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Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2020 10:55 pm
by Commander_X
#4 - the main hero gets to see himself (both in the future - unknowingly - and in the past)
(hint 5 will be the last; if no answer, will pass this back to someone else)
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:30 am
by cbr
Hyperion by Dan Simmons?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 11:25 am
by Commander_X
cbr wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:30 am
By wikipedia: "Dan Simmons [...] is an American science fiction and horror writer."
Commander_X wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:16 pm
Hints:
#1 - the book is translated to English.
Commander_X wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:36 pm
[bonus hint] #1.01 - the author "is guilty" (as some more traditional Englishmen would call his nation
)
... this very likely doesn't seem to match
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:00 pm
by Commander_X
#5 - a key name in the book is Aergistal
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2020 8:45 am
by RockDoctor
Commander_X wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:00 pm
#5 - a key name in the book is Aergistal
Is that the dead horse that got flogged back into life.
"I think this one is dead, Jim", said Bones, holding up part of a head clad in the remains of a red shirt.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2020 2:15 pm
by Commander_X
RockDoctor wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2020 8:45 am
Is that the dead horse that got flogged back into life. [...]
_That_'s news to me
No, it was for them Google-fu-ers.
RockDoctor wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2020 8:45 am
[...] "I think this one is dead, Jim", said Bones, holding up part of a head clad in the remains of a red shirt.
Don't you go
Shatner on me
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 9:54 pm
by Commander_X
Ok, time's up, it was the book The Overlords Of War by the French author Gérard Klein.
Who volunteers for next?
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 10:00 pm
by Commander_X
No takers?
If I were to pass it, it would be back to Big D, unless until his reply nobody picks it ...
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 9:03 am
by Disembodied
Well, I've got another "five of …" question if people want to give it a go:
Name five stories (films, TV, books, etc.) where people travel through time and meet older or younger versions of themselves. There should be some sort of interaction - not e.g. just seeing themselves going past on a bus. No more than one example per author/universe.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 10:09 am
by cbr
Looper with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levit.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 10:53 am
by Disembodied
cbr wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 10:09 am
Looper with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levit.
That's one!
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 1:11 pm
by ffutures
Doctor Who - all of the multiple Doctor episodes etc.
The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold - essentially the whole novel has one character, who is often present in multiple instances.
All You Zombies by Robert A. Heinlein - male and female versions of the main (hermaphroditic and transexual) main character meet via time travel and have sex, the female version has a baby that becomes the young version of both of them.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 4:17 pm
by Disembodied
ffutures wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 1:11 pm
Doctor Who - all of the multiple Doctor episodes etc.
The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold - essentially the whole novel has one character, who is often present in multiple instances.
All You Zombies by Robert A. Heinlein - male and female versions of the main (hermaphroditic and transexual) main character meet via time travel and have sex, the female version has a baby that becomes the young version of both of them.
All good examples … one more takes the pot!
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 9:35 pm
by Cmdr James
I was thinking of Quantum Leap but he doesnt actually meet himself rather he (Sam) jumps into an older version of himself.
And of course there are a few Red Dwarf episodes with time travel and the crew meeting themselves, for example Ouroboros.
Re: Science Fiction Trivia
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 10:00 pm
by Disembodied
Cmdr James wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 9:35 pm
I was thinking of Quantum Leap but he doesnt actually meet himself rather he (Sam) jumps into an older version of himself.
And of course there are a few Red Dwarf episodes with time travel and the crew meeting themselves, for example Ouroboros.
One or other of those will do … over to you for the next question!