If so, who are some of your favorite authors? Are you going to any cons this year?

I don't do cons, but I do love the genre.

Big fan of Dune, so Frank and Brian Herbert. I like Turtledove's alt-histories, when he bothers to write decent ones. G.R.R. Martin, when he actually bothers to write. I also enjoy Tsutomu Satō's work.

(03-15-2024 02:00 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  I don't do cons, but I do love the genre.

Big fan of Dune, so Frank and Brian Herbert. I like Turtledove's alt-histories, when he bothers to write decent ones. G.R.R. Martin, when he actually bothers to write. I also enjoy Tsutomu Satō's work.

Good stuff. I disliked the Dune books, but like the later ones. Turtledove was great when he started, but became progressively less so.

Currently reading through the various The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell. I really enjoyed the first series, but the sequel series isn’t quite as good thus far.


While not really SciFi, I’m a huge fan of pretty much everything Taylor Anderson writes.

(03-18-2024 09:30 AM)GrayBeard Wrote:  Currently reading through the various The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell. I really enjoyed the first series, but the sequel series isn’t quite as good thus far.


While not really SciFi, I’m a huge fan of pretty much everything Taylor Anderson writes.

Destroyermen is definitely SF; I was in an anthology with him. As for Campbell, he is a very, very nice guy, particularly considering his rank in the Navy and success as a writer. I was on a panel with him early in my career and he was great to me.

I used to dabble in Terry Brooks books when I was younger.

Mostly the Shannara series.

(03-19-2024 04:22 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  I used to dabble in Terry Brooks books when I was younger.

Mostly the Shannara series.

I bought the first one brand new in hardback in 1975, and Brooks signed it for me during a swing through Memphis. Really nice guy.

I'll admit, there were things about the reboot series I liked, and things I didn't...but the original was original...

Timothy Zahn..met him at a con a few years ago here in Memphis

(04-13-2024 07:10 PM)gotigers1 Wrote:  Timothy Zahn..met him at a con a few years ago here in Memphis

Midsouthcon. Yep. I was on a panel with him and he was incredibly gracious. Someone asked a question and he gestured for me to answer it first. I said "they didn't come to hear me, Mr. Zahn, they came to hear you."

"They came to hear both of us. And please call me Tim."

Great guy.

(04-13-2024 06:29 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  I'll admit, there were things about the reboot series I liked, and things I didn't...but the original was original...

And the original had Maren Jensen...

I have read virtually every Issac Asimov book and short story. I also enjoyed the Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter series- the books, not so much the movie.

I am a fan of old time radio programs as well and would recommend the Dimension X and the X Minus One science fiction series from the 1950s. They have dramatizations of many short stories by famous authors of the genre.

(04-16-2024 03:49 PM)TigerCane Wrote:  I have read virtually every Issac Asimov book and short story. I also enjoyed the Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter series- the books, not so much the movie.

I am a fan of old time radio programs as well and would recommend the Dimension X and the X Minus One science fiction series from the 1950s. They have dramatizations of many short stories by famous authors of the genre.

Great stuff. The Masters were masters.

David Eddings with the "Belgariad" and "Mallorean" series.