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gay devil
Aug 20, 2009

buttcoin smuggler posted:

ftl isn't and will never be possible you sperglings

it's just the masturbatory fantasy of sci fi writers and pothead theoretical physicists

ftl travel probably isn't and is a dumb overused magic scifi technology

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Trig Discipline
Jun 3, 2008

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Grimey Drawer

buttcoin smuggler posted:

what are you thoughts on "deep navigation"? considering a purchase

didn't know it existed until now, may check it out

TOOT BOOT
May 25, 2010

i dont get hard sci-fi nerds, who gives a gently caress if it can really happen

Inverse Icarus
Dec 4, 2003

I run SyncRPG, and produce original, digital content for the Pathfinder RPG, designed from the ground up to be played online.

ten dollar bitcoin posted:

i dont get hard sci-fi nerds, who gives a gently caress if it can really happen

spergs make up a fair portion of the scifi market

Casual Encountess
Dec 14, 2005

"You can see how they go from being so sweet to tearing your face off,
just like that,
and it's amazing to have that range."


Thunderdome Exclusive

Spergs? In MY sci-fi?



Opposite end of the spectrum. What's the spergiest sci author?

LP97S
Apr 25, 2008

Grandmaster.flv posted:

Spergs? In MY sci-fi?



Opposite end of the spectrum. What's the spergiest sci author?

People who write fanfiction to "improve" their favorite series.

TOOT BOOT
May 25, 2010

Inverse Icarus posted:

spergs make up a fair portion of the scifi market

its akin to saying dracula is a bad book because blood doesn't contain enough calories to live on

LP97S
Apr 25, 2008

ten dollar bitcoin posted:

its akin to saying dracula is a bad book because blood doesn't contain enough calories to live on

http://www.amazon.com/The-Science-V...nce+of+vampires

FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually

Grandmaster.flv posted:

Opposite end of the spectrum. What's the spergiest sci author?
maybe one of the baen mil-sf writers (tom clancy-like devotion to tech specs of military starships weapons and system). david weber?

Trabandiumium
Feb 20, 2010

ten dollar bitcoin posted:

i dont get hard sci-fi nerds, who gives a gently caress if it can really happen

well you see earth is going to die in a billion years and we need to be able to find other livable planets something something

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal
"not impossible" == "there is nothing in physics that explicitly forbids this" ≠ "is practical or will ever happen"

TOOT BOOT
May 25, 2010

Some people take it even farther, like the story can't have aliens because we haven't met any yet.

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Jun 3, 2008

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Grimey Drawer

ten dollar bitcoin posted:

i dont get hard sci-fi nerds, who gives a gently caress if it can really happen

yeah this

LP97S
Apr 25, 2008
Apparently Legend films is going to reboot Godzilla in 2014. If that's not Sci-Fi enough, it's being directed by the guy who directed Monsters.

MancXVI
Feb 14, 2002

Grandmaster.flv posted:

Spergs? In MY sci-fi?



Opposite end of the spectrum. What's the spergiest sci author?
mainstream wise, i'm leaning toward larry niven. ringworld was p cool, but the protagonists are one-dimensional caricatures that exist solely to provide eyes for the concept and are basically a reflection of niven's inability to understand real people

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Grimey Drawer
and also to gently caress aliens

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

Trig Discipline posted:

and also to gently caress aliens

when presented with the abstract question 'what can you say about a chocolate covered manhole cover?' niven's response was to write a story that justified polyamory

we know where his mind is at all times

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal
he also wrote an essay about all the different ways superman could accidentally injure or kill lois lane by having sex with her

Guido van Possum
Apr 7, 2012

by T. Finninho
niven was horny

gay devil
Aug 20, 2009

gooby on rails posted:

he also wrote an essay about all the different ways superman could accidentally injure or kill lois lane by having sex with her



buttcoin smuggler
Jun 25, 2011

LooseChanj
Feb 17, 2006

Logicaaaaaaaaal!

gooby on rails posted:

he also wrote an essay about all the different ways superman could accidentally injure or kill lois lane by having sex with her

that essay is his best work

nigga crab pollock
Mar 26, 2010

by Lowtax
b0ners

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Jun 3, 2008

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Grimey Drawer

LooseChanj posted:

that essay is his best work

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal

ol qwerty bastard
Dec 13, 2005

If you want something done, do it yourself!
I should have listened to YOSPOS but instead I started reading "Stranger in a Strange Land"

The first half is okay; kind of cool.

The second half is... weird. Really loving weird.

Stymie
Jan 9, 2001

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
just watched the first web ep of bsg blood and chrome and now i have an unapologetic nerd boner

big shtick energy
May 27, 2004


Stymie posted:

just watched the first web ep of bsg blood and chrome and now i have an unapologetic nerd boner

There's a bit of cliche "best pilot ever!" poo poo but it's okay. Is it going to end as the flashback old Adama had in Razor or was that like a separate mission.

MancXVI
Feb 14, 2002

ol qwerty bastard posted:

I should have listened to YOSPOS but instead I started reading "Stranger in a Strange Land"

The first half is okay; kind of cool.

The second half is... weird. Really loving weird.

don't be such a prude

also discorporate yourself

Cold on a Cob
Feb 6, 2006

i've seen so much, i'm going blind
and i'm brain dead virtually

College Slice
lolllll

Just-In-Timeberlake
Aug 18, 2003
"Hey, you know that Dark Knight poster, how cool that was? Yeah, do it just like that"

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal
but he is walking from darkness into light there

lord funk
Feb 16, 2004

that's good cause when i think star trek i think post apoc grit core

toby
Dec 4, 2002

MancXVI posted:

don't be such a prude

also discorporate yourself

DISCORPORATE YOURSELF AND FACE TO QUANTUM PHYSICS

toby
Dec 4, 2002

golgo13sf posted:

"Hey, you know that Dark Knight poster, how cool that was? Yeah, do it just like that"



i'd rate this movie poster "Piss"

Just-In-Timeberlake
Aug 18, 2003
I mean, that is some Samsung level copying right there.

Elder Postsman
Aug 30, 2000


i used hot bot to search for "teens"

oh, I get it, it's the star fleet insignia

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006
after all the disapointing films this year i dont think i could handle a bad trek.

Cold on a Cob
Feb 6, 2006

i've seen so much, i'm going blind
and i'm brain dead virtually

College Slice

Shaggar posted:

after all the disapointing films this year i dont think i could handle a bad trek.

it's ok it comes out next year

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Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat

golgo13sf posted:

"Hey, you know that Dark Knight poster, how cool that was? Yeah, do it just like that"

Is that supposed to be London? I'm seeing 30 St. Mary Axe off to the right.

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