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The Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Spy, and Superhero Genre
« on: April 28, 2016, 02:29:58 am »
For the discussion of all that is of the Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Spy, or Superhero persuasion.
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« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2016, 03:36:04 am »
Thank you, I just noticed this.
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« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2016, 07:02:40 am »
@kevindavis might be interested in this, if he's still around.
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« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2016, 07:18:22 am »
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Re: The Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Spy, and Superhero Genre
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2016, 07:32:02 am »
Battletech/MechWarrior is my favorite genre.  'Nuff said!
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« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2016, 07:39:25 am »
Star Trek  (TOS, ENT, TNG), SG1, SGU, Firefly, BSG (old and new), Farscape, and Buck Rodgers are my favorite Sci-fi shows. I'm sure I missed a couple.
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« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2016, 08:40:15 am »
Quote from: kevindavis on April 28, 2016, 07:39:25 am
Star Trek  (TOS, ENT, TNG), SG1, SGU, Firefly, BSG (old and new), Farscape, and Buck Rodgers are my favorite Sci-fi shows. I'm sure I missed a couple.

Among others.
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« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2016, 08:45:30 am »
I've always enjoyed Star Trek too, having first watched it in syndication and The Animated Series when I was a kid in the 1970s.  But Rick Berman's take on the universe in TNG and the other successor shows just annoyed me.  And being a Romulan fan, I always thought that the producers never had a clue about what to do with them other than make them occasional villains of the week.  A lot of missed potential there (and I am probably one of the few fans out there that really liked Nemesis with Tom Hardy as Picard's evil clone).
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« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2016, 08:54:33 am »
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« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2016, 08:56:53 am »
Quote from: Timber Rattler on April 28, 2016, 08:45:30 am
I've always enjoyed Star Trek too, having first watched it in syndication and The Animated Series when I was a kid in the 1970s.  But Rick Berman's take on the universe in TNG and the other successor shows just annoyed me.  And being a Romulan fan, I always thought that the producers never had a clue about what to do with them other than make them occasional villains of the week.  A lot of missed potential there (and I am probably one of the few fans out there that really liked Nemesis with Tom Hardy as Picard's evil clone).


I enjoyed Trek since the Star Trek The Motion Picture (Yes I do like that movie)..  I enjoyed Enterprise, but I think what killed Trek was Voyager, Berman, and Trek Fatigue.. I think Enterprise would have been better without the Temporal Time war and stuck with the story lines in Season 4.
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« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2016, 10:58:23 am »
Have to admit my all-time favorite now is Babylon 5.
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« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2016, 11:16:25 am »
Quote from: Free Vulcan on April 28, 2016, 10:58:23 am
Have to admit my all-time favorite now is Babylon 5.

B5 has some great stuff.

BTW, when my present WIP's are finished, I was thinking of trying to write a serial called "Escape from the Free Republic".... :p
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« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2016, 04:26:06 pm »
Thought about creating a separate thread for this, but I guess it can go here just as easily:

The 2016 Hugo Awards nominations have been announced: http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2016-hugo-awards/
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« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2016, 04:29:55 pm »
Quote from: Free Vulcan on April 28, 2016, 10:58:23 am
Have to admit my all-time favorite now is Babylon 5.


Loved that show..
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« Reply #15 on: April 28, 2016, 04:32:43 pm »
Quote from: Bear_in_RoseBear on April 28, 2016, 04:26:06 pm
The 2016 Hugo Awards nominations have been announced: http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2016-hugo-awards/

I hear that SJW's Always Lie was nominated... which is awesome.

The Sad Puppies didn't do as well as the Rabid Puppies but the Reverse Psychology Puppies kept tripping and puppies falling down are really cute
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« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2016, 05:23:29 pm »
Quote from: kevindavis on April 28, 2016, 04:29:55 pm

Loved that show..

Oh yes, Babylon 5 was my favorite show of the 90s.

My current favorites, I think, are the Arrow-verse shows on The CW: The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow.
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« Reply #17 on: April 28, 2016, 05:26:59 pm »
Quote from: geronl on April 28, 2016, 04:32:43 pm
I hear that SJW's Always Lie was nominated... which is awesome.

Yes, there were several Castalia House / Rabid Puppy works nominated.  ^-^

May I ask, what's your current work in progress...?
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« Reply #18 on: April 28, 2016, 05:35:16 pm »
Quote from: Bear_in_RoseBear on April 28, 2016, 05:26:59 pm
Yes, there were several Castalia House / Rabid Puppy works nominated.  ^-^

May I ask, what's your current work in progress...?

