Hackerspace Fiction - Revision history

Roswyne at 22:19, 30 May 2013

2013-05-30T22:19:37Z

Roswyne at 22:17, 30 May 2013

2013-05-30T22:17:15Z

Roswyne at 16:34, 12 July 2012

2012-07-12T16:34:55Z

Dragon Eater at 14:31, 14 May 2012

2012-05-14T14:31:19Z

Roswyne at 23:21, 10 May 2012

2012-05-10T23:21:08Z

Roswyne at 00:24, 25 April 2012

2012-04-25T00:24:21Z

Roswyne at 02:32, 20 April 2012

2012-04-20T02:32:38Z

Roswyne at 02:16, 20 April 2012

2012-04-20T02:16:56Z

Dragon Eater at 15:53, 19 April 2012

2012-04-19T15:53:55Z

Mogigoma at 15:32, 19 April 2012

2012-04-19T15:32:57Z

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 | Kim Stanley Robinson
 | On a mission to provide Mars with an Earth-like atmosphere, John Boone, Maya Toitovna, Frank Chalmers and Arkady Bogdanov meet stiff resistance from those who will fight to the death to prevent Mars from being changed.
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+| #1-3 Thor
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 | William Goldman
 | This tale of a handsome farm boy who, aided by a drunken swordsman and a gentle giant, rescues a beautiful princess named Buttercup comes with a slyly humorous, metafictional edge: Goldman claims to have merely abridged an earlier text by one "S. Morgenstern" (actually a pseudonym) and peppers his text with clever commentary.
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 | Douglas Adams
 | In the first, hilarious volume of Adams' Hitchhiker's series, reluctant galactic traveler Arthur Dent gets swept up in some literally Earth-shattering events involving aliens, sperm whales, a depressed robot, mice who are more than they seem, and some really, really bad poetry.
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 | Timothy Zahn
 | Five years after the fall of the Empire, a dying part of the Empire all the more dangerous near death has just discovered something that could bring it back, the last of the Emperor's warlords, Admiral Thrawn.
-| Gorgeous Mike if he can find it!
+| G Mike
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 | Robert A. Heinlein
 | A one-armed computer technician, a radical blond bombshell, an aging academic and a sentient all-knowing computer lead the lunar population in a revolution against Earth's colonial rule.
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 | Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
 | The accidental killing of a group of emissaries to Earth threatens man's survival.
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 | Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
 | As the great Hamner-Brown comet, dubbed Lucifer's Hammer by the press, approaches Earth, various business executives, politicians, criminals, journalists and scientists await the impending cataclysm and its general and personal effects with decidedly differing feelings
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 | 97
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 | Piers Anthony
 | In Anthony's pun-besotted magical realm (which is shaped a lot like Florida), every human is born with a unique magical ability, which they use navigate a landscape full of dragons, goblins, harpies, centaurs and all manner of eldritch creatures.
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 | J.R.R. Tolkien
 | Tolkien's seminal three-volume epic chronicles the War of the Ring, in which Frodo the hobbit and his companions set out to destroy the evil Ring of Power and restore peace to Middle-earth. The beloved trilogy still casts a long shadow, having established some of the most familiar and enduring tropes in fantasy literature.Literary Award Winner
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 | Douglas Adams
 | In the first, hilarious volume of Adams' Hitchhiker's series, reluctant galactic traveler Arthur Dent gets swept up in some literally Earth-shattering events involving aliens, sperm whales, a depressed robot, mice who are more than they seem, and some really, really bad poetry.
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+| #-2, 4-5 Siu
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 | Orson Scott Card
 | Young Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, bred to be a genius, is drafted to Battle School where he trains to lead the century-long fight against the alien Buggers.
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 | Isaac Asimov
 | A band of psychologists, under the leadership of psychohistorian Hari Seldon, plant a colony to encourage art, science, and technology in the declining Galactic Empire and to preserve the accumulated knowledge of humankind.
-| Mak (TPB) & John V. (HC)
+| Mak (TPB) to bring & John V. (HC)
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 | Alan Moore
 | As former members of a disbanded group of superheroes called the Crimebusters start turning up dead, the remaining members of the group try to discover the identity of the murderer before they, too, are killed. A graphic novel.
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 | Isaac Asimov
 | Isaac Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when he formulated the laws governing their behavior. In I, Robot, Asimov chronicles the development of the robot through a series of interlinked stories: from its primitive origins in the present to its ultimate perfection in the not-so-distant future — a future in which humanity itself may be rendered obsolete.
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+| Siu
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 | Margaret Atwood
 | A chilling look at the near future presents the story of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, once the United States, an oppressive world where women are no longer allowed to read and are valued only as long as they are viable for reproduction.
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 | Neal Stephenson
 | Weaving contemporary imagery with Sumerian myths, Stephenson's third novel revolves around a mysterious "pseudo-narcotic" Snow Crash that is capable of affecting people both within — and without — the alternate-reality Internet called the "Metaverse."
-| yes; Mak all Stephenson included
+| Tim; Mak all Stephenson included
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 | Jules Verne
 | Professor Arronax and his two companions, trapped aboard a fantastic submarine as prisoners of the deranged Captain Nemo, come face to face with exotic ocean creatures and strange sights hidden from the world above.
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 | Neil Gaiman
 | Gaiman's wry, darkly whimsical tale of an average young businessman who stops to help a girl bleeding on a London sidewalk and finds himself pulled into a bizarre subterranean world.
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 | Neil Gaiman
 | In the quiet English hamlet of Wall, Tristran Thorn embarks on a remarkable journey through the world of Faerie to recover a fallen star for his lover, the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester.
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 | Neal Stephenson
 | More than 50 years after Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse and Sergeant Bobby Shaftoe are assigned to Detachment 2702, a secret cryptographic mission, their grandchildren — Randy and Amy — join forces to create a "data haven" in the South Pacific, only to uncover a massive conspiracy with roots in Detachment 2702.
-| yes; Mak all Stephenson included
+| Tim; Mak all Stephenson included
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 | Kim Stanley Robinson
 | On a mission to provide Mars with an Earth-like atmosphere, John Boone, Maya Toitovna, Frank Chalmers and Arkady Bogdanov meet stiff resistance from those who will fight to the death to prevent Mars from being changed.
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+| Thor to bring
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 | 96

