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Science Fiction

Sci-fi group for those who grok - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok

Recommend some stuff, let people know about new authors, help people find some good books to read.

I want to try to help people (including myself) find some lesser known, obscure, new, or under appreciated authors. I have nothing against Heinlein, Dick,...more »
  • Category: Genres | Started Monday, February 5 2007
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Experiment: Recommendation by matching type??
Dreimutter posted to this topic 9 hours ago

I dread and love the sci-fi section in the bookstore, because sci-fi in great, but the genre is so diverse that more than once I have ended up with a book that I...
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Looking for an old book I read....please help if you can!
Foges posted to this topic 18 hours ago

I'm hoping someone can tell me the title or author of this book. I read it back in the 80's and only really recall that the main character was believed by society...
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Anyone out there with recomendations?
msmullen posted to this topic 2 days ago

Anybody got a good book minus some of the indiscretion? I feel it takes away from the storyline.
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Help me with title and author too...
Will R started this topic 8 days ago

I read a book several years ago (actually listened to an audio book), it was a story that took place in New York and it had to do with monster type creatures that...
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Z for Zacariah
Will R started this topic 8 days ago

This is an awesome book, written in 1975 it is post cataclysmic story. It is well written and moving, it was thought provoking and still had an impact on me for...
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hard sci fi
keres posted to this topic 11 days ago

I have always liked the harder scifi stories. However, I have read that this tends to be a more minority taste. I am curious to know how many other people here...
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Exit, Pursued by a Bee
GeoffNelder started this topic 2 weeks ago

I'll be glad when Shelfari allows us to add ebooks that are not yet on Amazon. This Exit, Pursued by a Bee is published by Double Dragon Publishing and has a...
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2008 Hugo and Nebula award nominees
Linda W posted to this topic Wednesday, June 25 2008

New discussion group: ...
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Dune
floydaroz posted to this topic Monday, June 23 2008

Guess this is one of the best series I've ever read. Politics, ecology, religion .. anything you want .. Frank Herbert got it ! ...
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Have we ever discussed having a group read?
Debby posted to this topic Monday, June 16 2008

I'm kinda new here, but I was wondering about group reading Ender's Game or a general Orson Scott Card book discussion. I've had it on my shelf at home for years...

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