> Was at the Pearl Ridge Border's today for lunch and
> read a chapter from Obama's book "The Audacity of
> Hope". Noticed a number of Japanese tourists there too.
> Odd...
>
> Was browsing through the science fiction and getting
> annoyed that so much "fantasy" is shelved there as
> well. Magic is not the same thing as science. Granted
> some science fiction is almost like magic stuff-- "Star
> Wars" for example. Nevertheless there is some slender
> scientific explanation even it seems implausible. Of
> course, the stories that are more plausible are better.
> Are there any science fiction readers out there who
> would agree?

> On Mar 8, 2:50 pm, "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote:

>> Was at the Pearl Ridge Border's today for lunch and
>> read a chapter from Obama's book "The Audacity of
>> Hope". Noticed a number of Japanese tourists there
>> too. Odd...
>>
>> Was browsing through...

>
> On Mar 8, 2:50 pm, "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote:

>> Was at the Pearl Ridge Border's today for lunch and
>> read a chapter from Obama's book "The Audacity of
>> Hope". Noticed a number of Japanese tourists there too.
>> Odd...
>>
>> Was browsing through the science fiction and getting
>> annoyed that so much "fantasy" is shelved there as
>> well. Magic is not the same thing as science. Granted
>> some science fiction is almost like magic stuff-- "Star
>> Wars" for example. Nevertheless there is some slender
>> scientific explanation even it seems implausible. Of
>> course, the stories that are more plausible are better.
>> Are there any science fiction readers out there who
>> would agree?

>
> I'm having a hard time reading anything these days, however I used to ...

> I think that I might have read a Bradbury story. I tend
> to forget the author's names unless it's part of a
> whole series....

>
> On Sun, 11 Mar 2007, rikanaka wrote:
>

>> "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote in message
>> news:1173585000-sch@news.lava.net...

>>> I think that I might have read a Bradbury story. I
>>> tend to forget the author's names unless it's part
>>> of a whole series....

>>
>> Do the titles "Martian Chronicles" or "Farenheit 451"
>> sound familiar?

>
> Yes. Very familiar. I think I saw both movies but only
> read the first 50 to 100 pages of the books. Neither
> were that good that I would remember very much about
> either. Would like to see a movie about Heinlein's book
> on this kid that got raised by martians. Think that I
> read the book through at least once. ...

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>>
>> On Sun, 11 Mar 2007, rikanaka wrote:
>>

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