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Hello Jason and Drew,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

Hi; I'm Hillary -- glad to have found the group! I read most anything, but fantasy and SF are probably closest to my heart. I haven't always had much luck coordinating my leisure reading schedule with a book group's, but Wild Cards has been on my to-read list for a while now, so I may have to bump it a little higher up in the pile!

Hillary wrote: "Hi; I'm Hillary -- glad to have found the group! I read most anything, but fantasy and SF are probably closest to my heart. ... but Wild Cards has been on my to-read list for a while now,..."

Hi, Hillary. Welcome to the group. As with you, Wild Cards has been on my "to read" list for quite some time, and I never quite got around to it. One of the things this group does is give me the incentive to actually read titles like that. I look forward to having you join us for that discussion.

Hello Hillary,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

Hi, my name is Victor I like to read short stories about science-fiction and I also write my owns. I'm canadian. French is my first language. My favorite book ever is I Robots from Isaac Asimov.

Victor wrote: "Hi, my name is Victor I like to read short stories about science-fiction and I also write my owns. I'm canadian. French is my first language. My favorite book ever is I Robots from Isaac Asimov."

Hi, Victor, and welcome to the group. (Bonjour, and that exhausts my current French.) I'm looking forward to talking about science fiction with you. I'm delighted to have another fan of short stories around. It's one of my favorite forms of science fiction, short and to the point, concentrating on one speculation.

Each month we select a short story, novella, or anthology for group discussion. (In addition to a couple of novels.) As a short story fan, you might be interested in this month's choice, Wild Cards, which is a multi-author shared premise collection.

Do read a lot of the US magazines, such as Analog or the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction? Or do you read mostly anthologies? Or online sources?

welcome Victor...i had a French class in high school...i flunked it...still good to have you here...i love short stories as well...so good day, eh?

Hello Victor,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

Greetings. I come in peace. Hope to find refuge among other thinking beings with thoughts about being beings who think. I think.

Anyway, looking forward to some fun times!

E.D. wrote: "Greetings. I come in peace. Hope to find refuge among other thinking beings with thoughts about being beings who think. I think...."

Hi, E.D. Welcome to the group. Please jump into any ongoing discussions that strike your interest or start a new topic of your own and let us know what you're, er, thinking.

Hello E.D.,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

Welcome to our Clubhouse E.D. :)

The Clubhouse what a good name,do we get drinks and cigars?......I'll take sweet tea.

all requests for drinks and smokes should be directed to Jarvis, our butler

Charlton wrote: "The Clubhouse what a good name,do we get drinks and cigars?......I'll take sweet tea."

Just remember it's a cash bar. We spent the entertainment budget on books.

sweet tea is cheep...besides, any self-respecting Southerner always has a jug in the frig, so I can keep us in sweet tea...

Love the butlers'name.

E.D. find home. E.D. find home.
Thanks for the welcome guys. Jarvis. That just nails it.

:D

Spooky1947 wrote: "sweet tea is cheep...besides, any self-respecting Southerner always has a jug in the frig, so I can keep us in sweet tea..."

Spooky1947 wrote: ":D"

I just bought three for the pantry and I've got one in the fridg.

Rusty Williamson
Hi!

I'm Rusty Williamson surfing in from San Diego, CA. I'm a sci-fi writer

The Spiral Slayers
and own a small animation studio which I use to create book trailers.
See:
Recently my book got a nice review from Kirkus:


Writing and Animating has been a full time job for me since 2002. I also play guitar, read, crash RC airplanes and love quantum physics and cosmology. My wife and I also love dancing to rock and roll! I live with my wife of 40 years and our two dogs. Before I retired I was a systems programmer and nights and weekends we flipped houses (ergo retiring young). I look forward to...everything, LOL!

Cheers,
Rusty

Hello Rusty,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

physics...got an idea about the Higgs boson and FTL travel id love to talk to you about sometime...only if you promise not to bring "dr. albert said cant be done" into it...

My names is Daran. I joined this group because I enjoy heroic fantasy, and I liked many of the books you've read in the past. I'm a huge Tolkien fan, and I make it a point to read the The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings once a year. These days, I most anticipate the Iron Druid books by Kevin Hearne, the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, and the huge volume of work put out by Brandon Sanderson.

What finally got me to join was your reading Throne of the Crescent Moon, which I had been wanting to discuss with a group.

Daran wrote: "My names is Daran. I joined this group because I enjoy heroic fantasy, and I liked many of the books you've read in the past...."

Hi, Daran, and welcome to the group. Sounds like your taste is going to fit right in here. Please do join in our discussion of Throne of the Crescent Moon. The conversation there has kind of petered out, and could use a new infusion of opinion!

(Also feel free to reignite any of the discussions of Brandon Sanderson's works in our Book Discussions Folder. We've read quite a few of his books, including Mistborn, Elantris, The Emperor's Soul, and the Way of Kings. I think he's been our most discussed author.)

Hi Daran,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

Hi, My name is Roger A. van Oosten, and I have been collecting science fiction and fantasy for 55 years. I'm a part-time college librarian. When I studied church history with the brilliant John Warwick Montgomery, he said that if he was to be stuck on a mountain top and could only take 3 books, he would take the Bible first, then Lord of the Rings, then debate the third. I agree. Tolkien elevated fantasy in my lifetime to a level of beauty and complexity never before seen. Before Tolkien, I had settled for the heroic adventures in comic books, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Heinlein, etc. Now I enjoy fantasy series by Robin Hobb, Robert Jordan, etc. and space adventures about Vorkosigans, Ender Wiggin, and especially Honor Harrington (as well as her earth sea predecessor, Horatio Hornblower.) Set me on to some more fantastic adventurers!

