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Re: RIP

Post by C-Mag » Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:39 pm

Jerry who?
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Re: RIP

Post by Speaker to Animals » Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:43 pm

Best SF author.
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Re: RIP

Post by Smitty-48 » Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:47 pm

Speaker to Animals wrote:Best SF author.
Sorry you lost your Jerry, dude, but Alastair Reynolds is better.
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Re: RIP

Post by Speaker to Animals » Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:52 pm

Smitty-48 wrote:
Speaker to Animals wrote:Best SF author.
Sorry you lost your Jerry, dude, but Alastair Reynolds is better.


Jerry had a grasp on where this leviathan is heading.
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Re: RIP

Post by Fife » Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:52 pm

Smitty-48 wrote:
Speaker to Animals wrote:Best SF author.
Sorry you lost your Jerry, dude, but Alastair Reynolds is better.
I wonder how Reynolds would feel about your post if he were to read it today, on the evening of Pournelle's passing.

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Re: RIP

Post by Speaker to Animals » Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:56 pm

Fife wrote:
Smitty-48 wrote:
Speaker to Animals wrote:Best SF author.
Sorry you lost your Jerry, dude, but Alastair Reynolds is better.
I wonder how Reynolds would feel about your post if he were to read it today, on the evening of Pournelle's passing.

smh

Everybody is entitled to favor one author over another. Reynolds is a great author too. Completely different kinds of works, though. I prefer Pournelle because he focused so much on politics and sociology built atop a solid military SF foundation.
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Re: RIP

Post by Smitty-48 » Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:58 pm

Fife wrote:
Smitty-48 wrote:
Speaker to Animals wrote:Best SF author.
Sorry you lost your Jerry, dude, but Alastair Reynolds is better.
I wonder how Reynolds would feel about your post if he were to read it today, on the evening of Pournelle's passing.

smh
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Re: RIP

Post by Smitty-48 » Fri Sep 08, 2017 7:05 pm

Speaker to Animals wrote:
Smitty-48 wrote:
Speaker to Animals wrote:Best SF author.
Sorry you lost your Jerry, dude, but Alastair Reynolds is better.


Jerry had a grasp on where this leviathan is heading.
Reynolds is your objective end state, you want interstellar, Reynolds is the closest to the real deal. And he gives you full spectrum, from Blue Remembered Earth, all the way to House of Suns. Intersystem to the Andromeda Galaxy.
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Re: RIP

Post by Fife » Fri Sep 08, 2017 7:05 pm

Whatevs, I'd prolly put Joe Carter in the HOF tonight if I had the power; and if I could send any more of Oklahoma's excess talent up to Ontario, current-year, well, I'd be Okie-dokie with that too.
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Re: RIP

Post by Smitty-48 » Fri Sep 08, 2017 7:08 pm

Fife wrote:Whatevs, I'd prolly put Joe Carter in the HOF tonight if I had the power; and if I could send any more of Oklahoma's excess talent up to Ontario. current-year, well, I'd be Okie-dokie with that too.
Meh, I'm not big on HOF, in any sport, it's all been diluted by sympathy picks, it's become meaningless, hang around long enough, and they'll throw you a bone.
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