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I just did it, still works.
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It got fixed somewhat:
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And it's down.
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May 21, 2015 00:21
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gotta read a sci-fi book for one of my classes. i've read Ender's, 1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, and all of your typical high school assigned sci fi books. what should i look into for this class?
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May 21, 2015 00:25
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The Forever War.
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May 21, 2015 00:26
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Starship Troopers or The Forever War.
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May 21, 2015 00:27
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I've heard you guys talk about The Forever War and I read a brief review and summary and I think it will fit the course better, so I'm gonna go with that. Thanks! E: Also have to watch Blade Runner.
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May 21, 2015 00:32
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Cole posted:I've heard you guys talk about The Forever War and I read a brief review and summary and I think it will fit the course better, so I'm gonna go with that. Read the novel Blade Runner was loosely based on: Do Android Dream Of Electric Sheep
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May 21, 2015 00:38
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holocaust bloopers posted:Read the novel Blade Runner was loosely based on: Do Android Dream Of Electric Sheep that's part of the curriculum as well, i just didn't know it was what blade runner was based on. had never even heard of it until today.
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May 21, 2015 00:39
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Cole posted:that's part of the curriculum as well, i just didn't know it was what blade runner was based on. had never even heard of it until today. You'd never heard of blade runner? How old are you?
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May 21, 2015 00:42
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Cole posted:that's part of the curriculum as well, i just didn't know it was what blade runner was based on. had never even heard of it until today. the movie is honestly a pretty boring story, but it has really cool visuals and sound. the book is yet another trippy philip k. dick thing that sets up a lot of cool characters and scenes and then it just all peters out into nothing because he can't write an ending to save his life.
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May 21, 2015 00:42
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Rad Lieutenant posted:You'd never heard of blade runner? How old are you? the book it's based on. i saw blade runner a long time ago and i'm about to rewatch it.
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May 21, 2015 00:43
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Watch the theatrical cut, then watch the director's cut. You'll really see how Ridley Scott's vision was butchered by the studio.
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May 21, 2015 00:47
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Cole posted:the book it's based on. i saw blade runner a long time ago and i'm about to rewatch it. Ahh ok. Blade runner is probably awesome to see 1st time as an adult since there's sssoooo many references made to it in pop culture that would suddenly click in to focus.
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May 21, 2015 00:48
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The book is incredible, and so is the movie. They're both classics for a reason.
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May 21, 2015 00:50
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Lazy Reservist posted:Watch the theatrical cut, then watch the director's cut. You'll really see how Ridley Scott's vision was butchered by the studio. I wouldn't watch the lovely version first. If he watches the Director's Cut and then feels like indulging in a little outrage, he should watch the theatrical cut.
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May 21, 2015 00:51
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Director's Cut only. Pretend the other version do not exist. And Philip K. Dick is not for everyone. First of all, he wrote Androids just as he was about to deep dive into a massive psychotic break. His fascination with humanity/identity wasn't just a literary thing; PKD legitimately was struggling to understand it. He wrote a 9,000 page whatever the gently caress regarding a hallucinatory vision from God. Whatever money he did make from writing went into retarded amounts of drugs and alcohol. Robert A. Heinlein (who was PKD's diametric opposite) respected him enough as a writer to keep him floating a bit before PKD killed himself. bloops fucked around with this message at 00:56 on May 21, 2015 |
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May 21, 2015 00:52
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Cole posted:gotta read a sci-fi book for one of my classes. i've read Ender's, 1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, and all of your typical high school assigned sci fi books. what should i look into for this class? read a 40k novel
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May 21, 2015 00:52
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:read a 40k novel Ciphias Cain: HERO OF THE IMPERIUM
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May 21, 2015 00:54
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Starship troopers is also a great book. I'm working my way through the Forever War at the moment. As an aside, is Starship Troopers what Heinlein really believed?
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May 21, 2015 00:55
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Two Finger posted:Starship troopers is also a great book. I'm working my way through the Forever War at the moment. Yea, the movie is an over the top spoof lampooning those beliefs but the novel is played straight.
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May 21, 2015 00:57
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The novel is also what we would consider now Young Adult fiction. Still a great read.
