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by Tricky » Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:16 pm
El Viejo wrote: <resorts to Google> The Demon Breed by James Henry Schmitz?
Correct.
Over to you.
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by Rxke » Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:31 pm
I keep reading that as: reports to Google
Probably because of the news reported sites go down in rankings from now on. ('xcept YouTube of course)
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by Cody » Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:33 pm
Rxke wrote: I keep reading that as: reports to Google
Heh - maybe I have a camera above my head.
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And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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by Cody » Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:55 pm
Okay, a quick and easy one: how many open doors?
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by Tricky » Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:42 pm
Over 9000!
Sorry. Couldn't resist that.
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by Rese249er » Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:48 pm
Got all turned around, lost my nav connection... Where am I now ?
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by Gimbal Locke » Fri Aug 17, 2012 3:52 pm
"A Million Open Doors" by John Barnes?
Edit: That's more than 9000, but I have no clue what both posters above are talking about.
Edit: OK, I googled more than 9000, it seems to be a Dragonball reference.
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by Cody » Fri Aug 17, 2012 3:54 pm
Correct - the Thousand Cultures series is rather good! Over to you, sir!
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by Gimbal Locke » Fri Aug 17, 2012 9:29 pm
What SF movie has never been made, but had more impact on "Real Life" than many movies which have been made?
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by marcusrg » Sat Aug 18, 2012 2:07 pm
I don't have any idea. A clue?
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by Gimbal Locke » Sat Aug 18, 2012 2:52 pm
marcusrg wrote: I don't have any idea. A clue?
The movie, of which the script was based on a famous novel by a famous writer, started out very ambitiously: the concept art and scenes were designed by a famous comic book artist and there were even plans of a theme park. However, due to legal troubles, the project did not come to fruition.
That would have been the end of it, if a "third party" had not taken over the project with a completely different purpose in mind...
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by Rxke » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:51 pm
Jodorowski's Dune?
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by Gimbal Locke » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:56 pm
Nope.
The "third party" in my previous hint was a secret service in need of a cover.
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by Gimbal Locke » Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:37 pm
The original story won a Hugo Award for best novel - it can be read as "Science Fiction" or as "Fantasy" depending on interpretation by the reader.
A movie about the movie which has never been made and the successful secret service exfiltration operation for which it was a cover is scheduled to be released this fall.
One more clue:
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by marcusrg » Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:37 am
Sorry, still no ideas. About comic books, I like Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, DeMatteis... but I really don't know this one.