Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 8:57 pm
Que?Fatleaf wrote:... the unlikely hero being Coyote of course!
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Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 11:16 pm
>Fatleaf quietly shuffles out of sight<Coyote wrote:Que?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 7:48 am
Clue 2: Her crew consists of a wide range of people, including three ghosts.cim wrote:The captain of a starship notes the difficulties in developing treaties between humanity and other sentient species to protect homes and families when their languages often don't have concepts for homes and families.
Title and author, please.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:48 am
Babel-17 by Samuel R Delany?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:14 am
Correct!El Viejo wrote:Babel-17 by Samuel R Delany?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 1:52 pm
A narcotics agent joins forces with the natives of a planet to try and prevent the interstellar trafficking of a dangerous drug.
Title and author, please.
Title and author, please.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:03 pm
Clue the first: the narcotics agent finds the planet very cold, and the dangerous drug being trafficked is tobacco.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:07 pm
Hal Clement: Iceworld?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:17 pm
Big D slots the ball deftly into the net! The Iceworld in question is of course Earth!
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:53 pm
>sniggers<El Viejo wrote:Big D...
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:59 pm
OK: where would you find a legendary hero splitting an atom with a mythical sword?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:34 pm
We're not talking Sturgeon here, are we?Disembodied wrote:OK: where would you find a legendary hero splitting an atom with a mythical sword?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:50 am
No - we're talking comic book. A stand-alone series, but still a comic book.DredgerMan wrote:We're not talking Sturgeon here, are we?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:59 am
Good, I *hated* Excalibur and the atom.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:08 am
It could be a comic-book which owes a significant debt to Sturgeon, though!DredgerMan wrote:Good, I *hated* Excalibur and the atom.
