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Who's your favourite science fiction author (if you like sci-fi)?

I've always enjoyed asimov

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Permalink Reply by Vyktor Alzirr on July 12, 2008 at 5:32pm

Or your taste has simply changed, it happens :)

Permalink Reply by Rosa on July 12, 2008 at 5:40pm

has anybody else read a little book called Flatland: A Romance in Many Dimensions? I can't remember who the author was but it certainly was a quirky little book.

Permalink Reply by Vyktor Alzirr on July 12, 2008 at 5:42pm

Never heard of it, but sounds interesting enough to take a look

Permalink Reply by Sarah on July 13, 2008 at 8:46am

I haven't read it yet, but I got it for my birthday and it's on my to-do list.

Permalink Reply by Michaela on July 14, 2008 at 10:21am

The whole book is online here :

http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~banchoff/Flatland/

It's a novella written in 1884 Edwin A. Abbott. 1838-1926

Permalink Reply by Rosa on July 14, 2008 at 2:34pm

wow, thanks for finding that. :)

Permalink Reply by Michael on July 12, 2008 at 6:31pm

Phillip Pullman by far is my favorite. im currently re-reading "His Dark Materials" which is a compilation of The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. These books have profoundly changed my veiws on everything such as atheism and even life. I HIGHLY reccomend these books to people of our "faith".

Permalink Reply by Rosa on July 12, 2008 at 6:42pm

Interesting, I'll check those out...
and for the love of god, don't call this a "faith" lol ;)

btw, by "god" I mean the Flying Spaghetti monster.

Permalink Reply by Michael on July 15, 2008 at 11:29am

Haha. I wish i could have found a better word than "our faith". How bout "Like minded people"?

isnt it interesting that even as atheists we still use terms like "Jesus!" when were surprised, or "for the love of 'god' " when we need to make a point of how we feel?

Permalink Reply by Andreas Nicklasson on July 15, 2008 at 3:47pm

When you hit your thumb with an 8 pound hammer, its nice to be able to blaspheme. It takes a very strong, special minded atheist to jump up and down, With their their hand clasped under their other armpit and shout "Oh random fluctuations in the space time continuum "
- Men at arms, Terry Pratchett

Permalink Reply by Vyktor Alzirr on July 15, 2008 at 6:43pm

Well, I always go for the non-theological expletives... :P
In the case of the hammer, I would use "FUCK!" in english, "CHINGADAMADRE!" in spanish. On that note, is there some sort of rule on language use here?

Permalink Reply by Michael on July 16, 2008 at 1:25pm

Ya kno, ive always thought of FUCK as one of my favorite words. It can describe almost any emotion! i like the idea of "non-theological" explitives. I think that "Oh random fluctuations in the space time continuum" will be my new explitive :-P