Space Opera Fans discussion

Hello everyone, my name is Carlos. Some of my favorite books were written by Isaac Asimov,Tolstoi, Lev Nikolaevich,Chéjov Antón,Aldoux Huxley,Douglas Adams.
I really like the classics, but I also love the sci-fi. I had to read a lot of math and physics text books, because I'm studying physics in Mexico.
I've seen the simpsons, futurama, Avatar the last airbender, the x-files, adventure time, new girl.
One of my favorite movies is Interstellar, I love that movie, Arrival is also really good; In to the wild, Contac, the prestige, Barry Lyndon.
My favorite food(in this case it gonna be a dessert) are the hot cakes.
I play the keyboard in a non-professional way(but I had this proyect in soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/srabart), play chess(my account in chess.com is mrrazon) but I am not so good, I love to ride my bicicle, right now one of my hobbies is learning English, so perhaps some of you notice a lot of grammar errors, sorry for that!.

Bienvenido, Carlos!

Teresa wrote: "Bienvenido, Carlos!"
Oh!!, thank you very much for being so nice, espero pueda encontrar muchas cosas grandiosas para leer en este grupo!

When I first joined I spent a lot of time going through the books on the group bookshelves. I’m sure you will find interesting books there.

I was a math and physics double major in college, then switched to computer science for grad school.

Carlos wrote: "Hello everyone, my name is Carlos. Some of my favorite books were written by Isaac Asimov,Tolstoi, Lev Nikolaevich,Chéjov Antón,[author:Aldoux Hux..."

Carlos, I also love the Interstellar movie. Thought it was a really terrific movie. Futurama is also pretty great.

The Hitchhiker's series I listened to the audiobooks and that was a ton of fun.

Jared

Teresa wrote: "When I first joined I spent a lot of time going through the books on the group bookshelves. I’m sure you will find interesting books there.

I was a math and physics double major in college, then s..."
That is awesome!, What can you tell me about computer science?, I really want to know more about it.
it would be nice if we were friends.

Jared wrote: "Carlos wrote: "Hello everyone, my name is Carlos. Some of my favorite books were written by Isaac Asimov,Tolstoi, Lev Nikolaevich,Chéjov Antón,[au..."

Douglas Adams is a good writer, I readed the first book of The Hitchhiker's series, but for me, that book its complete awesome. I have a copy in Spanish, but I want to try him jokes in its original language.

Name: Scribal
Favorite Books: too many --but in Space Opera definitely Cherryh's Alliance-Union Universe. I also like the early books in the Liaden Universe but the recent ones not so much. I'm pushing Mieville's The City and the City on people right now.
Favorite Genres: all syfy, modern gothic,
Favorite TV shows: Currently, maybe the Magicians, Mr. Robot
Favorite Movies: Serenity
Favorite Food: Cheese
Day Job: Artist and Librarian (rarely at the same time)
Hobbies: Hiking, dogs, plants
Other:

Welcome, Scribal!

One of our current group reads is Scout’s Progress. We’d love to have your comments on its discussion thread!

Hello guys!

My name is Willyam but you can call me Will. I am from Brazil but live in Washington, D.C. I am a PhD student in Comparative Literature & Cultural Studies. I love artificial intelligence, mystery, things related to future, and the role of the Internet in life in general.

I actually just published the first book of my series. If y'all wanna check it out, write reviews, or just give feedback, here it is:
The Code: and the Three Virtual Greatnesses

Will :)

Greetings and Salutations!

Jarrod here...big sci-fi fan and all things future. Star Trek, Star Wars, BattleTech, Warhammer 40,000, Honor Harrington, Babylon 5, the Orville, Rifts, Robotech, the list is exhaustive.

I'm also a tabletop wargame player, video gamer, and amateur hopefully soon published writer.

Nice to meet you all!

Welcome Will and Jarrod!

Hello all. My name’s Charles Millhouse
Here is a little about me.

