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Superb recommendations here, as well. I'd also like to suggest Voice of the Goddess by Judith Hand, which includes details of the Minoan culture as well as believable three-dimensional characters and an interesting plot.

Heather

Excellent and lovely visual to go with an engaging article, and a great help. :) That aside: sanscardinality wrote: Hmmm - from the statue, he apparently had a large nose and now the end's off it so... Michael Jackson! Really, who else could it be? *snickers* But, in the interest of seriousness (and...

Windwalker wrote: On a separate issue, it's interesting how many minute subgenres can be created within a genre. I agree, it is interesting, indeed. And I'll definitely have to consider picking up the works of Peake and Kushner. *glances at steadily growing stack of books yet to be read* Heather

I, too will have to give it some thought. A good deal of thought, in fact.

Heather

Excellent summation; thanks for sharing your take on this.

Heather

Marie wrote: Tanith Lee, Robin McKinley, Patricia McKillip, Roger Zelazny, Mercedes Lackey, C.J. Cherryh, Andre Norton, Arthur C. Clarke and so on. I guess I must be reading tales for romantics. I'd have to say the same; when I (finally) glanced over the list, I also noticed that none of these name...

Just stepping into the conversation for a moment to briefly comment on the article; Lanza's supposed theory came across as vague, even to me--especially taking into consideration all of the well-founded comments that have come before--and was not as concrete as it might have been, even considering t...

Very interesting stuff! This definitely gives a great deal of isnight into all the factors that go into the creation and conditions of individual planets, not to mention solar systems and the forces that hold them together. I'm decidedly not a scientist, but one could go on for some time about the f...

Now, that's truly inspiring.

Heather

Truth to tell, I haven't read anything by Ben Bova--and a number of other authors--myself ('Course, I probably ought to).

Heather

Windwalker wrote: As I said in another venue: perhaps they could join forces with the postmodern deconstructionists and publish a definitive work titled The Incalculability of Hermeneutics as Valorized by the Face on Mars. (*laughs*) Now that would definitely be an interesting title. *grins* Heather

I also read Snow Crash, though it was some time ago. While the protagonist is convincing and the book has it's good points, segments of it just seemed a touch more vague and multi layered than needed. Even so, I'm also open to other cyberpunk titles.

Heather

George R.R. Martin's work sounds intriguing! The random pattern of unanticipated events and character deaths does indeed strike a parallel to real-life history. rocketscientist wrote: Oh no - not the dreaded sequelitis! And there is also this factor (much like Robert Jordan's good but seemingly neve...

Science and the various rules and concepts that accompany it definitely fit into SF in pervasive ways, especially where the more detailed workings are involved. Even so, though the intricacies often strengthen the foundation of the plot and make the premise all the more convincing, I agree that plot...

Excellent material; thanks for sharing this!

The work of these cartoonists is indeed subtle and witty, and the depictions ring all too true on a good many levels.

Heather