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by phillies
» Thu Aug 02, 2018 8:12 pm
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https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-ente ... 69681.html
It's a list of books read on the International Space Station. Books by David Weber are prominent for their presence. and as the ISS travels something like a third of a million miles a day, and thus a hundred million miles a year, that one copy of Short Victorious War has likely travelled several hundred million miles. |
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by ywing14
» Thu Aug 02, 2018 9:02 pm
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Nice find Phillies! |
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by cthia
» Thu Aug 02, 2018 9:32 pm
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How appropos. That's a lot of frequent flyer miles logged for a Short Victorious War. . .eh Peeps?
Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense |
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by Theemile
» Fri Aug 03, 2018 2:18 am
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More Weber books than any other author (13), #2 is Bujold (11). Impressive.... ******
RFC said "refitting a Beowulfan SD to Manticoran standards would be just as difficult as refitting a standard SLN SD to those standards. In other words, it would be cheaper and faster to build new ships." |
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by cthia
» Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:47 am
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If only one book could be in that entire library. . . On Basilisk Station.
Hard to believe the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson didn't make it, since it is considered to be the bible of colonization. If somehow, they get stranded on another planet, they'll regret not having all of Robinson's. Even over OBS. LOL Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense |
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by Theemile
» Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:07 pm
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It sounded like those were physical books lifted up there. how many e-books are up there? At a fraction of the mass of 1 paperback, a single flashdrive could store libraries..... ******
RFC said "refitting a Beowulfan SD to Manticoran standards would be just as difficult as refitting a standard SLN SD to those standards. In other words, it would be cheaper and faster to build new ships." |
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by drothgery
» Fri Aug 03, 2018 10:32 pm
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And they can send new material without needing a launch... |
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