Favorite book: DUNE
Favorite genre: sci fi, comics, superhero. Love time travel stuff
Favorite tv: BSG (1978)
Favorite food: I’m a chef, so there are a lot of foods I love.
Day job: personal chef
Hobbies: comic book collecting mostly.

Welcome Charles!

Teresa wrote: "Welcome Charles!"

Charles wrote: "Hello all. My name’s Charles Millhouse
Here is a little about me.

Favorite book: DUNE
Favorite genre: sci fi, comics, superhero. Love time travel stuff
Favorite tv: BSG (1978)
Favorite food: I’..."

Thanks. Glad to be here. I welcome everyone to friend me.

Hello there!

Name: Ed Chianese, linked to one of my favorite books from the author M. John Harrison

Favorite Books: Everything from Alastair Reynolds and Stanislaw Lem

Favorite Series: True Detective

Favorite Movie: Interestellar

Day Job: Political Science Student, Work for NGOs

If somebody wants to connect and read together & talk afterwards about the book, write me! :)

Welcome Ed!

Hello all! My name's Iuri Bhering. I've just released my first sci fi novel on Amazon. As day job, I'm a freelance illustrator. Some of my favorites are:

Book: Lord of the Rings
Movie: 2001
Series: Babylon 5
Food: Shrooms (the edible kind, I mean)

glad to be here!

Welcome, Iuri!

Hi! I'm Emma!

My favorite books are Terry Pratchett's "The Color of Magic," "Feet of Clay," and "Night Watch" (among most anything by Pratchett), lots of stuff by Stephen King but especially "Pet Semetary" and "Needful Things," and Jeff VanderMeer's "Annihilation" and "City of Saints and Madmen."

My favorite genres are fantasy and horror, but I'll read pretty much anything and some of the works I’ve loved the most are murder mysteries (police procedural or no, often forensics-focused), classical British literature (think "Pride and Prejudice”), and romance (usually fantasy/scifi/paranormal). I especially love snark and wit (hence my love of Pratchett). But I just finished a space opera by Becky Chambers called "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.” This is also the latest in my quest to find good, "hard" scifi by female authors. I feel like there's a lack of scifi by female authors on the market, and I'm positive it's not because women don't write this kind of stuff. I'm on the hunt and open to recommendations!

My tv taste runs to fantasy, scifi, and crime dramas, too. I’m not generally a fan of horror in film or tv (I like if horror is used to tell a story, but not if it’s gratuitous, and I /loathe/ jump-scares).

I tutor at the college level in biology, chemistry, and math. My degree is in biology and I plan to start a PhD program in parasitology and immunology in the near[ish] future (yes, that means I LOVE anything, including any scifi, having to do with parasites). I love learning new things and figuring out puzzles, and I am one of those people that will read the long drawn-out space epic and enjoy the intergalactic, perhaps inter-species politics and the obscure scientific explanation of a scifi fuel source in addition to the rogueish exploits of a small crew struggling to stay under the nigh-omnipotent corporation’s radar. (It also means I had a long, drawn out not-quite-argument with my friend about Chris Pine's survival in the "Star Trek: Into Darkness")

I haven’t been reading as much as I’d like to, mostly because I’m currently obsessed with podcasts (and there’s not enough time to do everything). I, myself, do not podcast but I listen to many shows, and most of my favorites are actual-plays and audio dramas. Actual-play podcasts are recordings of people playing table-top role-playing games (TTRPGs); I enjoy table-top gaming a lot (I’ve mostly played Dungeons & Dragons) and I like to hear other peoples’ dynamics at the table and the wacky stories they come up with. Most of the audio dramas (these can be scripted or improvised) have fantasy or scifi storylines, and two of my current favorites are “Mission to Zyxx” and “The Strange Case of Starship Iris,” both space-opera-type stories set on ships with colorful crews.

Welcome Emma! One of this month’s group reads is by a pair of female authors: Sassinak

Hello, Everyone. I am Taseen from Dhaka, Bangladesh.

