Science Fiction Trivia
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OK, I think this has been running long enough, so time to declare a winner.
In third place, for being just strange, the Lamvin.
Second place goes to the Qheuens, for being so odd they are hard to picture.
First place, based on the fact they are almost cute, goes to ffutures' Ice Ants.
ffutures, the zipper is yours....
In third place, for being just strange, the Lamvin.
Second place goes to the Qheuens, for being so odd they are hard to picture.
First place, based on the fact they are almost cute, goes to ffutures' Ice Ants.
ffutures, the zipper is yours....
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Glad you like the ice ants - the image is actually made up of a satsuma, some sort of invertebrate legs (possibly crabs, I'm not sure since I did the illo seven or eight years ago), and snail eye stalks.
OK, nice easy one - SF novel about a genius, one of his less successful inventions is pockets that can be unfastened from one pair of trousers and fastened into another without emptying them. Name the novel and author.
OK, nice easy one - SF novel about a genius, one of his less successful inventions is pockets that can be unfastened from one pair of trousers and fastened into another without emptying them. Name the novel and author.
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Odd John, by Olaf Stapledon. And I still don't know why nobody has marketed these yet: I'd buy them. Pockets that can be replaced when they wear out! What's not to like? I suspect a plot by the trouser manufacturers to suppress this technology …ffutures wrote:SF novel about a genius, one of his less successful inventions is pockets that can be unfastened from one pair of trousers and fastened into another without emptying them. Name the novel and author.
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That was fast! And the zipper is yours (you'll need it to hold the pockets in place).Disembodied wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2017 3:37 pmOdd John, by Olaf Stapledon. And I still don't know why nobody has marketed these yet: I'd buy them. Pockets that can be replaced when they wear out! What's not to like? I suspect a plot by the trouser manufacturers to suppress this technology …ffutures wrote:SF novel about a genius, one of his less successful inventions is pockets that can be unfastened from one pair of trousers and fastened into another without emptying them. Name the novel and author.
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As someone whose pockets are often full of junk, that specific invention has fascinated me for a long time …ffutures wrote:That was fast! And the zipper is yours (you'll need it to hold the pockets in place).
OK, another list: we're looking for seven invented SF swearwords. Each word should not provoke any Scunthorpe Problem, or cause any undue distress to those of a gentle disposition who might read them (so "Dirty %$££@* Klingon *%$£@&^" doesn't count).
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Ah yes, the Scunthorpe problem. No problem with Littlehampton - well, not here, there isn't!
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Shazbot!
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Tanj!
("There ain't no justice") -- Niven, again; said by Teela Brown in Ringworld, Louis Wu and others.
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Shazbot! and Tanj! are both acceptable. Five more to go …
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smeghead red dwarf
gorram firefly
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Arthur: OK. Leave this to me. I'm British. I know how to queue.
OR i could go with
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or simply
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OR i could go with
Arthur Dent: I always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe.
or simply
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"Gorram" is fine … "smeghead" is slightly problematic as it's not wholly invented, but what the hey, it's Friday, and I'll let it pass. Four down, three to go!
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Belgium!
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*gasp* I knew I was inviting trouble when I asked this question, but I never thought we would sink so low.Rxke wrote:Belgium!
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Ironically a significant percentage of Flemish do indeed think 'Belgium' is a very offensive idea or construct....
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well you can leave the "head" part off, as dave has been known to use it as smeg, smegging in conjunction with hell.... etc....Disembodied wrote: ↑Fri Jul 07, 2017 10:32 am"Gorram" is fine … "smeghead" is slightly problematic as it's not wholly invented, but what the hey, it's Friday, and I'll let it pass. Four down, three to go!
Arthur: OK. Leave this to me. I'm British. I know how to queue.
OR i could go with
Arthur Dent: I always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe.
or simply
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OR i could go with
Arthur Dent: I always said there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe.
or simply
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