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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
| Subject | Re: Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. |
| Message-ID | <p844IK.1EL2@kithrup.com> (permalink) |
| Date | 2018-05-02 17:56 +0000 |
| References | <pc8jc401vlu@news1.newsguy.com> <XnsA8D6656FD6969Kdeuramagmailcom@85.214.115.223> |
| Organization | Kithrup Enterprises, Ld. |
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In article <XnsA8D6656FD6969Kdeuramagmailcom@85.214.115.223>, Joe Bernstein <Kdeurama@gmail.com> wrote: > >I'm currently (re-)reading the Lensman series, and I think what >you're seeing is the late stages of a progression. > >Because in the 1934 <Triplanetary> (yeah, not then a Lensman book, >but that isn't relevant to the point here) and the 1937-38 <Galactic >Patrol>, at least, planets essentially all have breathable air, Earth- >normalish gravity, similar enough biochemistry to make getting food >doable, and so forth. Although <Triplanetary> features an >intelligent race that's explored for light-years without finding any >other planets, when Our Heroes need one, why there one is. > >I vaguely remember that the later books feature non-oxygen-breathers >so presumably must get more sophisticated, but we'll see. Yes, like Trenco, Palain, and Zabriska. -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com
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Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-04-30 19:28 -0700
Re: Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. Joe Bernstein <Kdeurama@gmail.com> - 2018-05-02 16:58 +0000
Re: Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-02 17:56 +0000
Re: Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. Joe Bernstein <Kdeurama@gmail.com> - 2018-05-03 02:39 +0000
Re: Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-05-03 00:31 -0700
Re: Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-05-03 05:48 -0500
Re: Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. Joe Bernstein <Kdeurama@gmail.com> - 2018-05-03 23:20 +0000
Re: Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2018-05-04 06:13 +0000
Re: Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> - 2018-05-04 09:54 -0700
Re: Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2018-05-05 07:50 +0000
Re: Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> - 2018-05-05 10:10 -0700
Re: Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2018-05-05 15:39 -0500
Re: Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2018-05-05 15:58 -0500
Re: Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-06 01:05 +0000
Re: Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> - 2018-05-05 21:43 -0700
Re: Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. Joe Bernstein <Kdeurama@gmail.com> - 2018-05-05 20:55 +0000
Re: Thoughts on Exploring, then, now, and way back. a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-05-02 16:41 -0700
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