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You know, Brunner's one I've never really warmed to. I mean, he's okay, but his most famous books have never really done anything for me at all. Stand on Zanzibar? The Sheep Look Up? Meh. I found them unapproachable in much the same way that Delaney can be (but isn't always) unapproachable.
Of course, I haven't read either of those since I was about 19, so maybe I'd appreciate them more now. I would love to have someone who really likes his stuff post about why they like it.
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Edit: And apparently, changing my view of patriotism from International to pro-USA turns me into Frank Herbert.
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"Hal Clement (Harry C. Stubbs) A quiet and underrated master of "hard science" fiction who, among other things, foresaw integrated circuits back in the 1940s."
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I'm 'Chip' Delany... Never heard of him, but I like the description.
Oh, and in the classical composer one, I'm Charles Ives... I recognize the name, but it isn't ringing any bells... I hope he wasn't into pantonality or anything. I do *not* admire the art of taking mathematical equations and making them into music... The only thing I hate worse is atonality. That said, I hate recycled cliche stuff too.
This is assuming that Charles Ives wrote that stuff (Not the recycled stuff, the pantonality and atonality).
Wow, I went off topic. Imagine how long this post would be if I thought I knew who 'Delaney' was.
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Another Asimov here. I think I'm more like other authors which of course aren't in the list.
I know - I'm me! (mad cackle) HaHaHaHa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nobody can be me. I keep me to myself!!! Don't try to copy - you will be unsuccessful!
(Explanatory note: I just finished a Flash Fiction Friday that I should have done months ago and I'm feeling a bit, I don't know, pleased with myself. And weird.)
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quote: Hal Clement (Harry C. Stubbs), whom I've never heard of, but sounds interesting. Can anyone reccomend anything of his?
Well, I guess I am Hal Clement too. Which I was rather pleased to find out. I have copies of almost every story Mr. Clement has written and have read all but a few of them. One of my goals in life is to get my hands on all of them. So there is some kind of affinity there or something. Or maybe not. Who knows.
Anyway, my recommendation to my fellow Hal Clement persons, ie. TheGrimace, JLM, Shan, Kojahu, and Claudia Therese would be to start with one of these three novels. “Mission of Gravity” ; “Needle” ; or “Still River.” But be prepared for some heavy-duty weird conditions on the worlds Clements creates. He was a professor of chemistry and he writes about how conditions might be and life forms that might exist in extreme cold, high gravity, extreme heat, high pressure, etc. He was definitely one of the Hard Science Fiction genre guys.
Come to think of it though, “Needle” takes place on earth, so the conditions aren’t as “alien” as his other stuff.
Anyway, all of his stories are good reads.
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I'm Aasimov. I guess I can see that in myself, potentially. I don't think I am like him, but I do think I could be, given the right ... stimuli. Literarily, the Foundation series was alright, but I absolutely adored The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun and I think the one after that, though I can't remember it so it obviously wasn't all that great. Daneel Olivaw is the MAN! (pun intended)
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I wish they would put OSC in there. Then we could find out whether these writers would get themselves. I got Isaac Asimov by answering the questions as honestly as I could based on my own personality. And I was happy to get him, but I have to wonder whether Isaac Asimov, answering the questions honestly, would have gotten the same result. There were a number of questions where I'm sure he would not have picked the same answer I did.
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: On the Which Office Supply Are You Quiz, I'm heavyweight (44 lb) cream white laser printable paper stock, for covers on lengthy documents.
Huh. I am a rolodex. ("Somehow this perennial data organizing device never quite succumbs to the digital age.") I find that kind of funny, considering just a couple weeks ago I asked the supply officer if we had any rolodex cards in stock, and she said she didn't keep them in stock but she could order some specially for me. Apparently I'm the only one in my department who still uses one. Posts: 1814 | Registered: Jul 2004
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House Paint: Longs Drugs "Goth Black" matte interior latex -- For the ultimate (but affordable) gloom&doom bedroom.
Those quizes are great! Especially the paint one. This may be my favorite multiple choice question of all time...
quote:7) Ten animal crackers analyzing a pool table's finitistic tendency to somnambulism. 1. Because the road was itself a path to the Other Side. 2. Dogs can't really play poker. That's just pretend. 3. Our vertical market integration and broad customer footprint yields unmatched branding potential. 4. Ooooohh yeah. Yeah, baby. Now about an inch lower... 5. Go fish. 6. Some 192 data points were collected for differing indices of enzyme expression, subject excitation, and volume of gas produced. 7. A big steaming bowl of poop with a wooden spoon in it. 8. Why a duck?
And, according to the quiz: "The real Greg Benford once took this quiz, and it told him he was Arthur C. Clarke."
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Ok, I adjusted one question I had been on the fence about, and now I'm
quote: an Ibico® KomboTM lever-operated punch for making a row of rectangular holes in a stack of paper and fitting a plastic "comb" binding into them
If you haven't seen one in use, you'd probably have no idea what it is.
Much better. And the funny thing is, I know exactly what that is, because I used one (different brand, though) quite a lot about 14 months ago.
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I'm a first: Kurt Vonnegut. I guess that means I'm unique, but as it's Vonnegut, that's more "strange and depressed"... Good writer, though.
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I'm Heinlein, which I find rather disturbing. I don't think I would have liked Heinlein all that much in real life.
However, I answered "Al" on the 2000 election question, despite the fact I couldn't vote at the time, so Heinlein doesn't depend on that.
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quote:Originally posted by rivka: I'm paper clips?!? O_o
I liked that movie!
Oh, excellent point! I did too.
OK, I withdraw my objection to being paper clips. I still think the spiral-bound-assembler is more me, though. Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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quote:Originally posted by blacwolve: However, I answered "Al" on the 2000 election question, despite the fact I couldn't vote at the time, so Heinlein doesn't depend on that.
Good to know. Were your other answers the same as mine?
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quote:Originally posted by blacwolve: However, I answered "Al" on the 2000 election question, despite the fact I couldn't vote at the time, so Heinlein doesn't depend on that.
Good to know. Were your other answers the same as mine?
I answered 6,7,9, and 11 the same, the rest differently.
Gregory Benford was one of the authors I tried in my recent attempt to find new authors I liked. His books were certainly better than some of the others (Gordon R. Dickinson *shudders*) but I just didn't care enough to get past the first 3 chapters. Part of the problem was his characters didn't seem to have any motivation for how they felt, so I couldn't really connect to them.
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