A real visionary, this guy. I fell asleep reading so many of his books, but unlike most authors, it wasn't because they were boring. RIP, space cowboy.
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True sadness, we lose Gene and Arthur and get Mike and Rick.
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And with Gygax gone as well (and Asimov gone years ago) it's like the death of some kind of Golden Age.
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Yep. A new ST movie, a new SW movie (animated too) and the ending of the original Stargate. However, we have gained SG Atlantis, a live action Transformers movie, and Battle Star Galactica.
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Asimov was no great loss.
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"However, we have gained SG Atlantis, a live action Transformers movie, and Battle Star Galactica."
"Atlantis" hasn't been as good as it used to be (though that could theoretically change). "Battlestar Galactica" is ending after this year. And the Transformers movie was crap.
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No, that would happen if they tried to make a David Brin book into a movie.
I would really like to see a series of Gordon Dickson's "Dorsai" books made into movies. Always liked his work.
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One science fiction novel I am not too keen on is Farenheit 451. DENHAM'S DENTIFRICE DENHAM'S DENTIFRICE DENHAM'S DENTIFRICE DENHAM'S DENTIFRICE DENHAM'S DENTIFRICE DENHAM'S DENTIFRICE
There was a whole page devoted to a tooth paste advert!
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I'm with you - that book wasn't very good. OH MY GOD! KIDS DRIVING AT 90MPH!? BOOKS ARE ILLEGAL! And, uh, apparently the Internet never happened either, or else it was made illegal too and not a single person minded - after all, it would only take one to keep a chest fulla flash drives or something...
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