Is this where I am supposed to introduce myself? I am sure I will be given a gentle rebuke if it is not.
My given name is Steve, I am English, living in the billiard table that is known as the Netherlands. I have been here over four years and can hardly speak two words strung together, I think they based Klingon on Dutch.
I stumbled across this forum while surfing the net for por... erm SciFi films, books, and stuff. I wasn't sure what sort of folk you were so my profile is a little tame and well, boring I suppose. Maybe if I can work up the enthusiasm I will change it. Anyway I have been reading SciFi since I was about 12, I think my first book was a collection of stories by Theodore Sturgeon. I can remember being called in by my sister to watch the first showing of Lost in Space on UK TV, I can also just about remember watching William Hartnell play Dr Who.
Of the more recent SciFi TV stuff I loved B5, Voyager, the original Star Trek, DS9 was ok but I didn't really like Next Generation until little Wesley was out of the picture. I am sorry call me old fashioned but what Captain would say "Sure kid you can get in the pilots chair of this multi-billion credit star ship with 1,000 (or whatever) crew members aboard, just don't steer us into a star OK? chortle chortle." Maybe I am not getting the gist right or maybe I am just a boring old fart, but I just couldn't see it myself.
Anyway I have rambled enough for now I think, (if anyone reading this is stall awake)so I shall shut up and say more another time, if anyone is interested.
Steve
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
Greetings.
Its always nice to have new targ...er...MEMBERS, so welcome aboard.
Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
And as for that rebuke, technically, the Officer's Lounge is where the non-Sci-Fi babblage is theoretically supposed to go, but if anyone truly feels strongly about it, you will find that this thread will be moved there itself.
I'm a bit younger. The first sci-fi I read was -- I think -- the novelisation of Star Wars. Star Trek was in syndication, and the only British stuff I got was vastly delayed and run on our local PBS station. My favourite Doctor is Jon Pertwee, although this new chap has a bit of a flair that I like...
I have to disagree about Wesley, but that's probably because Wil is just a great guy, and very close to my own age, and a total geek as well, so we have a lot in common.
Now, go jump into the Officer's Lounge or Flameboard and hold forth about one of the topics of the day.
--Jonah
Posted by OnToMars (Member # 621) on :
Welcome.
Not to hijack the thread, but who ended up getting that coveted 1701 member number?
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Whatever happened to that guy? I've never seen him before. Is he just one of those random trolls who wander in every once in a while, make a post or two then bugger off to wherever trolls go?
Posted by Chris (Member # 71) on :
Someone that registered but has yet to post.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
quote:I stumbled across this forum while surfing the net for por... erm SciFi films, books, and stuff.
And with a joke like that, I'm sure you'll fit in here just fine. Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
Isn't Lee the one with several GB of porn on his system?
It is sad to see that the 1701 went to waste.
Oh, uhh, yeah, hello there Steve, got any books to pitch?
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Gigabytes? Actually coming up to a Terabyte.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
It's been a while since you posted about it, that I read anyway, so GBs is all I knew about.
So, what do you do, join as a webmaster and get all the promo zips? My nephew did that, his wife promptly made him delete is all. Several days of downloads gone.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Erm, I don't recall exactly when we had this conversation, but I really don't have Gigabytes of porn on my computer. I can only presume that I made some jokey comment at some point. . ?
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
"on my computer" Notice how easily he wriggled out of it....he doesn't have gigs of porn on his computer, they're all on DVDROM!!
Posted by Druss921 (Member # 1905) on :
Hello again,
Thanks for the welcome.
Well there was a bit of SciFi in there doesn't that count?
A book to plug?? Well now you mention it.... (nuvva bad joke) naaahh I play around scribbling a few stories, more fantasy than SciFi but I wouldn't inflict them on anyone. I actually frown (thats the closest to a frown I can find, sorry.) upon people who are not up front with that sort of thing.
I shall think of some terrifically interesting and intelectual comment on the modern face of SciFi, or maybe just talk about William Shatners wig.
Steve
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
That clinches it, you can stay.
We've been rather wary of newcomers recently as they seemed to have little more to offer than their latest book, spammed across the net.
Mark
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
mmmmm...BOOKspam......
Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :
Welcome aboard. If the resident Egomaniacs accept you then you're set.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
You could very well have Lee, made a joke out of it. It was a long time ago, by flare standards anyway.
We have accpeted him quite yet, but we have given him leave to stay for a bit. We can always run him out later if we made a bad choice.
Wiz, I like mine sliced paper thin and toasted.
Posted by Zipacna (Member # 1881) on :
quote:they seemed to have little more to offer than their latest book, spammed across the net.
When will they all learn? If they want to spam about their books, they should make one of porn. Although I dread to think what their short extract would be like... Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
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(thats the closest to a frown I can find, sorry.) upon people who are not up front with that sort of thing.![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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