"Holden turned off his newsfeed, fidgeted in his
bunk, and tried to wake Miller by staring at him.
It didn't work. The massive radiation exposure
had failed to give him superpowers. Miller began
to snore."
I like a book that is serious but does not take
itself too seriously.
I'm enjoying the hard science in this book and
the bitterness of the characters involved.
> "Holden turned off his newsfeed, fidgeted in his
> bunk, and tried to wake Miller by staring at him.
> It didn't work. The massive radiation exposure
> had failed to give him superpowers. Miller began
> to snore."
> I like a book that is serious but does not take
> itself too seriously.
> I'm enjoying the hard science in this book and
> the bitterness of the characters involved.
>> "Holden turned off his newsfeed, fidgeted in his
>> bunk, and tried to wake Miller by staring at him.
>> It didn't work. The massive radiation exposure
>> had failed to give him superpowers. Miller began
>> to snore."
>> I like a book that is serious but does not take
>> itself too seriously.
>> I'm enjoying the hard science in this book and
>> the bitterness of the characters involved.
> I found it pretty much eight-deadly-words material, plus it's a zombie
> novel. I only finished because it's on the Hugo list.
Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 7/29/2012 7:57 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
>> I found it pretty much eight-deadly-words material, plus it's a zombie
>> novel. I only finished because it's on the Hugo list.
Kip Williams <mrk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 7/29/2012 7:57 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
>>> I found it pretty much eight-deadly-words material, plus it's a zombie
>>> novel. I only finished because it's on the Hugo list.
>> What are the eight deadly words ?
>"I don't care what happens to these people."
>Extra emphasis on WHAT optional.
(tm) Dorothy of this very newsgroup.
Dave
-- \/David DeLaney posting from d...@vic.com "It's not the pot that grows the flower
It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>
http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.
David DeLaney wrote:
> Kip Williams <mrk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> On 7/29/2012 7:57 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
>>>> I found it pretty much eight-deadly-words material, plus it's a zombie
>>>> novel. I only finished because it's on the Hugo list.
>> "Holden turned off his newsfeed, fidgeted in his
>> bunk, and tried to wake Miller by staring at him.
>> It didn't work. The massive radiation exposure
>> had failed to give him superpowers. Miller began
>> to snore."
>> I like a book that is serious but does not take
>> itself too seriously.
>> I'm enjoying the hard science in this book and
>> the bitterness of the characters involved.
> I found it pretty much eight-deadly-words material, plus it's a zombie
> novel. I only finished because it's on the Hugo list.
What is the difference between Zombies and people
affected by a bio-engineered virus ?
On Tuesday, July 31, 2012 8:34:54 PM UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> What is the difference between Zombies and people
> affected by a bio-engineered virus ?
Ohh... one has a craving for brains, and the other has... um...
:: Lynn McGuire
:: What is the difference between Zombies and people
:: affected by a bio-engineered virus ?
: Robert Carnegie <rja.carne...@excite.com>
: Ohh... one has a craving for brains, and the other has... um... : ...malpractice claims?
The virus pretty much melted their flesh and fused them into a lump, some
parts of which could still beg to die. And did even more bizarre things
when it got loose in a larger colony habitat, and/or had a longer time to
process its raw materials. I suppose it can be viewed as a sort of death
and undead afterlife. But it didn't really seem very zombie-like to me.
So... one has craving for brains, and the other begs to die.
(Hard to press malpractice claims on aliens lightyears and eons away.)
"All we want to do is eat your brains.
We're not unreasonable... I mean noone's going to eat your eyes."
--- Jonathan Coulten
"In the afterlife
You may be headed for the serious strife..."
--- Squirrel Nut Zippers
On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:49:02 -0700 (PDT), Robert Carnegie
<rja.carne...@excite.com> wrote:
>On Tuesday, July 31, 2012 8:34:54 PM UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> What is the difference between Zombies and people
>> affected by a bio-engineered virus ?
