Nice
About as mind blowing as a lot of short form sci-fi though. Which isn't to belittle either. And as with most good ideas someone like Arthur C Clarke will already have done it better.
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Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Mon 5 Jul 2010, 23:13,
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I'd like to read some ACC
Care to recommend something of his?
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applehead herp derp, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 23:15,
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Oo yes
Dig out any short story collection that has The 9 Billion Names of God in it.
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Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Mon 5 Jul 2010, 23:26,
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At the risk of hyperbole
the 9 billion names of god is one of the most perfectg pieces of short science fiction ever.
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BlueHaze Chutney. All good., Tue 6 Jul 2010, 20:22,
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And if you want full length books,
The Firstborn trilogy (co written with Stephen Baxter) is a good 'un, Mr Baxter's books aren't too shabby either :)
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loonybean giving as good as he gets since, Mon 5 Jul 2010, 23:52,
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I'd say Iain M Banks' Player of games.
That's a fucking awesome book.
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