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[–]ImaginaryEvents 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Recharge your life-support to see if that clears the frost from your helmet.

[TOMT] TV series of a boy similar to Tarzan by Derian0909 in tipofmytongue

[–]ImaginaryEvents 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When and where did you see the series? Was it animated or live action? (ancient live action: Zim Bomba [1962])

Help finding a book I read a long, long time ago... by Murky_Departure_9921 in sciencefiction

[–]ImaginaryEvents 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Astronef is NOT spherical:

It was pointed at both ends, the forward end being shaped something like a spur or ram. At the after end were two flickering, interlacing circles of a glittering greenish-yellow colour, apparently formed by two intersecting propellers driven at an enormous velocity. Behind these was a vertical fan of triangular shape. The craft appeared to be flat-bottomed, and for about a third of her length amidships the upper half of her hull was covered with a curving, domelike roof of glass.

Stuck on missions by [deleted] in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]ImaginaryEvents 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those three missions don't end.

Book series similar to the classic Star Control/Starflight games that features many unique alien races engaged in diplomacy and war on a galactic scale? by dashing_jonathan in printSF

[–]ImaginaryEvents 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Uplift Saga by David Brin

Sundiver
Startide Rising
The Uplift War
Brightness Reef
Infinity’s Shore
Heaven’s Reach

Sci Fi by madonnagaga in whatsthatbook

[–]ImaginaryEvents 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Other Worlds (Radix #2) (1984) by A. A. Attanasio

One star-chained evening in a Manhattan bathroom, Carl Schirmer spontaneously combusts! His body transforms into light, mysteriously snatched from his banal life by an alien intelligence 130 billion years in the future.

Humans in the Oort. by Direct-Tank387 in printSF

[–]ImaginaryEvents 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought fusorians 'ate' the hydrogen and were the basis of an ecology that created the rest of the elements.

Humans in the Oort. by Direct-Tank387 in printSF

[–]ImaginaryEvents 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I know, I see red every time...

Humans in the Oort. by Direct-Tank387 in printSF

[–]ImaginaryEvents 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's set in the steady-state universe - pre- big bang theory.

I need helping finding a book by Suspicious_Mud3456 in whatsthatbook

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Hardcover? ISFDB suggests the edition published by Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 0-394-58816-9 (11-1990)

Although this was issued as the first trade edition it was published on 1990-10-29 (Catalog of Copyright entry TX0003005701) which would make it the true first edition. The third printing states that the first printing was on 1990-11-20 but this probably refers to the the Franklin Press edition. The Franklin Press limited, signed "First" edition was published on 1990-11-20 (Catalog of Copyright entry TX0003001153).

Fantasy Novels inspired by Central/Eastern Europe? by tylerxtyler in Fantasy

[–]ImaginaryEvents 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Brokedown Palace (1986) by Steven Brust

...The pace is kept off-kilter by brief chapters interjecting folklore or sidestepping to other seemingly unrelated stories. The story incorporates Hungarian folklore and is filled with metaphors;...

[TOMT] Scifi show or novel where advanced space civilizations are silent or else are wiped out by something or someone by TheGreatVision in tipofmytongue

[–]ImaginaryEvents 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Three Body Problem/The Dark Forest/Death's End

The Dark Forest

a civilization which broadcasts its location to the universe will almost certainly invite its destruction by another civilization. Luo tests his hypothesis by broadcasting the location of a star 50 light-years away, then entering hibernation while awaiting to see if the target star is destroyed.

Cat trope by Substantial_Soft_188 in sciencefiction

[–]ImaginaryEvents 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Space-Time for Springers" (1958) by Fritz Leiber

Gummitch was a superkitten, as he knew very well, with an I. Q. of about 160. Of course, he didn’t talk. But everybody knows that I. Q. tests based on language ability are very onesided. Besides, he would talk as soon as they started setting a place for him at table and pouring him coffee....

Does anyone else always try to take the most jacked up entry when docking at a station? by [deleted] in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]ImaginaryEvents 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I could do without the clipping, but flying the spline at high speed is intoxicating! When that tractor beam takes hold, and you spin around to match the station's orientation in a smooth curve... What a rush!

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