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On 4/12/2017 9:34 PM, Pekka Aho wrote:
> and this story happens in a one
> without us.;)
Don't you mean "them"?
As usual: nice images. :)
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Stephen
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Stephen <mca### [at] aol com> wrote:
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> Don't you mean "them"?
Oops, sorry, yes! :D
Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
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> As usual: nice images. :)
Many thanks! \o/ :)
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Hi(gh)!
On 13.04.2017 06:27, Pekka Aho wrote:
> To add a bit just in case. This is, afterall, science fiction. Just a humble
> little game project of mine. My creation, thus my decisions. ;)
>
> I'm a man of science, and I'm also a big fan of sci-fi. Especially Star Trek
> (TOS & TNG), Babylon 5, Farscape and Battlestar Galactica (orig. & remake). For
> readings I've always liked a bit different stuff though, mainly H.P. Lovecraft
> and Terry Pratchett.
What about Robert L. Forward? Hard sci-fi at its best... Dragon's Egg is
among the best I've ever read - and IMHO a number one candidate for
adapting it as a POV-Ray/Blender animation movie! Or at least for some
still scenes, for example the first sighting of "Bright" (our sun) by
the Cheela...
See you in Khyberspace!
Yadgar
Now playing: Mystical Machine Gun (Kula Shaker)
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On 4/25/2017 3:19 PM, Jörg "Yadgar" Bleimann wrote:
> What about Robert L. Forward?
Thanks, I had forgotten about him. I must dig his books out. :)
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Stephen
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=?UTF-8?Q?J=c3=b6rg_=22Yadgar=22_Bleimann?= <yaz### [at] gmxde> wrote:
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> What about Robert L. Forward? Hard sci-fi at its best... Dragon's Egg is
> among the best I've ever read - and IMHO a number one candidate for
> adapting it as a POV-Ray/Blender animation movie! Or at least for some
> still scenes, for example the first sighting of "Bright" (our sun) by
> the Cheela...
>
I have to admit I have never heard of him or his works. :O It can be that he
hasn't been that much up and about here in the periphery called Finland. Then
again, as I mentioned, the majority of my sci-fi I've got from television series
over the years. And in literature, I've been into quite different stuff
afterall. But now when I took a quick look at my bookshelf, there seems to be
books by eg. Dan Simmons, Alastair Reynolds, M. John Harrison and Frank Herbert
in there staring at me. :-H
At the moment I'm reading something completely different: "The Genius of Birds"
by Jennifer Ackerman. :D
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On 4/25/2017 9:11 PM, Pekka Aho wrote:
> I took a quick look at my bookshelf, there seems to be
> books by eg. Dan Simmons, Alastair Reynolds...
If you like Alastair Reynolds and hard SF. You might like Ken MacLeod*.
Although his politics are just a bit left of centre.
* Pronounced Ma cloud.
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Stephen
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On 25-4-2017 23:03, Stephen wrote:
> On 4/25/2017 9:11 PM, Pekka Aho wrote:
>> I took a quick look at my bookshelf, there seems to be
>> books by eg. Dan Simmons, Alastair Reynolds...
>
> If you like Alastair Reynolds and hard SF. You might like Ken MacLeod*.
> Although his politics are just a bit left of centre.
>
> * Pronounced Ma cloud.
>
I recently discovered Iain M. Banks. His Culture universe is compelling.
In a very different vein (non-SF) are the latests by Paul Auster and
Annie Proulx which I warmly recommend. Paul Auster's '4321' is almost SF
with its alternate realities.
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Thomas
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On 4/26/2017 7:51 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
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> I recently discovered Iain M. Banks. His Culture universe is compelling.
They are. His non-SF novels* are good too. If a little bit different
from the run of the mill.
* As Iain Banks
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Stephen
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On 26-4-2017 10:40, Stephen wrote:
> On 4/26/2017 7:51 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
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>> I recently discovered Iain M. Banks. His Culture universe is compelling.
>
> They are. His non-SF novels* are good too. If a little bit different
> from the run of the mill.
>
> * As Iain Banks
>
I didn't read those (yet); however, I saw the "Stonemouth" adaptation on
TV. Another kettle of fish indeed.
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Thomas
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On 4/26/2017 12:02 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 26-4-2017 10:40, Stephen wrote:
>> On 4/26/2017 7:51 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>
>>> I recently discovered Iain M. Banks. His Culture universe is compelling.
>>
>> They are. His non-SF novels* are good too. If a little bit different
>> from the run of the mill.
>>
>> * As Iain Banks
>>
>
> I didn't read those (yet); however, I saw the "Stonemouth" adaptation on
> TV. Another kettle of fish indeed.
>
Try Complicity. Another kettle of blood. ;-)
There is a film made in 2000.
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Stephen
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