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Hello all, I am pretty impressed with the intellectual level of conversation regarding a Sci - Fi topic that was on here last week,and I don'tmean that in a...
... "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." --Eleanor Roosevelt Science fiction is the literature of ideas. ...
... I didn't even know of it until you said... ... David David Scott. Mac & PC Computer Support. 30 Alfred Road, Acton, W3 6LH. 020-8150-9716 / 07956-589433 ...
Marten - I can't speak for the others, but you didn't spoil anything for me... I'm being forced to wait on new book acquisitions until after the holidays,...
... No, but if you'd said the story reveals that the core explosion is a fraud, and that the Tnuctipun turn out to be Kzinti, *that* would be spoiling it. Oh,...
Marten, Welcome to the brainy group! Thanks for the mini-review of "Fleet of Worlds". No, you haven't spoiled it. Personally, I'm waiting for the paperback to...
Tim, Thanks for the comments. I appreciate your contributing, with your level of knowledge :-). I've googled for, but not found, a good example of "Bipolar...
... ... and I'm a nana. I was beginning to envisage a huge scrith-covered fortress, dug down through the earth and rock to the level of the scrith itself, with...
... "Lensman" is a reference to the famous Lensman Series by E.E. "Doc" Smith, from the Golden Age of SF. In the series, Lensman is a title... not a name....
... Absolutely. A strip-mine is the only way they'd be able to "mine" a significant amount of scrith. Is it possible to use a brone to safely push a probe...
Urk - the reference comes from my brain sadly - or more accurately the bible of Map projection maths published by the USGS written by a guy called Snyder circa...
... I am absolutely aware of that. I was just gently funning with you, since I'm pretty sure you aren't an ACTUAL Lensman... however, since you insist, I'll...
... WHAT!! Next you'll tell me you doubt that I wear the coruscating symbol of Civilization in a platinum bracelet on my wrist, and doubt that I've been to...
... kidding in ... And I really, really should have included at least one in that exchange. As a wise cat once said to a smart human, "I must apologize." ...
... LOL! Yes, I can see in your mind that you too are worthy of wearing the Lens of Civilization. :) ... Thank you! :) Some of my fan theory was rather...
... A thought, following on from this: If you expand a simple object, I can see it getting bigger in every dimension and therefore expanding in size. Expand a...
... Certainly there are parts of plate armor which are inside other parts... http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=72115&rendTypeId=35 ...and certainly if different...
... Hello David, Well I have been reading some of the comments on Amazon about "Fleet of Worlds", not so much those about the writing of the book but rather ...
... <snip> ... Which story? ... No, not in Known Space, at least not in any *canonical* KS story. Not sure about the Man-Kzin War series; those have drifted...
Hello Lensman, ... Well with [possible spoiler warnings] The Borderland of Sol Well after I read 'Fleet of Worlds' I went through that story again to remind...
... I suspected as much. :) ... Nope, obviously that was a retcon. ... Yup, that's where I thought he originally got it from, too. Out in the Borderland of...
... computer on ... CityBuilder ... space ... These are all great examples, and they do indicate the sort of "A.I." present in Known Space. ... you draw ... I...
... Perhaps we need to define our terms. When I use "A.I." I mean a self-aware computer which actually has near-human or better intelligence. That's what the...
I'd go with the theory proposed in the early MKW story that all self-aware AIs eventually go mad/catatonic. It fits with the canon and explains why they aren't...
... I can't agree. The idea that self-aware computers aren't used, because after a certain period of time they go catatonic, seems rather silly. All they'd...
Hello people, I seem to have started a little discussion with my question about AIs in Known Space. Well I definitely had the idea of 'thinking computers' in...
... "The Children's Hour" is one of my favorite non-Niven MKW stories. I don't remember "The Asteroid Queen" all that well, I confess. I don't really object...
Hi Lensman (And in case you didn't know - just in case as I've been silent for a long time - I'm the owner of this list :-) ). Please don't worry if the topic...
