Mathmos's Messages

Mathmos commented on Mad Science Contest: Build a Lifeform and We'll Send You to Hong Kong or Give You $1000

"Bear in mind that novel attributes are useless with appropriate sensory and control systems."

http://io9.com/5022316/#c6546439 12:51 PM on Jul 7

Mathmos commented on Whatever Happened To Hyperion, Vurt, Count Zero and Logan's Run?

"There are othersAny progress on Rendezvous With Rama?Long ago I read that Ringworld had been optioned.Any chance for Ender's Game?I have a vague recollection of talk of a movie of Asimov's End of Eternity."

http://io9.com/5022105/#c6518819 6:29 PM on Jul 3

Mathmos commented on 21 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Go See Disaster Movie

"I don't know, looks as good as a lot of the stuff this site touts"

http://io9.com/5021981/#c6514667 1:30 PM on Jul 3

Mathmos commented on Shrooms Change Your Life for the Better

"Sounds like they didn't really measure much other than what impressions their subjects retained of the experience."

http://io9.com/5021447/#c6485790 9:30 AM on Jul 2

Mathmos commented on Which Secret Scifi Spy Group Could Actually Stop Terrorism?

"pathetic list"

http://io9.com/5021290/#c6480219 3:46 AM on Jul 2

Mathmos commented on 10 Books That Were Better Off on Paper

"How about unfilmed books that would make good, or at least interesting, movies?"

http://io9.com/5020563/#c6437706 5:17 PM on Jun 29

Mathmos commented on A-Blasts Propel the Atomic Pulse Rocket Into Space (1960)

"The concept has occasionally been used in subsequent scifi, for example Footfall by Niven and Pournelle."

http://io9.com/5020276/#c6422660 2:45 PM on Jun 27

Mathmos commented on Humanity Cannot Be Saved in Wall-E

"maybe we don't want to be saved, ever think of that, smarty-pants?"

http://io9.com/5020391/#c6422298 2:29 PM on Jun 27

Mathmos commented on Science Fiction That Could Turn You Queer, If Only for a Nanosecond

"While I happen to think of it, I'm surprised no one has mentioned John Varley's gender switching characters."

http://io9.com/5020069/#c6419320 12:32 PM on Jun 27

Mathmos commented on Never Say Someone Will Be Fine During A Shootout With An Alien Spaceship

"@foolish-rain: right, more than silly"

http://io9.com/5020118/#c6408632 9:28 PM on Jun 26

Mathmos commented on Science Fiction That Could Turn You Queer, If Only for a Nanosecond

"Quite a while since I read LHOD, but I recall considering it well done. I vaguely recall an old novel, I think by Silverberg, about an ostensible time traveler who seduced everyone in sight, male or female. Then there's Heinlein... @wfaulk: Perhaps Annalee didn't think Delany likely to convince anyone of the appeal of homoeroticism."

http://io9.com/5020069/#c6408602 9:23 PM on Jun 26

Mathmos commented on The Secret Masters And The Conspiracy Against Democracy