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May 21, 2015 00:58
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Cole posted:gotta read a sci-fi book for one of my classes. i've read Ender's, 1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, and all of your typical high school assigned sci fi books. what should i look into for this class? There is a novelization for The Road Warrior. But it's rare and a bitch to find Level 7 is an old book that details how humanity dies after a nuclear exchange. It's quite depressing yet somehow compelling. http://www.amazon.com/Level-7-Library-American-Fiction/dp/0299200647 Will they let you read short fiction? Because this anthology is one of the best I have ever read. The first story is essentially about a prison colony in pre-historic times with lots of gay sex. http://www.amazon.com/Best-SF-1967-Harry-Harrison/dp/9997371739/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1432165937&sr=1-1&keywords=best+of+sf+1967 Post-Apocalypse combined with a unique speech style that the author uses. But loving good and Clutch wrote a song about it. http://www.amazon.com/Canticle-Leib...+riddley+walker Fake Edit: Level 7 is so good and an easy read. I actually highly recommend it. I assure you you'll be the only one discussing Cold War era nuke-apocalypse fiction which is monumentally depressingly great.
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Rad Lieutenant posted:Yea, the movie is an over the top spoof lampooning those beliefs but the novel is played straight. I remember a friend of mine saying he didn't like the film because it endorsed fascist beliefs. I just stared at him and asked if the scene where the schoolkids are stomping cockroaches gave him any clues. I also remember a lot of people here mentioning a third book alongside Starship Troopers and Forever War, anyone remember what that might have been?
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May 21, 2015 01:00
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read the doom novel
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May 21, 2015 01:01
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Two Finger posted:I remember a friend of mine saying he didn't like the film because it endorsed fascist beliefs. I just stared at him and asked if the scene where the schoolkids are stomping cockroaches gave him any clues. Old Man's War tends to get lumped in with those two. Could be that.
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:read the doom
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If you want something that's guaranteed to piss off someone somewhere, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress and Stranger in a Strange Land are both good. Heinlein's great at pissing people off. Roadside Picnic is a really good read, if a bit short, and it's the inspiration behind Stalker. Off-topic, because it's not sci-fi, but y'all would love Flashman by George MacDonald Frasier. Flashman is a lovely, cowardly officer in the 19th century British army who lies, cheats, and generally shitbags his way through life, and eventually winds up in Afghanistan during the retreat from Kabul in 1842. It's funny as poo poo. Naked Bear fucked around with this message at 01:13 on May 21, 2015 |
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Spicy Guacamole posted:Off-topic, because it's not sci-fi, but y'all would love Flashman by George MacDonald Frasier. EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:Ciphias Cain: HERO OF THE IMPERIUM scifi flashman
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Spicy Guacamole posted:If you want something that's guaranteed to piss off someone somewhere, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress and Stranger in a Strange Land are both good. Heinlein's great at pissing people off. Roadside Picnic is a really good read, if a bit short, and it's the inspiration behind Stalker. I really like Heinlein. I read some book of his recently about weird slugs that jump on people's backs and control them and despite the totally ridiculous premise it was actually really drat good.
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Cole posted:gotta read a sci-fi book for one of my classes. i've read Ender's, 1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, and all of your typical high school assigned sci fi books. what should i look into for this class? read Revelation Space if you want to see the inspiration for N4I's username (hint: it's a 4km long dildo spaceship ). or read a isaac asimov book like caves of steel or one of his foundation series books. never read heinlein, NEVER READ HEINLEIN.
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May 21, 2015 01:16
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Read "Armor" by John Steakley, it's filled with the horrors of war. Steakley also killed himself later on which was a shame because his books are pretty fun. He wrote another book called "Vampire$" that got the Starship Troopers wtf treatment when it was turned into John Carpenter's Vampires
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NoNostalgia4Grover posted:never read heinlein, NEVER READ HEINLEIN. you gotta tell me why or else it's just the "don't look down" effect
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May 21, 2015 01:17
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Read Old Man's War or Hyperion.
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May 21, 2015 01:18
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Cole posted:you gotta tell me why or else it's just the "don't look down" effect INCEST, INCEST.
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May 21, 2015 01:18
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Read Heinlein and form your own opinion.
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May 21, 2015 01:19
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holocaust bloopers posted:Read Heinlein and form your own opinion. about incest.
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