[Labrasaurus]

Hello,

Just making use of my intersteller sensors and it's obvious that there are quite a few fans of Dune in the game! always makes me smile when I see the references in planet names or player ID.

Just wondering what other less mainstream sci-fi people are into? I mean I love Star Trek and Stargate but they're way commercialised, Dune is a bit more "high-brow" maybe?

Has anyone read any of Peter Hamilton's books? I'm a massive fan of his and also Greg Bear (Eon being one of my fave books of all time). You can't beat a good sci-fi epic!

[Tesko]

Personally, I prefer Isaac Asimov for sci-fi. I loved reading the Foundation series of his as well as his other works. I wish he were still alive and writing as I'd love more from him.

I too have noticed a number of sci-fi references out there for planet names. There are also musical references (i.e. song names, etc).

[Melutar]

Firefly and Dollhouse, though some people don't consider it sci-fi. <3 Joss Whedon

Also Asimov is the boss. Just saying.

[Tesko]

My raiders are named "Reaver" ships *lol* Can you tell one of the series I like

[Locke]

Tesko, on 21 September 2011 - 02:54 AM, said:

My raiders are named "Reaver" ships *lol* Can you tell one of the series I like

Were you in NPO in the Fall? You would have loved that, we were the Reavers.

[Labrasaurus]

Tesko, on 17 September 2011 - 08:14 PM, said:

Personally, I prefer Isaac Asimov for sci-fi. I loved reading the Foundation series of his as well as his other works. I wish he were still alive and writing as I'd love more from him.

I too have noticed a number of sci-fi references out there for planet names. There are also musical references (i.e. song names, etc).

Same here. I introduced my boyfriend to the Foundation series and I'm re-reading them with him now. quite cool to talk about them as we read them. sad but cool. My Kindle has really come into its own now.

We're big Firefly fans, no-one gets it when we say "shiny"!

[Melutar]

My best friend and I say 'gorram it' all the time. It pisses off the rest of our friends to no end Professors also get confused as to why my various papers and tests are 'shiny'.

[Caprica Six]

totally agree about Isaac Asimov
I've got quite a few in my collection.
too bad humans don't abide by the three laws too

who's fan of mythology stories?

This post has been edited by She Wolf: 25 September 2011 - 10:07 AM

[Tesko]

Locke, on 21 September 2011 - 09:44 AM, said:

Were you in NPO in the Fall? You would have loved that, we were the Reavers.

I just started playing this in late spring/early summer...

[Melutar]

He means the old game The Fall

[Tesko]

Gotcha. Never played that one...