To : Daniel Van Middelkoop
Subj : books
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.TID: GE 1.11+
-=> And Daniel Van Middelkoop did deliver these words of books to Wes Yahola
DVM> Absolutely right!, only the Death Gate cycle comes a little
DVM> bit close, but LOR rules for ever!
I loved the Death Gate cycle books. I've only read the first four. I think
things left off in the last book with the war between the realms about to begin.
Did they ever explain what the big machine (was it "quigsly wigsly" or something
close. I could check, but that'd involve getting up and going to another room)
did? I don't want to know what it did right now so much as I want to know if
they explained it.
... DO NOT ADJUST YOUR MIND - the fault is with reality
--- Blue Wave/RA v2.12 [NR]
* Origin: 9 out of 5 Schizos prefer Lunatic Fringe! 382-LUST (1:123/569)
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Msg : 32 of 100
From : Ken Mayes 1:393/7 .˙ō 27 .ęō 95 08:55
To : Mark David
Subj : Re: SAAB: Propulsion Systems
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In many of Isaac Asimov's stories, fision reactors were used to heat
water to steam which was then vented out the back of the ship for propulsion.
Simple..but it works.
About the Helium 3. Your guess is as good as mine. One possibility...a
thermo-nuclear reaction, at least given the current understand of fusion,
requires a great deal of heat. Your average H-B consists of an old-fashioned
A-Bomb, fission bomb to be used as trigger for the fusion bomb. Perhaps, the
fission reactor on the transport was used primarily as a starter for a fusion
reactor which was not shown. ???
--- CNet/3
* Origin: The Bard's Tavern Denton, TX (817)243-5110 USR 28.8 (1:393/7)
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Msg : 33 of 100
From : Jon Helis 1:396/40 .pä 25 .ęō 95 01:27
To : Chris Carter
Subj : Re: The Long Twilight Sp
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.TID: InterEcho 1.12 6E010867
-=> Quoting Chris Carter to Jeff Hancock <=-
CC> Spoilers below. Cool spoilerguard removed to save bandwidth. 25
CC> carriage returns inserted.
CC> On (23 Oct 95) Jeff Hancock wrote to All...
JH> I thought Draal was a bit of a pompous, preachy fellow during
JH> Voice in the Wilderness, but it is as nothing as compared with
JH> his younger self. The content didn't seem excessively
JH> self-promoting, but otherwise his speaking style seems typical
JH> of someone rather full of himself.
CC> Think of Draal as a professor at a major university. These sorts of
CC> folks do often times get a bit full of themselves, and speak
CC> accordingly. I thought the obviously preplanned speech, intercut
CC> with more conversational phrases was brilliant and funny.
JH> It's mildly interesting that this time, the Epsilon 3
JH> installation that is visited, and where Draal is kept, is only
JH> three miles beneath the surface. I seem to remember that it
JH> was five miles in VitW.
Well, I guess getting the knowlege of most of the universe will do that to
someone. I'm back in college now, so I know what you mean about those
professors being full of themselves.
What I found interesting(that nobody has talked about) was that there was a
reference to "Babylon Squared" in one scene with Draal. I wonder what his roll
in the taking of Babylon 4 was.
... Babylon Five: the Best in Television ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12
--- InterEcho 1.12
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Msg : 34 of 100
From : Meredith Billington 1:109/611 .åō 26 .ęō 95 20:04
To : All
Subj : Movies and shows
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All,
I was wondering what do you think is/are the best Sci-Fi flicks and
shows are?
Meredith
--- QuickBBS 2.80 GoldBase (Zeta-1)
* Origin: AD Message BBS/10th Year Online! (703)998-2958 (1:109/611@FIDONET)
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Msg : 35 of 100
From : Patrick Long 1:271/380 .åō 26 .ęō 95 20:30
To : All
Subj : Q HEADING FOR VOYAGER
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.TID: WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 94-0096
This message was from DENNIS RAYBURN to ALL
and was forwarded to you by PATRICK LONG
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I just got this and thought everyone would find it VERY interesting!
Dennis
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UPN
October 19, 1995
For Immediate Release
THE OMNIPOTENT Q RETURNS ON "STAR TREK: VOYAGER"
AIRING LATER THIS SEASON ON UPN
Captain Janeway Endures the Universe's Most Notorious Troublemaker
And Commander William T. Riker Is Called to Testify On Q's Behalf
The omnipotent Q makes his triumphant return to a Starfleet vessel in a
riveting episode of "Star Trek: Voyager" airing later this season on UPN.
The hugely popular character, portrayed by actor John de Lancie, is an entity
with near godlike powers, child-like petulance and a sense of playfulness.
