Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 22:37:46 -0500
Subject: [WSFA] Re: 5 Best Sf
From: "Steve Stiles" <swstiles at comcast.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

>>Mike B. wrote:
>>
>> > Better than most.  The new Battlestar Galactica is far,
>>far better than the
>> > original, and better than most SF on television or in the
>>
>>Quite true. I think it's a far more "adult" series than the
>>majority of s.f./space opera series that went before it. I'm
>>hooked.
>
>It's certainly not for kids!  ;-)

True 'nuff! I also wonder what else is on Ronald Moore's reading list; the
whole bit about some Cylons not realizing they are Cylons is a touch of P.K.
Dick....
>
>Sci-Fi channel has a really good Friday Night lineup, with BSG, SG-1 and
>SG-Atlantis...and they started the new season last Friday!

I have enjoyed the two Star Gate series-- good casts, engaging plots, nice
productions-- but they're more on the level of the various versions of Star
Trek.
>
>Oh, and I still read books too... ;-)

That's why, except for Friday nights, that I seldom watch television.
Working for a bookstore with a generous freebie policy (ten a month), and
additional discounts of 40% off, is hog heaven. Right now: the Jasper Fforde
series, some Tim Powers, and, oh (gasp, literature!) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

--Steve
>
>-- Mike B.
>