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What do you call Science Fiction
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:07 pmby Celestial_Samurai
This is the genre I am obsessed with. Movies, books, anything. I know more science fiction than any other genre. Some people say that you can tell how bad of a nerd/geek you are by what you call things.
Lately I have been reading Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlen, L. Ron Hubbard, and some other classics.
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:37 pmby Chibi MitchellTF
I'm a fan of Philip K. Dick, personally.
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:39 pmby Banzai!!
Isaac Asimov, Jules Verne, H.G. Welles, and Micheal Chricton are the big 4 when it comes to Science Fiction.
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:08 pmby Aaron
Orson Scott Card is my hero.
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:50 pmby Zeph
L. Ron Hubbard? Scientology for the lose.
Asimov has some really good stuff (Robot Dreams), but for the most part, it's rather dense and not quite as interesting as some other science fiction.
Philip K. Dick is really great, though his subject matter tends to be a bit repetitive, i.e. post-apocalyptic strictly controlled society.
Orson Scott Card is win.
William Gibson is a very good writer, though he's a bit hard to follow at times. I'd reccomend Burning Chrome, Pattern Recognition, and Neuromancer by him.
Kurt Vonnegut is also a great writer, though he doesn't stick solely to science fiction. I'd reccomend Cat's Cradle, Breakfast of Champions, and Welcome to the Monkey House.
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:25 pmby Mitera Nikkou
I'm not much of a reader, so I don't think that I've ever read a science fiction book. And while I tend to say "sci-fi" for ease, personally I prefer saying "science fiction."
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Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:31 pmby Cow Belle
Hmmmm. The only "sci-fi" books that I read in the 80s were those "chose your own adventure" books.
*sigh* Here's a hint. The easy way to get the gole done will kill you first. >_<
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Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:17 pmby Alissa of Someday
I generally call it 'SF' or 'Science Fiction'.
Asimov's my favorite...
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Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:18 pmby Daffodil Aura
It depends. Sci-Fi is kind of the Star Wars / Star Trek stuf. Or Anne McCaffrey - things that are more SciFi/Fantasy.
Science Fiction would be people like Pohl, Bova, Asimov, Clarke, and so on.
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Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:25 pmby Alyta
Sci-Fi, it's only SF in SF&F
Proper Sc-Fi to me includes Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Herbert, Harry Harrison (the Stainless Steel Rat!), Jack Vance, and the other classic authors. There isn't as much Sci-Fi written these days, but I would say that Greg Egan's bleeding edge hard SF and Peter F Hamilton's hard SF-space opera books are among the best.
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Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:38 pmby Helel
Science Fiction or Sci-Fi, because I'm typically not that lazily when typing, talking, etc.
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Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:35 pmby Sensei Kimiko
When I am sopeaking I use SciFi usually, in writing I normally use SF.