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thanks again all! really appreciate the recs!

(But I'm definitely open to more ! - -just found out about Origins, and that sounds in#$#SANE.)

(But I'm def open to more . . . !   Just found out about Origins, and that sounds in#$#SANE.)

thanks folks, really appreciate the recs!!

hi Pete-  I was involved with the first two Homeworld games, from Vancouver-BC based Relic Entertainment.  Story concept and co-writing on the first; contributing writer on the 2nd.   (I went to elementary school with the guy who became Relic's lead artist, who was also the guy who got me into 2000 AD.  Like they say, the golden age of science fiction is ten. :  ) 

hi all!

I grew up reading 2000 AD, shortly after moving to the States -- progs were pretty #$# difficult to come by in the U.S. in the early 80s, let me tell ya.  And eventually, once I went out into the so-called "real world" I drifted from the sci-fi/comics scene altogether.  The old progs gathered dust as I drifted helplessly into the maw of the thrill suckers ....

But then in a weird twist of fate, about ten years ago I got ahold of the first 1200 or so issues in one fell swoop.  Didn't even have to kill anyone to do it, either.  It was surreal . . to finally have *all* the old stories that I only knew in fragments -- it used to be an issue here and an issue there, and I was always left wondering . . so how DID Johnny Alpha get off that planet?  How did Dredd deal with that alien bounty hunter with the force-field?  Now my life is complete: because I finally KNOW.

I can also testify that growing up with 2000 AD--and reconnecting with it later in life--is why I'm now writing sci-fi for a living (I have two novels out through Random House, with a third on the way, and credits on two video games).  So it's really great to be here, and means a lot to me that 2000 AD has only grown stronger and more vibrant with every passing year.

all best,

Dave

p.s. I'm particularly interested in catching up on the last several years, so any recommendations as to which stories to prioritize/focus on, I'm all ears. .  .