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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    12/16/09

    In reply to The Greatest Nerdy Gift Books In The Galaxy
    For the deluxe editions, I would also include the leatherbound deluxe edition of The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which not only contains all 5 books, but looks awesome. I call it the bible-edition, which is even funnier considering the series and Mr. Adams.

    [search.barnesandnoble.com]
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    Image of Dunc Dunc
    12/16/09

    In reply to The Greatest Nerdy Gift Books In The Galaxy
    Good luck finding The Complete Vader: The book had printing issues and has been pushed back to 2011, though a few people who preordered received copies.
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    Image of Zenuflecked Zenuflecked
    12/16/09

    In reply to The Greatest Nerdy Gift Books In The Galaxy
    I'm sort of shocked that the latest edition of this: [www.spectrumfantasticart.com] wasn't listed. I've always considered it a yearly must have for a great view of sci-fi fantasy art for the year. Of course based on the latest news from their website if you don't have your copy already, it is not a given that you can get one.
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    12/15/09

    In reply to The Greatest Nerdy Gift Books In The Galaxy
    I really like it someone bought this book for me:
    [www.taschen.com]

    :)
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    Edited by goldfarb at 12/15/09 9:51 PM goldfarb was starred goldfarb was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/15/09

    In reply to The Greatest Nerdy Gift Books In The Galaxy
    Ooooo, shiiiiny!

    Thanks also for the non-gallery versions!
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    12/15/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: On all galleries, if you take out ".../gallery" from the URL, BAM! non-gallery shiiiiny versions. ;)
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    12/15/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: That is true. However, sometimes if you do that, the text and the images run together weirdly. When I include the "click here for galleries" thing, that partly means that I've gone thru and added a bit of extra formatting so it'll look okay in non-gallery format. :)
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    12/15/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: I've been using the "delete /gallery" trick for a while but it doesn't always work right, so I was thanking Charlie for doing the extra formatting so the text matches up correctly.
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    12/16/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: Huh. I'd never noticed before. I prefer the gallery view anyway. :)
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    Image of Facebones Facebones
    12/15/09

    In reply to The Greatest Nerdy Gift Books In The Galaxy
    I would add the expensive but beautiful Taschen art book "Magic; 1400-1950." Co-authored by pre-eminent magic historians Ricky Jay and Jim Steinmeyer. Not exactly SF, but I am sure there is an audience for it here.
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    Ruthless, If you let me promoted this comment Facebones was starred Facebones was unstarred
    Image of Pittsburghmuggle Pittsburghmuggle
    12/15/09

    In reply to The Greatest Nerdy Gift Books In The Galaxy
    I never read Pride and Prejudice. Would I enjoy the zombie mashup still?
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    Image of Facebones Facebones
    12/15/09

    @Pittsburghmuggle: Well, there are zombies. Although like any parody, your enjoyment will increase with a knowledge of the source material. My mom loved P&P&Z largely because she loves Jane Austen.
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    12/15/09

    In reply to The Greatest Nerdy Gift Books In The Galaxy
    From personal experience, Voices From The Moon is pretty rad.
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    Image of jaredthaja888 jaredthaja888
    12/10/09

    In reply to Top 10 Science Fiction Disappointments Of The Past Decade
    No mention of Abram's Star Trek, which was basically Superman Returns 2.0, a stale lifeless shell of what it should be. I'd give SR 1 if it wasn't for that I kinda saw it coming. I for one loved Identity Crisis and Infinite Crisis, BSG's finale, the Star Wars Prequels, Indy 4, Terminator Salvation and the Matrix sequels, in fact the first Matrix sucked in my opinion, the Sequels saved that franchise. Watchmen was only disappointing if you had unrealistic expectations, I found it better then I expected
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    12/10/09

    @jaredthaja888: Totally opposite opinion on Star Trek, but to each their own.
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    Image of knyghtryda knyghtryda
    12/10/09

    @jaredthaja888:
    I call flamebait... so I'll just stop right there
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    Image of Eric77J Eric77J
    12/10/09

    In reply to Top 10 Science Fiction Disappointments Of The Past Decade
    I enjoyed "Superman Returns." Giving Superman a son moved the story forward.
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    12/10/09

    @Eric77J: It moved it forward, but not in a good way at all.
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    Image of charles.boyer charles.boyer
    12/10/09

    In reply to Top 10 Science Fiction Disappointments Of The Past Decade
    If you want to know why NASA doesn't have a replacement vehicle for the Shuttle system, look in the mirror, people.

