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It looks like a good resource but I can't say much for the rating system. I've been reading SF and F for a LONG time and I've never heard of some of those folks before. Its a little light on Asimov, Heinlein, and LeGuin--and I saw no Ben Bova, Greg Bear or--as Oberon said--Jules Verne. Where...

The first set was a little dark wasn't it? I bought them way back when they came out in paperback the first time and didn't finish them. Are they worth the effort?

Well I'm about to finish The Mirror of Her Dreams by Stephen R. Donaldson, but its a little flat. Is is there a list somewhere of whats been discussed recently?

One who controls the elements... Weatherman Sorry, thats the best I can do. I was going to put "CNN" for one who manipulates energies of the mind, but couldn't figure out the body angle. I think you could write a book with all that info though, keep it up!

You think they're already in the can? Perhaps they're sitting in his desk(top) just waiting to be sent off to the publisher. I like re-reading a series. Its like visiting with old friends. Maybe I'll start this one up.

Robert Heinlein used to call SF Speculative Fiction. Wish that title would have stuck. I think the most salient point made so far is someone's diatribe against the formula book. Two examples: Goodkind isn't my favorite author, but at least he did something interesting with the whole...

I've read all of them. If you are at an airport about to go on an International flight and that is all they have in the way of SF/Fantasy--go on and get it. It beats a two year old airline magazine. Anyhow, it seems like they generally tend to ramble a bit until the author hits a certain page...

Wasn't there a book called the Dragon and the George by Gordon R. Dickinson? I think that's right.

I don't know. Sometimes I get an idea for a title and a story just sort of flows out of it. Those are the ones that make the most sense and usually I can read the title and it is all the writing notes I need. Sometimes I get a story all in a lump and I have to write like crazy to get all the...

I did a book report on The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress when I was in High School. Do I need to go on? Hello geekdom. Looking back it wasn't that bad. The teacher thought it was cool. And, pound for pound, geeks tend to make more money as adults. [insert chuckle here] Not to mention the fact...

I read Goodkind when I run out of other stuff to read and before I pick up Terry Brooks. I've heard Brooks has gotten better over the years but when he first came out...shudder. I still get funny "You're a geek" looks when I whip out a thick SciFi paper back in public but anymore it seems that...

I bought the first book when it first came out in paperback. I think the rape near the front of the book threw me off and I never even finished it.

I think I bought the first book in that series...didn't Thomas have leprosy or something?

Yeah its kind of one thing after another with those two. In the Pillars of Creation he seems to be trying to bring in some new characters--as Richard and Kahlan are hardly seen--but it was still kind of rambling. I think Wizards First Rule was my favorite, but Temple of the Winds was pretty...

There was a very simple hardback version I checked out from the library sometime back in the '80s. Fine paper and end papers and sort of a tan colored jacket. It had The Sil, The Hobbit and all three of the LOTR series. Easy to read and fit my hand just so. Thats the set I'd like to have.

How about a few more details?

Lessa woke cold. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffery. Has sort of a simple elegance.

Lately its a subscription card from Analog.

Number of the Beast--Robert Heinlein Its a sci-fi novel based on the idea of parallel universes. Heinlein gives it a good twist, as always. An academian who is pursuing an unusual branch of mathematics publishes a paper. This paper causes him, his daughter, another woman to whom he is to...

Isle of the Dead--Roger Zelazny Hard to explain this one and its been a long while since I read it.