Oh, OK, then I'll start it off! A thread for the science fiction and fantasy lovers among us. As a UK unclutterer, I will not post spoilers about things that arrive first in the UK and would appreciate it if spoilers from US programmes were signposted in some way.
Do we include the Walking Dead in this?
Well, I'm a fan, but I'm not sure that speculative fiction is related to decluttering. Unless it means finally getting a round tuit and scanning my enormous collection of yellowing, disintegrating paperbacks :)
I will never declutter my Firefly, but I'm happy to have my Dr. Who available on Netflix.
The topic is obliquely related, I guess. I just yesterday jumped on the Dr. Who bandwagon and ordered the first episodes from the 1960's to begin my orientation to the Cult of Dr. Who. It's on my "to do" list.
Also, finally got to sit in the audience at a book launch for Diana Gabaldon this week. She's the "Outlander" author. I learned a lot about time management from her as she described having many projects going at once and never getting writer's block because she just switches between them as she gets stuck on a page.
Shortbird: I move that we include Walking Dead and anything else that takes our fancy. I'll do my best not to spoiler anything either!
Zora: Firefly!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Nathan Fillionnnnn droool squeeee) Do you watch Castle? He's adorable.
Of course it's not directly related, but we can have a bit of fun, right? :)
A lot of authors do that now, Another Deb - Laurell K Hamilton switches between her Merry Gentry and Anita Blake series when she gets stuck resulting in lovely little novellas at random times between her full length novels. (Yes, totally outed myself as a fan of LKH just there.)
I even accept Harry Potter and Twilight fans although I will make merciless fun of you. Harry Potter is redeemable solely because Tennant was in one of the films. Twilight is ... well... this says it all: http://imgur.com/gallery/rOLsS
It doesn't matter if it's not related directly to decluttering, it keeps the decluttering related threads uncluttered from unrelated exciting mutual enthusiasms. It's intersting the things people talking about uncluttering obliquely discover they have in common!
I'm in a phase of not addicted to any TV programmes, life goes in those sort of cycles, so won't be raving here much until something grabs me. DH and I had an unexplainable unhealthy obsession for watching the first two series of ice road truckers just to see if anyone did go through the ice, definitely not quality TV but strangely relaxing for us watching with a beer on the sofa together!
Daleks? Aaaaaugh!
(runs away screaming)
(peeks nervously around corner, this time wearing a hat, trenchcoat and a 17-foot-long Tom Baker-style scarf that she knitted a few years ago)
I have 4 major fannish interests, although I don't devote nearly as much time to them as I used to.
- Dragonlance has been a major influence on me since the late 1990s, so much so that I sewed up a lovely set of black velvet robes... When I grow up, I want to be Raistlin Majere. :-D Before I started decluttering in earnest, I had multiple copies of Chronicles, Legends and The Soulforge (I'm currently down to one of each, all hardbound). I also received an extremely thoughtful and well-loved gift from family a few years ago: A signed print of the Larry Elmore painting "The Companions," the picture that started me down this mad path circa 1997.
- Definitely a Dr. Who fan. Soft spot for Tom Baker and Peter Davison, but I do like the new series. I have a not-so-secret ambition to one day have a garden shed in the form of a TARDIS.
- Silver Surfer. As my daughter once inquired, "What is it with you and those metal-skinned dudes?" (Raistlin Majere has gold skin; the Cosmic Superhero Formerly Known as Norrin Radd has, well, silver skin.)
- And Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy. Wonderful, funny book.
I am a total fantasy sci-fi freak, although I can't stand the older Doctor Who and am a new series girl all the way.
Astreja, Hitchhikers Guide is priceless! *drags thread off to the bookshelves*
I cut my teeth on Tolkien, Asimov, Heinlein, Herbert, McCaffrey (RIP) and Terry Brooks (OMG he's really not a very good writer, I know that now, but I loved Shanarra growing up). Now I read Harris, Harrison, and Hamilton, King and Martin (the HBO Game of Thrones is sublime with Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister - I actually do all the copy for a big fansite), and have developed a strong bent for Lee Child (huge kudos to King for referencing Jack Reacher in one of his recent books.)
