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From: TC
Subject: To the Land of the Electric Angel.
Date: 25 Aug 2009 12:01:34
Message: <4a940ade$1@news.povray.org>

Since yesterday's book thread got much resonance, here's a question for you 
guys:



In this book by William Rotlser giant robots are fighting in an arena, much 
like in Fasa's Battletech universe (it is not the main story, just an 
episode, a few pages).



Now, since the book has been published in 1976 and Fasa started its 
Battletech franchise in 1984, was it inspired by this book?

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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: To the Land of the Electric Angel.
Date: 25 Aug 2009 12:20:20
Message: <4a940f44$1@news.povray.org>

TC wrote:
> Now, since the book has been published in 1976 and Fasa started its 
> Battletech franchise in 1984, was it inspired by this book?

I don't think you can deduce anything but "maybe" from the first part of the 
sentence.  But I think people have been imagining "battle mech fights" since 
the invention of the tank.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Understanding the structure of the universe
    via religion is like understanding the
     structure of computers via Tron.

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