new_user’s Comments (group member since Jul 28, 2010)

new_user’s comments from the Sci-Fi Romance group.

Lol, you conditioned her early. ;) I feel like a whole generation grew up on Sailor Moon. I used to watch that too. Remember the opening? There was some scifi in that one too, now that I think about it, at least the parts of it in the future.

Haha, EG. ;)

It's true, I see the book cover when I open a book, but it sort of makes it awkward when I'm selecting a book in public to have to scroll through a catalogue of waxed chests, lol.

Or even if I accidentally hit "back" in my reader or simply want to swap between two books. My screen is bright, so I feel like it draws attention. Maybe it's my imagination, lol.

I usually think of it as action (or politics) + space. What comes to mind for me is Gundam. Not sure if anyone's familiar, but that's a Japanese animated show. Love the politics.

In full agreement. Future guy! Lol. I'll assume we've gotten over a lot of society's hangups by then! Unless he's a caveman, which is one trend I've seen.

If you didn't like the Outlander books, I'd still recommend the show. I only read the first book, but the show's addicting, lol.

This is a great question! An association with science may lend scifi more prestige, but scifi is very fantastical sometimes! Who's to say time travel, telepathy, giant lizards, and so on are any more feasible than unicorns and dragons, lol.

I think those "clinch" or chesticles covers pose the same problem digitally as they do physically: no one can be seen reading them! So for that reason, I'd rather an author indicate romance a little more subtly. At least give the man a shirt, lol.

Kaycee wrote: "That actually! More epic things and space politics! I'm addicted to the video game series Mass Effect and they did that very well. I want more books to be like this! That the epic story is important but the romance is organic and not forced. "

I love Mass Effect! And yeah, I'd love to see more organic romance that isn't instant and lusty, etc. although if the characters are already acquainted or "second chance," that makes a little more sense.

Did anyone see The Martian? Loved that movie!

Lee wrote: "I'm playing with the idea of how much you own your theoretical cyborg body. If lots of the parts come from one company, you're a company asset as well as a person. How much of you is psychologically attached to the company? What if..."

I would love to read a SFR that played with these questions! Unfortunately, I don't have many suggestions. There was On a Rogue Planet, but I'm not as interested where the conflict is about coming to terms with emotion unless it's inspired by real problems coping with emotion, e.g. repression of some men, rather than a character recognizing and adjusting to emotion immediately and well. It's an opportunity missed.

What would you like to see more of in SFR? Personally, I'd like to see more epic stuff, more space operas and politics. How about you all?

I think it's a combo of imagining humans' enhanced abilities, the technology, and the questions of identity, the latter of which a lot of authors don't delve into.

I agree with other readers that a few scenes are nice, but ultimately, I want a great (preferably adventure!) plot to take precedence.

The discussions about different aspects of SFR, whether that's cyborgs or aliens or distant worlds, are fun to discuss, and the recs are handy. I also like the What Are You Reading? thread. Also the TV/movies stuff.

Hmr28 wrote: "Really? I thought The Empress Game was awful! I wasn't able to finish it, it was so bad."

Really? Was it something specific you didn't like?

I recently finished The Empress Game. Great book, action-packed, interesting BAMF heroine and male lead, plus politics, fighting and royalty.

I feel like that there's a lot to be said about colonization and they skipped all that and just jumped into the rebel angle, which has been done before. It's another Falling Skies, lol.

What do you think of the show, EG?

That is so true about initials, Cindy. They can be a real problem for catalogs.

I didn't know she flew! It would be so cool to meet a female pilot. I know there are plenty, but I never seem to bump into them. Her new book sounds really interesting with the way it tackles gender directly.

Apparently Marcus Lemonis from The Profit! Lol.