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Fenderson Finite Horizon Synchr0nicity	Posted - 2007.10.08 20:26:00 - [31] Jack Vance (most underrated scifi writer ever) Isaac Assimov Douglas Adams Dune (yeah i know its Frank Herbert but all i ever read by him was dune)
Major Dim Caldari RUS HOLDING	Posted - 2007.10.08 20:26:00 - [32] What? almost a page and no mention of Simmons with his Hyperion saga? One of the best things i ever read. Assimov Clark Shekly Zhelazny and my all time favourite Philip K Dik - just classik What about russian authors? Are any of them actually known outside russia? The classics like Stanislav Lem or the Brother Strugatsky? As for me - yes sci-f books were the main reason i started eve and they are the only reason i stick with this ......much rable about lag, nerfs and still not fixed bugs.... game. Cuz it gives me the feeling of beeing part of the world i have read much about in diffrent books and always wanted to live in
Shalia Ripper Caldari High4Life SMASH Alliance	Posted - 2007.10.08 20:29:00 - [33] Edited by: Shalia Ripper on 08/10/2007 20:29:28 Originally by: Tortun Nahme HEY! Why hasn't anyone mentioned Robert Asprin yet? Phule's Paradise FTW! Because I just saw this thread. I love Robert Asprin's books, they are silly and fun. But I also enjoy a lot of the harder sci-fi, Niven/Pournelle/Barnes(Steven), John Barnes, Asimov (started reading Asimov when I was 8 or 9) Heinlein, LaGuin, Walter Jon Williams, Daniel Keys Moran, PKD, Kim Stanley Robinson, Harry Harrison (famous for Make Room! Make Room! the book that Soylent Green was based off of), and so on.
Jimer Lins Gallente	Posted - 2007.10.08 20:33:00 - [34] For those whose only exposure to Frank Herbert is via the Dune novels, I'd like to suggest the following: Destination: Void. A real mind-bender, and a deep, deep read. It's not for the faint of heart, but very interesting stuff. The Jesus Incident. Sequel to Destination: Void, not quite as good but still a deep read and not easy. The Lazurus Effect. Sequel to the previous two. This isn't a trilogy but the books follow one another. This one was my least favorite but that's like saying that lager is my least favorite bree. For lighter reading, but still Herbert all the way through: Whipping Star Jorj X. McKie is one of my favorite characters in all of SF, and this book, albeit short, is mostly about him. The Dosadi Experiment Another book featuring McKie and the Bureau of Sabotage, but longer and deeper. Still a great read. I also failed to mention Roger Zelazny before- he did some great work and not just the Amber novels. -- EVE Glossary Exploration Video
pwnedgato Ore Mongers R0ADKILL	Posted - 2007.10.08 20:37:00 - [35] Niven, Asimov, Herbert, Pournell, Gibson and Weber I love sci-fi books but I can't get into any of their books. I've alwyas prefered more recent authors like allston, slavatore, and others. ----- signature
Sky Grunthor Minmatar MKS Directorate	Posted - 2007.10.08 20:54:00 - [36] Peter F Hamilton David Feintuch Steven Barnes Kevin J. Anderson Michael A Stackpole Deborah Christian Timothy Zahn Pamela Seargent (who started my love affair with sci-fi books and reading in general) S.M. Stirling Dan Simmons Harry Turdledove Ben Bova David Brin Greg Bear William Shatner (I hate mentioning him on principle but he did a short series that I did enjoy) and many many more. I read alot.
SoftRevolution	Posted - 2007.10.08 20:58:00 - [37] I do read sci fi but I'm really not sure if I've got any of it in mind playing EVE. PKD Samuel Delaney Iain M Banks Frederik Pohl are probably my favourite scifi authors covering space travel etc. that stick in my memory (read lots more but they were less memorable). EVE is so dry though. It's like a bunch of different simulations and spreadsheets tacked together. Not really bringing much fiction to mind, which is OK because I'm not much for roleplaying (MAGIC MISSILE! ).
Major Dim Caldari RUS HOLDING	Posted - 2007.10.08 21:02:00 - [38] Jeee how could i forget Norton with the Solar Queen! A must for all traders and miners)))

CCP Redundancy	Posted - 2007.10.08 21:10:00 - [39] 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?