I also read a lot of subversive type stuff (never met a banned book I didn't like!) Richard Adams, George Orwell, Daniel Keyes...
Let's see. Susan Cooper (and whoever approved the script for the Dark Is Rising movie should be SHOT), Ursula LeGuin, the list goes on and on and ON....
... no television growing up and an English teacher grandfather meant I read a LOT.
Well, I'll peek in ocasionally, but aside from Harry Potter and Diana Gabaldon, I'm not a fantasy readr, and hace never seen Dr Who. I sis juat read - well, listened to - a book by JustinCronin called The Passage. I'm not sure how to classify. Set in the future with some vampirish type characters. I enjoyed it, but definitely outside of usual mystery/historical fiction normal stuff.
Latest sf novel I read was Neal Stephenson's _Reamde_. Lots of fun. Liked _Anathem_ and _Cryptonomicon_ even better.
I somehow managed to get to age 37 without having read "Enders Game" - rectified now! The YA series Hunger Games is really, really good, and the movie is forthcoming (it actually looks like it will be halfway decent.)
As a librarian, I bought a lot of Sci-Fi/Fantasy, even though I didn't read it much (thank goodness for users who did, and excellent peer review sources). The Hunger Games series was very well used. I'm thinking of adding it to my Kindle for our Hawaii trip. And DMo3, Enders Game is one book I also read late, like in my late 50's!
I haven't read the sequels for fear they won't be as good. I loved Ender's Game!
My SIL turned me on to Laurell K. Hamilton; I think both Merry & Anita are fun series. Read & liked the Hunger Game trilogy after hearing the author on NPR; 1 in book form, the others on CD. I liked Philip Pullman's Golden Compass trilogy so much, that a few years after reading them I listened to them on CD. This thread will be a great place for me to discover more authors. I'm a retired librarian and spend more time reading than decluttering!
Walking Dead fan here.
Haha, this thread more than any other before it has me dying to see what you lot look like IRL. Gosh I wish I had money to fly us all to some gorgeous place for that meetup already.
I am nearly 40 and not read the Enders Game-I added it to my Kindle wish list.
I have a crush on David Tennant and my daughter has a crush on Matt Smith.
Confession, I could not get in Firefly. I am watching my way through Battlestar Galactica (the new series) for the 5th time right now (when I am not watching MI-5).
I have not read a lot of science fiction or fantasy, but I really love the historical fantasy like Outlander series.
MTNgirl, did you know that Firefly aired in an order that wasn't intended during making of it? It was a lot less confusing for me to see the red thread once I read this somewhere and now it's one of my favourite series. So sad they decided not to make more seasons; Serenity didn't do the trick for me at all in the sense that it would have been a better replacement somehow.
irishgirl, they film Walking Dead here in ATL. Zombies staggering around everywhere! It's great for the city - they use a lot of local workers and talent and just pour money into small businesses here.
ninaak, Serenity left me so angry I couldn't breathe - kind of like Torchwood. I get wayyy too involved with my fave characters. Did you see Tudyk in Dollhouse with Summer Glau?
And I always end up feeling this way in tight little communities like this - wishing I owned a little retreat somewhere or was rich enough to foot a meetup in Vegas ;)
Letgoodtimesroll, this is my favorite comix about Hamilton: http://quick-grace-notes.blogspot.com/
I can never decide if I love to hate Daleks or Cybermen more. I think Daleks because they are more interesting. Evil little things. The Cybermen are just cold and scary.
I put Firefly back on my Netflix watch instant queue to try again. I wonder if Netflix put it in the intended order?
http://www.tv.com/shows/firefly/forums/correct-order-of-episodes-4587-20154/
This is the correct order of episodes. Netflix includes the episode titles, so you can jump around as needed to get them right.
I <3 Joss Whedon. I also <3 the dude's bumper sticker I saw the other day that proclaimed him a "Whedonist". I actually pulled up next to him at a stop, did the mimed "roll your window down" thing, and told him how cool it was. It's was a moment of total understanding between geeks.
Anyone seen NPH and Fillion in Dr Horrible's Blog?
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