Joe Crow
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Commented on Why I barely read SF these days
I suspect they mean Professor Tolkien, the patron saint of worldbuilding....
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Sasquatch commented on
Why I barely read SF these days
Smart phone alerts (US); We all had one for "Potential Flash Flooding" here (NW Arkansas) last week; I was in a public place, everyone's phone was going off. About thirty minutes after peak danger, and only applied to a tiny portion of the county, but.... I have seen (received) tornado alerts and one "amber alert" (missing child) in the last couple of years. We are one hour drive south of Joplin, and on the Oklahoma border....
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Pigeon commented on
Why I barely read SF these days
Thought I'd stick this in here: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/55793/55793-h/55793-h.htm It's interesting to see how the comments about charging time, range etc. that people were making 115 years ago are exactly the same as they are making now. It also contains the remarkable information that Rider Haggard came up with the idea of Amazon next-day deliveries of dead sheep....
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allynh commented on
Why I barely read SF these days
That's an amazing book. Thanks......
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fabianbrock commented on
Why I barely read SF these days
The Terra Ignota Series is great! I especially like the second one, Seven Surrenders....
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allynh commented on
Why I barely read SF these days
I'm waiting for the documentary to come out on DVD. I have all of his Daedalus books. Perpetual Motion Machine. Distributed by Galloping Films Perpetual Motion by Daedalus "This is an excerpt from the BBC "Inside Out" programme that featured the perpetual motion machines of Dr David E H Jones, known across the scientific spectrum as Daedalus."...
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