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more about #joehaldeman more comments → Dr Emilio Lizardo: Get well soon, sir. Will finish "Marsbound" today in your honor. more » SJ_Edwards: I had loved Forever War and was reading The Long Habit of Living (Buying Time, in the US), twenty years ago, when I developed Wegener's and started 'd... more » MightyCow: I'm glad to hear he got that straightened out. more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Considering how painful both of those conditions are, I damn well HOPE they're keeping him sedated. Yowch. Morphine and other fun stuff aren't going t... more » Mischif: How do your bowels get twisted? Nobody I know takes them out to do anything... more » Jonee: Get well soon, Joe! I was introduced to his books by the man himself at a Boston book store. Real nice fellow. He told me to read The Forever War and ... more » Sunshineyness: I truly send him my best hopes. I just read Forever War for the first time and was blown away. When I get to work tomorrow I plan on grabbing every ot... more » Bill-Lee: "Fuck you sir!" more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Here's to you Joe. Get better. more » ThisDudeRufus: There's no way he's allowed to die before Forever War makes it to the screen. No deal. more » crashedpc - Haifisch: ...twisted...bowel???? *hunches over in sympathy* more » k4man: still no Ship Who Sang? more » Klebert L. Hall: "while the actual people (and robot, in Bender's case)" I would suggest that Bender is clearly a person, just not a human person. -Kle. more » phoenix: Wow. This list hit the mark in so many ridiculous ways I can't even start. Well played. :D Much love for including ZERO-enabled mobile suits on the ... more » CodenameV: Neon Genesis Evangelion only gets honorable mention?! well let me tell you,,,,,,uh, wait.....wait no, Evas aren't remote-controlled at all if you're "... more » -
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10 Best Robot Bodies To Jack Your Brain Into
Yesterday, we showed you the best robot bodies to download your brain into. But what if you don't want to lose your meat body? Here are 10 robot bodies you can jack into, without leaving your body, like in Surrogates. More » -
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#deusexmachinas
The 5 Types Of Scifi Deus Ex Machinas
The awesome thing about science fiction is that anything can happen — including the occasional incredibly convenient miracle. Sometimes circumstances become so desperate and dire in a science fiction tale that even the "reset button" can't fix them — and that's when the "deus ex machina" shows up. The term, meaning "God from a machine," comes from classical theater, where a wheel-and-pulley deity would literally show up to sort everything out. And in science fiction, god literally can come out of a machine. Bow your head before our taxonomy of the most unlikely miracles in scifi history. More »
