mystery, drama, etc.), and it has really strong writing. Had a HUGE presence at Comic Con (the panel filled a 6500 person room), so I figured I should probably give it a chance.
http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
spotify:user:merkinball
I could not get into Stargate...like the first SG movie, but not the second one. I would go with Farscape. They got cancelled because costuming/special effects was getting out of hand (budget wise).
Apparently BSG is supposed to be cool too....and yes, I enjoyed the SciFi section at EMP-even though I am not a huge SciFi geek.
I won't call out the mod, if she wants to announce herself, she is welcome to...
- Christopher McCandless
Cool. Although Eccleston is pretty good. The Doctor Dances was a spectacular bit of TV.
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Best TV series EVER. Better than Lost and I am a Lost who's seen the series multiple times.
i read a few of his essays a couple of years back and they totally killed it for me. i can't read anything by him that i haven't previously read (ie, the entire ender/bean saga). it's sad really, he's a talented author, but i can't support his narrow ignorance.
it's a toughie, but i'll go with t'pol.
best show ever!
jms is a writing god! i can watch this series anytime, though season one is a little cheesy at times.
don't worry, it was originally planned as being a prequel, now it's a non-related standalone flick, the people spoke and someone must've been listening.
what do you guys think of duncan jones' movies (whistle, moon, source code)? i think he's the best up-and-coming sci-fi director/writer around.
whistle had a unique premise, though i wish it had been fleshed out into full motion picture.
though slow-paced, i feel that moon is among the best sci-fi mindbenders out there.
and source code was a beauty, and a perfect first-big-budget flick from the young dude.
i'm glad i didn't realize he was bowie's son til after i became a fan (post-moon). if i had known prior, my bowie-bias would have destroyed the validity of this post.
Love This, Spot On, but i got nothing against Bowie, Love him too. Really excited to see what he and Neil Blompank, is that his name? have in store for us. Hopefully two masters in the making.