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bugger, thought that was too easy...
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So what you know:
-The main character is human male, solved many mysterious situations in our solar system, both in spaceships, Mars and on the Moon.
-Terminus the robot was important once.
-Author is not Asimov.
-The title of the book contain the profession of the hero.
-(New:) There are independent stories in the book, more in a second book which got almost the same title.

The questions are the name of the author and title of the books.
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OK, I thought this was Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future but it wasn't so I had to cheat on this one and use Google - Tales of Pirx the Pilot and More Tales of Pirx the Pilot by Stanislaw Lem.
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ffutures wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2017 4:35 pm
Tales of Pirx the Pilot and More Tales of Pirx the Pilot by Stanislaw Lem.
True! These stories are my favorites since my young age when I saw in TV.
Spaceships made in 1972:
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Terminus and Pirx:
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A base on the Moon, the colorful lines show the meteor defense shield:
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If you found the Bud Light, what are hard to come by and in what context? (yes, there is an SF connection of sorts)
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Nobody? OK, the connection is musical, and I've mentioned it on these boards at least once.
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OK, to make it even clearer, we're talking song lyrics.
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gold cans?
Consider it the Willy Wonka golden ticket for beer lovers
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Should I post the answer and an easier question? It is soluble via google, incidentally.
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Let it sit for a day or so - the thread is perhaps a little tired.
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<Google-google......>
'Starships' by Nicki Minaj. 'Bad bitches' seem to be the hard-to-find thing.
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Exactly right!

A really nice video mashup with scenes from a lot of SF films
https://youtu.be/bTGdGKEEiYE

And a black and white version with all samples from TV and film prior to July 1969
https://youtu.be/3dt7JpN7Bv0

I did think there was a version that had shots from Elite but I can't now find it.
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In which book would you find a love poem expressed in the language of pure mathematics?
Book title and Author will win you a........I've forgotten...it's not the kipper any more, is it?.... well, you'll get something!
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That sounds like Stanisław Lem's Cyberiad!
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A torture location in one of the best classic (my favourite) sci fi/fantasy films, is now an IKEA store.
Which film am I talking about?

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