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ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.08 18:50:00 - [1] One of the reasons you wanted to play Eve Online? What were the authors you liked and do they influence how you play or roleplay? For myself I have been an avid Science Fiction reader since grade school. Niven, Asimov, Herbert, Pournell, Gibson and Weber are some of my favoite authors. Im always looking for ingame refrences to sci-fi authors or items from novels. I'm still searching the Galaxy for a Ringworld and Dahek. What about CCP? Are there readers of Sci-fi there? If so how did it influence your design or development of the game? ________________________________________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.08 18:58:00 - [2] Originally by: Tortun Nahme what are authors? are those the people that make the tv shows? Authors such as Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournell, Frank Herbert, William Gibson, David Weber, David Drake, Robert Asprin, Alan Dean Foster. Ring any bells? ________________________________________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.08 19:16:00 - [3] Originally by: Tortun Nahme Originally by: ChironV Originally by: Tortun Nahme what are authors? are those the people that make the tv shows? Authors such as Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournell, Frank Herbert, William Gibson, David Weber, David Drake, Robert Asprin, Alan Dean Foster. Ring any bells? what shows did they make? Hm. Well. Movies: Dune Blade Runner War of the Worlds A Scanner Darkly 2001 2010 I,Robot NightFall Fahrenheit 451 Illustrated Man Slaughter-house Five ________________________________________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.08 19:17:00 - [4] Originally by: Tortun Nahme mahaha another victim claimed Not really. I used you to get the conversation going. So you are a useful Troll. Thank you. ________________________________________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.08 19:19:00 - [5] Originally by: Qui Shon Edited by: Qui Shon on 08/10/2007 19:16:02 Originally by: ChironV Gibson I really liked his older books, true classics they were, but the new one(s) that are contemporary just can't hold my interest. Describing online communities, forums, marekting etc. Booooring. I love sci-fi, have done so ever since I was a little kid. No specific authors influenced me joining Eve or the way I play it though. To be honest, after a couple months or so, the whole RP element, immersion factor has pretty much faded. Eve is not complex enough and sacrifices believability for gameplay. Which is as it should be, of course. Oh, and as for movies/shows, I'm a sucker for sci-fi. If it sucks but is in space, it's great. Gibson got me involved in interested in computers. Although, I also like Matsume Shirow's take on cyberspace and cyberization. Which I wish Eve was more like. ________________________________________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.08 19:21:00 - [6] Edited by: ChironV on 08/10/2007 19:22:22 Originally by: Arvald to tell the truth i started playing eve because i am a HUGE Trekkie, and i dont really even read scifi....i prefer fantasy Trek was fun but there are times when I see humanity more like Babylon 5. Less perfect more screwed up. I relate more to the characters. Which also is what drew me to Eve. Characters and backstory is more along typical human responses. I like fantasy as well but sometimes the authors cop out with magic because its such an easy out. ________________________________________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.08 20:23:00 - [7] Originally by: Aaron Alan Dean Foster wrote a few Star Trek books didnt he? Yeah, early in his career. He also wrote a pretty good Star Wars novel "Splinter of the Minds Eye." Ahem.. This was before he knew Leia was Lukes sister. ________________________________________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.08 21:26:00 - [8] Originally by: CCP Redundancy Originally by: ChironV Originally by: Tortun Nahme Originally by: ChironV Originally by: Tortun Nahme what are authors? are those the people that make the tv shows? Authors such as Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournell, Frank Herbert, William Gibson, David Weber, David Drake, Robert Asprin, Alan Dean Foster. Ring any bells? what shows did they make? Hm. Well. Movies: Dune Blade Runner War of the Worlds A Scanner Darkly 2001 2010 I,Robot NightFall Fahrenheit 451 Illustrated Man Slaughter-house Five "A Scanner Darkly" is Philip K **, who isn't on that list. Come to think of it, isn't Blade Runner based on "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", another P.K. ** story? Ya, I was just running out a list of Sci-Fi movies that I remember. I find Sci-Fi movies less entertaining than the books. Heck, Eve with all its politics and backstabbing is much more entertaining than most movies nowadays. ________________________________________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.08 22:01:00 - [9] Just to put it all out in the open so people are not confused, let's associate the movies you listed with the correct author (and book if the name of the movie was different) Dune - Herbert Blade Runner - Philip K. ****, published as "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep...and it makes the movie look like happy fun carebear land War of the Worlds - HG Wells A Scanner Darkly - PKD again 2001 - Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick 2010 - ACC again I,Robot - Asimov. However, the movie has little to no relation to the book, so I will say "some horrid hollywood jack ass that should be shot for what he did here. NightFall - Asimov again. I hope you are not referring to the horrendous 80's version of this. I watched it. And I suffered. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury again. BTW, RB expanded Asmiov's Nightfall and The Ugly Little boy short stories into full novels and did a swell job, especially with Nightfall. I recommend them. Slaughter-house Five - Kurt Vonnegut Did someone above mention Kevin J. Anderson? He is the HACK behind the butchering of the Dune series and is in league with the Devil Himself, Brian Herbert. They both need to STOP before sci-fi fandom starts a lynching mob. Honestly there haven't been more than a handfull of movies that haven't butchered the sci-fi books they were based on. The ONLY sci-fi movies based on novels I have seen that I enjoyed were: Fahrenheit 451 1984 Blade Runner Blade Runner was just a wonderful visual feast, 451 was good but just didn't capture the paranoia of the book and 1984 was one of the better films, capturing the pervasive paranoia which was well founded. ________________________________________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.08 22:26:00 - [10] Originally by: Shalia Ripper Originally by: Tortun Nahme man EUREKA RULES! word. funny show, doesnt take itself too seriously. And the chicks are hot. Plus it has Max Headroom. With a dorky accent. I love the recent one where everyone gets a case of dumb except for the Sheriff and one or 2 others. That comment where someone says to the sheriff, Jack, I just realized, this is what its like for you all the time, I'm so sorry. That made me LOL. ________________________________________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.08 22:33:00 - [11] One thing I would love to find, even as a special event would be to find a Larry Niven style Ring World. God, that would make all the mining worth it! Almost. ________________________________________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.08 23:33:00 - [12] Originally by: Wind Ictiva FFS! no one mentioned James P. Hogan ??? The giants series is a work of art. and yes almost everyone here is mentioning really great authors. i could start listing the ones i agree with, but that would be too long of a list. and no, none of those guys made me wanna play EvE. Ah, but did your love for Science Fiction attract you to Eve? ________________________________________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.09 21:56:00 - [13] If you are like Sci-Fi with a Military slant, check out "Mutineer's Moon" and "Armaggedon Inheritance" by David Weber. If I had a wish I would wish for battleships and dreadnaughts like those in the book. Of course Eve would have to handle the lag of 100,000 ships mixing it up at once. But we can dream! ________________________________________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.10 22:45:00 - [14] Edited by: ChironV on 10/10/2007 22:46:17 Edited by: ChironV on 10/10/2007 22:45:52 Originally by: Phoenix Lord (Too lazy to read all pages before posting >.>) I dont read much.. so i havent really read any sci fi books. But i gotta say, theres one show that really makes me want to go fight large fleet battles after watching it, Battlestar Galactica. I just love that show, and tbh i think it was the reason i ended up getting in a dread at a little over 1 yr old >.> Too bad the lil fleet fight fantasies get ruined when i fly in EVE and get smacked in the face by lag :( (Too lazy to read all pages before posting >.>) I dont read much.. Yup... ________________________________________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,

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