I am nearly finished with the first draft of a novella (A Child of the Pink Moon). (looking for beta readers!) and the main WIP (Second Front) is probably not far from having the first draft complete. Second Front is the regular space opera where Earth is invaded and devastated so we send a team of soldiers to their world on a suicide mission... :p  Also lends itself to being followed by a second novel.

The novella is not my regular kind of thing, but it really just introduces a character and their "story universe". If people like it, a novel could follow.
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« Reply #19 on: April 28, 2016, 05:48:58 pm »
Quote from: Bear_in_RoseBear on April 28, 2016, 05:23:29 pm
Oh yes, Babylon 5 was my favorite show of the 90s.

My current favorites, I think, are the Arrow-verse shows on The CW: The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow.


My current favorite is The Expanse.. Excellent show.
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« Reply #20 on: April 28, 2016, 05:51:43 pm »


This is the first cover concept I had for the novella, it's really simplified. The main characters power first showed when she was 3 and caught in a raging apartment fire. It didn't bother her....

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« Reply #21 on: April 28, 2016, 06:01:50 pm »
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This is the first cover concept I had for the novella, it's really simplified. The main characters power first showed when she was 3 and caught in a raging apartment fire. It didn't bother her....


Looks neat..
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« Reply #23 on: April 28, 2016, 06:10:53 pm »
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Looks neat..

and then someone gifted me a more regular-looking cover, lol. I'll think when I am done I will post the professional-looking one. The little girl in the flame pic is now what I am using as my FB avatar. I'll use it for something I am sure.

A cover for Second Front is going to be tougher. I had a simple mock-up on my blog.



I would hate to have to launch it with the mock-up as the cover.
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« Reply #24 on: April 28, 2016, 06:13:39 pm »
Quote from: HonestJohn on April 28, 2016, 06:05:07 pm
Yep.  I watched it in college.  Now I have all the seasons on DVD.  (if it ever comes out on Blu-ray... I'll upgrade it).  I really thought the season four finale - The Deconstruction of Falling Stars - was the best hour-long TV show episode I'd ever seen.

And to have part of it imitating "A Canticle for Liebowitz" was just briliant.


I agree on the Deconstruction of Falling Stars was the best hour long TV show.  I'm waiting for Babylon 5 to either show up either on Hulu, Netflix or Amazon Prime.  I would give credit to Babylon 5 for breaking the Trek Monopoly on American Sci-Fi tv..
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« Reply #25 on: April 28, 2016, 06:16:31 pm »
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and then someone gifted me a more regular-looking cover, lol. I'll think when I am done I will post the professional-looking one. The little girl in the flame pic is now what I am using as my FB avatar. I'll use it for something I am sure.

A cover for Second Front is going to be tougher. I had a simple mock-up on my blog.



I would hate to have to launch it with the mock-up as the cover.


Smart idea..
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« Reply #27 on: April 28, 2016, 06:17:29 pm »
Does this count as Science Fiction?

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« Reply #28 on: April 28, 2016, 06:19:14 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on April 28, 2016, 06:17:29 pm
Does this count as Science Fiction?



Yes, I guess it would.
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« Reply #29 on: April 28, 2016, 06:19:15 pm »
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looks like a good show


It is..  It is GOT in space.
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« Reply #30 on: April 28, 2016, 06:19:42 pm »
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Does this count as Science Fiction?




Yes..
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« Reply #31 on: April 28, 2016, 06:20:54 pm »
Quote from: kevindavis on April 28, 2016, 05:48:58 pm
My current favorite is The Expanse.. Excellent show.

I haven't seen it, but I've read a lot of good things about it.  I loved Defiance, when it was on SyFy. (hate that name, btw)
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« Reply #32 on: April 28, 2016, 06:26:56 pm »
Quote from: Bear_in_RoseBear on April 28, 2016, 06:20:54 pm
I haven't seen it, but I've read a lot of good things about it.  I loved Defiance, when it was on SyFy. (hate that name, btw)


It is excellent.. I loved Defiance when it was on SyFY as well. The ending was perfect.. I wish for a another season, but oh well.
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« Reply #33 on: April 28, 2016, 06:37:37 pm »
Quote from: kevindavis on April 28, 2016, 06:13:39 pm
I agree on the Deconstruction of Falling Stars was the best hour long TV show.

I agree it was a great episode, but my own personal favorite B5 episode is The Coming of Shadows.  There were just so many "wham" moments in that episode that we were all left open-mouthed after watching it.

