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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
| Subject | Re: Societies of superhumans |
| Message-ID | <p62EAM.yFK@kithrup.com> (permalink) |
| Date | 2018-03-23 22:25 +0000 |
| References | <35f964bd-b204-4342-9da2-21e8e19ac2b1@googlegroups.com> <20180323b@crcomp.net> <p93mhu$662$1@dont-email.me> <20180323c@crcomp.net> |
| Organization | Kithrup Enterprises, Ld. |
In article <20180323c@crcomp.net>, D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> wrote: > > >Isn't a cloud of microorganisms is central to panspermia? Among other >things, _The Black Cloud_ (Hoyle) leaves me with that impression. >Although _Brain Wave_ remains unread by me at present, a cloud of >handwavium seems similar to a cloud of microorganisms /to me/. YMMV and >obviously does. From what I remember of _Brain Wave_, it wasn't a cloud of microorganisms, but of Mysterious Galactic Force. Poul didn't attempt to explain it; he was dealing with what happened as a result of Earth getting out of it. Some people seized on their expanded intelligence with glee; others hated it (one woman blew some of her brains out, so as to go back to "normal"). Much later, I was trying to rewrite a chunk of fanfic that Astrid Anderson and I had written in the sixties, in an attempt to make it salable (which failed), and Hal had invented a spacedrive for me, the "tachyone conversion drive." It converted normal matter (aka "tardyons") into tachyons, which can only go *faster than* light. So Poul ran into Hal at a con or an SCA event or something, and asked him to explain the tachyon drive. Hal said, "I'll explain it as soon as you explain quantum microjump." And Poul said, "Gotcha." As I said, handwavium. -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com
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Societies of superhumans The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 00:15 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 06:43 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 07:02 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-03-23 14:29 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-03-23 21:56 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2018-03-24 18:08 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-03-24 14:49 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-03-23 14:27 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-03-26 21:41 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-03-27 21:49 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-03-23 13:37 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-03-23 18:45 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-03-23 13:00 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 15:03 -0500
Re: Societies of superhumans D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-03-23 21:19 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-03-23 22:25 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-03-23 23:48 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 19:37 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2018-03-23 20:43 -0600
Re: Societies of superhumans djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-03-23 20:04 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 16:12 -0500
Re: Societies of superhumans djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-03-23 22:26 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 19:31 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 19:19 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb) - 2018-03-24 18:00 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-03-25 09:57 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-03-23 07:08 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 07:39 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 19:20 -0700
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Re: Societies of superhumans djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-03-25 16:51 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-03-25 10:16 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-03-26 17:11 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-03-27 00:18 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-03-26 19:59 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-03-27 05:55 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-03-27 05:29 -0600
Re: Societies of superhumans D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-03-27 15:57 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-03-27 22:11 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-04-02 04:29 -0500
Re: Societies of superhumans The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-03-27 22:01 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-03-27 21:54 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2018-03-27 14:22 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-03-30 20:37 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans mcdowell_ag@sky.com - 2018-03-30 22:09 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-03-31 01:25 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-03-31 05:51 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-03-31 20:07 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans lal_truckee <lal_truckee@yahoo.com> - 2018-03-26 22:26 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-03-27 05:55 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-03-27 21:57 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-03-23 14:22 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 19:24 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-03-26 15:40 -0500
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Re: Societies of superhumans Leo Sgouros <adravirgo@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 07:43 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-03-23 19:27 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-03-23 18:26 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-04-02 04:37 -0500
Re: Societies of superhumans David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2018-03-23 14:25 -0600
Re: Societies of superhumans David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-04-02 04:49 -0500
Re: Societies of superhumans "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2018-03-24 22:05 -0400
Re: Societies of superhumans ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-03-25 03:21 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-03-26 21:48 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2018-03-24 21:37 -0600
Re: Societies of superhumans "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2018-03-27 07:34 -0400
Re: Societies of superhumans The Zygon <stafford.martin@gmail.com> - 2018-03-27 22:06 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-04-02 04:52 -0500
Re: Societies of superhumans Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-03-30 20:33 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2018-03-31 10:17 -0400
Re: Societies of superhumans mcdowell_ag@sky.com - 2018-03-31 08:50 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-04-02 04:54 -0500
Re: Societies of superhumans Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-03-31 09:40 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans Jack Bohn <jack.bohn64@gmail.com> - 2018-03-31 12:37 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2018-03-31 14:05 -0600
Re: Societies of superhumans Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-01 19:42 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2018-04-01 21:22 -0600
Re: Societies of superhumans ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-04-02 03:57 +0000
Re: Societies of superhumans Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-03-26 15:36 -0500
Re: Societies of superhumans Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-03-26 14:15 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-03-26 16:22 -0500
Re: Societies of superhumans Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-03-26 14:34 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-03-26 14:25 -0700
Re: Societies of superhumans Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-03-26 16:28 -0500
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