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Gryphon
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Mar-18-14, 00:59 AM (EDT) |
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3. "RE: Steely-Eyed Missile Man"
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LAST EDITED ON Mar-18-14 AT 00:59 AM (EDT) >(This was prompted by the excellent novel entitled "The Martian" by >Andy Weir, which is available as a Kindle eBook and has blurbs from a >variety of luminaries, including some guy named Chris Hadfield. It's >the story of an unlucky astronaut who is marooned on Mars and has to >wait for several years for rescue, McGuyvering his way to survival >(and thus victory) on wit, cleverness and engineering know-how. It's >extremely crunchy-hard SF; you're walked through the Cold Equations of >Survival in many occasions, and yet it's both a witty and triumphant >celebration of engineering know-how and can-do astronaut capability. >Strongly recommended; I devoured it in one sitting). Hmm. You're like the fourth person I've seen in the last four days go "OMG The Martian." I'll be frank, it doesn't really sound like my cup of tea, but I strive not to grudge well-made things that aren't, and it sounds like the author is kind of livin' the dream with the buzz it's getting right now, so good on him. That said, "The Cold Equations" itself can suck an entire bag of [REDACTED]. I wish I could find a neurosurgeon skillful enough to remove any knowledge of it from my brain, except then I wouldn't remember how hateful and stupid it is and probably accidentally read it again someday, and then I'd be out all that money and have a permanent rectangular bald spot for nothing. --G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/ zgryphon at that email service Google has Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam. |
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Mercutio
Member since May-26-13
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Mar-18-14, 04:41 PM (EDT) |
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7. "RE: Steely-Eyed Missile Man"
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>Hmm. You're like the fourth person I've seen in the last four days go >"OMG The Martian." I'll be frank, it doesn't really sound like >my cup of tea, but I strive not to grudge well-made things that >aren't, and it sounds like the author is kind of livin' the dream with >the buzz it's getting right now, so good on him. Count me as the fifth one, then, because OMG The Martian. I may do a Random Book Review of it. It's pretty sweet. -Merc Keep Rat |
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Offsides
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Mar-18-14, 06:55 PM (EDT) |
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9. "RE: Steely-Eyed Missile Man"
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> >>Count me as the fifth one, then, because OMG The Martian. > >Shit. I agree with Merc on something. "Don't feel too bad, my boy. It happens to all of us." Offsides [...] in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles. -- David Ben Gurion EPU RCW #π #include <stdsig.h> |
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Pasha
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Mar-19-14, 06:31 PM (EDT) |
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16. "RE: Steely-Eyed Missile Man"
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>That said, "The Cold Equations" itself can suck an entire bag of >[REDACTED]. I wish I could find a neurosurgeon skillful >enough to remove any knowledge of it from my brain, except then I >wouldn't remember how hateful and stupid it is and probably >accidentally read it again someday, and then I'd be out all that money >and have a permanent rectangular bald spot for nothing. You could almost think of this as the antithesis of that story, actually. a) Dude has enough margin of error that he can at least give survival a shot. b) everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) is all "how do we save this guy?" And the line in question is delivered kind of perfectly. -- -Pasha "Houston, be advised..." |
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