Trolsk The Murder Plan	Posted - 2007.10.08 21:12:00 - [40] Originally by: Mr McCargo Anyway, it's not sci-fi. I like Ender's Game and the following books of Ender by Card. Oddly, no one usually remembers his name, cool series Have to add Harry Harrison - Stainless Steel Rat series, Deathworld, Bill the Galactic Hero Piers Anthony - Biography of a Space Tyrant series Brian Aldiss and many many already mentioned
MITSUK0	Posted - 2007.10.08 21:12:00 - [41] All the books/authors I have read have been mentioned :) Sci-fi reading did not draw me to EVE really, in general I am not a fan of sci-fi I just like the game mechanics here (player looting, potential to be an evil bastard instead of the good guy). I guess really I am just playing until something with the same pvp focus and player lootage comes along in a genre I prefere (fallout MMO plx :))
SoftRevolution	Posted - 2007.10.08 21:13:00 - [42] Edited by: SoftRevolution on 08/10/2007 21:13:30 Quote: "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? Fairly loosely, yeah. PKD has had a fair bit of success in the world of movies. He just churned out idea after idea.
Trolsk The Murder Plan	Posted - 2007.10.08 21:13:00 - [43] Originally by: CCP Redundancy isn't Blade Runner based on "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", another P.K. **** story? Yes, and interesting to compare it to the film, which was ofc awesome
Sanche Tehkeli Gallente Bionesis Technologies	Posted - 2007.10.08 21:24:00 - [44] Space... I'd like to see Jovians as the Extros from Hyperion. Human beings who went deeply into unknow space, acquiring rare knowledge and starting a new branch of evolution. Dan Simmons' Hyperion, with its fleet battles, the mystery around those special planets and artefactes (the Time Graves), the politics, and all the background... Eve definitely has a fragance from Hyperion.
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.08 21:26:00 - [45] 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,
Beowolf Schaefer Gallente Initrode The Core Collective	Posted - 2007.10.08 21:29:00 - [46] Edited by: Beowolf Schaefer on 08/10/2007 21:29:48 Check the name . I'm a Niven fan all the way. I have an alt named for a mayor of Terminus from the Asimov Foundation novels. I also find it great fun to name my ships for obscure ships from these novels too. Good thread guys.
Cailais Amarr VITOC Fang Alliance	Posted - 2007.10.08 21:35:00 - [47] 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? Yes Blade Runner is based upon 'do androids dream of electric sheep' If you like dark sci-fi Id strongly reccomend Alastair Reynolds whose works include: Chasm City The Prefect Revelation Space Redemption Ark Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days All set in the same universe but across different epochs. They're absolutely brilliant imho. C. - sig designer - eve mail
Kessiaan	Posted - 2007.10.08 21:37:00 - [48] Actually, I'm a huge fantasy nut, believe it or not... ----- My in Eve Profile
Qui Shon	Posted - 2007.10.08 21:41:00 - [49] Edited by: Qui Shon on 08/10/2007 21:44:41 Originally by: Major Dim What about russian authors? Are any of them actually known outside russia? The classics like Stanislav Lem or the Brother Strugatsky? Yes I enjoyed Stanislaw a lot, but he is Polish, not Russian.
Arana Tellen Gallente The Blackguard Wolves Knights Of the Southerncross	Posted - 2007.10.08 21:47:00 - [50] Iain M Banks. I want a culture ship cries --------------------------------- Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8ghz @ 3ghz, 2GB Gskill DDR2 5400 @ 800mhh 4-4-4-12, Abit fatality mATX F-I90HD @ 334mhz, 8800GTS 320mb 2x250GB 7200.10s Raid 0, Vista 64 Home.
Shalia Ripper Caldari High4Life SMASH Alliance	Posted - 2007.10.08 21:51:00 - [51] Originally by: ChironV 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: "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. 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.
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.08 22:01:00 - [52] 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,
Tortun Nahme Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate	Posted - 2007.10.08 22:04:00 - [53] what about the wonder that was Battlefield Earth, the movie! please note: this is an obvious troll, the movie sucked some serious wormhole the book was good though, only thing Ron L Hubbard wrote that wasn't completely dry and boring Originally by: Akita T No, it's a trap ! I can tell from some of the modules and from seeing quite a few traps in my time...
Tortun Nahme Minmatar Heimatar Services Conglomerate	Posted - 2007.10.08 22:16:00 - [54] man EUREKA RULES! Originally by: Akita T No, it's a trap ! I can tell from some of the modules and from seeing quite a few traps in my time...
Shalia Ripper Caldari High4Life SMASH Alliance	Posted - 2007.10.08 22:20:00 - [55] 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.
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.08 22:26:00 - [56] 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,
Neslo Gallente DarkStar 1	Posted - 2007.10.08 22:28:00 - [57] Originally by: CCP Redundancy "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? He said Philip K **.... lol! Forum censors prize winning authors name... ironic. From Ashes to Ashes... From Dust to Dust....
Jimer Lins Gallente	Posted - 2007.10.08 22:33:00 - [58] An interesting bit of trivia is that the movie "Blade Runner" is indeed based on DADOES by PKD, but the inspiration for the title comes from a book called The Bladerunner which is by Alan E. Nourse. The silouhette you see of the guy with the gun in the trench coat that everyone associates with the movie is on the hardcover edition of Nourse's book. -- EVE Glossary Exploration Video
ChironV Caldari VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Te-Ka	Posted - 2007.10.08 22:33:00 - [59] 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,
Red Crown Kudzu Collective	Posted - 2007.10.08 22:38:00 - [60] 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? Yep, as is Minority Report. Philip K. D'u'ck is one of the finest sci-fi authors ever.

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