Science Fiction Trivia

Selezen · Post by **Selezen** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:05 pm

The only person springing to mid is Mean Machine Angel from Judge Dredd.

Not sure if he has a plant phobia though...

Post by **Disembodied** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:17 pm

Nope, it ain't Mean Machine! This one's a lot more mechanical than Mean Machine. I'd say about ... maybe 75% metal?

Post by **Disembodied** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:00 am

Another clue, then: he first appeared in 1979. Last seen in the company of a female assassin clone who's adept at pushing his buttons. Or button.

Selezen · Post by **Selezen** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:14 pm

Stab in the dark... Deathlok?

Marvel universe, Spider Woman is the assassin clone woman thing.

Post by **Disembodied** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:55 am

Nope, not Deathlok! He made his first appearance in a magazine called Dark Star, which despite the title wasn't a SciFi publication.

Loxley · Post by **Loxley** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:17 am

After some serious googling; is it Axel Pressbutton from Three-eyes McGurk's Death Planet Commandos?

Post by **Disembodied** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:21 pm

It is indeed the mercenary, hitman and former botanist Axel Pressbutton – obviously he was a lot more obscure than I had thought! A shame, really, because he had some decent stories.

Anyway, Loxley is next up!

Loxley · Post by **Loxley** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:05 pm

I don't think I can compete on the obscurity front here so this probably won't take too long.

Anyway, I'm looking for a novel describing the history of mankind from the present day until it's eventual extinction.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:04 pm

is it the ITV 2 listings in the TV Times?

Loxley · Post by **Loxley** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:44 pm

Tempting, but since the timescale the author uses is a bit longer than next Wednesday I'll have to say no.

Post by **Disembodied** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 5:50 pm

Ooh ... might it be something by Stephen Baxter?

Wiki pages · Post by **Thargoid** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 5:53 pm

Was about to say the same thing, as if it is I'm half-way through reading it...

Post by **Disembodied** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 5:54 pm

Thargoid wrote:
Was about to say the same thing, as if it is I'm half-way through reading it...

You may as well say it then, because right now I can't think of the title! A book with the Xeelee in it, I fancy ...

Wiki pages · Post by **Thargoid** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 5:59 pm

The one I'm half-way through is Time, but as I haven't finished it yet I can't confirm if it fits the question.

Loxley · Post by **Loxley** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:19 pm

It was written before he was born I'm afraid.