Science Fiction Trivia

[DredgerMan]

Good, I *hated* Excalibur and the atom.

It could be a comic-book which owes a significant debt to Sturgeon, though!

Well, as long as it doesn't have a hero called G., a shepherd called P. and they're not searching for an item called H.G. it might be ok then.

[Disembodied]

The comic in question originates from around the dawn of the modern "graphic novel" era - i.e. the early 1980s. It probably helped kick-start other similar stand-alone one-off stories like Watchmen (and came from the same publisher).

[marcusrg]

The comic in question originates from around the dawn of the modern "graphic novel" era - i.e. the early 1980s. It probably helped kick-start other similar stand-alone one-off stories like Watchmen (and came from the same publisher).

This remind me of some very good comic books I read that time... but I will not put their name here, as they should be a good theme for this trivia. Unfortunately, I don't know the answer for your question.

[Disembodied]

A clue, then: the artist for this comic was the first to draw "Judge Death" in 2000AD ...

[Selezen]

Camelot 3000, artwork by Brian Bolland?

[Disembodied]

Camelot 3000, artwork by Brian Bolland?

Spot on! Over to you ...

[Selezen]

Did you know that my current reading list is populated entirely from works listed on this topic? At the moment I'm reading book 3 of Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkisogan saga, and damn good it is too.

Anyway. Trivia. I'm kinda stuck for a question.

Where does the phrase "to boldly go where no man has gone before" ORIGINALLY come from?

[marcusrg]

According to the wikipedia, it was suggested that "the quotation was taken from a White House booklet published in 1958. The Introduction to Outer Space, produced in an effort to garner support for a national space program in the wake of the Sputnik flight, read on its first page:

The first of these factors is the compelling urge of man to explore and to discover, the thrust of curiosity that leads men to try to go where no one has gone before. Most of the surface of the earth has now been explored and men now turn on the exploration of outer space as their next objective."

After that, the quotation was made famous by Star Treck series.

Is that it?

[Selezen]

Spot on, sir. Mr. Roddenberry shamelessly nicked it from the White House paper. And didn't apologise for it.

Over to you.

[Rxke]

I actually kind of like that, makes the series that liiiiittle bit more believable (like they actually followed up on the White House inspirational message...)

[marcusrg]

Ok. A zoo, with several aliens, abducted from several systems. Title and author, please.

[Rxke]

garden of rama a c clarke?

[marcusrg]

garden of rama a c clarke?

No, that´s not the one. Here´s a hint: There´s a Frodo in it, and it's not the Lord of The Rings.

[marcusrg]

Another hint, making it much easier: In this 80's comic book, the mother of the main character was a hippie, and his father was an alien, with an orbe aspect.

[marcusrg]

Well, another hint: The alien father, who resembles a glowing orb of light bearing a stylized human face, abducted the main character's mother from Earth in 1968 along with her black pet cat, Frodo. He becomes friends with a venal and opportunistic furry humanoid named Ira.