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Discussion of written science fiction and fantasy.
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Compact Zooms Camera
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There are a great range of compact zoom cameras available in this store including Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 80 35mm Film Camera , Olympus TRIP AF 60 35mm Film Camera , Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 170 QD 35mm Film Camera , Olympus Infinity Zoom 80 QD 35mm Film Camera , Olympus Stylus 120 35mm Film Camera , Olympus SuperZoom 105R 35mm... more »
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YASID Enviromental Juvie
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This book would have been a juvenile, probably wirtten in the early 1970s. The central characters were kids and something was causing all adults to change. I have a vague recollection of them becoming cactus- like. They later realise that it is only effecting people that have damaged the environment in some way. I remember one character saying... more »
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Australian Republicanism in SF
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Apart from Kelly Country by Bertram Chandler, are there any other SF novels in which republicanism in Australia is a central theme (rather than just being mnetioned as a background detail0?
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Ten Things That Annoy Me in Science Fiction
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...Well, based on opinions stated here, I could make a case for either one, but I'm not sure it would be a fair case. Which is why I would never make a good^h^h^h^h successful lawyer despite being licensed and degreed in Law.
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Ten Things That Annoy Me in Science Fiction
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...Hmmm. You don't think it would work to point out that no one will ever be able to hijack a plane in that way again--or at least until the culture has forgotten the details of 9/11. The real flaw wasn't a lack of airport security, it was the short-sighted policy of telling victims to cooperate with their attackers, or in this case,... more »
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Any Recent Britain Invaded Stories?
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At one time there used to be a thriving sub-genre of near-future stories of Britain being invaded. Over the years the identity of the invaders has changed in-line with the geo-politics of the era, from French to German to Soviet to accomodate the then-current bogeyman. But have there been any such novels since the turn of the century? I'm... more »
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LOTR science fictionalised
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Lots of people have done the search and replace thing to turn Star Wars into fantasy. I think I'll do it to turn Lord of the Rings into science fiction. Halflings: A human offshoot subspecies engineered to be terraformers. They can endure very marginal conditions but will eventually turn the world into a very Earthlike one.... more »
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Planetary romance reading list
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Some friends of mine will soon be writing a pulp solar-system based sci-fi RPG. Their current product, _Hollow Earth Expedition_ is a WWII-era Burroughsesque lost world setting, with forays into straight- up pulp adventure (exilegames.com if you're interested). But for this one, think canals on a dying Mars, jungles on Venus, that sort of... more »
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Garrett PI / TunFaire
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I've been a fan of the Glen Cook series of books about the fantasy world featuring the investigator Garrett. It's an homage to the Nero Wolfe books, if Nero were a massive dead alien critter. Anyway, in the Wikipedia article, it says that Garrett's home city is based on St. Louis. Cook is a long-time resident of the city (he... more »
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RASFW dreamin'
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My dreaming included a sentient ("sapient") parrot named Mike Schilling. It seems people with woowoo powers can boost the IQ of certain pets, causing them to develop human-level intelligence. The guy with the parrot (who wasn't me-he had a name but I don't recall it) had a woowoo power for finding... more »
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