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09-21-2005, 12:55 AM
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There are many worthy movies, books and authors mentioned here, but nobody has yet mentioned this author, there are NO movies yet based on his works... but I mention him because many posts have strayed towards the written word.. some have speculated that he may be the heir to R.A.Hienlein .... I especially have enjoyed the Callahan's series... which can really sneak up on ya....
His name ......... Spider Robinson..........
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09-21-2005, 01:19 AM
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I DID see a boy and his dog.
Probably the last time was in 1987. had it recorded for a LITTLE while, then it got erased ,probably for a Mission impossible episode, in the same year. (I DID have 2 VCR'S then, and for a couple of years before that). In my opin', it SUCKED.Ol' DOn must had been desperate to have done such a movie. A telepathic dog? C'mon!!
Here is another movie, that is my FAVORITE,(and i do NOT think it has been mentioned yet) Sci/fi:; Andromeda Strain. Then there is :the Satan Bug. The power. Series: V Manimal Twilight Zone(ORIGINAL)
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09-21-2005, 02:31 AM
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The book that got me into sci fi when I was a teen was Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke.I remember endless hours spent in local used bookshops hunting for old paperback copies of Stranger in a Strange Land,etc......
Tv series: MST3K Star Trek:Voyager Quantum Leap Movies: 2001:A Space Odyessy Solaris(the Russian original) Metropolis Time Ater Time Matinee-this one isnt really science fiction-its about sci fi.John Goodman plays a fictional version of William Castle,the old schlock sci-fi producer with all the gimmicks like the "Tingler".Its a real hoot,especially if you remember those cheesy sci-fi flicks. Jimmy
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09-22-2005, 11:53 AM
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How about a little online reading.
http://www.online-literature.com/wellshg/warworlds/ It's still the King.
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09-22-2005, 06:42 PM
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Correction: After checking the dates I find the gap between Verne and Wells is much less, more like 25 years instead of the 80 or so I was originally thinking. Verne was still the first to popularize speculative fiction (long before the term science fiction was coined) and produce a sizeable body of work in the genre. From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Mysterious Island, Master of the World, Journey to the Center of the Earth and others are all classics and worth reading (and watching most of the film versions). Last edited by ByrdWyngs; 09-22-2005 at 08:09 PM.
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09-22-2005, 07:46 PM
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GDO=Garage Door Opener One of the writers 'fessed up on a Stargate discussion forum.
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09-22-2005, 08:13 PM
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09-22-2005, 08:19 PM
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"Lost" is another great show but I'm not sure yet if it's Sci Fi or Supernatural Thriller or a combination of both.
Please, no spoilers!! 
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09-22-2005, 08:26 PM
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Remember "The Andromeda Strain" & "Colossus-The Forbin Project?" Another couple good ones were those little-remembered nowadays Irwin Allen TV shows-"Land of the Giants" & "The Time Tunnel".And who can forget the glorious black 'n' white 1968 epic, "Night of the Living Dead"? They're coming to get you, Bar-bara....-Sandy G.
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09-23-2005, 10:43 AM
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Hey Colossus!!!!, "This is the voice of World Control. I bring you peace. It may be the Peace of Plenty and Content or the Peace of Unburied Death." with Paul Frees uncredited as the voice of the computer that takes over the world.
Frees was the voice of a lot of characters in "Rocky and Bulwinkle" like Boris Badenov/Captain Peter Wrongway Peachfuzz/Cloyd/Inspector Fenwick. He was also the guy with the tape recorder before the bomb drop in the original War of the Worlds. A dandy flick! Andromida strain....it was a very good book an a pretty good movie. ByrdWyngs, your right about Verne, I loved Wells because because his stuff (mostly) still holds up, and the characters are so deep. "Tono Bungay" was the inspiration for Ralph Vaughn Williams "a London Symphony" and makes a great read before listing to Richard Hickox recording of the 1913 version. ...add to that "Tono" is way funnier that "War of the worlds". Last edited by Holst; 09-23-2005 at 10:45 AM.
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09-23-2005, 10:55 AM
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I saw the movie version of "The Hitchhikers' guide to the galaxy" a couple days ago, and although certainly funny in a slapstick way not as good as I remember the book to be.
Of course I read that book as a teenager so perhaps that kind of humor did more for me then. Didn't the author also do something like "Callahans' Crosstime Saloon"? Pete
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09-23-2005, 11:35 AM
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Douglas Adams other book series was "Dirk Gently". The Guide the movie was OK, but it was a tough book to do. The third book in the Hitchikers series is where Adams started writing true novels.
Here's one for the worst list. Disney's "the Black hole". MST3K should have gotten ahold of that.
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09-24-2005, 04:49 PM
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10-21-2005, 08:02 PM
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Mariett Hartley (sp) w/ the two belly buttons in "Genesis II" held my attention as a lad in the early/mid 70's.
Would love to see Gibson direct a new "Mad Max" sans Pitt, Cruise and other left coast hacks. Three chears for "Lost in Space"!
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10-21-2005, 08:26 PM
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I always was PRAYING for Maj. West to let fly-JUST ONCE- & beat the living shit outta Dr Smith, & of course, he never laid a hand on him, or never laid Judy, either. IIRC, there was mutual attraction between Marta Kristen & Mark Goddard, but both were married, & supposedly never acted on it. Ah, the innocent 1960s...<grin>-Sandy G.
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