May 2006 - WELCOME ALL NEWBIES!

[SteveDallas]

Originally Posted by MaggieL

But I grew up reading Heinlein

<homer>mmmmm.... Heinlein</homer>

Originally Posted by MaggieL

and have just finished Varley's "Red Thunder"

What a coincidence... I'm about 5 pages into this. (This was not through any recommendation or review, but "let's dig through the science fiction section at the library and see if anything I haven't read looks interesting.")

Originally Posted by MaggieL

I've got good things to say about Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan series[/url]

An all time favorite.... and though I've liked the Chalion books well enough (as have Hugo voters!) I despair of ever seeing another Vorkosigan book. Though I can certainly understand why she wants to leave it where it is now.

Originally Posted by MaggieL

and I've already held forth in another thread about Honor Harrington.

Hey, Weber is good too, though I sometimes find the minute technical details of the ships tiresome. Hey, what is this.... are you my evil twin??? At least from a reading habits standpoint....