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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:52 pm
by Disembodied
OK: name the author and title of the book which follows one central character and his adventures across the solar system, over several decades, as human civilisation, divided between two competing factions (beyond Earth, anyway), shifts and changes. The book opens with a botched suicide pact/assassination by killer moth ...
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:54 pm
by Rxke
Greg Bear.... AAAAAARGH8888
Bad memory error 404
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 2:50 pm
by Disembodied
I'll put you out of your misery (a bit): the author's not Greg Bear.
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 3:07 pm
by Rxke
Even WORSE!!! I even mis-remember the author
I feel soooo demented....
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 11:15 am
by Rxke
Schismatrix, Bruce Sterling.
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:33 pm
by Disembodied
Rxke wrote:Schismatrix, Bruce Sterling.
Bingo! Over to you ...
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:49 pm
by Rxke
An asteroid turns out to be of infinite lenghth... on the inside
(that's a super easy one, but I'm out of inspiration)
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:52 pm
by JensAyton
Greg Bear, Eon.
Oh bother, now I have to think of something. Um, hang on…
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 3:16 pm
by Rxke
Point go to Ahruman!
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 3:51 pm
by JensAyton
Two groups of human explorers study a civilization which is dominated by the variability of its sun.
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:31 am
by Rxke
Helliconia trilogy (Spring Summer, Winter) by Brian Aldiss?
if this is not the right answer, it's a good read anyway
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:45 am
by Cody
The 'Helliconia Trilogy' is probably Aldiss' finest work, and well worth a read, as Rxke says.
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 1:30 pm
by JensAyton
Rxke wrote:Helliconia trilogy (Spring Summer, Winter) by Brian Aldiss?
Nope. The seasons are shorter, and the aliens have more legs.
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 5:20 pm
by goran
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge?
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:34 pm
by JensAyton
goran wrote:A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge?
Yep.