    They have tried multiple times to get a replacement program off the ground, only to be rebuffed or unfunded by Congress. Various presidents have made promises to deliver a replacement, none have delivered and it looks like Barack Obama will join their long and quite frankly undistinguished ranks.

    So why do I say it is OUR fault? Because we as votes have been largely indifferent and complacent when it comes to our space program. It is lauded when it succeeds, but jeered when it rightly delays missions due to safety or performance concerns. And when the worst happens -- as it has twice with the Shuttle -- we want to vilify and blame who-ever is responsible...as though spaceflight is now safe and routine.

    Many of us like to talk about privatizing space, but that is pie in the sky until a firm -- any firm, mind you -- can reliably deliver any payload to orbit, much less carry humans. Yes, SpaceX and others are doing promising work. Until they can prove their systems, however, we cannot rely upon them as though they are up and running full steam ahead.

    The bottom line is that the Augustine Commission has laid on the President's desk a number or recommendations and proposals. To date, he has done nothing with them. In fact, current rumor is that NASA's budget - already far less than the money it needs to do the jobs of which it asked - will be slashed a further ten percent. If that happens, the only way American astronauts will leave the Earth is if they buy a ticket like so many tycoons have already done.

    And we, the people, are ignoring this and letting it happen. Shame on us, and don't whine a minute about it. We did it to ourselves and are getting our just deserts.
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    Image of mack002 mack002
    12/09/09

    In reply to Top 10 Science Fiction Disappointments Of The Past Decade
    WTF!!?? Firefly was awesome! You bastards!!!
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    12/10/09

    @mack002: Read the article. Sigh.
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    12/09/09

    In reply to Top 10 Science Fiction Disappointments Of The Past Decade
    "promising Virtuality" ?
    That show was lame. I hate shows that kill the most interesting character in the first episode. I want to watch a space travel drama to see them travel through space. Not to fight the Civil War in virtual reality, with a dead guy.
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    12/09/09

    In reply to Top 10 Science Fiction Disappointments Of The Past Decade
    I would also add the last two seasons of X-Files. I really felt that Carter lost the plot. literally.
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    Image of eriktderek eriktderek
    12/09/09

    In reply to Top 10 Science Fiction Disappointments Of The Past Decade
    Watchmen was STILL great, very thought provoking, deep. Pretty damn good. Maybe not as good as book, but that was near impossible. Ya gotta reward a complex plot and like Watchmen, call T4 or Transformers garbage.
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    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    12/09/09

    @eriktderek: I agree with this whole-heartedly. And I actually think the movie's ending worked better.
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    Image of KaneBaker KaneBaker
    12/09/09

    @eriktderek: i think watchmen may not have been a mega commercial blockbuster, but it's precisely because of how true it was to the source material that it couldn't be bigger mainstream. (Funny how it's one of the highest grossing movies ever and still not enough?)
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    12/09/09

    @eriktderek:I don't have to reward Watchmen for anything, because the "complex plot" was simply taken whole hog from the original. Snyder gave no indication of an ability to actually *adapt* the work into another medium rather than just presenting it. It was a major disappointment.
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    12/09/09

    @KaneBaker: Highest grossing movies ever? Um, no. It's 377 on the top domestic grosses of all time. It's not even one of the top grossing movies of the year.
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    Image of 1Grand_Marquis 1Grand_Marquis
    12/09/09

    @Wookie1972: Yeah, it's no good praising a movie for the things it's aping directly from its source material. It should bring something to the table as well. I thought the film was good. But I expected better.
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    Image of KaneBaker KaneBaker
    12/09/09

    @Wookie1972: you are right, i boradly overstated, what it did have was one of the biggest openings for it's time frame (pre easter). The final gorss is not huge, although i would consider it very successful.

    Now the expectations for this were overblown, watchmen is not spiderman or harry potter in terms of attached audience.
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    12/10/09

    @1Grand_Marquis: What it reminded me of is the Marvel movie adaptations from the 80s, whose sole purpose was really just to take something away from the movie in the days before home video. In spite of some great art by Al Williamson on the Star Wars ones, they were utterly superfluous.
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