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... with "Into ... not. ... reference on ... I recently finished it and also feel that it's one of the best. Right now "Space Hotel" is my least favorite. The...
Greg Weir
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... Oh, I know people that would do that. I'm amazed that militant Vegans haven't blown up a chicken ranch yet, to protect all those unborn eggs. I think the...
Nestria
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... I don't know. There was an Op-ed piece in yesterday's LA Times written by a medical researcher, whose house was recently severely vandalized by militant...
Charlie Campbell
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... Of course the difference with The Road Back, is that all the TRB members are amazingly Tech-savvy and would have had to have spent years studying...
Charlie Campbell
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... Right, imagine the Amish wanting to rid the world of computers by creating a super virus. Greg...
Greg Weir
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TSJ was inspirational to many. I'm interested in the question of whether it might also have originated some SciFi themes, as opposed to re-exploring various...
Scott Dickerson
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Nov 3, 2007
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Scott, You almost answered your own question, but not quite. Remember that in When Worlds collide, there were two planets wandering through the solar system....
Charlie Campbell
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NASA Science News for November 2, 2007 On Monday morning, Nov. 5th, space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to undock from the ISS while the pair are gliding over...
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Nov 3, 2007
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... All this and less! Heh. I'm very weird, BTW. I'm the only person on Earth who thinks the Stanley Kubrick version of THE SHINING was better than either the ...
Scott Dickerson
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Nov 4, 2007
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I don't intend to make a habit of reviewing all of Scott's re-inventions of the Tom Jr. series, but his version of Telejector (www.tomswiftlives.com) deserves...
Charlie Campbell
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Nov 4, 2007
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... This message arrived in the middle of writing a lengthy review of the TSL version of Telejector, which you have all just received. My feelings about the...
Charlie Campbell
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... I thought the movie was great (but then I saw it playing hookey from college and we were the only two people in a huge empty theatre which helped a lot) ...
Nestria
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Nov 4, 2007
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... (--many things to which I herein respond.) First, thanks for the review, CC. You're a tough audience, and the fact that you enjoyed TSL-Telejector gives me...
Scott Dickerson
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Nov 5, 2007
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It's become somewhat standard to think of the BC as at least the beginning of a TSJ continuing arch-enemy. But supervillain costume aside, the notion really...
Scott Dickerson
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Nov 5, 2007
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The biggest problem with recurring villains, is that after a while they start to make the hero look incompetent. Why can't they catch/kill/otherwise defeat...
Don Sample
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Nov 5, 2007
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... Q is used in defining a characteristic for amplifiers. Here's one reference to it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biasing_(electronics) James...
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Scott, I've been a fan of Tom Lives since you started, before we knew you were the author. Can we make hard copies of your superb rewrites.? The family...
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... I should add that when I read TSL, I am looking for improvements over the original stories, into just simple updating. From Telejector on, there is...
Charlie Campbell
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Crashes and Traffic Jams in Military Test of Robotic Vehicles from the New York Times (Registration Required) VICTORVILLE, Calif., Nov. 4 - A...
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... you were the author. Can we make hard copies of your superb rewrites.? The family computer gets so much use these days,with my school age kids taking up...
Scott Dickerson
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... Hmmmm. Unfortunately, I can count my actual "artistic contacts" within the comics world on the fingers of one hand, and have quite a few fingers left over....
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Hi All, Here is a funky idea. What would it take to turn the fan fiction into a talking CD? Who's arm would we have to twist to get someone to read and record...
Dombi, George
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_http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/08/db0803.xml_ (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/08/db0803.xml) _Eve...
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... British, no doubt? 8)>> ... Thats one. Another has to do with (roughly) the 'sharpness' (precision, efficency) of the frequency response of a resonant...
Dave Pierson
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Nov 9, 2007
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[granted: Toms have never been big on 'soft sciences', but. Wave Power and etc...? best dwp] Giant Galapagos Reptiles on Slow Road to Recovery from Science...
davep
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Today's Headlines - November 16, 2007 U.S. Working to Develop and Launch Cheaper Satellites from the New York Times (Registration Required) LOS ANGELES -...
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I'm going to expand my earlier posting concerning the innovativeness of the main plot gimmick of PHANTOM SATELLITE. Up to about 1962, which I think was more...
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So what is it with "Your Message is Waiting for Approval" coming up when one posts? Glitch? Problem? SD...
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Ha! Forgot to switch the name back after checking the boss's e-mail! So disregard my other-posted comment. Nng. SD...
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... One innovation from Phantom Satellite that gets overlooked a lot was Tom's invention of the personal computer. ... Most SF writers were aware of what a...
Don Sample
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