tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post2262411408806465982..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: A story prominently, and surprisingly, features astrology. ~~Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-70211118055831899342012-12-20T07:42:32.497-06:002012-12-20T07:42:32.497-06:00Wisewebwoman ~~ Thanks, WWW - I shall get my hands...Wisewebwoman ~~ Thanks, WWW - I shall get my hands on something he's written asap - sounds interesting!Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-61527536227017217052012-12-19T21:01:52.260-06:002012-12-19T21:01:52.260-06:00As you posted this, T, I was trying to remember a ...As you posted this, T, I was trying to remember a sci-fi author I enjoyed so much (and more after I met him at a launch). <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Sawyer<br /><br />You may enjoy him. I particularly enjoyed "Calculating God."<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-11118166598371685422012-12-19T11:11:52.500-06:002012-12-19T11:11:52.500-06:00James Higham ~~` Not the author's fault - my c...James Higham ~~` Not the author's fault - my crappy copy typing - or spelling - not sure which.<br /><br />Murmur - funny word, reminds me of muumuu, the loose-fitting Hawaiian dress. I think murmur looks better the way I typed it. ;-)<br /><br />I'll amend the post.<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-21973154615039576582012-12-19T10:46:07.740-06:002012-12-19T10:46:07.740-06:00"I see", Travis murmered.
Presuming tha...<em>"I see", Travis murmered.</em><br /><br />Presuming that was the author, he could do with learning to spell.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-79951658114598936772012-12-19T10:40:48.890-06:002012-12-19T10:40:48.890-06:00mike ~~ That thought crossed my mind, especially a...mike ~~ That thought crossed my mind, especially as there are other aspects of the lifestyle on Mert which were kind of familiar in a Dickensian kind of way. <br /><br />As the tale is set so far into the future, perhaps the answer might be that early space travellers/settlers from Earth were responsible for this culture and civilisation - what they had never realised, however, was that they had travelled full circle around the universe and arrived back thousands of centuries later at their original setting-off point: Earth, now much different and quite unrecognisable.<br /><br />I'm not sure the author had thought about it very deeply though, Mike - the story was probably written tongue-in-cheek-ish.<br />:-)<br /><br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-67438243883751390112012-12-19T10:01:06.516-06:002012-12-19T10:01:06.516-06:00I'll download and read, since it's free......I'll download and read, since it's free...can't beat that. In the seven planets mentioned, pseudo-Earth and pseudo-Pluto were skipped...did they live on pseudo-Earth and that's why it was skipped?mikenoreply@blogger.com