#Barry Longyear

[80smovies]

#Enemy Mine #Dennis Quaid #Louis Gossett Jr. #Brion James #Wolfgang Petersen #Barry Longyear #Edward Khmara #80s

[arconinternet]

Naked Came the Robot (Book, Barry B. Longyear, 1988)

You can borrow it digitally here.

#internet archive #book #books #scifi #sci fi #science fiction #cover art #book cover #book covers #robot #robots #obscure books #sci fi art #science fiction art #paperback #paperbacks #paperback books #1988 #1980s #80s

[forehead-alien]

A Nitolan from The Homecoming by Barry B. Longyear. Nitolans are dinosaurs that went off to space 70 million years ago and later returned in the late 20th century to the planet Nitola, which humans call Earth. If you tell them a really good joke, they might end up liking you.

[zitasaurusrex]

Okay wait, PLEASE tell me about Enemy Mine. Everything you know about it including your opinion about whether or not it's actually a good (or fun) watch. I need to know about this lost movie from my childhood

No worries! I had only seen like half of it because I remember watching it on TV with my dad about a billion years ago, but the basic premise was always there in the back of my mind. I remember digging up the novella it was based on online and reading that too, but it's also been a really long time.

The movie is based on a novella (also called Enemy Mine) the author Barry Longyear published in 1979, which won a Nebula and a Hugo. It actually started a series of stories he'd go on to tell in the same universe.

The movie was a huge commercial failure and did not make back its budget, but it got a lot of tv play in the 90s and early 2000s (at least, this is something that I think my memory corroborates?)

The tonally-weird swerve toward the end to include a subplot with a mine full of nasty humans who enslave aliens was apparently the result of executive meddling because the movie title might be confusing to audiences, so obviously we have to make sure there is a mine full of enemies so nobody gets mad!

As for what I thought of it: Of the two main characters, Louis Gossett Jr. playing Jerry (the alien) is acting his ass off managing to get microexpressions through all the facial prosthetics and makeup he has going on. Dennis Quaid starts kind of rough but his character grows on you and proves he's able to cry.

The first third or so is also kinda rough because I think, pacing-wise, it stays just a little too long in the spot where the characters hate one another and don't communicate very well. But the way they have them bond does work and does get emotional, and Quaid's character going on to raise the alien child after Jerry dies actually works? You don't think he has a heartwarming fatherhood montage in him, but then there it fucking is.

The last act with the child being captured by slavers and his fate uncertain until Quaid's character goes and rescues him feels a little out of left field and like an obvious 80s action hero moment excuse, but because the child does come out of it okay it doesn't ruin the movie entirely for me.

It's cheesy and kind of dumb in some places but overall I thought it was fun and was glad to revisit it, especially for the price of a clearanced secondhand DVD.

#enemy mine

[pargolettasworld]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9RZqulqhU0

People ask artists all the time where their ideas come from.  The science fiction author Barry Longyear got this question so often that he devised a stock answer, that there was a warehouse in Schenectady, and that authors who were out of ideas could write to this place, and they’d send fresh ideas.  He even called a collection of short stories It Came From Schenectady.

Sometimes, though, the inspiration for art comes from much closer to home.  For Yonatan Sheinfeld, his beloved sister’s wedding inspired him to write this lovely song, “Achot Ktana,” or “Little Sister.”  It describes a little sister, one among several brothers, who is getting ready to go out into the world.  A great voice will be heard throughout Jerusalem and the land of Judah.  “Go out, and put on your best clothes!  Get up, my wife, and go forth!”  Clearly, this is a girl whose family of origin and family of choice both love her dearly, as it should be.

#jewish music

[trashmenace]

Alien Nation 4 The Change by Barry B. Longyear 1994 Pocket Books

One of George's former resistance comrade in arms escapes from prison and uses mind control devices to fulfill an oath to kill anyone who has ever known George. George is going through alien menopause and Matt spends most of the the time in the hospital. Buck is skipping class to hang out with Tenctonese elders, who all sound like hippie burn outs.

Nasty enough villain, but the ending felt unfocused. Did not have the feel of the TV show in plotting or tone, and I assume that the cursing, violence, and rape scene wouldn't find it's way on the small screen. Based on a script for the unproduced season two, but not made into a TV movie like others.

Paperback from Amazon

[medicinemane]

What are your favorite books, and what book would you recommend to a cat?

