Oolite Bulletins

Well, that was quick … and nobody mentioned Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time, or John Wyndham's Web.

cbr's Harkonnen spider-creature is certainly sufficiently spider-like, as are the spider-aliens from A.E. Van Vogt's The Weapon Makers suggested by Commander_X … so ffutures blunders into the snare with the eight-legs from Metebelis III, and is tangled up tight in the next question!

Disembodied wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 1:04 pm

… so ffutures blunders into the snare with the eight-legs from Metebelis III, and is tangled up tight in the next question!

Knickers...

Okay, I don't think we've quite done this one before but I could be wrong. Sticking to threes for now, let's have three fictional characters in SF universes who are AWARE that they are fictional characters. Usual rules - No two from the same author or fictional universe, and please allow a little time between posting entries to give others a chance.

James Moriarty from T.N.G.

cbr wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 8:28 pm

James Moriarty from T.N.G.

That's definitely a good one - have a point, and an MBP for it not being one I'd thought of. No more Trek please, and I think nobody else related to the Sherlock Holmes fandom.

Deadpool, in either the movies or the comics. Breaking the "fourth wall" is a good indicator of literary self realization.

That's low-hanging fruit - the first one I thought of - but it definitely qualifies. That's two down, one to go, and have a meaningless bonus point for getting the entire Marvel universe out of the way with one bound!

Just to clarify something, I will also accept characters who find out that they are fictional, even if they don't know it at first. My definition of fictional is fairly broad.

seeing as everyone is avoiding the thirde answer....

I will have a go with Heinlein's "Number of the Beast" i mean they travel to OZ as well as some of his own books. They must have told some that they were characters in books in their universe.... or maybe not ?

spud42 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 12:57 pm

seeing as everyone is avoiding the thirde answer....

I will have a go with Heinlein's "Number of the Beast" i mean they travel to OZ as well as some of his own books. They must have told some that they were characters in books in their universe.... or maybe not ?

That works for me - Have a poisoned chalice, and an MBP for biting the bullet and answering!

to drink or not to drink that is the question.......

give me 5 SCI FI characters that have been poisoned deliberately not accidentally poisoned by themself/suiside .

usual rules 1 per author/universe.
references required to prove your case...

Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is fatally poisoned by Alia Atreides, near the end of Dune.

The lovely Adira killed to coerce Londo Mollari, Babylon 5...
Adira was poisoned by an associate of mr. Morden, the associate was I believe richly rewarded for a short time...

Disembodied has the first candidate.
a bit more info please cbr . whom did Adira poison ?

More low hanging fruit - Lex Luthor has killed Clark Kent / Superman with Kryptonite in at least one "non-canon" comic

https://www.cbr.com/characters-who-kill ... perman-149

ok cbr is #2

im debating Kryptonite, according to wikipedia " it is a green, crystalline material originating from Superman's home world of Krypton that emits a unique, poisonous radiation that can weaken and even kill Kryptonians."

In my head i thought of a poison as something put into the body either injected or injested.... Radiation works at a distance..... what we call radiation poisioning scientists call Acute radiation syndrome.

ok i will Give #3 to ffutures because i didnt specify how the poision was to be used or even gave an example to hint what i was thinking. also it is commonly called radiation poisioning.

so 2 to go.......