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Re: Age average
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 17 Nov 1999 00:35:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, James Brown writes:
> But then, that might be because I'm re-reading the Lensman books ;)
> Reading sci fi that's based on theories since disproved is really neat.
I have to agree, I can't leave a used-bookstore empty-handed if they have any
old sci-fi in there. There's something refreshing about its optimism and
imagination, especially the 50s-60s era. Unfortunately modern sci-fi tends to
reflect recent impressions that we have a clue what the future will look like -
sure, it will probably involve computers of some sort but as different from
what we know now as as we are different from the age of punch-cards.
That arrogant impression limits the scope of imagination, and blands a
once-vibrant genre. I'd prefer a story about "telepathic plant people" than a
"mysterious force that threatens the ship that is eventually defeated by using
a reversed pulse-modulated tachyon flow", any day!
How long before the sleek interfaces of Star-Trek are as laughable as the
blinking boxes of old sci-fi? Or maybe computers of the future will be blinking
boxes after all :)
"Sorry boss, I couldn't recompile the server as I've completely run out of red
LEDs."
Richard
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| (...) They already are laughable. Those silly Starfleet crewpeople -- they have a computer they can *talk* to, and they spend all day punching *buttons* on hideously arcane virtual consoles. The best pilot interface for the Enterprise look (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeff Stembel writes: <snip!> (...) By what must be an absolutely stunning coincidence, I actually read that (or something virtually indentical) in a book today. But then, that might be because I'm re-reading the Lensman (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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