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 | Ray Bradbury
 | A totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners suddenly realizes their merit, in a chilling novel of a frightening near-future world.
-| Jay to donate; yes (Siu)
+| Jay to donate; Siu
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 | Isaac Asimov
 | Isaac Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when he formulated the laws governing their behavior. In I, Robot, Asimov chronicles the development of the robot through a series of interlinked stories: from its primitive origins in the present to its ultimate perfection in the not-so-distant future — a future in which humanity itself may be rendered obsolete.
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+| Siu to bring
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 | 17
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 | Margaret Atwood
 | A chilling look at the near future presents the story of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, once the United States, an oppressive world where women are no longer allowed to read and are valued only as long as they are viable for reproduction.
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+| Siu to bring
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 | 23
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 | Arthur C. Clarke
 | Two astronauts find their journey into space and their very lives jeopardized by the jealousy of an extraordinary computer named HAL.
-| #1 no; #2-3 (Siu)
+| #1 needed; #2-3 Siu
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 | 25
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 | Richard Adams
 | An allegorical tale of survival about a band of wild rabbits who leave their ancestral home to build a more humane society chronicles their adventures as they search for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace.
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 | Brandon Sanderson
 | In a world where special magic users called Allomancers can employ metals to enhance their physical and mental abilities, a young thief discovers her destiny and sets out to overthrow the Lord Ruler.
-| #1 (Siu); #2-3 no
+| #1 Siu; #2-3 needed
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 | 44
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 | Robin Hobb
 | An wily assassin plies his trade while his uncle the Prince confronts attackers who are turning people into emotionless, zombie-like "Forged ones."
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+| #1-2 needed; #3 Siu
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 | 70
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 | Jacqueline Carey
 | Sold into indentured servitude at the exotic Night Court as a child, Phedre faces a difficult choice between honor and duty as she deals with a world of glittering luxury, conspiracy, sacrifice, and betrayal. Two subsequent trilogies chronicle the adventures of her adopted son and her distant descendant.
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+| #1-4 Siu
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 | Jim Butcher
 | In the land of Alera, where people bond with the furies — elementals of earth, air, fire, water, and metal — young Tavi struggles to cope with his lack of magical talent, until his homeland erupts into conflict between rebels and loyalists and Tavi discovers that he holds the key to his realm's survival.
-| #1 no; #2-5 (Siu)
+| #1 needed; #2-5 Siu
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 | 87

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 | Neal Stephenson
 | Raz, who has lived in a monastery since childhood, away from the violent upheavals of the outside world, becomes one of a group of formerly cloistered scholars who are appointed by a higher power to avert an impending disaster.
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 | 86