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Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:12 pm
by Gimbal Locke
Another clue about the author I'm looking for:
While he is famous for another fictive universe in another series of books, he wrote two books which are set in a universe where humans live together with all kinds of aliens. Among the aliens are the stars, who are transdimensional beings and who brought jump gates to the humans and other species. The protagonist in both books is a human lawyer and saboteur.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:35 am
by Rxke
Frank Herbert
Whipping star, Dosadi Experiment and... A short story? Or two... (IIRC)
(Love both these novels, F H was waaaay broader than Dune )
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:04 pm
by Gimbal Locke
Rxke wrote:Frank Herbert
Whipping star, Dosadi Experiment and... A short story? Or two... (IIRC)
(Love both these novels, F H was waaaay broader than Dune )
Gratz, "Frank Herbert", "Whipping star" & "The Dosadi experiment" are correct.
The submarine story is "The Dragon in the Sea", the human insects society story is "Hellstrom's Hive" (both are novels).
Over to Rxke.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:22 pm
by Cody
The Dosadi Experiment is a really good read!
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:31 pm
by Rxke
Darn, I lost my reply and question :s
okay again: name the quite expensive pets that are the title of both a concept album by an Englishman and a novella by a... Brit
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:01 pm
by Zieman
Diamond dogs?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:14 pm
by Rxke
Yep!
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:09 pm
by Fatleaf
>Awaits Zieman's next question with eager anticipation<
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:44 am
by Rxke
Rxke wrote:Yep!
EDIT: Over to Zieman!
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:03 pm
by Zieman
Ahn, uhmm - sorry!
I had an extremely excruciating work assingnment that kept me away for a couple of days.
Phwew.
On to the question:
Name the comics album
Hint 1: human made spacecraft utilise "Trotyloid gas" in their propulsion.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:38 pm
by Gimbal Locke
Zieman wrote:
Name the comics album
Hint 1: human made spacecraft utilise "Trotyloid gas" in their propulsion.
Can we have another hint, please?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:44 pm
by Smivs
Damn! Googling "Trotyloid gas" gets you nowhere.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:41 pm
by Mauiby de Fug
Smivs wrote:Damn! Googling "Trotyloid gas" gets you nowhere.
Yep! When I tried it, Google actually gave me "No results found"...
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:42 pm
by Cody
Hmm... isn't 'trotyloid' something to do with TNT?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:14 pm
by Zieman
Ah, ugh.
Apologies again for my absence, "Real Life [tm]" has lots of devious ways of keeping one occupied...
The comic appeared originally in a pulp magazine during 1940-41. In 1941 the story's writers were drafted to armed service and the story's end somewhat hastily constructed.