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Chris Duck
Oct 7, 2012, 10:14:13 PM10/7/12
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Identical copies of normal human beings are being created far from earth in extremely hazardous environments via some sort of matter transmitter,
where they are engaged in a research project. They will die in a relatively short time from radiation poisoning. They are quite pissed off about this,
but can't do anything about it.
Probably within the last 25 years or so; I think it was a novel.
where they are engaged in a research project. They will die in a relatively short time from radiation poisoning. They are quite pissed off about this,
but can't do anything about it.
Probably within the last 25 years or so; I think it was a novel.
Howard Brazee
Oct 7, 2012, 10:32:50 PM10/7/12
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published in 1960 _Rogue Moon_. It lost the 1961 Hugo to _A
Canticle for Leibowitz_.
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Chris Duck
Oct 7, 2012, 10:45:44 PM10/7/12
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On Sun, 07 Oct 2012 20:32:50 -0600, Howard Brazee <how...@brazee.net> wrote:
>On Sun, 07 Oct 2012 21:14:13 -0500, Chris Duck
><chri...@coldmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Identical copies of normal human beings are being created far from earth in extremely hazardous environments via some sort of matter transmitter,
>>where they are engaged in a research project. They will die in a relatively short time from radiation poisoning. They are quite pissed off about this,
>>but can't do anything about it.
>>
>>Probably within the last 25 years or so; I think it was a novel.
>
>Outside of your time frame is a very short novel by Algis Budrys,
>published in 1960 _Rogue Moon_. It lost the 1961 Hugo to _A
>Canticle for Leibowitz_.
No, in this story the clones were created in deep space, not in/on the moon. And I'm sure it was much more recent than 1961.
>On Sun, 07 Oct 2012 21:14:13 -0500, Chris Duck
><chri...@coldmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Identical copies of normal human beings are being created far from earth in extremely hazardous environments via some sort of matter transmitter,
>>where they are engaged in a research project. They will die in a relatively short time from radiation poisoning. They are quite pissed off about this,
>>but can't do anything about it.
>>
>>Probably within the last 25 years or so; I think it was a novel.
>
>Outside of your time frame is a very short novel by Algis Budrys,
>published in 1960 _Rogue Moon_. It lost the 1961 Hugo to _A
>Canticle for Leibowitz_.
Thanks anyway.
Moriarty
Oct 8, 2012, 12:44:33 AM10/8/12
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new Doctor Who episodes "The Rebel Flesh" and "The Almost People", a 2
part story. Doppelgangers (called gangers) are created to do
particularly dangerous work. When one dies, another ganger is simply
created.
-Moriarty
James Nicoll
Oct 8, 2012, 1:24:01 AM10/8/12
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In article <moe478pqki2980r14...@4ax.com>,
look familiar?
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/frederik-pohl/farthest-star.htm
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Howard Brazee <how...@brazee.net> wrote:
>On Sun, 07 Oct 2012 21:14:13 -0500, Chris Duck
><chri...@coldmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Identical copies of normal human beings are being created far from
>earth in extremely hazardous environments via some sort of matter
>transmitter,
>>where they are engaged in a research project. They will die in a
>relatively short time from radiation poisoning. They are quite pissed
>off about this,
>>but can't do anything about it.
>>
>>Probably within the last 25 years or so; I think it was a novel.
>
>Outside of your time frame is a very short novel by Algis Budrys,
>published in 1960 _Rogue Moon_. It lost the 1961 Hugo to _A
>Canticle for Leibowitz_.
>
More likely to be Fred Pohl and Jack Williamson's Farthest Star. This
>On Sun, 07 Oct 2012 21:14:13 -0500, Chris Duck
><chri...@coldmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Identical copies of normal human beings are being created far from
>earth in extremely hazardous environments via some sort of matter
>transmitter,
>>where they are engaged in a research project. They will die in a
>relatively short time from radiation poisoning. They are quite pissed
>off about this,
>>but can't do anything about it.
>>
>>Probably within the last 25 years or so; I think it was a novel.
>
>Outside of your time frame is a very short novel by Algis Budrys,
>published in 1960 _Rogue Moon_. It lost the 1961 Hugo to _A
>Canticle for Leibowitz_.
