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Offline Stormbringer

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Earth to be demolished to make wasy for hyperspace bypass!
« on: October 26, 2004, 08:24:08 am »
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Re: Earth to be demolished to make wasy for hyperspace bypass!
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2004, 11:22:44 am »
Storm, I'm sure you know of Heinlein's Childhood's End.
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Re: Earth to be demolished to make wasy for hyperspace bypass!
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2004, 12:01:17 pm »
perhaps. I have not read much fiction for twenty years. this is from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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Re: Earth to be demolished to make wasy for hyperspace bypass!
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2004, 12:26:48 pm »
Quote from: E_Look on October 26, 2004, 11:22:44 am
Storm, I'm sure you know of Heinlein's Childhood's End.

I thought Arthur C. Clarke wrote Childhood's End. 
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Re: Earth to be demolished to make wasy for hyperspace bypass!
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2004, 12:35:08 pm »
The rama series?
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Re: Earth to be demolished to make wasy for hyperspace bypass!
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2004, 01:02:48 pm »
Quote from: Stormbringer on October 26, 2004, 08:24:08 am
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/rebel_stars_041026.html


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Re: Earth to be demolished to make wasy for hyperspace bypass!
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2004, 03:58:55 pm »
Quote from: SRaek on October 26, 2004, 12:26:48 pm
Quote from: E_Look on October 26, 2004, 11:22:44 am
Storm, I'm sure you know of Heinlein's Childhood's End.

I thought Arthur C. Clarke wrote Childhood's End. 

Was it?  You may be right.  I haven't read much fic, let alone sci-fi in many years myself.
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Re: Earth to be demolished to make wasy for hyperspace bypass!
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2004, 04:04:13 pm »
NOT UNTIL TOMORROW!!!

They can't blow up the Earth till tomorrow! My dryer is broken and all my towels are dirty!

I can't be forced to hitchhike WITH A DIRTY TOWEL!!! ;D
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Re: Earth to be demolished to make wasy for hyperspace bypass!
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2004, 06:01:20 pm »
Quote from: E_Look on October 26, 2004, 03:58:55 pm
Quote from: SRaek on October 26, 2004, 12:26:48 pm
Quote from: E_Look on October 26, 2004, 11:22:44 am
Storm, I'm sure you know of Heinlein's Childhood's End.


I thought Arthur C. Clarke wrote Childhood's End. 


Was it?  You may be right.  I haven't read much fic, let alone sci-fi in many years myself.


It was Clarke.

Link to proof
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Re: Earth to be demolished to make wasy for hyperspace bypass!
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2004, 07:03:28 pm »
Quote from: E_Look on October 26, 2004, 03:58:55 pm
Quote from: SRaek on October 26, 2004, 12:26:48 pm
Quote from: E_Look on October 26, 2004, 11:22:44 am
Storm, I'm sure you know of Heinlein's Childhood's End.

I thought Arthur C. Clarke wrote Childhood's End. 

Was it?  You may be right.  I haven't read much fic, let alone sci-fi in many years myself.
Yes, it was Clarke.
and Earth was not demolished in Childhood's End, it was......spoiler

Complaints now about the Hyperspace bypass? The plans have been on file at the local office in Alpha Centauri for months now....
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Re: Earth to be demolished to make wasy for hyperspace bypass!
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2004, 10:44:57 pm »
In the basement, down the stairs, in a locked room, with a sign on it saying "Beware of the Leopard"....


So what's the TV tax going for now adays?  (for those who don't know, the Brits get to pay a tax on the privalege (sp?) to watch television)...it was 50 quid when I was there in the late '80's....of course, that's the public supporting public television..against thier will or not...

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Re: Earth to be demolished to make wasy for hyperspace bypass!
« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2004, 12:07:48 am »
naw, the Leopard sign was on the Disused Lavatory in the city planning office, where the Demolition order for Arthur Dent's house was.

The Lights were out, so he had to find a torch, and the stairs were too.

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Re: Earth to be demolished to make wasy for hyperspace bypass!
« Reply #12 on: October 27, 2004, 09:12:43 pm »
Quote from: Lieutenant_Q on October 27, 2004, 12:07:48 am
Anyone ever figure out what the question was?  Wait! one of us must know it...If you do not know what the answer to the ulitmate question is...please tell us what the Question is! we must know...but knowledge of the Answer precludes knowledge of the Question, and vice versa.  I already know the answer so someone who doesn't MUST know the Question!

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Re: Earth to be demolished to make wasy for hyperspace bypass!
« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2004, 08:19:49 am »
Damn I hate it when jokes with obscure references flop :P

Plus side, you can steal everyones wallet while they're scratching their head.
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