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Starfleet X bomber

I was bored by the last book, it was obvious. I just read it for completeness.

The Martian wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 9:28 pm Starfleet X bomber

Best theme tune....EVER!

KungFooBob wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 9:29 pm I was bored by the last book, it was obvious. I just read it for completeness.

Obvious in the way that all these dystopian sci fi stories have "something that's not what it seems".

Plus don't try and tell me the power of the IT department didn't appeal to you

KungFooBob wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 9:29 pm

The Martian wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 9:28 pm Starfleet X bomber

Best theme tune....EVER!

Only until Airwolf came out.

Brian May didn't do Airwolf tho'

yes Gotta be Thunderbid 3, no question! The other thunderbirds were just making up he numbers!

I watched 'Starfleet' as a kid during the summer holidays. There's an episode where one of the earth guys gets captured by the baddies and gets this thing on his face and becomes evil. That gave me nightmares for weeks. I still remember it 35 years later.

David Brin! I really enjoyed the Uplift books.
Stainless Steel Rat! Yay! Read something newish recently and it reminded me of Ratty. I'll have a think and see if I can remember what. I made a note somewhere to look out for the follow up. (Don't keep new books much any more....run out of space, but getting a collection of classics together like Ballard, Vonnegut, Bradbury, Le Guin etc all in Folio editions and replacing the paperbacks).

I'll have another browse of your bookshelves tomorrow.

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 9:25 pm I've got a kindle

So have I and it's got almost all sci-fi on

But I like books more.

That Uplift book is a trilogy in one binding.

I read the first one, Startide rising?

Found it so boring I didn't read the other two.

There's his Kil'n People on there too, which I found way more entertaining.

OK. One final rec before I go.

Dave Hutchinson series Europe in/at Autumn/Midnight/Winter/Dawn.

As for recent books I read (and liked) Dogs Of War by Adrian Tchaicovsky recently.
Its about genetically engineered bioforms being used to do the dirtywork in wars and skirmishes.
Covers a fair bit of ground about the ethics of it and for me was well worth reading.

demographic wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:33 pm As for recent books I read (and liked) Doge Of War by Adrian Tchaicovsky recently.
Its about venetically engineered bioforms being used to do the dirtywork in wars and skirmishes.
Covers a fair bit of ground about the ethics of it and for me was well worth reading.

I read his Children of Time, it's ok, but I'm in no rush to read the sequel.

Not for people scared of spiders.

demographic wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:33 pm genetically engineered bioforms being used to do the dirtywork in wars and skirmishes.

Or in the case of Red Dwarf (novels), an international football team fielding a genetically engineered goaly who's the exact size and shape of the goal mouth.

Verner Vinge can write come up with some decent concepts mind.
Across Realtime and the bobbles where time inside of them stops being a good example of that.

demographic wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 5:40 pm Verner Vinge can write come up with some decent concepts mind.
Across Realtime and the bobbles where time inside of them being a good example of that.

I read A Fire Upon the Deep earlier in the year. Some great ideas, I liked the zones concept, the ending was a bit meh, but I still really rate it, in fact I've bought A Deepness in the Sky a couple of weeks ago and haven't got round to reading it yet.

Does the appollo Murders count...a real spaceship anyway....

Scorpio from Blake's 7 followed closely by the Liberator.

Old skool.

The Liberator (AKA "DSV2") from Blakes 7 was always the one the one that stuck out in my memory.