> It's useful having such technically-minded authors - they provide complete
> blueprints in prose, with dimensions and everything. It's almost as if
they
> knew that one day ppl like us would sit down in front of our difference
> engines and build their creations as virtual realty...

Yep, and I need to get the images back in my head.
All I remember is that it's a 5x2 km cylinder .. hehe

But, yes, Clarke usually desbribes everything in a most
detailed technical way. On the other hand authors like Asimov
leaves more to the imagination.. I don't know which is better
from the artists point of view. I mean, the first, like you said,
provide almost blueprints.. but that also means that you have
less freedom.

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