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by Zieman Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:35 pm
Dang!
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by goran Tue Jun 15, 2010 8:17 am
OK, next one:
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by snork Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:43 am
J.G. Ballard - The Drowned World ?
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by goran Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:53 pm
Ugh quick!
Congrats and Your turn sir.
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by snork Tue Jun 15, 2010 8:52 pm
:woot: my first point.
I like Ballard's writing, unique in creating athmosphere.
name the author and story :
In this story the hero and narrator explains how he is accountable for the existence of the universe.
He denies accountability for the universe being such a mess, though.
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by snork Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:31 am
The name of the author is also the name of a space device.
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by Disembodied Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:38 am
Hum ... I was thinking it might be Olaf Stapledon's Star Maker , but maybe not!
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by snork Wed Jun 16, 2010 12:34 pm
This author is continental.
Or rather has been, he deceased not so long ago.
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by goran Wed Jun 16, 2010 1:57 pm
That reminded me... Not the right answer but still a good read:
The Astrological Diary of God by Bo Fowler
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by snork Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:05 pm
The author had a small planet named after him, and Theodore Sturgeon - some 30 years ago - considered him the most-read SF author worldwide.
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by Disembodied Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:45 pm
OK, I'm pretty sure I've got the author, but I don't think I've got the story! It's Stanisław Lem, yes? I'll take a guess at Solaris as the story.
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by snork Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:54 pm
Yesnaby.
Correct author, but wrong book.
What I am looking for is one story in a collection of stories, all with the same hero in them. This hero also appears in three other books from Stanislaw Lem.
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by Zieman Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:49 pm
Is it Star Diaries?
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by snork Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:05 pm
yes, it is. Over to you.
(The eigteenth voyage, to be exact.)
The most plausible theory I ever heard about why the big bang actually happened.
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by Rxke Fri Jun 18, 2010 6:02 am
snork wrote:
The most plausible theory I ever heard about why the big bang actually happened.
Someone divided by zero?
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