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 Post subject: Re: The Handmaid's Tale
PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 7:45 pm 
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the greatest sci-fi comes from asimov and bradbury mostly. then you also have philip k. dick, arthur c. clarke and brian aldiss. and those are the obvious ones.

brin is pretty awesome....

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 Post subject: Re: The Handmaid's Tale
PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 7:49 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: The Handmaid's Tale
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I read Neutomancer 28 years ago. It was fantastic, I bet it's been long enough to read again like I'd never read it before.

I have a friend whose sister is always posting about Handmaidens tale. She cracks me up but drives her brothers absolutely batshit crazy. It's hard to imagine them coming out of same family.


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 Post subject: Re: The Handmaid's Tale
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Are you guys familiar with the old radio show X Minus One? If you're fans of sci-fi, I think you'd like it. Several episodes were based on stories by Asimov, Dick, and Bradbury.


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Apologies for derailing the thread, but episode 6 was probably the best episode so far. Very good show

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Hated Neuromancer. It was like reading a 250 page coded message. Very famous though.

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 Post subject: Re: The Handmaid's Tale
PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 8:33 am 
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I love watching but hate reading science fiction.

Jules Verne doesn't seem to be mentioned in anyone's pantheon but he ended up being more of a science predictor than a science fiction writer

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Getting close to wrapping up season 1 of this series. So far I am finding it pretty fascinating and good story telling. I didn't know anything about what it was about and don't know any spoilers or anything yet. It sprang to mind because I have been seeing commercials for the new season so thought it was worth a watch.

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