Science Fiction / April '11 Poll

Printable View

Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page

03-04-2011, 06:05 PM
ClaesGefvenberg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Claes,

You had already nominated Ringworld. Would you like to change your nomination to Pushing Ice

Nah, I'll stick to Ringworld. I just got a bit carried away...:smilewinkgrin:

/Claes
03-12-2011, 01:57 PM
Scheherazade

That's OK, Claes :)

So, a four-way tie?? We do need more votes!
03-22-2011, 10:41 PM
Mutatis-Mutandis

I'm biding my time. My vote will come....
03-25-2011, 08:46 AM
Scheherazade

Well, please don't pout and sulk when I pick the book at the end of the month!

:svengo:
03-25-2011, 09:41 AM
Mutatis-Mutandis

Why would you have to choose? I haven't even cast my vote yet.
03-25-2011, 07:56 PM
Paulclem

The excitement is growing. The crowd is getting restless...:biggrin5:
03-30-2011, 05:09 PM
Scheherazade

Going once...
03-30-2011, 05:17 PM
Mutatis-Mutandis

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Going once...

'fraid not. :lol:
03-31-2011, 11:45 AM
Scheherazade

Going twice...
03-31-2011, 02:27 PM
OrphanPip

I really didn't expect the feminist or environmentalist stories to win this poll, not that it was a smash win for LHoD and Oryx and Crake.

Though, Atwood hates, hates, hates to be called a science fiction author, she says its "speculative fiction" because her stories don't require new science, only the different application of the science we have today. Which is kind of true, there's nothing really sci-fi about the Handmaid's Tale, fundamentalist Christians taking over the US doesn't have much to do with science. Oryx and Crake does seem more in the sci-fi vein though.

Edit: Atwood and LeGuin may be fairly considered the most "literary" of the authors on the poll, that might account for it.
03-31-2011, 03:59 PM
TheFifthElement

I'd say Ballard was as 'literary' if not more than Atwood or LeGuin. Shame The Drowned World didn't get more votes, it's an excellent read and quite precient for it's age.
03-31-2011, 04:09 PM
Mutatis-Mutandis

The only reason LHoD didn't get my vote is because I've read it. I definitely have no problem giving it another read. It's a fascinating book.

Authors who complain about what they're work is categorized as kind of chaps my ***, though. Get over yourself, Atwood! Just be happy people read an appreciate your work. If it's called sci-fi, does it really matter that much?
03-31-2011, 11:51 PM
JuniperWoolf

Quote:

Originally Posted by OrphanPip

Which is kind of true, there's nothing really sci-fi about the Handmaid's Tale, fundamentalist Christians taking over the US doesn't have much to do with science. Oryx and Crake does seem more in the sci-fi vein though.

Yeah, isn't it kind of strange that they're working on making a meat product that's a lot like "chickie-nobs?" I don't know if they had published anything about it before Atwood wrote about chickienobs, but it weirds me out. Sort of. I don't know. I'm not sure how I feel about lab grown meat. I'm torn on the subject.

Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page