I knew this dame was trouble from the second she walked into my office. It followed her in here like the all too strong perfume she wore. But, I knew this dame was going to be especially troublesome, because this here wasn't any dame at all.
"I'm Miss Teefs," she said from under a fifty dollar hat.
I knew this dame was trouble from the second she walked into my office. It followed her in here like the all too strong perfume she wore. But, I knew this dame was going to be especially troublesome, because this here wasn't any dame at all.
"I'm Miss Teefs," she said from under a fifty dollar hat.
I want to write a story about a hard-boiled detective crab
it would be awesome
Detective Crab Hoskins ran his pincer along his facial mandibles with much intent as he studied the murder scene.
"Sharks did this. There's no doubt about it."
"But, how can you be sure?"
Said Sergent Snailregard, with a scoff.
"Because", Crab spat back, "I know what I'm talking about, and you're a fucking snail. Now get out of my sight before I smush the shell on your back which is also the house that you live in."
According to Amazon traveling in that book causes the people traveling to age months and everything else to age centuries. How the hell does that work for a story? So where would they possibly travel and how could they be useful? They can travel to some distant planet to kill aliens that are now hundreds of years more advanced, I just don't see that point. If the enemy was a problem before they will be even a bigger problem now with their advanced future weapons.
I can't tell if you're not aware of relativity.
Yes I know about it, I have read several Hawking books. Anyways my point is is that their technology will be hundreds of years old by the time they get to where they want to go.
According to Amazon traveling in that book causes the people traveling to age months and everything else to age centuries. How the hell does that work for a story? So where would they possibly travel and how could they be useful? They can travel to some distant planet to kill aliens that are now hundreds of years more advanced, I just don't see that point. If the enemy was a problem before they will be even a bigger problem now with their advanced future weapons.
You should read the book, because they do address this exact question.
IIRC, the aliens are quite some distance from where they are fighting as well, so relativity is working against them too. But that's part of the fight, you might be going up against a ship that's serveral decades ahead of your own, or you might run into a ship design that's a lot older then yours.
Really though, the fighting is not integral to the story. It's more about how the protaganist tries to reintigrate into a society that becomes increasingly alien to him as he signs on for further tours with the armed forces.
The theory of relativity isn't the most complex idea.
And it's just a theory. I personally think the universe is so completely huge and complex beyond our comprehension that to think we know any real answers about it when it comes to scale that large is kind of naive.
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The theory of relativity isn't the most complex idea.
And it's just a theory. I personally think the universe is so completely huge and complex beyond our comprehension that to think we know any real answers about it when it comes to scale that large is kind of naive.
special relativity does not necessarily have to deal with space, though.
if you're a fan of Haldeman and Heinlein (if you're not a fan of Heinlein, your life is devoid of meaning), check out John Scalzi. His Old Man's War universe is a fine homage to the masters.
I am reading starship troopers right now and it is making me a person who is not a fan of heinlein
if you're a fan of Haldeman and Heinlein (if you're not a fan of Heinlein, your life is devoid of meaning), check out John Scalzi. His Old Man's War universe is a fine homage to the masters.
I am reading starship troopers right now and it is making me a person who is not a fan of heinlein
this book sounds rad though
jesus fuck are you serious
starship troopers is brilliant
t ian: yeah man i've been recommending it for a while now
someone was telling me how that shot of the lone siege tower on fire was accidental, some fuel ignited and ridley filmed it. and it's one of my favorite shots in the movie.
Fari have you watched the Kingdom of Heaven DC yet
Question wasn't directed towards me but I will say that I saw it last week and loved it.
So much more David Thewlis and huge elements of the story that were missing that make the movie feel complete. The theatrical cut was so rushed, but the DC gave everything the breathing room it needed and let the movie play out with the epic scale that was originally intended.
And yeah that siege tower shot was great but very short.
old recordings of the radio drama X Minus One(in realplayer format).
it was a science fiction show with new stories every week with notable authors including: Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, Frederik Pohl and Theodore Sturgeon. The authors were alive when they broadcast this stuff.
if you're a fan of Haldeman and Heinlein (if you're not a fan of Heinlein, your life is devoid of meaning), check out John Scalzi. His Old Man's War universe is a fine homage to the masters.
