Charge your lasers, and prepare for lightspeed: The SPACE OPERA thread.

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shrike82: Jun 11, 2005

TjyvTompa posted:

I just received Alastair Reynolds new book Blue Remembered Earth, anyone else pick this up?

It's the first in a trilogy that's supposed to follow mans evolution over the next 10,000 years or something. I've only ready 90 pages so far but it seems interesting and I have already read all of his other books so I know I like his style.

Decent book although the big reveal at the end of the book was pretty anticlimactic.

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shrike82: Jun 11, 2005

Zeppelin Insanity posted:

By far the largest effect it has is that it provides liquidity - that is, makes it easier for you to sell shares if you have some, or buy shares if you want some. HFT also lowers spread - the difference in price between buying a selling a share (the sell price might be $9.99 and buy price might be $10.01 for example).

I hope that doesn't sound too dickish - I think your novel sounds cool as hell, just trying to help with a nerdy detail.

Nah, it's illusory liquidity with HFT spoofing quotes for their own purposes.

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shrike82: Jun 11, 2005

Jack2142 posted:

I think Battletech could benefit from a transition to tv, its pretty much Game of Thrones in Space with Giant Stompy Robots.

Have you seen the cartoon?

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shrike82: Jun 11, 2005

Yup I've actually corresponded with him via email before. Cool chap

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