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Old 12-15-2006, 10:19 PM   #1
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I'd remove geeks.
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Old 12-16-2006, 02:14 AM   #2
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This will probably take a while, so apologies if anyone should post any of this before I'm done. [Edit: nevermind. ]

Y'know, other than anime, they skipped everything comic book/graphic novel related, didn't they?

Some of this is old school....

Books, Sci Fi
David Brin's Uplift series
Fred Saberhagen's Berserker series
Asimov's Robot stories
Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game
David Weber - Honor Harrington series
Walter Jon Williams - Hardwired
George RR Martin, et al. - Wild Cards series (superpowered humans created by alien virus)
Philip Jose Farmer - Riverworld series

various - Star Wars books

Books, Fantasy
George RR Martin, A Song of Ice & Fire series
Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time series
Robert E. Howard (and others) - Conan series
Michael Moorcock - Elric of Melnibone series
Roger Zelazny - Amber series
Fritz Leiber - Fafhrd & Gray Mouser series

Terri Windling - Borderland, Bordertown (fantasy cyberpunk)

Comic Books/ Graphic Novels
Dark Knight Returns
Watchmen
Batman
Superman
Spiderman
Fantastic Four
Hulk
X-Men

Comic Strips
Dilbert
User Friendly
PVP

RPGs
Hero System - Champions, Fantasy Hero
Chaosium - Call of Cthulhu
Game Designers Workshop - Traveller

Non Computer Games
Starfleet Battles
Flying Buffalo - Nuclear War/Escalation/Proliferation (Nuke 'em till they glow!)
Steve Jackson Games - Illuminati, Hacker
Magic the Gathering

Computer Games
Diablo
Deus Ex
Rainbow 6
Fallout
Descent
Command & Conquer
Warcraft, Starcraft
World of Warcraft
Everquest
Jedi Knight
X-Wing, Tie Fighter (or whatever they were called)
Icewind Dale
Baldur's Gate
Neverwinter Nights
Might & Magic

Film
The Terminator
Alien
LOTR
Weird Science
Real Genius
Batman
Superman
Spiderman
X-Men
Fantastic Four
Serenity

TV
The X Files
Stargate SG-1
Batman (Adam West)
Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter )
Spiderman, Hulk, Thor cartoons
Batman (cartoon)
Married with Children

Music
Rush - Countdown (Hey, it's about the space shuttle.)
Styx - Mr Roboto
Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore
The Who - Pinball Wizard

Art
Teh internet was made for pr0n!
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Old 12-16-2006, 04:04 AM   #3
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But a lot of those suck?
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Old 12-16-2006, 06:09 AM   #4
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3d rock from the sun is not a geek show
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Old 12-16-2006, 03:51 PM   #5
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The book list must include Dune, and Stephen R. Donaldson's Triliogies of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever.
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Old 12-16-2006, 07:23 PM   #6
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What's with Greek artillery?
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Old 12-16-2006, 08:58 PM   #7
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Niven is another author that many Geeks like for no good reason.

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Old 12-16-2006, 10:31 PM   #8
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Originally posted by Heresson
3d rock from the sun is not a geek show Well, it's got aliens.
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