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letsrock64
06/23/09

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On the one hand, I'd love to see a Ringworld movie or series

On the other hand, I'd love to see a Man-Kzin War movie or series

But on the Gripping Hand, I'd pay big money to see The Mote In God's Eye on the Big Screen
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AmishJohn
06/23/09

@letsrock64: Could you imagine them starting with the Falkenberg stories and going from there?
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Pope John Peeps II
06/22/09

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Haha that linked article is HORRIBLE:

"At least since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, authors have foreseen new technologies reshaping society"

Hahaha. That's SO cheeseball. And not even correct. Frankenstein didn't reshape anything in the book.
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Sabbatai
06/22/09

@Pope John Peeps II: I think you are either quite wrong about that or I misunderstood you.

The lab where he was created in itself was as sci-fi as things got back then. There weren't machines of any sort connected to beds even in hospitals in the early 1800's. Machines CREATING life may not have happened yet but it all started with Frankenstein. Maybe not, but she was the first to popularize the idea. This was again, before computers and television, before everyone even had electricity.

Let alone all of the metaphors and social commentary that Frakenstein himself embodied.
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Pope John Peeps II
06/22/09

@Sabbatai: He's talking about how technology envisioned by sci-fi authors changed the world. Not metaphorically, but LITERALLY.

Unless I'm vastly mistaken, no reanimated corpses or created monsters are busy replacing the human race.
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Pope John Peeps II
06/22/09

@Sabbatai: Also, Frankenstein was the DOCTOR, the monster was simply called "The Creature". So let's go over again who's "quite wrong", shall we?
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Sabbatai
07/13/09

@Pope John Peeps II: Right, and I contradicted that..where?
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Sabbatai
07/13/09

@Pope John Peeps II: Also, we don't have devices attached to beds powered by electricity that serve medical purposes?

Is Frankenstein directly responsible? No. No more than Star Trek is responsible for cell phones.
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AmishJohn
06/22/09

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How about Doc Smith's 'Let's turn the solar system into a vacuum tube and laser the bad guys' system? Of course, he didn't call it a laser, as they wouldn't see their first application for about 15 more years or so.
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wormhole
06/22/09

@AmishJohn: What novel was that from? Maybe I'll read it again.
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AmishJohn
06/23/09

@wormhole: Near the end of the lensman series, I wanna say either Gray or Second Stage.
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tworivers
06/22/09

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Didn't Arthur Clarke pioneer the "cool massive object in space" genre?
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
06/22/09

@tworivers: To be fair I believe Ringworld beat Rama by a couple of years. But I did immediately think of Rama when I saw that line.
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