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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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=?UTF-8?Q?J=c3=b6rg_=22Yadgar=22_Bleimann?= <yaz### [at] gmx de> 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...
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> 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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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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"One more object was detected in what now appears as a small system consisting
of 3 planetoids orbiting close to their minor scale star. The 3rd one turns out
to be what is left of intense volcanic activity in its past. Once a molten
furnace, now a cooled-off and solid, barren world with a thick layer of dust and
particles still managing to cover the object. Probably at least some of it
originates from the planetoid where the earlier experiment with an artificial
atmosphere is now but remains fading away to space."
PS. No light_source, but emission on the scattering media instead. :)
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Wow!
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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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On 2017-05-05 02:56 PM (-4), Pekka Aho wrote:
> "One more object was detected in what now appears as a small system consisting
> of 3 planetoids orbiting close to their minor scale star. The 3rd one turns out
> to be what is left of intense volcanic activity in its past. Once a molten
> furnace, now a cooled-off and solid, barren world with a thick layer of dust and
> particles still managing to cover the object. Probably at least some of it
> originates from the planetoid where the earlier experiment with an artificial
> atmosphere is now but remains fading away to space."
>
> PS. No light_source, but emission on the scattering media instead. :)
This looks like it could have come from an ESA probe!
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