Roger wrote: "Hi, My name is Roger A. van Oosten, and I have been collecting science fiction and fantasy for 55 years. I'm a part-time college librarian...."

Hi, Roger, welcome to the group.

We share a number of passions in common. I'm a big fan of Lord of the Rings, Heinlein, Jordan's The Wheel of Time, Card's Ender saga, and Weber's Honorverse, and I'm working my way through Bujold's Vorkosigan books (Bujold has several fans here in the group, and I took their recommendation.) Have you tried any of Brandon Sanderson's books besides the conclusion of The Wheel of Time, such as Mistborn or Elantris? Or perhaps Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet military space opera series?

Anyway, we have had group discussions of many of the books you mentioned (each month we select a couple of books to read and discuss together. You can find most of them in our Book Discussions Folder, and they're always open for new comments. I hope you'll join in any discussion there or elsewhere in the Group that strikes your fancy.

I look forward to talking with you further!

Hello Roger,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

Luke wrote: "Hi, I'm Luke living in England. Just recently joined Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, awesome site, wish I'd joined earlier. Still exploring & finding my way around (might take a while). Enjoy science fiction (reading & m..."

Hi, Luke. Welcome to both Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ and the group. We're always happy to have a new voice join the conversation. Please jump into any discussion you find interesting, or start a new topic if you're so inclined.

Also, if you get a chance, visit our Promotions folder and tell us something about the books you've authored.

Hi Luke,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

Hi Luke,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

Tony wrote: "Hi I'm Tony from Nottingham, Uk."

Hi, Tony, and welcome to both Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ and the group! Please make yourself at home and drop in on any discussions that catch your eye. We've got Book Discussions and General Chit-chat, and also a Promotions folder where Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors can tell us about their books. Look forward to reading more from you.

Tony wrote: "Love Science Fiction and Fantasy, which is why I've joined the group :-)"

Makes sense. Once, some guy joined for the tapas, but he was disappointed. :)

Hi Tony,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

My name is Megan, and I'm the author of the Memories Trilogy. First two books in the trilogy, Memory of Prophecy and Memory's Darkness are finished and available through Amazon, B&N, etc. I'm currently working on Memory's Illusion, but it's coming along rather slow due to school.
I've also got several other book series puttering around in my head, in hopes of being written.
I am currently self-published, but I hope one day to actually be published through a publisher (other than my own company)
Megan Earley

Hey Megan,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

Hi, I'm Brian, getting on a bit but have been into fantasy and sci-fi since we read Wizard of Earthsea at school. The first school book I would read as soon as I got home as well as in the class. Since then, have read Lord of the Rings at least once a year since I was 16, Dune (in one day - take my time with it now), Starship Troopers etc.
Have amassed just over 30 of the classic Battletech novels, some are a bit hit and miss, but overall a good timeline and escapism.

Brian wrote: "Hi, I'm Brian, getting on a bit but have been into fantasy and sci-fi since we read Wizard of Earthsea at school...."

Hi, Brian. Welcome to the group. We all love fantasy science fiction here. I hope you'll join in any discussion that catches your interest. Good to have you aboard!

Hi Brian,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

Hi, I'm Marvin, but people call me Marv. I have loved Fantasy books since I was little. I am 13 now and have just started reading Sci-Fi. So I'm very excited.

Marvin wrote: "Hi, I'm Marvin, but people call me Marv. I have loved Fantasy books since I was little. I am 13 now and have just started reading Sci-Fi. So I'm very excited."

Hi, Marv, welcome to the group. We love both kinds of books here, Fantasy and Science Fiction. Check out any of the existing discussions and join in any that interest you. Or, start a new topic that does. Each month we pick one classic and one contemporary SF&F novel to discuss as a group. Our current and past conversations are in the Book Discussions folder, if you spot any there you read and would like to comment on. Or, visit the "What was the first sci fi / fantasy book you read?" topic and let us know what you already enjoyed.

I look forward to seeing your thoughts and opinions.

Hi Marv,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.

Marv, welcome....it has been said that the golden age of science fiction is 12...years old that is...at 13 you are still in the sweet spot...iam 48 and i totaly envy you right now...

Hi, my name is Alysia. I look forward to finding awesome new books to read in my favorite genre and to be able to share thoughts on the topic with others! My all time favorites are Lord of the Rings (obviously) and A Song of Ice and Fire.

Alysia wrote: "Hi, my name is Alysia. I look forward to finding awesome new books to read in my favorite genre and to be able to share thoughts on the topic with others! My all time favorites are Lord of the Ring..."

Hi, Alysia, and welcome to the group. We have a lot of Tolkien and Martin fans here. There are a lot of ongoing discussions, some of a general nature and some dedicated to Specific Books. Jump in anywhere! I look forward to discussing heroic fantasy and whatever with you.

Thank you!! I do as well.

By the way, Alysia, please feel free to add a topic in our Promotions folder to tell us something about your new book.

Awesome, I definitely will :)

Hi there! I'm Heidi and I live in Ghent, Belgium. I'm kind of new on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ so I'm still trying to find out how everything works. I'm always searching for the next great fantasy book so I think this is the perfect group for that!

Hi Alysia and Heidi,welcome to the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group.