Author Topic: 2001: A Space Odyssey fans? (Read 790 times)

Animal · « **Reply #30 on:** October 14, 2003, 01:15:26 PM »

Hehe, freaky when stuff like that happens.

I have a friend who, for the period of maybe half a year, I almost always had a freak phone occurence.
When I thought "I gotta call Rosaura", and picked the phone ready to dial, the phone ringed and it was her calling me. And its not like we constantly talked on the phone. Maybe once a week, at completly different times. It happened very often and always freaked me out a little (and turned me on)

Sikboy · « **Reply #31 on:** October 14, 2003, 02:12:55 PM »

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For thought he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next. But he would think of something

That is one of my favorite quotes ever.

I really enjoyed the book based on the screeplay. I haven't read "The Sentinal" though. The movie based book really helped me understand the whole movie better when I was 17.

-Sik

MRPLUTO · « **Reply #32 on:** October 14, 2003, 05:41:22 PM »

A karmic connection there, Animal!

Another time I was walking along Columbia Road in Washington, DC and there were five cars parked in a row a long the street: red, blue, red, blue, red. All were compact cars, but the weird thing was that the red and blue colors were all the same odd shade of each color. It was quite striking, and unless some artist orchestrated it, which I seriously doubt, it was a purely chance occurence.

sikboy,

Thanks for the exact quote; one of my favorites too.

MRPLUTO

AKIron · « **Reply #33 on:** October 14, 2003, 05:49:57 PM »

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Originally posted by JimBear
Funked, as Peter Gabriel said "your language is strange and I have no decoder.."

Gibson falls more under the cyperpunk genre of Science Fiction, my favorite current sci fi hardcore writer is Alan Steele, but Dan Simmons is right up there with Stephenson for breadth of story.

Don't believe I've read Alan Steele. Ready for some new reading, will check him out.

Furious · « **Reply #34 on:** October 14, 2003, 06:33:08 PM »

Iwouldn't say Gibson falls under the cyberpunk genre of SF. I'd say he invented it.

First read Neuromancer in '85, I think. Blew me away. Johnny Mnemonic, in "Burning Chrome", is the most vivid and imaginative short story I have ever read.

He has sort of become a lame knock-off of himself though. That's too bad.

Just started Neil’s Quicksilver: The Baroque Cycle.