I've been having to think on the second part of the question for a while, that's what the delay in answering has been

First part's pretty easy, the Amber series by Roger Zelazny probably has to be my favorite just because of the impact of it. I like a lot of his and Fred Saberhagen's work (Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming is a fun one, A Night in the Lonesome October is basically like a Fate grail war if it were Cthulhu mythos focused and the players were people like Dracula and Rasputin and the main character was a dog)

Also really like It Came From Schenectady by Barry Longyear, it's a collection of short stories, there's a couple I really like there... also should really reread Count of Monte Cristo cause I remember liking that a lot

As for a book to recommend a cat (assuming the cat could read), after a lot of thought I feel like The Hobbit might be a good book to recommend because I feel like cats would relate to hobbits and to Bilbo

Anyway, thanks for the ask. It was a good one. Hope you have a nice day

#mm tag so i can find things later

[abbattoimuri]

Fantascienza: il conflitto di classe e lo sfruttamento dei migranti

Il mio nemico, film che non ha avuto gran successo al botteghino ma che è stato ispirato dal magnifico racconto di fantascienza “Nemico mio adorato”, di Barry Longyear, vincitore del premio Nebula e Hugo nel 1980, rintracciabile più facilmente in lingua inglese, è una storia che smette di raccontare la fandonia degli alieni cattivi e colonizzatori e mette un umano e un “alieno”, di tipo…

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#Controllo #Differenza di Classe #Diritti #Distopie #Fantascienza #Fascismi #Intersezionalità

[othercat2]

Just Some Sword In Exile Notes

General note: I am slightly frustrated by a minor writing block in regard to fan fic WIPS. I am even more frustrated with a stalled original fic.

That said, I am about to do some blathering.

--Shen Jiu's adoptive father is based on conservative military sf writer David Weber. >_> My main beef with the guy is the way he does inclusivity! That is, he does "there are multiple people of various skin tones, but they are all essentially European/White." He also does "there are multiple religions but all of them are Christian. Yes, even the ones that are not in any way related to Christianity." I did initially like the books but the conservative bullshit across most of his writing soured me on his work.

--Shang Qinghua's family are also sf/fantasy fans. Both of his parents have been on convention committees and his mom hosts monthly filksings. Filksings are fun, though I am not social enough to attend.

--The reading habits of Shen Jiu and Shang Qinghua differ in that Shen Jiu has read more conservative writers, and more classic sf. I don't have a precise breakdown of who has read what.

--Shen Jiu's most read authors

Anne McCaffrey (sword and planet, sf,)

Christopher Stasheff (Conservative writer. Most known for his "Warlock" books, which features the agent of an organization that "protected" democracy via cultural engineering, and opposing two counter organizations, one communist (or totalitarian?) and the other anarchist.)

Roger Zelazny (Extremely surreal sf and fantasy. Often very poetic!)

Robert A. Heinlein (So many Mary Sues. So Many. Also incest.)

Isaac Asimov (much ado about robots)

Glen Cook (Writes both grimdark and humor!)

Brian Daley (Good author! Nice blend of adventure and humor.)

James White (Very optimistic outlook. Sector General is pretty awesome.)

Tanith Lee (Tanith Lee is the kind of writer you like if you like hurt/no comfort.)

Michael Moorcock (I really hate Moorcock's writing style. Also, most of his characters. However, the bleak nihilism would be appealing to Shen Jiu.)

Piers Anthony (Books that you read that are occasionally good but then you realize how weird and creepy they are.)

Andre Norton (sf and fantasy author. Sometimes there is very little difference between the f and the sf.)

Robert Adams (I do not recommend this guy. Most known for his Horseclans series, which were very rapey, racist and homophobic. I was mostly reading it for the telepathic horses and giant saber tooth kitties.)

Elizabeth Moon (mil sf and also fantasy writer.)

P.C. Hodgell (sword and sorcery)

Greg Bear (extremely hard sf. Has also written a fantasy duology that is pretty much high concept hard fantasy.)

Shang Qinghua's most read authors

Steven Brust (great character voice, fun settings. comparable style-wise to Roger Zelazny.)

Martha Wells (awesome worldbuilding! Sympathetic characters, engaging story lines)

Anne McCaffrey (sword and planet, some mil sf in conjuction with Elizabeth Moon.)

Jo Clayton (sword and planet, space opera, sword and sorcery. Following recurring themes: Someone is filming the engineered destruction of a world or culture for entertainment purposes. Someone is stuck between a devastating competition between gods or godlike beings. Someone acquires powers beyond the ken of mortals and Shit Happens.

Barry B. Longyear (I recommend Enemy Mine and sequels. Do not watch the movie. The movie is terrible and takes a hammer to the very subtle message the original novella was trying to convey. )

Marion Zimmer Bradley (he feels guilty about it. The writer's personal life was a trashfire and she was abusive to her kids. Was one of the rare early sf/f writers who wrote mostly positive depictions of gay and lesbian characters.)

