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• ribit

  There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to... The Outer Limits.

  • +1!– ItTango

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 4:32 p.m. – Permalink

• twokids

  larry niven
  alfred bester
  arthur c. clarke
  john varley

  that's a start....

  • You start with Asimov.– CyBrain

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 4:33 p.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  This is the thread where we finally find out how big of nerd QBNers actually are...

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 4:34 p.m. – Permalink

• tank

  

  • what a book!
    – maikel

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 4:36 p.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  I always liked the cover of this one

  

  • i like the title.– CyBrainX

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 4:39 p.m. – Permalink

• inteliboy

  

  • the manga is a damn masterpiece.– inteliboy1/3

    classic– neandersthal2/3

    Doesn't get better than this... Genius– necromation3/3

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 4:40 p.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  • OG– scarabin1/3

    Life changing... Well for me anyway!
    – necromation2/3

    life changing for all, i would posit. sci-fi has inspired everything from cell phones to the internet– scarabin3/3

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 4:45 p.m. – Permalink

• 74LEO

  Alfred Bester - Respect.
  

  

  
  The Stars My Destination (1953)
  

  

  
  The Demolished Man

  • shame that 'jumper' copied the idea and never promoted the book.– airey1/6

    of 'the stars' i mean.– airey2/6

    Jumper?– 74LEO3/6

    I wonder if they lifted the author's name for the character on Babylon 5. (played by Chekov from Star Trek)– CyBrainX4/6

    @cybrain
    they did to pay homage to the original sci-fi author.– 74LEO5/6

    yeah hollywood has teh ability to do that . look at AVATAR and AVATAR-The Last Airbender.– 74LEO6/6

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 4:51 p.m. – Permalink

• JG_LB

  

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 4:58 p.m. – Permalink

• miesvan

  Philip K. Dick
  

  

  
  Jules Verne
  

  

  
  

  

  
  Hal Clement, Greg Bear, Larry Niven, Robert J. Sawyer, Stephen Baxter, Alastair Reynolds, Charles Sheffield, Greg Egan...
  

  

  • Shite; didn't see this here... sorry for repost...– ideaist

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 4:58 p.m. – Permalink

• ribit

  

  • one of the 1st I ever read. amazing stuff.– zenmasterfoo

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 5:05 p.m. – Permalink

• neandersthal

  

  • A very fine moment indeed.– CyBrain1/2

    TWO WEEKS!– ernexbcn2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 5:06 p.m. – Permalink

• ribit

  

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 5:10 p.m. – Permalink

• FredMcWoozy

  

  • ugh– ThePublics

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 5:13 p.m. – Permalink

• PonyBoy

  

  • YES– duckofrubber1/5

    +1356– cannonball19782/5

    I love this book. One of my first sci-fi reads and the most memorable.– Tanj3/5

    YES, entire series.– Juddly4/5

    Ditto– sausages5/5

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 5:15 p.m. – Permalink

• dasohr

  

  

  

  

  

  • +1 for Heinlein!– Tanj1/2

    the main guy is from buenos aires O_o
    – maikel2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 5:23 p.m. – Permalink

• CyBrain

  Come on people! Isn't this obvious??

  

  • I read all 7 a few times over. My favorite book(s) of all time.– CyBrain1/3

    Of course! I read the first trilogy. Don't quiz me on it though.– ribit2/3

    Read Foundation's Edge. The first one he did in the 80s. It was the best one. The two prequels are great too.– CyBrain3/3

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 5:58 p.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubi…

  • loved the sentient door that wouldn't open til he paid the overdue bill. golden.– airey1/4

    Can we install those on client sites?– Amicus2/4

    No one in. No one out, till the Bills paid. :)– Amicus3/4

    Way ahead of his time.– monospaced4/4

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 7:48 p.m. – Permalink

• exador1

  David Brin, startide rising, the uplift war
  Asimov (everything by him)
  Heinlein (everything by him)
  Greg Bear, eon, eternity, anvil of stars, infinity concerto
  John Barnes, A million open doors
  Melissa F Scott, Burning Bright, Trouble and her friends
  Sherri S Tepper, Grass, Raising the Stones, Sideshow
  Orson Scott Card, Enders Game, Worthing Saga
  Guy Gavrial Kay, A Song for Arbonne, Tigana, Fionovar Tapestry, The Lion's of Al-Rassan
  Cory Doctorow, Little Brother, Down and out in the magic Kingdom

  I've been a sci-fi fan my whole life....was raised on it...my mom is a super big sci-fi fan, and thus, my brother and I had a huge library of her books to look at and read as we grew up.....i knew who heinlein, asimov and clarke were before i probably finished learning the alphabet lol.....

  anyhow, the books listed above are what i would consider some of my favs, and definitely my fav authors....

  • still rings true :)
    – exador1

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 9:14 p.m. – Permalink

• exador1

  oh, and how could i possibly forget..
  "The Mote in God's Eye", and the amazing "the gripping hand'

  • moties were awesome. weren't they a 2 book series?– airey1/2

    yep, 'the gripping hand' was book 2....– exador12/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 12, 10, 9:15 p.m. – Permalink