I am reading starship troopers right now and it is making me a person who is not a fan of heinlein
this book sounds rad though
jesus fuck are you serious
starship troopers is brilliant
t ian: yeah man i've been recommending it for a while now
well all this stuff about flogging and how punishment is the only way for children not to grow up as criminals is pretty dumb
and he's been in boot camp for probably more than a hundred pages and I'm getting kinda tired of it
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The theory of relativity isn't the most complex idea.
And it's just a theory. I personally think the universe is so completely huge and complex beyond our comprehension that to think we know any real answers about it when it comes to scale that large is kind of naive.
I read Starship Troopers at 13-14 and thought it was brilliant - like an anti-fascist satire, criticism of a totalitarian regime.
I was crushed a few years ago to find that Heinlein actually thought it was a perfect society...
There are elements of that society which are very good. Namely, the layout and attitude of the military, that they exist for the protection of humanity, the fact that all officers were once enlisted men, and their recruiting and training practices. The fact that the military is in complete control of the society, though? Not quite as enthused about that.
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Denzel and Jude Law especially. Good actors, but not at all the kind of folk I would ever imagine being picked for those roles.
Okay, that would have been pretty sexy right there.
I knew this dame was trouble from the second she walked into my office. It followed her in here like the all too strong perfume she wore. But, I knew this dame was going to be especially troublesome, because this here wasn't any dame at all.
"I'm Miss Teefs," she said from under a fifty dollar hat.
hahahaha
also, I just remembered this.
"Alright move the thang
Move the thang
Action, (except he wouldn't say action)
Alright, get busy with it
Get busy with yo uhhhhhh.... Roll the cameras
Alright we're gonna move on to the gun scene, and then we're gonna work on the soundtrack"
"It's like, we're all puppets, you know'm sayin'? Only, Ice-T can see the fuckin' strings."
not sci-fi and not as good as those two but it still deserves a spot when Ridley Scott is mentioned
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sjCdTaObSI&feature=related
I will definitely read the book.
And it's just a theory. I personally think the universe is so completely huge and complex beyond our comprehension that to think we know any real answers about it when it comes to scale that large is kind of naive.
And oh my god Ridley Scott oh my god.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_paradox
i'm glad with the way this thread has turned out
I am reading starship troopers right now and it is making me a person who is not a fan of heinlein
this book sounds rad though
starship troopers is brilliant
t ian: yeah man i've been recommending it for a while now
man did tfs ever hate that book probably up there with his hate of ayn rand
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you watched the commentary too right
but i want to
someone was telling me how that shot of the lone siege tower on fire was accidental, some fuel ignited and ridley filmed it. and it's one of my favorite shots in the movie.
was that you?
Question wasn't directed towards me but I will say that I saw it last week and loved it.
So much more David Thewlis and huge elements of the story that were missing that make the movie feel complete. The theatrical cut was so rushed, but the DC gave everything the breathing room it needed and let the movie play out with the epic scale that was originally intended.
And yeah that siege tower shot was great but very short.
good night
old recordings of the radio drama X Minus One (in realplayer format).
it was a science fiction show with new stories every week with notable authors including: Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, Frederik Pohl and Theodore Sturgeon. The authors were alive when they broadcast this stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Minus_One
if you can handle realplayer and the occasional sketchy recording, there is some great shit there
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well all this stuff about flogging and how punishment is the only way for children not to grow up as criminals is pretty dumb
and he's been in boot camp for probably more than a hundred pages and I'm getting kinda tired of it
Fuck you.
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I was crushed a few years ago to find that Heinlein actually thought it was a perfect society...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/wishlist/1A4GKH199FBMU/ - My wishlist
Heinlein pretty much just absorbed the political beliefs of whoever he was married to at the time.
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There are elements of that society which are very good. Namely, the layout and attitude of the military, that they exist for the protection of humanity, the fact that all officers were once enlisted men, and their recruiting and training practices. The fact that the military is in complete control of the society, though? Not quite as enthused about that.