>
look familiar?
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/frederik-pohl/farthest-star.htm
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Lee Gleason
Oct 8, 2012, 1:46:34 AM10/8/12
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"Chris Duck" wrote in message
news:lhd4789r2skk712k9...@4ax.com...
"Farthest Star" and "Wall Around a Star".
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the doctor
Oct 8, 2012, 4:06:40 PM10/8/12
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> Identical copies of normal human beings are being created far from earth i
> Identical copies of normal human beings are being created far from earth i
> where they are engaged in a research project. They will die in a relativel
> but can't do anything about it
>
>
> Probably within the last 25 years or so; I think it was a nove
Didn't Pohl and Williamson have something like that In Farthest Star?
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Chris Duck
Oct 8, 2012, 10:09:11 PM10/8/12
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Yep, that's it. Thanks!
By the way, you (all) are falling down on the job; this took over THREE HOURS to get the right answer.
Just kidding, of course!
By the way, you (all) are falling down on the job; this took over THREE HOURS to get the right answer.
Just kidding, of course!
William December Starr
Oct 9, 2012, 6:10:21 PM10/9/12
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In article <lhd4789r2skk712k9...@4ax.com>,
project passive, i.e., they were just being monitored to see how
long it took them to die?
-- wds
Chris Duck <chri...@coldmail.com> said:
> Identical copies of normal human beings are being created far from
> earth in extremely hazardous environments via some sort of matter
> transmitter, where they are engaged in a research project. They
> will die in a relatively short time from radiation poisoning. They
> are quite pissed off about this, but can't do anything about it.
Not even go on strike? Or was their involvement in the research
> Identical copies of normal human beings are being created far from
> earth in extremely hazardous environments via some sort of matter
> transmitter, where they are engaged in a research project. They
> will die in a relatively short time from radiation poisoning. They
> are quite pissed off about this, but can't do anything about it.
project passive, i.e., they were just being monitored to see how
long it took them to die?
-- wds
Thomas Womack
Oct 10, 2012, 6:45:01 PM10/10/12
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In article <lhd4789r2skk712k9...@4ax.com>,
environment (a pulsar planet, I think) in Ken Macleod's _Newton's
Wake_, but that's not consistent with the rest of the description.
Tom
Chris Duck <chri...@coldmail.com> wrote:
>Identical copies of normal human beings are being created far from
>earth in extremely hazardous environments via some sort of matter
>transmitter, where they are engaged in a research project. They will
>die in a relatively short time from radiation poisoning. They are
>quite pissed off about this, but can't do anything about it.
There's an episode with matter transmitters and a super-hazardous
>Identical copies of normal human beings are being created far from
>earth in extremely hazardous environments via some sort of matter
>transmitter, where they are engaged in a research project. They will
>die in a relatively short time from radiation poisoning. They are
>quite pissed off about this, but can't do anything about it.
environment (a pulsar planet, I think) in Ken Macleod's _Newton's
Wake_, but that's not consistent with the rest of the description.
Tom
Mark Zenier
Oct 10, 2012, 1:01:12 PM10/10/12
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In article <k527cd$l1c$1...@panix2.panix.com>,
_The Farthest Star_ started with a relativistic probe that was to drop
off a matter receiver on the astronomical mystery object "Cuckoo". Travel
was slower than light but communication (including matter transmission)
was instantaneous. All the crew were suicide "volunteers", although,
with duplicative matter transmission, the originals were still alive
and in communication with them. After the mission was accomplished,
it got a bit grim.
Mark Zenier mze...@eskimo.com
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off a matter receiver on the astronomical mystery object "Cuckoo". Travel
was slower than light but communication (including matter transmission)
was instantaneous. All the crew were suicide "volunteers", although,
with duplicative matter transmission, the originals were still alive
and in communication with them. After the mission was accomplished,
it got a bit grim.
Mark Zenier mze...@eskimo.com
Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)
Kip Williams
Oct 11, 2012, 12:28:45 PM10/11/12
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Mark Zenier wrote, On 10/10/12 1:01 PM:
So when was it written, in relation to "Rogue Moon"? Hm. Around 1975, as
opposed to around 1961.
Kip W
rasfw
opposed to around 1961.
Kip W
rasfw
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