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A Pre-Breakfast graphic ;-)
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The Porthole of Infinity hung in the air without any apparent means
of support. This, while highly unusual, was the lesser of its two major
properties.
"What's this?" Robert asked, as he leaned over the edge of the
hovercar. This brough him closer to the Porthole so that he could see
what was depicted in it.
"I call this world CCD 1041," said Count de Cluny. "I haven't the
faintest idea where it is, other than that it is certainly not part of
the Earth that we know. That sun that you see rising there is not our
Sun, nor does its spectrograph match that of any star visible from
earth. Therefore we cannot even be certain that we view something
within our own three-dimensional space, and not another parallel space."
"Can you open the Porthole?"
"I dare not. There is simply no telling what atmosphere, if any,
exists on the other side. Even were I to see green trees and blue skies
on the other side, I would not breach it; for this view will shift in a
matter of hours, and show me another world, as different from this one
as this one is from ours. I am presently developing intruments that can
withstand the range of conditions I expect are to be found on the other
side, and when they are satisfactory I shall have my servants place them
on the other side."
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John VanSickle wrote:
> The Porthole of Infinity hung in the air without any apparent means
> of support. This, while highly unusual, was the lesser of its two
> major properties.
> "What's this?" Robert asked, as he leaned over the edge of the
> hovercar. This brough him closer to the Porthole so that he could see
> what was depicted in it.
> "I call this world CCD 1041," said Count de Cluny. "I haven't the
> faintest idea where it is, other than that it is certainly not part of
> the Earth that we know. That sun that you see rising there is not our
> Sun, nor does its spectrograph match that of any star visible from
> earth. Therefore we cannot even be certain that we view something
> within our own three-dimensional space, and not another parallel space."
> "Can you open the Porthole?"
> "I dare not. There is simply no telling what atmosphere, if any,
> exists on the other side. Even were I to see green trees and blue
> skies on the other side, I would not breach it; for this view will
> shift in a matter of hours, and show me another world, as different
> from this one as this one is from ours. I am presently developing
> intruments that can withstand the range of conditions I expect are to
> be found on the other side, and when they are satisfactory I shall
> have my servants place them on the other side."
I like this.
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Brilliant piece of retro-SF!!
Now... was this written as a result of the Bullseye, or... was the Bulleye
inspired by this text? (just curious)
Thomas
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"Meothuru" <nomail@nomail> schreef in bericht
news:web.45653aeb678de1c9b76b9e060@news.povray.org...
>A Pre-Breakfast graphic ;-)
>
After reading John's, I wonder what this is. A porthole or.... a piece of
your washing machine...? :-)
In any case, I like it.
Thomas
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John VanSickle <evi### [at] hotmail com> wrote:
> The Porthole of Infinity hung in the air without any apparent means
> of support. This, while highly unusual, was the lesser of its two major
> properties.
[Snip]
but was lost for words. Nice one John. And nice one Meothuru, thought
provoking!
Stephen
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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Brilliant piece of retro-SF!!
> Now... was this written as a result of the Bullseye, or... was the Bulleye
> inspired by this text? (just curious)
I wrote it after looking at the picture for about a minute.
Regards,
John
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The image inside the porthole looks to me like something drawn with pastels.
I like it!
William
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"John VanSickle" <evi### [at] hotmailcom> schreef in bericht
news:456737c1@news.povray.org...
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> I wrote it after looking at the picture for about a minute.
>
Excellent pastiche! It immediately generated visions of 50's, 60's magazine
covers, with the mad scientist, the dumb blonde (or the gorgeous redhead),
and the invincible adventurer :-)
Thomas
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Among other things, Meothuru saw fit to write:
> A Pre-Breakfast graphic ;-)
Is this really called "bullseye" in English? It is in Spanish, but in
English I thought that was the center of a target for darts...
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