12-09-2008, 12:06 PM | #16 | |
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I like Baen (more for Pournelle and David Drake than Eric Flint and John Ringo) but I'm curious what you think their ideas are? Baen's target market seems to me to be sci-fi for jocks and not really the literature of geeks |
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12-09-2008, 01:25 PM | #17 | |
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12-09-2008, 02:11 PM | #18 |
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I agree that Baen books rarely win awards, but at the same time I like a lot of their books better than a number of Hugo and Nebula-winning stories. Different strokes for different folks.
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12-09-2008, 03:21 PM | #19 | |
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That being said, prizes, I think, often reflect more the people giving the prizes than the actual quality of the work that is awarded a prize. -- Bill |
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12-09-2008, 03:57 PM | #20 |
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About Baen, that is a generalization but I think Tompe is more right than wrong. While I enjoy many of their offerings, fewer of them make me think hard or blow my mind.
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12-09-2008, 04:09 PM | #21 |
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if you like high fantasy, try: http://sennadar.plebian.net/
I have already recommended the series and think the author did a great job of weaving together sorcery, gods, an interesting plot, and a shorttempered main hero have fun! kaas p.s.: the first series is five books long! p.p.s.: i forgot to mention that it is completely free... Last edited by kaas; 12-09-2008 at 04:11 PM. |
12-09-2008, 04:16 PM | #22 | |
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Baen was created specaializing in military sf and space opera. A typical Baen book is usually very easy to read and a good adventure story. I like to read space opera and some military sf and I like a good story. The reason I commented was that I think people on this forum is describing the books so they seem much better or much more important then they are. If people want to know about the sf field today you cannot just look at Baen. |
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12-09-2008, 08:50 PM | #23 | |
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12-10-2008, 10:08 PM | #24 | |
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I do tend to like a broad spectrum of Scifi. for example, Scifi Pioneering. I never thought I would like it, and i groaned outloud when i read about that part in Time Enough for Love by Heinlein, but i actually enjoyed it the most of the book. im always open to new ideas. |
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