A civilization creating another universe to push their's through
because the physical nature of the one that they live in is
changing( over umpteen bazillion years) and killing them is cool, alot
of science handwaving helps in this book.
Got through a bunch of John Ringo stuff, like this guys stuff
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scalzi and Niven and Pournell's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_Hell_%28novel%29 got me and apparently others into re-reading Dante.
> A civilization creating another universe to push their's through
> because the physical nature of the one that they live in is
> changing( over umpteen bazillion years) and killing them is cool, alot
> of science handwaving helps in this book.
_A Darker Geometry_ by Martin and Benford, part of Niven's Known
Space "expanded backstory" in the Man-Kzin Wars series, describes the
Ones Who Pass similarly. Their universe is Big Crunch-ing around them
so they try to find a way to escape into ours. Hilarity ensues. May
not be considered canon by purists.
> Got through a bunch of John Ringo stuff
I got turned off to him by reading some of the _Paladin of Shadows_
series without knowing the context.
> Not sure what to think of a guy who tapes bacon to his cat.
John has vast reserves of Awesome, and occasionally deploys them. He also
has a blog, Whatever, that in internet time is about three aeons old, and
he wields the Mallet of Loving Correction in its comment threads.
> I didn't know there was a sequel to _Inferno_. Interesting list of
>damned in that article...
There is, but only for the last couple years or so. It took them a while to
get back to it.
Dave
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>> Not sure what to think of a guy who tapes bacon to his cat.
>John has vast reserves of Awesome, and occasionally deploys them. He also
>has a blog, Whatever, that in internet time is about three aeons old, and
>he wields the Mallet of Loving Correction in its comment threads.
>Also his cat, and dog, pictures are great.
I concur in highly recommending this product and/or service.
>>> Not sure what to think of a guy who tapes bacon to his cat.
>>John has vast reserves of Awesome, and occasionally deploys them. He also
>>has a blog, Whatever, that in internet time is about three aeons old, and
>>he wields the Mallet of Loving Correction in its comment threads.
>>Also his cat, and dog, pictures are great.
> I concur in highly recommending this product and/or service.
With or without bacon, or both ways?
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> > A civilization creating another universe to push their's through
> > because the physical nature of the one that they live in is
> > changing( over umpteen bazillion years) and killing them is cool, alot
> > of science handwaving helps in this book.
> _A Darker Geometry_ by Martin and Benford, part of Niven's Known
> Space "expanded backstory" in the Man-Kzin Wars series, describes the
> Ones Who Pass similarly. Their universe is Big Crunch-ing around them
> so they try to find a way to escape into ours. Hilarity ensues. May
> not be considered canon by purists.
>> > A civilization creating another universe to push their's through
>> > because the physical nature of the one that they live in is
>> > changing( over umpteen bazillion years) and killing them is cool, alot
>> > of science handwaving helps in this book.
