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OMG...1984 is a fantastic book, a classic. Make sure to read Animal Farm; another Orwell classic.
Sorry to bring back an old thread, but also find We. The best translation is published by Penguin Classics. It predated 1984 and Brave New World and is cited as an inspiration to 1984 by Orwell himself.
The entire crew of Serenity (Firefly). And don't make me pick just one! OK, OK, I'll go with Wash over Mal, but just barely.
It's astounding to me that 8 years after it was canceled, this show still has a fanatical following. If you've never watched the show, do yourself a favor and borrow the DVD from someone.
Sorry to bring back an old thread, but also find We. The best translation is published by Penguin Classics. It predated 1984 and Brave New World and is cited as an inspiration to 1984 by Orwell himself.
It's fine......I actually thankyou...new members may have missed some of the forum's older but goodie threads......check out the favorite spaceship thread....that gets really interesting.
I never heard of that....I'll research some and take a look....thanx!
It's fine......I actually thankyou...new members may have missed some of the forum's older but goodie threads......check out the favorite spaceship thread....that gets really interesting.
I never heard of that....I'll research some and take a look....thanx!
Nothing showed up in your link. But look for this edition. It was translated from the corrected Russian manuscript published many years later in Russia after it had been banned for decades. The others are translated from an earlier translation into French
I think I did post in that thread, and of course stood up for the Defiant, the little ship that could. I knew there were fandom oritented threads somewhere on this board
Nothing showed up in your link. But look for this edition. It was translated from the corrected Russian manuscript published many years later in Russia after it had been banned for decades. The others are translated from an earlier translation into French
I think I did post in that thread, and of course stood up for the Defiant, the little ship that could. I knew there were fandom oritented threads somewhere on this board
I checked...the link is working now......and thanx for the additional link...
Definately the doctor! And none of the doctors was greater than Tom Baker, although I do like Christopher Eccleston's Doctor among those in the new series (I've yet to see the newest and youngest one.)
...and Kai, Last of the Brunnen-G from Lexx, although Stanley Tweedle and 790 were always good for a laugh!
I've always been into post-apocalyptic Sci-fi and time travel sci-fi (mostly reading for both.) Poul Anderson has written a lot of both. I also like sci-fi which traces the "cultural" routes humans are yet to take (language, architecture, phenotype etc) especially as the far flung planets humans colonize become isolated and develop on their own.
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I gotta go with Patrick Stewart's Captain Picard from Star Trek, probably followed by Stargate's Samantha Carter (sans the hokey "Brit." accent in Sanctuary), Professor Quatermass from the Quatermass movies, and Arnie's "Conan the Barbarian" (though not technically "sci-fi").
Agreed, Tom Baker's the coolest of the "traditional" Doctor Who series, though I love the Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant versions in the modern series "re-boot" by Russell T Davies.
BTW, for some reason I really can't stand to watch much of the new Matt Smith version of the "Doctor". Probably partly because Smith is simply too young-looking (and lacking in "gravitas") to be a convincing 900 year old "Time Lord". And also because even though all the old hi-production values are still there (orchestral sound track, great special effects, etc.), Steven Moffat's scripts and handling seem more like Science "Fantasy" than Science Fiction, so the whole thing just feels kinda silly now. IMO, it seemed to work much better when Moffat and Davies collaborated and balanced out each other's styles a bit. Although to be fair, R.T.D.'s "Doctor" was maybe starting to get just a little too "messianic" there towards the end (and how do you top Saving the Whole Universe every week)?!
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My favorite character is "Lorien", from Babylon 5 (a "television novel" five years long). He is the sole survivor of his race, which preceded all other intelligent life in our galaxy. His race guided all subsequent civilizations along in technology , politics, ethics etc.
I don't think Lorien was a sole survivor. I think we was suppose to just hang out until Sheridan showed up and have that little heart to heart with him. Then later on he was suppose to take Sheridan to the outer rim. If I remember correctly.
As for my choice(s). I'm rather boring/unoriginal/commercial. I always liked Magneto. The concept of being able to control one of the most powerful forces in the universe always appealed to me.
Also I very much like the characters of The High Evolutionary and Mr. Sinister. That's quest was to evolve/improve the human race and/or create new/better humanoid races using genetics. Though both of those characters were portrayed as psychologically unstable.
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