Do you prefer to read or watch Sci-Fi/Fantasy?

[ShadowMaat]

I read it, I watch it, I write it, I occasionally dream it. Will take scifi any way I can get it. Although I have a very low tolerance for dreck, so I won't read or watch anything just because it has aliens in it or something. I have to like the concept or the storyline or the author/director. I've made exceptions, of course, but in general I prefer quality over quantity.

As for fics... I'll write 'em occasionally when I'm motivated, but I generally don't read them because I'm excessively anal about things like grammar and characterization and because a lot of fics are written by- if you'll forgive me- non-writers. Sure, there's plenty of great fic out there writen by fabulous authors, but on a general level I just can't be bothered to dig through and find the good stuff. Besides, nost of the really good stuff seems to be shippy, and I loathe ship.

Authors I like: Connie Willis, Terry Pratchett, David Weber, Ian Douglas. Oh, and Jasper Fforde and some of Robert J Sawyer.
Fave scifi movies: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Abyss, Galaxy Quest, Men in Black. Also the Day the Earth Stood Still and When Worlds Collide.

[Shipperahoy]

I read it, I watch it, I write it, I occasionally dream it. Will take scifi any way I can get it. Although I have a very low tolerance for dreck, so I won't read or watch anything just because it has aliens in it or something. I have to like the concept or the storyline or the author/director. I've made exceptions, of course, but in general I prefer quality over quantity.

So I guess that means you won't be watching Boa vs. Python just to see a long-haired somewhat buff looking David Hewlitt? I don't like the uber cheesy sci-fi much myself.

[ShadowMaat]

So I guess that means you won't be watching Boa vs. Python just to see a long-haired somewhat buff looking David Hewlitt? I don't like the uber cheesy sci-fi much myself.

Welll... as I said, I DO make exceptions. But in a case like that, I'd probably watch just long enough to see his scene (or a scene with him in it, which will hopefully be near the beginning) and then change the channel again.

If he's buff enough looking, I could tolerate two scenes.

Never said I wasn't shallow... hehe

[Tok'Ra Hostess]

Up until very recently I've never ever found any way of reconciling what I've read with what I see on the screen

I deal with that by seeing them as two separate things.

So,... these movies are just fanfics of the books, right?


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But in general, I'd rather stick pins in my eyeballs than watch the dramatisation of a novel.[/QUOTE]


Ah, yes, I see; you want to create your own drama and special effects....

[Margaret]

I am so tired of watching shoot-em-ups that I went to the library and got a book. And a copy of Discover magazine. I am so disgusted with television sci-fi these days.

[MasterPower]

I'd like to watch it of course.
Stargate episodes just don't compare to their books.

[Mio]

Scifi I usualy like to watch.

Fantasy, I don't care.

[aschen]

I like to watch scifi cuz I like to see their unique vision. Especially if they put out a movie, I'm always dissapointed.

[DownFallAngel]

Scifi I usualy like to watch.

Fantasy, I don't care.

Same here. I used to read those Star Wars jedi Knight books, but they got boring really fast.

[AgentX]

I think that when both (book and tv) are of excellent quality then they are equally as enjoyable. I can get engrossed equally in a great episode of SG1 or other SciFi TV as I can in a great SciFi Novel. I can sit on the couch and watch 6 hrs of SG1 (9 Episodes) continuously, just as easily as I can sit and read Ender's Game in a sitting. It all depends on quality. That being said I haven't read a SciFi book since March (Reading "The Code Book now"..really good) and still watch at least an hour of SciFi TV a day. Go figure.

[Zalax Zal]

I like to read or watch Sci-fi or fantasy stuff. I like to read more because well...my mind can visualize all the stuff better. Like how magic or fire comes out of something. You know. Crap like that.

Zal