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Left hand of darkness was the book that sucked me into the Hainish universe when I was a teenager. How that book was never made into a miniseries let alone a film is beyond me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/o...ead-at-88.html
She wrote some damn good books. Lathe of Heaven, Left Hand of Darkness.
Left hand of darkness was the book that sucked me into the Hainish universe when I was a teenager. How that book was never made into a miniseries let alone a film is beyond me.
Planet of Exile and City of Illusions got me hooked. Her masterpiece...Left Hand of Darkness, must be in everyones sci fi collection.
She has won Hugo's, Nebula, Jupiter awards.
I have her Earthsea trilogy but haven't started it yet. In my opinion the best female*** sci fi author. And I have no problems putting her in with Asimov, Heinlien, Clarke.
RIP
*** Leigh Brackett is pretty good.
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RIP. Was surprised to find she was even alive last year. Read Earthsea and Left Hand. Both good and in two very different ways. Her preface to Hand really helped put Sci-Fi into perspective for me.
If sci fi is one of your things, give Olaf Stapeldon a look, his ...ODD JOHN...must read.
The Word For World Is Forest
Was surprisingly good.
I am not a Sci Fi fan at all, but her examination into social structures concerning sex and environment were strangely thoughtful. Very good characters... I had no idea there was a thoughtful non scientist type that ventured where she did. I was not looking for the continuing type of fantasy with some group of psuedo people and their adventures and evolution. This lady had some really good questions about us and brought it out well in fantasy.
Big feminist and environmentalist, in this work anyways. Surprised the #metoo community is not all over this passing. Maybe it is. Also read the Left Hand of Darkness. Good stuff on society, rules, and governing and the view on separate sexes. Edward Snowden and the transgender "traitor" would like this book.
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I would highly recommend Lathe of Heaven.
Highly recommend this read....
A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction....Baird Searles, Martin West, Beth Meacham and Michael Franklin (an Avon book)
Here we have little mini bios on all the who is who in the genre (up to 1979 meaning we get all the old legends). A fantastic read. There is a list in the back of the must reads in sci fi....obviously Left Hand of Darkness is there. The only author with two on the list....Olaf Stapeldon.
What is considered the first sci fi novel? The 1818 Frankenstein by the teenage Mary S ey, how she came to the story a great read in it's self.
When it comes to the supernatural, horror....H.P.Lovecraft
Fantasy....Lord Dunsany
Sword & Sorcery....Robert E. Howard
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Read his nonfiction on acceleration.
It's very "straightforward".
Dude, you are boring...ok?
NM
Dude?
Dude. When that dude fell... That was dude!
Dude, comment on the topic of a thread make it something close to what a thread is about, ok? Get off trying to pester other posters, ok dude?
Make your ..acceleration..thread and see how many just don't care, ok?
YOU cared enough to get hammered for around 5 pages...
Dude.
And if you want to get willow whipped again, I charge by the hour.
You feel no shame in telling someone else to stop changing a thread?
Go to Church and beg forgiveness for the hypocrisy.
Dude, start a thread all your very own about anything pertaining to sprinting and you will once again be totally taken to school. BUT....this thread isn't about that so have some class ya sack of , ok?
I apologize for this idiot, yep, no class.
It's this straight-to-the-point insight that makes you the go-to guy for sprinting and speed here at SpursTalk.
Do this, ask te guy anything at all about the athletes involved in the sport, he hasn't a clue. And he doesn't get the mechanics of ...how to sprint...either. What he talks about is gibberish.
No need to discredit him. This isnt an election, he is the go-to guy for sprinting and speed. If he's not available, I can rely on Spursfor6. He knows his stuff too, he ran a sub 20 before.
Dude, ask those two this....
1. What college had two WR 60 yard dash sprinters there together?
2. Who is the only sub 10.00/13.00 athlete?
3. Give me the names of the others 4x1 relayers with George Anderson on anchor.
4. Give me the 26 foot long (and further) jumpers in the NFL history.
5. Who are the fastest father and son?
Watch how little those two know. I could ask them 100 questions and they couldn't get even one right.
Why don't you start a thread? Oh snap...
I got what I want but not from you. (The expert on so much)
You claim to know track and can't even begin to make a coherent thought on your own besides juggling names and times and schools in a sociopathic incessant listing frenzy.
Lathe of Heaven it is. From a real source.
And you said:
My knowledge comes from my interest in the things I talk about. Who doesn;'t bone up on what they care about? still subscribe to Track & Field News (since 66). I can answer questions NOBODY...comes remotely close to answering them. First off nobody will ever take the time needed, second off I'd ask in a way that you'd just have to know like I do.
The thing is you aren't actually talking sprinting. You don't understand it and it's really obvious. You are all carried away with things that take on a different meaning when being associated with sprinting. And it's not complex, and you think it is. All we see from you is some idiot totally confused.
Dude, we could write a paper on....a tear. What does it take to get to that point? When.....it's just a tear and not really worth all that. For you to get all carried away with acceleration....hahahaha~~~ That tells us just how damn stupid you really are, yes......sprinters do accelerate......honest.
You are a giant bore guy, but you have been told this before, right?
Last edited by Avante; 01-25-2018 at 02:04 PM.
Pavlov
I agree, I should ignore the idiots.
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