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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: bagofeyes on November 15, 2007, 10:40:52 PM

Title: I'm sick of 'new' science fiction about dying and being reborn in computers
Post by: bagofeyes on November 15, 2007, 10:40:52 PM
and other shit along the same lines with 'brain copying' and stuff like that. that is all.
Title: Re: I'm sick of 'new' science fiction about dying and being reborn in computers
Post by: bagofeyes on November 15, 2007, 10:50:22 PM
From this week's story on Strange Horizons, lol:

"You wanted a wig, you said." I pulled it from the canvas shopping bag, unfolding it carefully and smoothing out the strands.

"My favorite color. Will you put it on me?" I untied the scarf and fit the sea-green animé cut over her skull. I let my hand rest on her shoulder, and she leaned against it, eyes closed. "I love you," she whispered, quiet as a conversation in the terminal room.



Which one of you wrote this?
Title: Re: I'm sick of 'new' science fiction about dying and being reborn in computers
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on November 15, 2007, 10:52:15 PM
Cory Doctorow.
Title: Re: I'm sick of 'new' science fiction about dying and being reborn in computers
Post by: bagofeyes on November 15, 2007, 10:56:28 PM
0wnz0red!
Title: Re: I'm sick of 'new' science fiction about dying and being reborn in computers
Post by: Human Snorenado on November 15, 2007, 11:15:06 PM
I'm sick of Hollywood's fascination with fantasy films.  They pretty much never do a good job with 'em.

Also, I'm sick of women not sucking my cock.
Title: Re: I'm sick of 'new' science fiction about dying and being reborn in computers
Post by: bagofeyes on November 15, 2007, 11:19:27 PM
I saw an ad on tele for beowulf last night, and it looked all computery and shitty
Title: Re: I'm sick of 'new' science fiction about dying and being reborn in computers
Post by: Ichirou on November 16, 2007, 01:09:15 AM
Beowulf is supposedly amazing but it just looks like a cut-scene from a Final Fantasy game to me...and not even one of the recent FFs, but something like FFIX.
Title: Re: I'm sick of 'new' science fiction about dying and being reborn in computers
Post by: ToxicAdam on November 16, 2007, 02:31:41 AM
What's the odds of Thomas Covenent being remade, wherein the protagonist rapes a young girl within the first 30 pages of the book?

Think the people who brought us Eragon might do it?




Title: Re: I'm sick of 'new' science fiction about dying and being reborn in computers
Post by: CajoleJuice on November 16, 2007, 05:18:09 AM
Quote from: bagofeyes on November 15, 2007, 11:19:27 PM
I saw an ad on tele for beowulf last night, and it looked all computery and shitty

My friend just tried to get me to see it tomorrow. I was all like, "Fuck no, let's play COD4 instead"

I won.
Title: Re: I'm sick of 'new' science fiction about dying and being reborn in computers
Post by: BlueTsunami on November 16, 2007, 09:00:42 AM
I AM BEOWULF

Everytime I hear it I want to punch whoever voiced Beowulfs, dick
Title: Re: I'm sick of 'new' science fiction about dying and being reborn in computers
Post by: Tauntaun on November 16, 2007, 11:11:51 AM
Quote from: CajoleJuice on November 16, 2007, 05:18:09 AM
Quote from: bagofeyes on November 15, 2007, 11:19:27 PM
I saw an ad on tele for beowulf last night, and it looked all computery and shitty

My friend just tried to get me to see it tomorrow. I was all like, "Fuck no, let's play COD4 instead"

I won.

AHHHHHHHH holy crap I need to get that game, screw it I'm picking it up tonight. :gun  if any of you have pc and play TF2 or CoD4, we bouts to get gully nicca! :pimp
Title: Re: I'm sick of 'new' science fiction about dying and being reborn in computers
Post by: The Sceneman on November 16, 2007, 09:31:24 PM
the Christopher Lamber Beowulf movie is the bomb digitty, its all Mortal Kombat banging techno and shit
Title: Re: I'm sick of 'new' science fiction about dying and being reborn in computers
Post by: CajoleJuice on November 16, 2007, 09:32:19 PM
No Queen?