Science Fiction Trivia

[Disembodied]

A generation liner is nearing the end of it's journey. The system they get to is expected to be uninhabited as this will be their home. However this is not so.

Book title and author please.

The planet is called Ground by the inhabitants and their technology level is close to the late 19th to early 20th century.

Learning the World, by Ken MacLeod.

[Tricky]

Correct. Over to you Disembodied.

[Disembodied]

In the mid-21st century, a scientific institution develops something which can be used as an "ultimate weapon". The scientists use this to take over the world.

[Disembodied]

The effects of the scientists' "ultimate weapon" are very round, and very shiny.

[Disembodied]

No guesses yet? The group of scientists who take over the world do so, at least in part, for altruistic reasons. This is reflected in the oxymoronic title of the novel (the first of a trilogy).

[Disembodied]

The author's first and second names both begin with the same letter ... and one of the novels in the trilogy was possibly the first to reference the idea of a technological singularity.

[Selezen]

"The Peace War", by Vernor Vinge?

Since you didn't specify what you wanted, I'll cover the bases by saying that the "ultimate weapon" is the Bobbler shield, and the scientists are from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and call themselves the Peace Authority.

Yes, my Google-fu was exercised.

[Disembodied]

"The Peace War", by Vernor Vinge?

That's the one! The three books (two novels and one novella) are collected in Across Realtime. Well worth reading, I think. I wonder if some of the ideas behind it have perhaps influenced the plot of 0x10c?

Anyway, over to you, Selezen!

[Selezen]

A virtual reality game designer has to test her game fearing it has been damaged by an assassination attempt. To do this she recruits a trainee and convinces him to help her diagnose the game. There follows a reality-bending adventure.

Name the film please!

[Tichy]

Nirvana?

[Selezen]

Nope.

[Tichy]

is it a short film?

[Tichy]

how could I have forgot eXistenz, by Cronenberg?
is it?

[Selezen]

how could I have forgot eXistenz, by Cronenberg?
is it?

Indeed it is. Well done, tiny person.

Over to you.

[Tichy]

A girl is arrested for using an illegal device to induce psychosis.

Name of the book.