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Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:15 am
by Zieman
Yay!
This reminds me of a short story I just read...
Yeah - name the story and author.
Clue:
The main protagonist shows how to create a new universe from a single photon.
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:55 pm
by snork
Zieman wrote:Yay!
This reminds me of a short story I just read...
Yeah - name the story and author.
Clue:
The main protagonist shows how to create a new universe from a single photon.
no idea. but curious how (s)he did it.
In the Lem story, Ion Tichy shoots a Photon (or electron, no more remember) back through time, right to the moment of the universe beginnning, so there would be a reason for the nothingness to loose its equilibrium.
nice idea.
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:06 pm
by Cody
I reckon we need another clue, Zieman.
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:43 am
by Zieman
Ok, here goes:
In this story the hero's people have developed a sort of extreme schizophrenia to cope in a harsh and ever-changing environment.
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 7:04 pm
by Selezen
I guess no-one knows then.
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 9:21 am
by goran
Yep, but I'm very interested.
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 11:50 am
by Zieman
Sorry all, I've had too busy week at work.
I don't give up yet
Here are more clues:
The author is British.
In the storyline, Milky Way has been colonized by humanity, using seed ships, which has resulted in vast variety of cultures in radically different stages of development.
The story was published in 2008.
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Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:38 pm
by Lestradae
I have no idea what story might be meant, but it sure sounds like a good read.
Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 8:03 pm
by DaddyHoggy
I hoping to eventually be able to get one of these right - because today at my daughter's school fete I bought a stack of Sci-Fi books all published in the 60s and 70s - so I'm looking forward to having my obscure Sci-Fi book revenge!
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:02 am
by goran
Some mad googling...
House of Suns, Alastair Reynolds?
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:46 am
by Rxke
goran wrote:Some mad googling...
House of Suns, Alastair Reynolds?
I'm currently reading that, can't say I see a resemblance in the clues to the book...
OTOH, I'm just at the beginning of it!
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:18 am
by Zieman
Never believed nobody would quess this, TBH I was pretty sure that this would be one of the quickies.
Oh all right, here's the answer:
The Tear by
Ian McDonald
The Tear appears at least in 'The mammoth book of best new SF 22'
Oh well, gotta come up with another one...
Here, name book and author (again, how boring
):
Glaciers play a central part in the story, during which's course the probable origins of the Atlantis myth are also discovered.
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:48 pm
by Poro
Sounds vaguely like the "Opening of the World" trilogy by Harry Turtledove. So I'm going to take a triple-blast at this:
"Beyond the Gap"
"Breath of God"
"The Golden Shrine"
making up the trilogy (not sure if I'm allowed multiple guesses when the answer may span more than one book). I haven't read them, but I know the premise is iron-age humans realising that fresh territory is being uncovered by a receding glacier... or sumthin' like that
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 8:27 pm
by Zieman
Triple "nope".
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:29 am
by Selezen
Decipher by Stel Pavlou?