OT: Read a book!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Andre Norton.

by depressing books i mean ones which depress me. hero dies, hero loses etc.

Brin's making some good points. although star trek still has 'good beutifull, evil ugly'. maybe i should write a book where the main character has a big ugly scar through his right eye, a hunchback, a crippled leg, unshaven, mismatched features, and anything else i can throw in. and still gets the girl. i've never actually sold anything or written much though. honestly, i've never read 'hunchback of notre dame', but i still think she should have married the hunchback. what did the captain do but swoop in at the Last minute?

[ July 17, 2003, 07:08: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Erax]

"Good <-> Beautiful" exists because of our natural instincts.

Beautiful person -> Good survival / reproductive characteristics -> Achieves success -> Has many children -> Benefits our tribe as a whole -> Good.

Ugly person -> Opposite of the above, plus may be sick (could infect the whole tribe / will need care, tying up someone else) -> Bad for the tribe -> Evil.

That's why the hunchback wasn't allowed to marry the girl.

[Eradan]

originally posted by Growltigger:
other than David Brin's books and Dave Weber's starfire books, can anyone reccomend any Sci Fi books that have lots of fighting, alien space fleets, space battles and 'orrible aliens

Read 'Execution Hour' and sequel, 'Shadow Point' by Gordon Rennie. These two books are just space opera, but I swear they're great space opera. They're from a series, the Warhammer 40,000 series, but don't let that put you off. After you read these, you'll know why the Warhammer 40000 universe is becoming so popular...

Eradan