To really show off my B5 geekiness, I suggest watching Midnight on the Firing Line (Season 1 Episode 1) back-to-back with The Coming of Shadows (Season 2 Episode 9). Those two episodes really highlight the symmetry of Londo's and G'kar's story arcs.  ^-^
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« Reply #34 on: April 28, 2016, 08:52:02 pm »
The Hugo Awards... well... might be more than Puppies trolling them.

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/288989/chuck-tingle-space-raptor-butt-invasion-hugo-award-nomination/

Space Raptor Butt Invasion... nominee..um, er... How about those Cowboys...
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« Reply #35 on: April 28, 2016, 09:40:51 pm »
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Space Raptor Butt Invasion

No... that was nominated by the Rabids, to satirize the infamous "story" nominated a couple of years ago, "If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love".  I'm not sure it was written as a satire, though.  *hmmmm*
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« Reply #37 on: April 28, 2016, 10:07:13 pm »
Quote from: HonestJohn on April 28, 2016, 09:48:56 pm
The current meme are Nazi lizards from the center of the earth.

Oh man... I could have made an awesome INWO* deck based on that theme!

*Illuminati: New World Order, a trading card game that I loved to play about 20 years ago...
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« Reply #38 on: April 28, 2016, 10:16:36 pm »
Quote from: kevindavis on April 28, 2016, 09:48:26 pm
Check this out:


That looks... intriguing!  Like a cross between Interstellar and The Martian... 
*hmmmm*
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« Reply #39 on: April 28, 2016, 10:18:19 pm »
Quote from: Bear_in_RoseBear on April 28, 2016, 10:16:36 pm
That looks... intriguing!  Like a cross between Interstellar and The Martian... 
 *hmmmm*


I think so, I think I'll wait till it comes out on Digital..
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« Reply #40 on: April 28, 2016, 10:20:27 pm »
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I have the reissue of the original Illuminati card game (the one from the early 1980s).

Neat! I never played the original Illuminati, though I did love INWO. :laugh:  Do you have any of the old Metagaming Micro Games?  (I do!)  ^-^
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« Reply #41 on: April 28, 2016, 10:30:22 pm »
dino mounted Nazi - kinda cool

Red Dwarf are getting a little long in the tooth

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« Reply #42 on: April 29, 2016, 12:40:18 am »
Quote from: Bear_in_RoseBear on April 28, 2016, 05:23:29 pm
Oh yes, Babylon 5 was my favorite show of the 90s.

My current favorites, I think, are the Arrow-verse shows on The CW: The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow.

I love those shows too, and Marvel's Agents of Shield.

The Flash is special. Very uplifting, always puts a smile on my face. And all the ladies are lovely, as they are on the Arrow and LOT.
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Re: The Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Spy, and Superhero Genre
« Reply #43 on: April 29, 2016, 12:46:38 am »
I have a small offering if anyone is interested. Little novel called Cat's Claw. It's sci-fi, written in the style of the old movie serials.

There's a blurb and a sample chapter on my website, if anyone wants to read it though, just drop me a PM and I'll hook you up with a copy.
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Re: The Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Spy, and Superhero Genre
« Reply #44 on: April 29, 2016, 12:54:05 am »
CW Seed has all the episodes of Almost Human and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Too bad Almost Human didn't make it. I liked it particularly because some of the scary tech on there is almost in our grasp today though it's set 30 or 40 years in the future.

http://www.cwseed.com/

And on the CW itself, I'm a huge fan of The 100. For some reason that show mesmerizes me.
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Re: The Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Spy, and Superhero Genre
« Reply #45 on: April 29, 2016, 01:54:20 am »
Quote from: EC on April 29, 2016, 12:46:38 am
I have a small offering if anyone is interested. Little novel called Cat's Claw. It's sci-fi, written in the style of the old movie serials.

There's a blurb and a sample chapter on my website, if anyone wants to read it though, just drop me a PM and I'll hook you up with a copy.

That is a very good chapter. I need to be writing rather than reading though. I've got a couple things to finish and then I had this story idea I was calling "Escape from the Free Republic".... nothing definite, just an idea for now.
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Re: The Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Spy, and Superhero Genre
« Reply #46 on: April 30, 2016, 06:37:48 pm »
I am going to need a beta reader for the novella in a few days. It's not very long, but it might grow a little in the next couple of days during rewrites.
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Re: The Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Spy, and Superhero Genre
« Reply #47 on: April 30, 2016, 07:09:06 pm »
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Re: The Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Spy, and Superhero Genre
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« Reply #49 on: April 30, 2016, 07:11:14 pm »
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I wanted to have it posted by then, but if I can't then I'll PM you.
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