[rec.arts.sf.written] Re: The Great Models of SF
Tim McDaniel
From: Nigel <ncw...@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
On 11 June, 15:35, Arthur <art...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jun 11, 5:19 am, Nigel <ncwa...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > On 10 June, 15:01, Arthur <art...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > On Jun 3, 10:37 am, ncwa...@hotmail.com wrote:
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> > > > On 3 June, 13:45, na...@math.ohio-state.edu (Anthony Nance) wrote:
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> > > > > Michael Grosberg <grosberg.mich...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > On Jun 2, 6:10B pm, jdnic...@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:
> > > > > >> B B B B I don't mean the plastic things you glue together but
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> > > > > > Which is a pity because immediately when I saw the subject line I
> > > > > > thought of a very nice model of the Cygnus from _The Black Hole_. It
> > > > > > was very large.
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> > > > > While I was thinking of people akin to Heidi Klum and Tyra Banks
> > > > > as applied to SF. More's the pity.
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> > > > You mean something like "Skaro's Next Top Model" ?
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> > > There was a model or 2 in Sterling's Holy Fire but I don't remember if
> > > they were "supermodels"*
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> > > *If there are supermodels there has to be submodels. But nobody talks
> > > about them
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> > Well, my phrase was actually "Top Model", which means that there must
> > also be a "Bottom Model", which sounds quite reasonable. Also "Charm
> > Model" and "Strange Model" are probably acceptable, but "Up Model" and
> > "Down Model" only occur in areas where drug-use is more openly
> > admitted.
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> Is this part of string bikini theory?
Yes - it predicts that space is beautifully curved.
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