>Ohh... one has a craving for brains, and the other has... um...
>...malpractice claims?
I'd like to see a zombie version of The Scarecrow of Oz.
-- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department."
> :: Lynn McGuire
> :: What is the difference between Zombies and people
> :: affected by a bio-engineered virus ?
> : Robert Carnegie <rja.carne...@excite.com>
> : Ohh... one has a craving for brains, and the other has... um...
> : ...malpractice claims?
> The virus pretty much melted their flesh and fused them into a lump, some
> parts of which could still beg to die. And did even more bizarre things
> when it got loose in a larger colony habitat, and/or had a longer time to
> process its raw materials. I suppose it can be viewed as a sort of death
> and undead afterlife. But it didn't really seem very zombie-like to me.
> So... one has craving for brains, and the other begs to die.
> (Hard to press malpractice claims on aliens lightyears and eons away.)
>>On Tuesday, July 31, 2012 8:34:54 PM UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> What is the difference between Zombies and people
>>> affected by a bio-engineered virus ?
>>Ohh... one has a craving for brains, and the other has... um...
>>...malpractice claims?
>I'd like to see a zombie version of The Scarecrow of Oz.
Not that, but something I've always wanted to post here:
>>> "Holden turned off his newsfeed, fidgeted in his
>>> bunk, and tried to wake Miller by staring at him.
>>> It didn't work. The massive radiation exposure
>>> had failed to give him superpowers. Miller began
>>> to snore."
>>> I like a book that is serious but does not take
>>> itself too seriously.
>>> I'm enjoying the hard science in this book and
>>> the bitterness of the characters involved.
>> I found it pretty much eight-deadly-words material, plus it's a zombie
>> novel. I only finished because it's on the Hugo list.
> What is the difference between Zombies and people
> affected by a bio-engineered virus ?
thro...@sheol.org (Wayne Throop) writes:
> :: Lynn McGuire
> :: What is the difference between Zombies and people
> :: affected by a bio-engineered virus ?
> : Robert Carnegie <rja.carne...@excite.com>
> : Ohh... one has a craving for brains, and the other has... um... > : ...malpractice claims?
> The virus pretty much melted their flesh and fused them into a lump, some
> parts of which could still beg to die. And did even more bizarre things
> when it got loose in a larger colony habitat, and/or had a longer time to
> process its raw materials. I suppose it can be viewed as a sort of death
> and undead afterlife. But it didn't really seem very zombie-like to me.
david.shallcr...@ymail.com writes:
> On Jul 29, 8:57 pm, David Dyer-Bennet <d...@dd-b.net> wrote:
>> I found it pretty much eight-deadly-words material, plus it's a zombie
>> novel. I only finished because it's on the Hugo list.
> How did you find _Deadline_, the more explicitly zombie-ful Hugo list
> novel?
>> On Jul 29, 8:57 pm, David Dyer-Bennet <d...@dd-b.net> wrote:
>>> I found it pretty much eight-deadly-words material, plus it's a zombie
>>> novel. I only finished because it's on the Hugo list.
>> How did you find _Deadline_, the more explicitly zombie-ful Hugo list
>> novel?
>Read the first third, or some such. I read all of Feed and mostly liked
>it, despite the basic stupidities in so many directions, because of the
>characters. She fixed that for the second one.
>--
Then she fixed the fix.
-- ------
columbiaclosings.com
What's not in Columbia anymore..
>>> "Holden turned off his newsfeed, fidgeted in his
>>> bunk, and tried to wake Miller by staring at him.
>>> It didn't work. The massive radiation exposure
>>> had failed to give him superpowers. Miller began
>>> to snore."
>>> I like a book that is serious but does not take
>>> itself too seriously.
>>> I'm enjoying the hard science in this book and
>>> the bitterness of the characters involved.
>> I found it pretty much eight-deadly-words material, plus it's a
>> zombie novel. I only finished because it's on the Hugo list.
