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What authors of the past do you think would have embraced the Internet?

echomonster @echomonster (2225) • Greenwood, Mississippi 15 Dec 08

Having an Internet presence is a must for modern authors because of the nature of the increasingly digitized world we live in. Not all authors embrace cyberspace equally, however -- for some, the Internet is just another place to...

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Ooh, the censor on here's a bit sensitive, isn't it?

Wolfechu @Wolfechu (1193) • United States 29 Jul 08

Just typed in a response (quite politely) to someone's question, and was told it used objectionable language under Mylot's T&C. Had to spend 10 minutes figuring out exactly what I'd done to upset it, and then I realised. I'd...

political correctness gone mad

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Who was more influential on modern fiction: Arthur C Clarke or Isaac Asimov?

heathcliff @heathcliff (1415) • United States 21 Mar 08

I know there are so many others that have affected where modern fiction, especially sci-fi, is today, but between these two (My favorite 2 Sci-Fi writers for as long as I can remember), who had the biggest impact? Who had the...

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Arthur C. Clarke dies at 90

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64176) • United States 18 Mar 08

I was sadden to read this this evening. I looked but didn't see any thing amoung my friends so I thought I'd post it. This was a great man, a great scientist and a great writer. He was involved in the developement of radar and...

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2001: A Space Odyssey

ersmommy1 @ersmommy1 (12587) • United States 18 Mar 08

Author Arthur C. Clark best known for the above titled work has passed away. He was 90 years old. He was a wonderfully talented writer. Are there any other fans out there? Another of my favorite books is "The Hammer of god"

2001 a space odyssey

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Orbit types of satelites (2)

hendraktp @hendraktp (150) • Indonesia 19 Jun 07

Synchronous Classifications Synchronous Orbit - An orbit where the satellite has an orbital period equal to the average rotational period (earth's is: 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.091 seconds) of the body being orbited and in the...

Communication satellites

hendraktp @hendraktp (150) • Indonesia 19 Jun 07

Telecommunication satellite is a kind of satellite (later explained) that’s very close to our daily life. Arthur C. Clarke was one of the pioneers of this field; he fostered the idea of a worldwide satellite system. Echo I is a...

Early theoretical work on artificial satellites

hendraktp @hendraktp (150) • Indonesia 19 Jun 07

The first known fictional depiction of a satellite being launched into orbit is a short story by Edward Everett Hale, The Brick Moon. The story was serialized in The Atlantic Monthly, starting in 1869.[1][2] The idea surfaces...

Top 5 Modern Sci Fi authors?

seamonkey @seamonkey (1976) • Ireland 2 Mar 07

I grew up on Heinlein and Arthur C Clarke, Roger Zelazny, Marrion Zimmer Bradley and the like. I am looking for some new, up and coming sci fi authors. Who do you like?

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surfaces and features of venus and fictions also

neet_4u @neet_4u (63) • India 30 Dec 06

Venus has two major continent-like highlands on its surface, rising over vast plains. The northern highland is named Ishtar Terra and has Venus's highest mountains, named the Maxwell Montes (roughly 2 km taller than Mount Everest)...

science fiction movies

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