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Through a Scanner Dorkily: Sci-Fi Blunders
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Originally posted by UncleDes View PostWhat did you think of Babylon 5?
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Man spends his time on devising a more idiot proof computer. The universe spends its time devising bigger idiots. So far the universe is winning.
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Originally posted by Wolfshead View PostLove Babylon 5, have the DVDs tho I didn't get into it until I saw it in rerun a few years back and have never delved into the written canon. It was written for people who think and, for the most part, avoided cute which a lot of Sf shows have trouble doing. It had its flaws, usually caused by actors deciding to leave the show but the usually found a way to keep the continuity problems to a minimum. IMHO the best Sf series out there.
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Des,
One of the things I regret is that I came to B5 too late. I always liked the idea that JMS would get on the Net and actually answer questions about the show. After watching it there are a ton I would love to have asked but alas by then the run was done and he has moved on to other things. A site like this would be nice <G>
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Man spends his time on devising a more idiot proof computer. The universe spends its time devising bigger idiots. So far the universe is winning.
http://www.wolfshead.net/wolfshowl
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Originally posted by Groakes View PostI seem to recall in Asimov's "Big Sun of Mercury" that they believed Mercury had one side continuously facing the sun...
Venus was always seemed a great place in the old SF stories. I always wanted to visit the one in Heinlein's 'Between Planets'. All steamy jungles and swamps. Stanley Weinbaum wrote of a similar version. Titan in 'The Sirens of Titan' is a temperate paradise (with a great view) - somewhat different from the reality!You see, it's... it's no good, Montag. We've all got to be alike. The only way to be happy is for everyone to be made equal.
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Originally posted by UncleDes View Post....in that V ruined my appetite for US Sci-Fi series for years.Des
Well, except for Dick and (yeah, the SF is debatable, to some) Vonnegut.Last edited by Wanderlust; 07-18-2010, 11:58 AM.Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.
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Originally posted by Governor of Rowe Island View PostTitan in 'The Sirens of Titan' is a temperate paradise (with a great view) - somewhat different from the reality!
“Rented a tent, a tent, a tent. Rented a tent, a tent, a tent.”Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.
~Henry David Thoreau
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