He was last seen in the finale of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (May,
1994) and, since then, the prospect of his return has been a topic of
widespread interest among viewers. Jonathan Frakes, as Commander William
T. Riker, also makes a special guest appearance in the episode.
Commenting on the storyline, de Lancie said, "It's the best yet! It
certainly answers alot of people's questions about the nature of being Q,
but also begs many *other* questions."
In the episode, entitled "Death Wish," a rebel Q (Gerrit Graham) escapes
imprisonment from inside a comet and demands asylum aboard the U.S.S.
Voyager. Just as quickly, the well-known Q (de Lancie) arrives to force the
escaped Q back to the Continuum, the extra-dimensional domain in which their
immortal kind exist. Meanwhile, the escaped Q proclaims that if Captain
Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) grants him sanctuary, he intends to commit suicide
to end the tedium he has endured as an immortal being.
Noting the dictates of Starfleet protocol, Janway holds a hearing to
consider the request for asylum. The tables are turned on Q as Federation
personnel preside over a trial in which he must defend the Q Continuum and
the ever-logical Tuvok acts as counsel for the escaped Q. A courtroom
drame ensues when Q calls himself to the witness stand along with a varied
group of other people, including Commander William T. Riker, whose lives
were profoundly changed by Q's influence.
In a collaboration between father and sin, the story was written by Shawn
Piller and the teleplay was written by Michael Piller. The episode is
directed by James L. Conway. Rick Berman, Michael Piller and Jeri Taylor
are the creators/executive producers of "Star Trek: Voyager." The series
is a production of Paramount Network Television.
... Below Average Pilot: Unequal number of takeoffs and landings...
--- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12
* Origin: The Gondor BBS, member of Fidonet, the best RPG's! (1:271/380.0)
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Msg : 36 of 100
From : Starwolf 1:163/214 .åō 26 .ęō 95 13:38
To : Kay Shapero
Subj : B5 schedule
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Thanks for the idea vis looking for data on the B5 echo. I'm not sure if it
would help in hunting down the randomly scheduled episodes we see out here.
That station is just TERRIBLE in terms of showing things out of whack.
WHen STTNG began everywhere else on the planet, that station decided to hold off
for a month so they could show baseball instead. Two years later, they allowed
the rights to slip out of their fingers and land to a second-rate local station
with an irritating "here's Uncle Bob's Car-tune Show" host to introduce each
episode.
They managed to get X-MEN but, though they'd bought the whole season, they went
for two months in mid-season without showing any (no explanation) and then
resumed showing them - at three AM!!!
The programming and scheduling staff must be on drugs. The really annoying part
of it is, they've been bought out by a larger network - the Baton Broadcasting
System. That's right: BBS. So now, BBS is fouling up our favourite shows.
***SIGH***
--- Maximus 2.01wb
* Origin: Land of Ill Repute (1:163/214)
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Msg : 37 of 100
From : Gerry Normandeau 1:163/430 .˙ō 27 .ęō 95 00:00
To : Jackson Raster
Subj : Re: Personal Favorites
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-> I am still searching the used bins for The Ringworld Engineers. But
-> excelant sourse of material is the RPG Ringworld. This role playing g
-> expands the Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers books. In it you can pl
-> explorers from outside or inhabitants of the world. Great fun.
-> As I recall I read an artical about the impact of the Ringworld conc
-> on other authors. Some have used multiple rings, one at each AU in th
-> Star Trek: The Next Genetation episode "Rellics" Featured a Dyson Sp
-> it was only an hour show and not much was seen of it.
-> From a novelest's standpoint you could use such a world and never ru
-> material!
-> Thankz4YorInterest! };>
JR> Who puts out that RPG, BTW?
JR> -JTR
I think it was put out by GDW but I realy could be wrong.};>
The system has been out of print for some years now so your going to
have to dig deep in the sale bins to find it! };<
... Got enough guilt to start my own religion
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12
--- Maximus 2.01wb
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Msg : 38 of 100
From : Gerry Normandeau 1:163/430 .˙ō 27 .ęō 95 00:00
To : Nicolai Shapero
Subj : Re: Questions, but are t
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Nicolai was heard putting a contract on Gerry because of Re: Questions, but are
t!
NS> With one gee boost halfway, then deceleration for the remainder of the
NS> distance, transit of one astronomical unit (93 million
NS> miles) takes about 68.7 hours (less than three days).
NS> Since the distance covered will go as the square of the
NS> time invovled, allowing for thirty days should get you 100
NS> AU. The mean distance of pluto's orbit is around 39 AU. A
NS> month, in other words, gets you a LONG way at constant
NS> boost...
Interplanetary dynamic physics ain't my strong suit };>
GN>But if you say start an adventure on a
GN>starship
GN>and launch that ship using the slow way, the hero's great, great,
