Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:15 am
one of the Star Trek movies... several of them have similar flybys....
no trekkies
It's a singular movie in space
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Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:23 pm
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 10:41 pm
No not the browncoats
It´s featuring a slow flyby and i believe it to be a singular movie or was it a singularity?
It´s featuring a slow flyby and i believe it to be a singular movie or was it a singularity?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 5:50 pm
Nice sf movie with robots, gorgeous exploration spaceship and 'gravity' induced meteor storms ( and disney
)Malacandra over to you!
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:12 am
Okay, a science fiction novel here: a planet with steam-age technology sends an expedition to a planet with mediaeval-age technology in search of a technological advancement. What is it that they are looking to build?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 11:04 am
It seems that we are talking about Timeline and a time travel machine?!?
Actually I'm pretty sure that this is about the Timeline novel, but not for the answer to the question.
Actually I'm pretty sure that this is about the Timeline novel, but not for the answer to the question.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:10 am
No time travel is involved...
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:20 pm
A rocket - they're looking for stuff left over from the old Terran Empire(?) that colonised both systems which will give them a technological boost. If they can build a ship, they get better status in the current terran empire. At least that's how I remember it, it's been a long time since I read it.
King David's Spaceship by Jerry Pournelle
King David's Spaceship by Jerry Pournelle
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 9:42 am
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 4:15 pm
Spot on, excellent synopsis - the dipper's all yours.ffutures wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:20 pmA rocket - they're looking for stuff left over from the old Terran Empire(?) that colonised both systems which will give them a technological boost. If they can build a ship, they get better status in the current terran empire. At least that's how I remember it, it's been a long time since I read it.
King David's Spaceship by Jerry Pournelle
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 5:39 pm
In a far-future(ish) SF series the hero (who owes more than a little to The Saint and Raffles) is a celebrity Allowed Burglar, a profession which is exactly what it sounds like - if you can steal something and keep it for a while it becomes your property, and you can do what you like with it. Needless to say there's a league table and you get points for style, the nature of the theft, etc. which impacts how much you get for selling things like the TV rights (or future equivalent)
Making it easy, name the character, the series, or one of the novels and the author. Bonus points for a description of the most popular religion in that universe!
Making it easy, name the character, the series, or one of the novels and the author. Bonus points for a description of the most popular religion in that universe!
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 5:27 pm
Clues - the author is American and all of the books were published in the 20th century.