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Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 4:58 pm
by Cody
Needless to say, it was a musical contribution - TRMO is credited on the track which became the theme music of the series in question.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 1:27 am
by ffutures
Well, given that they appear to have been the backing orchestra for The Eagles on one album the obvious suspect is Journey of the Sorcerer, which is of course the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy theme music. Is that what you were looking for?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 1:39 am
by Cody
Is that what you were looking for?
Indeed - TRMO got the credit for the strings on
Journey of the Sorcerer (if TRMO actually existed, that is). The stripper is yours!
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 2:07 am
by ffutures
Another simple one - what protects Norstrillia?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 1:55 am
by ffutures
First clue - I'm looking for an answer which is also a story title (and an explanation of what the answer means)
Second clue - It could very loosely be described as a biological weapon, but that might be misleading.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 9:55 am
by spud42
i googled an answer because i had no idea...hadn't read the book...
Aussies have our own planet and its the wealthiest in the universe.... lol
will give some one else who has read this a chance to answer...
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 11:03 pm
by ffutures
spud42 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2017 9:55 am
i googled an answer because i had no idea...hadn't read the book...
Aussies have our own planet and its the wealthiest in the universe.... lol
will give some one else who has read this a chance to answer...
OK - I'm away over the weekend and may not be able to check in on Friday to Monday, so I'd be grateful if you could say "yes" or "no" to any answers that are given to avoid the thread halting again if it isn't answered tomorrow. Or answer it yourself, of course!
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 10:06 am
by spud42
seeing as you asked nicely...lol
Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons defend Norstrilia .
A 21-faceted moon and a network of relay stations are placed around the planet. Resident on the moon is Mother Hitton, a woman who is the "weapons mistress" and in charge of the care and feeding of the "Littul Kittons", which are in fact mink that have been selectively bred for centuries for psychotic, self-destructive madness.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:14 pm
by ffutures
Exactly right - the actual weapon is telepathic broadcasting of the mink insanity to drive invaders mad. I hurl the blipper in your general direction.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 4:49 am
by spud42
name the Australian author who won a HUGO award. He never wrote a Sci Fi/Fantasy story. bonus name the book he did write.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2017 12:06 pm
by spud42
He won a Hugo Award for Best Nonfiction Book (related to sci fi )
He was born in Launceston, Tasmania, but his family soon moved to Hobart, where his father was Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Tasmania.
Two clues to kick things along...
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 7:57 pm
by ffutures
Well, I thought I knew this so I checked on Wikipedia; it turned out that I was right to think that Peter Nicholls (The Science Fiction Encyclopaedia) is an Australian but some of the other details don't match. I now know the correct answer, but I'll leave that to someone else since I had to check other winners of the award to find it.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 8:59 am
by spud42
the hugo award has something to do with a famous George Orwell book......
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:04 am
by spud42
you might as well answer it , no one else is.....
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 11:16 pm
by ffutures
Donald H. Tuck - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Vol. 3: Miscellaneous
As distinct from the big Clute / Nicholls / Langford / Sleight SF encyclopaedia, which is a huge sprawling on-line thing.