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Total Eclipse by John Brunner?
Science Fiction Trivia
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Total Eclipse by John Brunner?
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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Set in an archaeological dig on Sigma Draconis III, John Brunner's Total Eclipse will take it!
Other possibilities could include Algis Budrys' Rogue Moon, or several Martian short stories by Ray Bradbury ("The Blue Bottle", for example). Or Paul McAuley's "Jackaroo" novels, Something Coming Through and Into Everywhere (where archaeology can get spectacularly dangerous). Or Newton's Wake, by Ken MacLeod (albeit this is a slightly more robust form of archaeology, including combat teams and an armour-plated "search engine"). Or "Picnic on Paradise" by Joanna Russ, where the heroine, Alyx, is accidentally collected by future archaeologists using a time-scoop …
Other possibilities could include Algis Budrys' Rogue Moon, or several Martian short stories by Ray Bradbury ("The Blue Bottle", for example). Or Paul McAuley's "Jackaroo" novels, Something Coming Through and Into Everywhere (where archaeology can get spectacularly dangerous). Or Newton's Wake, by Ken MacLeod (albeit this is a slightly more robust form of archaeology, including combat teams and an armour-plated "search engine"). Or "Picnic on Paradise" by Joanna Russ, where the heroine, Alyx, is accidentally collected by future archaeologists using a time-scoop …
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Name the tune, find the album, and a connection will lead to a classic sci-fi novel.
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your slipping Cody.... you almost put half the song up..lol
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<grins> Almost, yeah... the track is 3:42 in length.
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It's a fresh wind...
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its a mixture of age and youth......
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... and slipsticks!
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Push the button, throw the switch, cut the beam. Make it march!
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seeing as no one else wants to try......
song is "have you seen the stars tonight" by Paul Kantner
from the Jefferson starship album "Blows against the Empire"
song is "have you seen the stars tonight" by Paul Kantner
from the Jefferson starship album "Blows against the Empire"
By Kantner's admission, the underlying premise of the narrative was derived in part from the works of science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein, particularly the novel Methuselah's Children. Kantner went so far as to write to Heinlein to obtain permission to use his ideas. Heinlein wrote back that over the years, many people had used his ideas but Paul was the first one to ask for permission, which he granted
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This venerable thread may be approaching its sell-by date! <lobs coconut at spud> Over to you, sir!
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where's the lime???
not totally threadbare yet.. still some life here.....
a cat named Bat and with a colourblind owner.
name of short story and author
not totally threadbare yet.. still some life here.....
a cat named Bat and with a colourblind owner.
name of short story and author
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Andre Norton (as Andrew North), All Cats are Gray - I have it on my ebook reader.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29019
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29019
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lobs coconut to ffutures..
absolutely correct sir. also in my ebook collection. interesting.. my copy has feedbooks and is attributed to Andre Alice Norton 1953 and lists the same gutenberg etext link as its source.
i knew she did some under the Andrew North pseudonym
absolutely correct sir. also in my ebook collection. interesting.. my copy has feedbooks and is attributed to Andre Alice Norton 1953 and lists the same gutenberg etext link as its source.
i knew she did some under the Andrew North pseudonym
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OK - since pseudonyms have come up, the following are all pseudonyms of reasonably well-known SF authors. Who are they, or were they?
Edward P. Bradbury
Robert Faulcon
Harrison Denmark
Hank Dempsey
Tully Zetford
Edward P. Bradbury
Robert Faulcon
Harrison Denmark
Hank Dempsey
Tully Zetford