Science Fiction Trivia

[NigelJK]

Grrr so close

[Disembodied]

What does the silhouette on this patch represent?

[cim]

The OGRE supertank?

[Disembodied]

The OGRE supertank?

Auugh! Where?

Oh, of course ... correct, back to you!

[cim]

Well, on that theme, then: in an alternate history, a supertank is decisive in ending a war. Author and book, please.

[cim]

To get to the battle, the supertank has to be transported across the Atlantic. The protagonist, an accidental traveller between universes, is on board a ship in the escort fleet as a neutral observer.

[Tichy]

Sounds like something from Michael Moorcock... Jerry Cornelius or some Eternal Champion

[cim]

Correct on the author. The book should be fairly easy to find, now.

[Tichy]

I'll try... The Tank Trapeze?
I have read other books by Moorcock, but not this.

[cim]

No, not that one. A different protagonist.

[Tichy]

The land leviathan?

[cim]

That's the one. Over to you, then!

[Tichy]

A form of life is born after accidentally throwing garbage in a landfill, from space.
Author and name of the short story, or book.

[Tichy]

The one who had thrown the garbage was a robot

[Zieman]

This looks like something from Stanislaw Lem's Star Diaries.