My Sci-Fi reading started with Sci-Fi novel written by local writers in our mother language Bangla in my primary school days. After that I began reading Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov at the suggestion of by high school English teacher. I have read quiet a few Sci-Fi novels since. I am currently working my way through the classics in Sci-Fi and Fantasy.

I have read a few and I would like to read more. I love to read and discuss my Sci-Fi and Fantasy readings with fellow enthusiasts and this group is just the kind of group I'm looking for to feed my Sci-Fi addiction and learn more about the genre.

I must confess, I am a bit of an escapist and Sci-Fi and Fantasy have always been my refuge. Looking forward to great conversations! In my day job I'm an IT professional working in the banking industry; and Sci-Fi had a quiet a lot to do with my choice to study and work in technology related fields.

Favorite Books: Dune, Rendezvous With Rama, Hyperion Cantos, Caves of Steel, The Night's Dawn Trilogy and the Foundation series.

Favorite Genres: Sci-Fi, Fantasy

Favorite TV shows: Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica; just finished Star Trek Discover season 2 and Love, Death and Robots.

Favorite Movies: Terminator 2, The Matrix

Favorite Food: Not much of eater, would have preferred photosynthesis

Day Job: IT professional in the Banking industry

Hobbies: Reading and listening to music; preferrably both at the same time

Welcome Taseen! We have nomination threads up for our May group reads, so feel free to jump in if you want to. May group reads will be chosen tomorrow. You may also want to browse our group’s bookshelf or previous discussions. You are welcome to post comments on any of the book discussion threads, even if we read that book several years ago.

Several of us work in IT of one kind or another. I’m a software developer.

Teresa wrote: "Welcome Taseen! We have nomination threads up for our May group reads, so feel free to jump in if you want to. May group reads will be chosen tomorrow. You may also want to browse our group’s books..."

Thanks Teresa! I'll be sure check out the polls and discussions.

Hey everyone,

I love science fiction. I've found that I really enjoy stories that just move through things quickly and keep my interest. While characters are wicked important, I still want the story to move along, as in the format of Harry Harrison and Isaac Asimov (well some).

Jack

Welcome Jack! We are reading two books for May and have three nomination threads posted for June group reads. Feel free to jump in where you find something interesting.

“Who am I? I am Spiderman.”

Well, not really, but this should tell you all you need to know about me and my writing style.

I’m a huge Star Trek AND Star Wars fan, which shows since my novel is loaded with pop culture references. If you are a sci-fi fan (I assume that you are, otherwise what are you doing here?) you will enjoy them tremendously. I even went full Deadpool in my first draft and broke the fourth wall multiple times, until my editor told it was distracting and kept taking her out of the moment. Shame. Those fourth-wall breaks were hilarious. Still, I can guarantee a few laugh-out-loud moments. Case in point: The “good” aliens in my novel are a race of pranksters, whose main goal in life is pulling other people’s legs (They have four legs, hence the slight change in the idiom). My favorite author is Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files), which is probably how I ended up writing in a first-person POV with the same light-hearted, funny tone as he does. The fact that my MC’s name is Jim is purely coincidental though.

I am a university/college level English teacher, and including Canada, I have lived and worked in five different countries. I have met people from all around the world. Plus, my parents are from a different background, and so is my wife. As a result, diversity has become a major theme in my novel. My characters look like the bridge crew from Star Trek. One of my female characters even impersonated Uhura once, albeit posthumously.

Welcome Sean!

Teresa wrote: "Welcome Sean!"

Thank you!!

Hi All,

I love space opera that has character building that is as strong as the world building. I’m not so much about the space battles though I do like some military sci fi especially if it has a female lead. I love space opera that has more female themes. A little romance is welcome too.

