Archive for May, 2011

Help me with this Film question? Science Fiction and Sci-fi?

Help me with this Film question? Science Fiction and Sci-fi?
Hi guys, I have the research, I don’t want people to give me the answer, just a guide line in what to talk in the essay, possibly help me break it down, need to do 3,000.
Can you tell me how many words to write in each [...]

Does anyone know of any good fantasy books?

I like to read fantasy and was wondering if anybody knows of any good fantasy books.
Please, no vampires.
Light Fantasy:
The Last Unicorn by Peter S Beagle
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Beauty by Robin McKinley
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia McKillip
Winter Rose by Patricia McKillip
Ombria in Shadow [...]

What fantasy books like Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Secrets of the Immortal N. Flamel are good to read?

I want to read good fantasy books like these that seduces you to read the other books that follows them. Do you have any suggestions?
I’ve already read Beedle the Bard and Spiderwick. ^^
Pendragon by DJ MacHale
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Grey Griffins by Derek Benz and JS Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
The Inkheart Trilogy by [...]

Suggest some fantasy books that make a demand?

I’ve been reading Anne Rice’s earlier books but not much of her new ones because she seems to have lost her touch. I’m running out of good books though, so can anyone recommend some good *fantasy/mythological* books with sympathetic and well developed characters?
Into the darkness
by: Harry Turtledove

How would you define fantasy and sci-fi?

Like, if you were categorizing a book, what would you be looking for? And I know that sci-fi means science fiction, but what would you say would be the difference between that and fantasy?
And I generally write with supernatural creatures, so would those be sci-fi or fantasy? Or would it depend on the creature? And [...]

Do new authors have to do book signings?

If so, if they refuse do they run the risk of not getting their book published.
Unless the book is ridiculously popular, I doubt a new author would get a signing. Before book signings are even considered, the book is usually already published. Whether the author "has" to go to the book signing depends on the [...]

What kind of guitar used by Slash from Guns and Roses? When they concert in Tokyo Japan last 1992?

Just watch in youtube Guns and Roses "Sweet child o Mine" and what kind of guitar that slash used?
Gibson Les Paul

Are there any romance books with these characters?

I am in need of some romance books with rugged cowboys and completely innocent virgins. Are there such a book? By the way, no widows, please. I can’t stand those. Are there any such books? The characters are so clique I don’t know if anyone does write about that.
try:
Teresa Medeiros
Catherine Anderson
Sandra Brown
Lori Copeland
Kathleen Eagle
Cassie Edwards
Jane [...]

Need help remembering the title for a fiction sci-fi/fantasy book!?

The book is a young adult or maybe teen fiction about a girl from a faraway galaxy with her father and another man. She comes to Earth (I believe) to stop another species from destroying everything. The other species has invented an advanced machine that eats wood and spews fire so the humans think it’s [...]

Looking to read a good fantasy/sci fi or fiction series?

Just finished reading A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin and absolutely loved it. I’m a pretty well read reader but haven’t read too many sci fi or fantasy series, I typically just read standalone novels. I’m looking to read a great sci fi or fantasy series, or even a general [...]