Post by textu on Jun 17, 2010 18:29:26 GMT
Hi!
Here's a round about explanation of how I became a fan. For the past year or so I've felt I have run out of the really good SF and Fantasy books to read. Last Fall I finished the late Jordan's voluminous series to date, The Wheel of Time. I wandered listlessly through a few books since then not really satisfied, but definitely not satisfied with picking from top 10 or top 100 lists after getting burned on a few that came across as pedantic or preachy.
I used to pick out books by the cover when I was younger and had good success, Anne McCaffrey, Peter F. Hamilton, Stephen R. Donaldson etc., so I tried the same this go around and decided to give Dark Space a shot after reading the back at Barnes and Noble. There was something intriguing about a woman who has to fight her way off a planet to go get help for it.
That's it in a nutshell. I live in Austin Texas, recently got to see Dan Simmons in person, would rather first balance budgets without over taxing and over spending before arguing the merits of various -isms, have a wife, two kids, a vegetable garden and two new kittens.
Here's a round about explanation of how I became a fan. For the past year or so I've felt I have run out of the really good SF and Fantasy books to read. Last Fall I finished the late Jordan's voluminous series to date, The Wheel of Time. I wandered listlessly through a few books since then not really satisfied, but definitely not satisfied with picking from top 10 or top 100 lists after getting burned on a few that came across as pedantic or preachy.
I used to pick out books by the cover when I was younger and had good success, Anne McCaffrey, Peter F. Hamilton, Stephen R. Donaldson etc., so I tried the same this go around and decided to give Dark Space a shot after reading the back at Barnes and Noble. There was something intriguing about a woman who has to fight her way off a planet to go get help for it.
That's it in a nutshell. I live in Austin Texas, recently got to see Dan Simmons in person, would rather first balance budgets without over taxing and over spending before arguing the merits of various -isms, have a wife, two kids, a vegetable garden and two new kittens.