> What is the difference between Zombies and people
> affected by a bio-engineered virus ?
You obviously dont read SF, or you would know,
and explain it to us.
On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:34:54 -0500, Lynn McGuire <l...@winsim.com> wrote:
>On 7/29/2012 7:57 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
>> I found it pretty much eight-deadly-words material, plus it's a zombie
>> novel. I only finished because it's on the Hugo list.
>What is the difference between Zombies and people
>affected by a bio-engineered virus ?
One craves brains, and the other braves cranes?
Dave
-- \/David DeLaney posting from d...@vic.com "It's not the pot that grows the flower
It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>
http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.
:: The virus pretty much melted their flesh and fused them into a lump,
:: some parts of which could still beg to die. And did even more
:: bizarre things when it got loose in a larger colony habitat, and/or
:: had a longer time to process its raw materials. I suppose it can be
:: viewed as a sort of death and undead afterlife. But it didn't really
:: seem very zombie-like to me.
: David Dyer-Bennet <d...@dd-b.net>
: They ran around infecting people; seems nearly identical to me.
So, the common cold creates zombies. Or something nearly identical.
Good to know.
> : Ohh... one has a craving for brains, and the other has... um... > : ...malpractice claims?
> The virus pretty much melted their flesh and fused them into a lump, some > parts of which could still beg to die. And did even more bizarre things > when it got loose in a larger colony habitat, and/or had a longer time to > process its raw materials. I suppose it can be viewed as a sort of death > and undead afterlife. But it didn't really seem very zombie-like to me.
> So... one has craving for brains, and the other begs to die. > (Hard to press malpractice claims on aliens lightyears and eons away.)
But, clearly it's a metaphor for a class action!
I don't know why we're talking about zombies, isn't it The Blob?
Well, anyway, one finds life unendurable, and one finds life delicious!
One has body parts added on, and one has body parts that drop off...
One turns into a ghastly mass of plastic tissue, and Michael Jackson turns into the other one. I had to think about this one but I think I got it the right way around.
> In article <ylfka9yf4gf4....@dd-b.net>,
> David Dyer-Bennet <d...@dd-b.net> wrote:
>>david.shallcr...@ymail.com writes:
>>> On Jul 29, 8:57Â pm, David Dyer-Bennet <d...@dd-b.net> wrote:
>>>> I found it pretty much eight-deadly-words material, plus it's a zombie
>>>> novel. Â I only finished because it's on the Hugo list.
>>> How did you find _Deadline_, the more explicitly zombie-ful Hugo list
>>> novel?
>>Read the first third, or some such. I read all of Feed and mostly liked
>>it, despite the basic stupidities in so many directions, because of the
>>characters. She fixed that for the second one.
> Then she fixed the fix.
thro...@sheol.org (Wayne Throop) writes:
> :: The virus pretty much melted their flesh and fused them into a lump,
> :: some parts of which could still beg to die. And did even more
> :: bizarre things when it got loose in a larger colony habitat, and/or
> :: had a longer time to process its raw materials. I suppose it can be
> :: viewed as a sort of death and undead afterlife. But it didn't really
> :: seem very zombie-like to me.
> : David Dyer-Bennet <d...@dd-b.net>
> : They ran around infecting people; seems nearly identical to me.
> So, the common cold creates zombies. Or something nearly identical.
> Good to know.
As a deliberate goal. Even though they'd lost human cognition.
Sjouke Burry <s@b> wrote:
>Lynn McGuire <l...@winsim.com> wrote in news:jv9c1b$blt$1@dont-email.me: >> What is the difference between Zombies and people
>> affected by a bio-engineered virus ?
>You obviously dont read SF, or you would know,
>and explain it to us.
Read? I thought he was talking about the Quantum Leap episode.
-- I used to own a mind like a steel trap.
Perhaps if I'd specified a brass one, it
wouldn't have rusted like this.
