Oolite Bulletins

Selezen wrote:

Celestial Matters by Richard Garfinkle?

That is correct. Your turn.

They are the infirm - the disabled - the lame. Instead of an ignominious death in a society that has no place for them, they are offered the chance to be trained for service as the intelligence systems of starships.

One such ship's mind makes the mistake of falling for her pilot. A relationship that could never be.

Name the novel, the author and the AI character.

Tried to make it harder than it is, because it's a relatively modern, famous series.

The Ship Who Sang (or more generally the Brainship series), Anne McCaffrey, Helva. Although she’s not an AI, and I’m pretty sure there aren’t any.

Ahruman wrote:

Although she’s not an AI, and I’m pretty sure there aren’t any.

True - like i said, i tried to make it harder than it was.

Didn't work though, did it?

Spot on, Ahruman.

Selezen wrote:

Spot on, Ahruman.

<pokes the young’un with cane>

*snort* wstfgl… what’s that? Oh, right.

Complete the sentence:

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It's the sequence from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". Next note is a G.

Update: I was too late.

Disembodied wrote:

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Yep.

OK ... author and title of the novel, please: in a world gripped by a global famine, a small group of people struggle to reach a hidden valley.

First clue: the author is probably better known for a series of SF novels aimed at older children and teenagers.

orson scott card, the folk of the fringe?

Rxke wrote:

orson scott card, the folk of the fringe?

Nope!

Further clue: the book is set in England, and is now over 50 years old.

That's not Sci-fi - that's Life In Derby.