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Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:18 pm
by Rxke
nope.

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:25 am
by Rxke
Okay, a hint.

His name (the hero) is a weather phenomena.

Oh, and it's a graphic novel (or how do you call that? not really a comic, I'd think)

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:41 am
by Disembodied
Aha! Then that'll be Don Lawrence, the creator of Storm ...

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:48 am
by Rxke
Very correct.

BTW, I never knew he wasn't widely known outside The Netherlands/Belgium. The guy had talent.

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:53 am
by Disembodied
OK, name the video game. It's 10 years old, and on release was set in the then-future of 2010. This game does not worry about breaking the mood if players realise they're hunched over their keyboards, staring at a computer screen ...

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:52 pm
by JensAyton
Uplink.

Incidentally, this is a quite interesting playthrough/fanfic.

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:59 pm
by Disembodied
Ahruman wrote:
Uplink.

Incidentally, this is a quite interesting playthrough/fanfic.
Score! One of the great atmospheric games of recent times, I think. I'll have to have a look at the fanfic, too ...

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:22 pm
by JensAyton
A cautionary tale set in a dystopian future dominated by constantly-warring superpowers, where the very language is distorted in the service of the perpetual, all-encompassing state. An Englishman learns dangerous secrets about true history. He does not heroically save the day; he is soundly defeated by the state.

It was written around the time George Orwell was fighting in Spain, many years before Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:09 pm
by Selezen
Sounds like Anthem, by Ayn Rand...

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:20 pm
by JensAyton
Selezen wrote:
Sounds like Anthem, by Ayn Rand...
Oh, dear. No no no. :-) Same year, though.

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:25 pm
by Fatleaf
Could it be, Swastika Night by Katharine Burdekin.

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:29 pm
by JensAyton
Yes, it could.

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:04 am
by Fatleaf
On the night of July the fourth a drone in a boy’s head keeps him from home.

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:13 am
by Wyvern Mommy

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:14 am
by Fatleaf
Correct. Also see the "Location" in my profile! I love this movie.