Octavia Butler (Wrote dystopias. Scary scary dystopias written really, really well.)

Elizabeth Moon (Mil SF, high fantasy. Possibly wrote the best paladin ever.

Martha Wells (High fantasy, urban (ish) fantasy. sf!)

Lois McMasterBujold (High fantasy, military sf. post apocalyptic fantasy.)

Patricia McKillip (His sisters tease him because the books are "girly.")

--This is not a complete list by any means. Also, there's some overlap.

--Both Shen Jiu and Shang Qinghua play D&D.

#writing #svsss #the sword in exile #sf

[pluralzalpha]

Galactic Gazetteer: Fyrine IV

Location: Milky Way Galaxy

Inhabitants: no intelligent life, only hostile animal life

Affiliation: Earth (mining colony)

Appearance: Enemy Mine (1979 novella by Barry Longyear, 1985 movie)

Fun fact: the planet where Earthman Willis Davide and Drac soldier Jeriba Shigan are stranded.

#galactic gazetteer #enemy mine #desert planet

[scifi2feature]

#Analog #1980 #savage #planet #Barry Longyear #Longyear #Lisa Tuttle #George R.R. Martin #Raymond Z. Gallun #G.Harry Stein #Tuttle #Martin #Gallun #Stein

[80smovies]

#Enemy Mine #Wolfgang Petersen #Barry Longyear #Edward Khmara #Dennis Quaid #Louis Gossett Jr. #80s

[humanoidhistory]

Tim White cover art for City of Baraboo by Barry B. Longyear, 1983.

#scifi #tim white #ufo #science fiction #illustration #barry b. longyear #1983 #1980s #spaceman

[70sscifiart]

1982 cover art by John Rush for Elephant Song, by Barry N. Longyear

#Elephant #1980s #john rush #check the link for even more elephant sci-fi art #red #river

[ladybender]

Futurama Book recs

I decided to make a list of books suggested in the Futurama calendars (I can't say it's complete because i only have calendars from 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2020 but still)

under the cut because it’s loooong

Surface Detail - Ian Banks

Something Wicked this way comes - Ray Bradbury

The Soldier in the Mist - Gene Wolfe

The Stand - Stephen King

The Princess Bride - William Goldman

No Enemy but Time - Michael Bishop

We will drink a fish together - Bill Johnson  (novelette)

Fire Watch - Connie Willis (short stories)

Blackout (All Clear #1) - Connie Willis

Zombie Survival Guide - Max Brooks

Unicorn Tapestry - Suzy McKee Charnas

Buffalo Gals, won't you come out tonight - Ursula K. Leguin (novelette)

Isle of the dead - Roger Zelazny 

Mccade's Bounty - William C. Dietz The Baroque Cycle (series) - Neal Stephenson Rougue Moon - Algis Budrys 

Motherless Brooklyn -  Jonathan Lethem  Old man's war - John Scalzi 

The Citadel of the Autarch - Gene Wolfe 

Captain Vorpatril's Alliance - Lois McMaster Bujold 

Falcon - Emma Bull

Jem - Frederik Pohl You will never be the same - Corwainer Smith (short stories)

The Book of the Skulls - Robert Silverberg 

 The man who sold the moon - Robert A. Heinlein

Antartica - Kim Stanley Robinson Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyle (eccentric tale of familiar loss, travel and fresh starts) A Night in lonesome October - Roger Zelazny

Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell (waves six stories related through space and time)

The Book of the Long Sun (series of four novels) - Gene Wolfe

The Palace Thief - Ethan Canin

Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti - Genevieve Valentine

Seeker - Jack McDevitt

The Shipping News - Annie Proulx

A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess

Enemy Mine - Barry B. Longyear (series)

The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin (never doubt the power of dreams)

The Female Man - Joanna Russ

A Door into Ocean - Joan Slonczewski

The Persistence of Vision - John Varley (short story)

Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie

The Buried Giant - Kazuo Ishiguro 

#it's all scifi and fantasy books btw #futurama

[tantamountess]

my adhd ass’s computer history

google classroom - Google Search

US History 2 1B - Classroom

Assignment - Comparing Historical Dictators

Hitler’s Germany and Mussolini’s Italy: Similarities and Differences

draconian definition - Google Search

Draco (lawgiver) - Wikipedia

Dracs - Wikipedia

Barry B. Longyear - Wikipedia

Enemy Mine (film) - Wikipedia

western sci fi - Google Search

Space Western - Wikipedia

Cowboy Bebop - Wikipedia

#so somehow we've gone from nazis #to cowboy bebop #adhd #mental health #i guess? #go to therapy tess! #that's just my personal tag now ig lmao