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    Image of Indigen Indigen
    10/12/09

    In reply to Your Fast Pass Leaves Slow Data Trails, The Ghosts Of City Life
    They stick them on products, yet turn off the scanners at the door because of false positives from legitimate customers with tags poorly disabled at the checkout. The only bona fide use that works I've seen is Oyster cards, and that's because you deliberately swipe them close to the scanner. On the whole, I don't understand why they've become widely used.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    09/21/09

    In reply to 7 Science Fictional Bars We'd Like to Visit
    [Pedantic post pointing out an obscure reference to a bar left off the list in a vain effort to prove my own superiority.]
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    09/21/09

    @tetracycloide: OOh, can I try one?

    How's about the moloko bar from A Clockwork Orange? It always seemed completely surreal to me, as did the rest of the story. Real horrorshow, me droogies.
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    09/20/09

    In reply to 7 Science Fictional Bars We'd Like to Visit
    Heck yeah, I'd love to go to Club Hel.

    For the, um...*ahem* very talented bartender. Yes. _
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/20/09

    In reply to 7 Science Fictional Bars We'd Like to Visit
    Looks like strong feelings about the elimination of the White Hart, the Draco Tavern, and Quark's.

    I got a t-shirt at Worldcon years ago that says "QUARK'S" in the "Cheers" font, and underneath it says "Sometimes you want to go where every being knows your name."

    MORN!
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    09/20/09

    In reply to 7 Science Fictional Bars We'd Like to Visit
    My favorite has always been Callahan's. Spyder has a way with denizens of this bar.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/20/09

    @phoghat: I love Callahan's too. The stories are so funny and yet touching. I was gonna have to hurt someone if it wasn't listed here. It's the fictional bar I've always wished were real.
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    09/20/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Indeed--as soon as I saw that headline, I thought: Callahan's better be in there!

    Always wanted to meet the crowd in there--and not just for Punday nights.
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    Image of Magenta Lornak Magenta Lornak
    09/20/09

    In reply to 7 Science Fictional Bars We'd Like to Visit
    And WHERE may I ask, is Quark's?
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    09/20/09

    @Magenta Lornak
    D listers all.
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    Image of Srynerson Srynerson
    09/20/09

    In reply to 7 Science Fictional Bars We'd Like to Visit
    5.) Mos Eisley Cantina . . . What kind of Crowd? A seedy plethora and a who's who of the desert planet of Tatooine.

    Shouldn't that at least also say, "scum and villany"? (It is a wretched hive of them after all!)
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    Image of GalinaPapus GalinaPapus
    09/20/09

    In reply to 7 Science Fictional Bars We'd Like to Visit
    Arthur Cover here. This is just off the top of my head, but Lord Dunsany's Jorkens character was always telling stories at a club. Then there's deCamp and Pratt's Tales from Gavagan's Bar. My favorite though is the bar that exists outside the boundaries of time and space in Fritz Leiber's The Big Time. Then there's the bar where the two old geezers tell the tale of whatever in Pel Torro's fascinating, shimmering, brilliant, classic (not) Galaxy 666. All these bars are the ancestors of most of the ones you talk about.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/20/09

    @GalinaPapus: Arthur, as usual you beat me to it. The Big Time is great. And we can't forget Clarke's "White Hart".
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    Image of Kostazu Kostazu
    09/20/09

    In reply to 7 Science Fictional Bars We'd Like to Visit
    Desert *planet* of Mos Eisley? Force is not with you today ;\

    On a less picky note, glad to see Callahan's made the list. :)
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    09/20/09

    @Kostazu: fixed.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    09/20/09

    In reply to 7 Science Fictional Bars We'd Like to Visit
    Making your way in the galaxy today takes everything you've got.
    Taking a break from Uncle Owen, sure would help a lot.

    Wouldn't you like to get away?

    Sometimes you want to go

    Where everybody knows your droids,
    and afraid of your lightsabre skills.
    You wanna be where you can see,
    Smugglers aren't all the same
    You wanna be where everybody knows
    Your droids.
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    09/20/09

    @ManchuCandidate: WIN +20, Sir!
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    09/20/09

    In reply to 7 Science Fictional Bars We'd Like to Visit
    I'm glad to see you didn't include Ten Forward. That place was a real snooze-fest. The only thing missing was some guy in a polyester tuxedo, playing a piano & singing half drunk between slinging insults at the patrons for not tipping him sufficiently...
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    09/20/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®:
    He was in the holodeck
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    Image of TonyRockyHorror TonyRockyHorror
    09/20/09

    In reply to 7 Science Fictional Bars We'd Like to Visit
    The Chatsubo from Gibson's books.

    Chiri's club from Effinger's Mahrid Audran series.
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    09/20/09

    @TonyRockyHorror: Heck, you could include the whole darn Budayeen! I just finished reading When Gravity Fails two days ago.
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    Image of TonyRockyHorror TonyRockyHorror
    09/20/09

    @Anekanta: Absolutely. It really is a tragedy of literature that we didn;t get more of Effinger's fantastic work. :(

    Do read the next two books as well!
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    09/20/09

    @TonyRockyHorror: That I definitely will do... I really have to find out what happens to Marid--I really felt for the guy at the end of that book; and just kept thinking over and over that he shouldn't have chipped in that last daddy. Oh well...
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    Image of paradox paradox
    09/20/09

    In reply to 7 Science Fictional Bars We'd Like to Visit
    The Draco tavern, Larry Niven's spaceport bar where his protagonist listens to travelers from all across the galaxy
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    Image of icelight icelight
    09/20/09

    @paradox: That was the first one that came to my mind, actually. Full of exciting things, and a relatively low chance of dying as a casual patron.
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    Image of phoghat phoghat
    09/20/09

    @paradox:
    The Draco is second only to Callahan's
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/20/09

    @phoghat: Totally agreed. Your favorite drinks, in the company of aliens. What's not to like? (other than having to go to Siberia)
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    Image of goldenplum goldenplum
    09/20/09

    In reply to 7 Science Fictional Bars We'd Like to Visit
    I would love Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grill, this was also like wes cravens Nightmare Cafe tv show which i loved.
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    Image of Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee. Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.
    09/20/09

    @goldenplum: Feng's has to be in the top two of my list
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    Image of RayCeeYa RayCeeYa
    09/20/09

    In reply to 7 Science Fictional Bars We'd Like to Visit
    umm who wouldn't want to hang out at the White Hart after a grueling shift in the salt mines.

    It's one of Arthur C. Clark's lesser known short story collections. Every one is told like you're hearing it from that regular retiree at the bar who comes in every day seeking nothing more than a bit of drink and company.
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