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[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by alansplace

......................Cat Sith - Malk

Oh dear lord that's terrifying!!

I actually expect something much bigger, sleeker, and more jungle or wildcat looking.

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by Nyssa

Oh dear lord that's terrifying!!

I actually expect something much bigger, sleeker, and more jungle or wildcat looking.

Me too. Something more like a feline. But then, how do you make it viciously enough looking without supersizing it? Cat Sith is not that big, but has quite a bit of punch. Doh, he's on top ...

[alansplace]

Cat Sith by DaisyAzuras on deviantART!

[red_phoenix]

creepy

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Cat Sith by DaisyAzuras on deviantART!

Originally Posted by red_phoenix

creepy

True, but betterish. Looks too much like a demonic house cat, though.

It should still be bigger, or at least longer...like a jaguar/leopard/panther (which are all technically the same animal)!

[alansplace]

Listen to O&F Podcast, Ep. 60: Jim Butcher here.

Wherein I talk with the King of Urban Fantasy Jim Butcher about Gen Con, The Dresden Files, why he writes, planning out a 23 book series, author bucket lists, fandom, writing steampunk, how he writes, D&D, and we answer a butt ton of fan questions!

[alansplace]

The Cat Sith (also known as the Cat Sidhe) is a large, black, spectral cat mentioned in both Scottish and Irish folklore. In some legends it is a fairy creature, while in others it is a transformed witch. The legends may be based upon Kellas Cats, which are a hybrid between domestic cats and European Wildcats

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by alansplace

So you hated 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Mysterious Island, From the Earth to the Moon, The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Island of Doctor Moreau, and The First Men in the Moon, just to cite a few antecedents of the genre. That's really too bad. Each to his own, I suppose.

H. G. Wells did not write steampunk. So please edit your list to remove his books as they do not fit. Most of your list is incorrect because of the incorrect inclusion of H. G. Wells.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Every genre will have more bad books than good ones. It will also depend on the person.

There is still new books that are more recent than the '80s that qualify as Cyberpunk (??) with Virtual Reality / Cyberspace / Biotech. Here is some that I really enjoyed:

• Silo Saga (Wool, Shift, Dust) by Hugh Howey (great nanobots)

Sorry, but this is not cyberpunk. Never was and never will be.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Since when is horror a subgenre of Sci-Fi?

It never was and still isn't. So you are not wrong.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Your arguments are a way of over-analysis! You are picking nits!

But horror without enough elements of science fiction have nothing to do with science fiction.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by BuyMore

^ Lol.

But you'll never know what you may like. Some romantic suspense is pretty much straight up suspense/thriller, and some paranormal romance can totally be considered as UF.

I would sometimes call them US (urban sex).

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

H. G. Wells did not write steampunk. So please edit your list to remove his books as they do not fit. Most of your list is incorrect because of the incorrect inclusion of H. G. Wells.

Did alansplace really say it was? Please reread his post.

Originally Posted by JSWolf

It never was and still isn't. So you are not wrong.

As soon as you leapt to my defense I knew I was wrong.

Actually, based on the next post:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

But horror without enough elements of science fiction have nothing to do with science fiction.

I have a feeling you totally missed the point I was trying to make (and which we left behind).




Has your time machine malfunctioned again?

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Sorry, but this is not cyberpunk. Never was and never will be.

Really funny. If anything it is more cyberpunk than Inferno which you didn't complain about in the least. HH at least is completely SF, which cannot even be claimed closely for Dan Brown, but hey to each his own.

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Now that is a nice representation of the Eldest Malk. Would not mind having that as a pet - cute kitty. Except it is probably illegal - and expensive to feed.