Marlith wrote:Referring to Starship by Aldiss I would presume.
faro wrote:Since we're on Tri Tac, how about Stalking the Night Fantastic for another pseudo-film connection? ** expired/removed eBay auction **
killjoy32 wrote:hey i got one of them ages ago - quite a cool item imo!Al
faro wrote:Major-league spoiler title for the US market
bclarkie wrote:Hey whats up with Tri-Tac stuff? I have seen a few items around and thought they looked interesting, but I thought I read somewhere that they were garbage, so I stayed away.
killjoy32 wrote:well i liked it, but then i like anything thats got an interesting cover Al
Marlith wrote:If not Starship is there another one?
The concept of a self-sustaining starship on a multi-generational voyage where things go tragically awry is not a new one. Heinlein's "Universe" (reissued as "Orphans of the Sky") goes back to 1941, and Aldiss uses much of Heinlein's plot and even his terminology in "Starship".
zhowar wrote:Starship: Brian W. Aldiss: 9780380002269: Amazon.com: BooksSomewhere I read that Aldiss was dissatisfied with Heinlen's characterization in Orphans. Hence his re-write. I enjoyed each book, but would recommend reading Orphans first.
faro wrote: (Heinlein's social struggle focus isn't that far off Wilcox's 'The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years', published the year before (1940) in Amazing. But since Heinlein wrote for Astounding in those days, that wasn't a problem. Wilcox used the same twist-in-the-tail that van Vogt borrowed later, too...).
Mars wrote:This just arrived in the mail: ** expired/removed eBay auction **Its a tournament module used at Michicon IX, 1980 and officially approved by the Metro Detroit Gamers. It looks and feels like it was produced the same way Fazzlewood was - the typed font is the same, etc.