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Discussion of written science fiction and fantasy.
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Gliese 710 is a road-hog
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[link] The headline for this is a lot more alarmist than the facts support: Gliese 710, an orange star about six tenths the mass of the Sun, has a good chance of passing within half a parsec in 1.5 million years and about a one in one thousand chance of getting as close as the Kuiper Belt.... more »
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Two words: Godzilla haiku
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Sure, in retrospect, your reaction is bound to be, "Well of course, duh!" Godzilla haiku, like peanut butter, bacon and starships, two great things that go great together. [On the off chance there are some who don't know, a "haiku" is a Japanese poem. The hard rules are that they are 3 lines, 17 syllables, the first and... more »
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2010--The year the 21st century began
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SF has long predicted the future, the 21st century, but reality has been bitterly disappointing, over and over and over again--until now: --Moon colonies? Sheesh, not even a robotic base. --Flying cars? Prototypes but none approved. --Maglevs? One significant track in China. --Monorails? Isolated locales or theme park rides.... more »
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New Words
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Which science fiction novel invented the most new words?
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any opinions on the Writers of the future contest ?
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How do you rate it WRT other writing contests / other means of getting published for the first time ? I submitted a short story to them for the oct - dec edition and it was rejected, of course. Now, I wouldn't mind very much (though I still believe my story is pretty good, but that's just my opinion) except... more »
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Where to start with Dave Duncan?
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I've not read anything of his and am interested to know what good starting points are, and what may be generally held to be his best stuff. By the way, I thought this had rolled around in this group before, but I couldn't turn up anything close from the last 7 years or so. Tony
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AI Rampancy In Written SF
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I'm sure some of you are familiar with the concept of AI rampancy used in the works of Bungie - the video game designer firm. I'm sure I encountered something along those lines in a Man-Kzin War story, the name and author of which escapes me. Does anyone remember which story collection, story title and author it was? Are there any... more »
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YASID: Super Colliders and hardons
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Funny PG13-R-rated comic: [link] On to the YASID! We're in the furture and they've about to turn on the Super Collider in Texas. They do and some sort of link between universes is formed. A good ET comes through -I think they throw what comes through into a pond and it grows. Another evil AI-ET comes through and is going to destroy... more »
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