Science Fiction Trivia

Post by **Disembodied** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:52 pm

OK: name the author and title of the book which follows one central character and his adventures across the solar system, over several decades, as human civilisation, divided between two competing factions (beyond Earth, anyway), shifts and changes. The book opens with a botched suicide pact/assassination by killer moth ...

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:54 pm

Greg Bear.... AAAAAARGH8888

Bad memory error 404

Post by **Disembodied** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 2:50 pm

I'll put you out of your misery (a bit): the author's not Greg Bear.

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 3:07 pm

Even WORSE!!! I even mis-remember the author

I feel soooo demented....

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 11:15 am

Schismatrix, Bruce Sterling.

Post by **Disembodied** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:33 pm

Rxke wrote:
Schismatrix, Bruce Sterling.

Bingo! Over to you ...

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:49 pm

An asteroid turns out to be of infinite lenghth... on the inside

(that's a super easy one, but I'm out of inspiration)

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:52 pm

Greg Bear, Eon.

Oh bother, now I have to think of something. Um, hang on…

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 3:16 pm

Point go to Ahruman!

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 3:51 pm

Two groups of human explorers study a civilization which is dominated by the variability of its sun.

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:31 am

Helliconia trilogy (Spring Summer, Winter) by Brian Aldiss?

if this is not the right answer, it's a good read anyway

Website · Post by **Cody** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:45 am

Rxke wrote:
it's a good read anyway

The 'Helliconia Trilogy' is probably Aldiss' finest work, and well worth a read, as Rxke says.

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 1:30 pm

Rxke wrote:
Helliconia trilogy (Spring Summer, Winter) by Brian Aldiss?

Nope. The seasons are shorter, and the aliens have more legs.

goran · Post by **goran** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 5:20 pm

A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge?

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:34 pm

goran wrote:
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge?

Yep.