You know I don't want to defend Niven about anything. Put it this way - he is so far to the right I prefer Heinlein.
Are you sure you're not mistaking Niven for Pournelle?
Saffron: You won't tell anyone about me breaking down? Mal: I won't. Saffron: Then I won't tell anyone how easily I got your gun out of your holster. Mal: I'll take that as a kindness.
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DXMachina - May 13, 2003 5:51:00 pm PDT #4759 of 9843
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Typo Boy - May 13, 2003 10:02:45 pm PDT #4760 of 9843
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
No - I agree Pournelle is worse. The way I'd put it is that Heinlein was right-wing libertarian. Niven is very conservative, to the right of libertarians. Pournelle is a reactionary, to the right of conservatives. Anderson is (well was) also a reactionary, but tempered with a genuine humanitarianism and hatred of cruelty.
evil jimi - May 13, 2003 11:21:36 pm PDT #4761 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Amy Flower, over at DVD.net.au, has posted her review of the Season 6 Part 1 box set. As usual, it's a great read. Check out her reviews for Seasons 2 - 5 starting here. There is no review for Season 1, unfortunately.
"Angel is broody" *snerk*
Nilly - May 14, 2003 12:26:06 am PDT #4762 of 9843
Swouncing
I have personally wondered, however, around the 7th grade, whether my life was real or whether I was dreaming it and would eventually wake up. Or maybe my dreams were real and the life was fake.
One of my most vivid childhood memories is of a Passover holiday we spent at my grandmother's (the one who passed away six weeks ago). I was four years old, and my father took me to bed before the 'Seder' was over, because I nearly fell asleep at my seat. Ever since then, and for years, I couldn't shake the feeling that all that is happening to me is, in fact, part of the dream the four-year-old me is dreaming at my grandmother's, and that I can wake up at any minute from it.
§ ita § - May 14, 2003 7:05:12 am PDT #4763 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Don't wake up, Nilly! We like you here.
Jim - May 14, 2003 7:14:13 am PDT #4764 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
mean I can't think of a case where head in a jar was portrayed positively in fiction
Hmm. There's probably one in Iain M Banks.
Noumenon - May 15, 2003 2:34:41 am PDT #4765 of 9843
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
So, how 'bout that war?
(not trying to pull Fiona's chain... more like moonlit's. Where did she go? <sad face>)
Fiona - May 15, 2003 2:48:43 am PDT #4766 of 9843
I think moonlit was having connection issues.
Chain not pulled, thanks Nou.
moonlit - May 15, 2003 10:04:13 pm PDT #4767 of 9843
"When the world's run by fools it's the duty of intelligence to disobey." Martin Firrell
Nou, shouldn't the question be ...
So how 'bout them weapons of mass destruction?
And yup tech hardware probs, some bios glitches, a corrupted browser thingamy, and (as I'm still paid-jobless) bugger all cash to properly fix things. I'm still working on it and hope to have most of it ironed out over the weekend. I'm able to get here in dribs and drabs but the system is pretty unstable and locks up/closes down/blue screens/etc about half a dozen times a day. Very frustrating.
P.M. Marc - May 15, 2003 10:33:36 pm PDT #4768 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
{{{Moonlit!}}}
Because I've missed you.