Name: Willow Thomson
Favorite Books: Liaden Universe, Vorkosigan series, Julian May Galactic Milieu
Favorite Genres: sci fi, fantasy, general
Favorite TV shows: current - Handmaids Tale, just binged Eureka, Star Trek, of course, Survivor, don’t like dark stuff - I can’t handle it
Favorite Movies: Michael, going blank here - I know there’s more. I prefer to read space opera rather than watch it
Favorite Food: doughnuts but I can’t eat them cause gluten free and trying to lose weight as usual
Day Job: semi retired from - typesetter, lampwork glass bead artist, homeopath, energy healer - adoptive mom to a couple of challenging kids - I just wrote my first novel
Hobbies: reading, writing, making jewelry, traveling

Welcome Willow! Have you tried books by Nathan Lowell, Becky Chambers, Blaze Ward, and/or Mackey Chandler? Do feel free to post comments on the Saltation discussion thread.

Thanks! I am reading one by Becky Chambers. Just got one by Nathan Lowell and one by Mackey Chandler. So nice to find new authors.

Name: Gilles Vaillancourt (french canadian)

Favorite books: Too many : Dune, Hyperion, The lensmen serie, Vorkosigan serie, Elevation serie, The demolished man, Foundation serie, Legend (David Gemmell), Game of thrones (Martin), etc.

Favorite genres: Science-fiction, fantasy, space opera, military sci-fi, Thriller, Polar, History, Science, etc.

Favorite TV shows: Babylon 5, Star trek, but not Discovery, Game of Thrones, etc.

Favorite movies: Independence Day, Starship troopers, Star Wars, Star Trek movies, Terminator 1 and 2, Alien and Aliens, 2001, The forbidden planet, Many Alfred Hitchcok, The party and The pink panther (Sellers), "The good, the bad and the ugly", The Godfather, etc.

Favorite food: pizza, lasagna, Sauerkraut, royal couscous

Day job: Computer analyst, database design

Hobbies: Listen to music, movies, reading, genealogy

Other: Fascination for science, problem solving

Welcome Gilles!

Teresa wrote: "Welcome Gilles!"

Thanks, i have many books to read, but i'm always searching.

Willow wrote: "Hi All,

Hi Willow! Jenny Schwartz has a couple of books you might like. Space Deputy was fun, sweet, and a bit goofy, Her Robot Wolf: Gift of Gaia is the first book in a nice series, too. I thought it might be a bit too out there for my tastes, but after reading it, I loved it.

The Sculpted Ship by K.M. O'brien is a great space opera type book. It's the only book by the author, but very, very nicely done. (The audiobook is also really good. I highly recommend it.)

Perilous Waif might be too far for you. It's a great female led story (and just a great story), but there are some big fights towards the end. Like "The Sculpted Ship", the author leaves some great hints of other story lines that I really want to be able to read!

Chong wrote: "Willow wrote: "Hi All,

Hi Willow! Jenny Schwartz has a couple of books you might like. Space Deputy was fun, sweet, and a bit goofy, [book:Her Robot Wolf: Gift of ..."

Hi Chong,
Thank you so much for the suggestions. I’m off to check them out!
Willow

Hi, I'm Ann

Favorite Books: Too many! I just finished reading: Tiamat's Wrath, the 8th book in the Expanse series. I love too many books to narrow down to favorites.

Favorite Genres: I don't have a favorite genre, I'm a bit all over the place. I will read anything that holds my interest after the first chapter. If you check out my read books on my profile, it's beautiful genre chaos:)

Favorite TV shows: I'll stick to current: Doctor Who, The Travelers (cancelled after 3rd season, but ohh so good!), The Flash, Black Lightening, Sabrina...I enjoy most comic made into series..., La Casa de las Flores, Los Epookys, The Expanse, The Orville,...too many shows to name...

Favorite Foods: flautas, huevos rancheros, pizza, french toast,chicken tikka masala, and any fruit in yogurt.

Day Job: I'm a school social worker.

Hobbies: I like to draw, listen to music (live and at home), ride my bike, travel, and read, to name a few.

I love checking out what others are reading.

Welcome Ann!

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