“Infamous” - that means more than famous!
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“Infamous” - that means more than famous!
My fav movie! The perfect blend of sci-fi, action, comedy, and fashion model catwalk.
I came here to make this comment. The Edenists, a genetic fork of humanity, have created sentient machines through biotech. Some of the large space habitats are grown with a layer of neural cells a metre thick - in a cylinder shell that may be 30km long, totalling cubic kilometers of brain matter. Super-intelligent space buildings.
When I was finished making “squee!” noises, I took my phone around to show each member of my household so they could also make “squee!” noises.
There are some great suggestions here - I’m also adding to my reading list!
I almost exclusively read sci-fi, and my favourite author is Peter F. Hamilton. He has written some mind-bendingly good space opera, much of it spanning multiple novels.
His best work IMHO is a one-shot, standalone novel called Fallen Dragon. It’s got rampant uber-captialism, space marines, geurilla warfare on colony worlds, and aliens. And a very satisfying conclusion that I didn’t see coming.
There is human interaction - it’s a program where the dogs are taken on and off the island daily.
Comedy movie Oddball told the story pretty well.
Damn the date - I want to know how you can buy invisible bagels?
Regrettably, political parties are exempt from the DNC Register, even in Australia.
“Registered charities, educational institutions calling students, government bodies and registered political parties are exempt and are allowed to make telemarketing calls to numbers on the register”
Well actshually… Australia used to be run by right-wing nutjobs. The current mob in power are centrist nut jobs.
I refuse to pronounce it that way. But at least “kaysch” sounds better than “cash-ay”
Yes, while not as good as the OG, still a great read!
One of my top ten fave scifi novels. Niven and Pournelle’s best work.
No. If you can’t find it in an autopsy, did it ever exist in the first place? Too many people confuse ‘soul’ for ‘mind’ (IMHO)
On display? I finally found them in the bottom of a locked filling cabinet in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying “Beware of the leopard”.