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  • mznisaelaine
    mznisaelaine Posts: 2,262 Member
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    - Operation_Me
    - Saruman

    And people don't know I'm a undercover nerd but it's ok :laugh:
  • jdploki70
    jdploki70 Posts: 343
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    Ok, Douglas Adams is great... But it's kind of the lowest level of geekdom, like wearing "no, I will not fix your computer" t-shirts your mom bought you from ThinkGeek, or having ever played Nintendo. There is nothing wrong with these things but I don't think they're particularly geeky or nerdy.

    What's your favorite sci-fi novel or series? Anyone read the Hyperion quadrilogy?
    Berserker Series by Saberhagen (also read the sword series)

    Fantasy, umm, wow, that's a lot to choose from.

    Lord of the Rings, truly epic in the original sense
    Song of Ice and Fire, awesome series
    Magician series, and really anything by Feist
    The first three series by Eddings
    Chronicles of Narnia (the "first" book is the best)
    Runelords series
    Sword of Truth series
    About a dozen more that I can't remember off the top of my head.
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
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    Second that and add to all of that an unabiding passion for Douglas Adams. Will have to google Ross Whedon though, never heard of the fellow

    this made me cry a little bit. :cry:

    :laugh:

    Oh, and Terry Pratchett is soooo much better than Douglas Adams...just sayin'. :happy:
  • jdploki70
    jdploki70 Posts: 343
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    Oh, and as a bonus, my senior paper in high school was on the difference in writing styles and "voice" between fantasy and science fiction.

    Add Asimov and Heinlein and HG Wells to my list of favorites too :P

    Oh, and Bradbury, really the list is endless.
  • nevertoolate2
    nevertoolate2 Posts: 309 Member
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    TERRY PRATCHET - OMG - yes, yes, yes - not better but absolutely up there!

    On the Joss Whedon thing though, I'm embarrassed, I have watched soooo much of what he has done and never knew he was the man behind it. :embarassed:
  • nevertoolate2
    nevertoolate2 Posts: 309 Member
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    Arthur C Clarke should be an honourary member too! He wrote it but actually sent something up there!!!!!
  • numberscolors
    numberscolors Posts: 254
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    Oh, show of hands for people who have seen Manos, Hands of Fate without MST3K voiceover. Or the original Plan 9 from Outer Space.

    hands up for both! also saw the MST3K one too :)
  • darkknightfan
    darkknightfan Posts: 396 Member
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    I mentioned him earlier and im surprised it didnt get more of a response


    H.P. Lovecraft anyone ?
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
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    I mentioned him earlier and im surprised it didnt get more of a response


    H.P. Lovecraft anyone ?

    I'm a huge Lovecraft fan and no, not just for the cute Cthulhu plushies. Lovecraft was the only reading that ever kept me awake at night. Creepy brilliant stuff.
  • tageekly
    tageekly Posts: 3,755 Member
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    I mentioned him earlier and im surprised it didnt get more of a response


    H.P. Lovecraft anyone ?

    Missed that! I :heart: Lovecraft! I'm a horror fanatic anyway and knowing he inspired Stephen King makes him even better.
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
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    Ive written fan fiction about Firefly/Serenity

    I :heart: U
  • Joneses17
    Joneses17 Posts: 135 Member
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    I don't know any nerds on MFP but I think a hard working, driven educated man is sexy. Where are the nerds at?
  • Jugie12
    Jugie12 Posts: 282 Member
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    I listen to a podcast "Stuff You Should Know" from HowstuffWorks.com... while I workout. When I was 4 and 5, I used to quote Captain Picard's opening monologue with him during the start of Star Trek every evening.

    Nerditude: got it! :glasses:
  • _binary_jester_
    _binary_jester_ Posts: 2,132 Member
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    I don't know any nerds on MFP but I think a hard working, driven educated man is sexy. Where are the nerds at?
    This whole thread is about nerds spouting their nerd cred.

    Reading comprehension > you LOL
  • darkknightfan
    darkknightfan Posts: 396 Member
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    I listen to a podcast "Stuff You Should Know" from HowstuffWorks.com... while I workout. When I was 4 and 5, I used to quote Captain Picard's opening monologue with him during the start of Star Trek every evening.

    Nerditude: got it! :glasses:

    Subscribed to Stuff you should KNOW
    Stuff to blow your mind
    Stuff you missed in History class

    Greatest podcasts EVER
  • darkknightfan
    darkknightfan Posts: 396 Member
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    I mentioned him earlier and im surprised it didnt get more of a response


    H.P. Lovecraft anyone ?

    Missed that! I :heart: Lovecraft! I'm a horror fanatic anyway and knowing he inspired Stephen King makes him even better.

    Favorites

    At the mountains of Madness
    Shadow out of Time
    and the Reanimator one .. I dont recall the title
  • MereExtraordinaire
    MereExtraordinaire Posts: 143 Member
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    Holy crap I dont even have a shot in here do I ?

    @MassiveDelta: Pretty sure I recognize that picture ...
    http://shirt.woot.com/
  • Jugie12
    Jugie12 Posts: 282 Member
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    ME TOO!!

    Also: Freakonomics and Stuff Mom Never Told you!!
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
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    This thread....

    over9000.jpg
  • loriwarner
    loriwarner Posts: 18 Member
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    I'm just here to write down names and send friend requests. Carry on.

    Bahahaha! ME TOO!!

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