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From: Jim on 4 Jul 2010 14:26 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > In his `Skylark' series, `Doc' Smith blows up an entire galaxy using a > method that's more credible than the one I've just described. Which book? If it was the last (Skylark DuQuesne) then that's one I've always had a problem reading. Everything else he wrote - fine. That one - problem. Not sure why. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Rowland McDonnell on 4 Jul 2010 14:41 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > In his `Skylark' series, `Doc' Smith blows up an entire galaxy using a > > method that's more credible than the one I've just described. > > Which book? If it was the last (Skylark DuQuesne) Yup - come on, even for `Doc' Smith, blowing up a galaxy is so huge he'd have to leave it for the finale. >then that's one I've > always had a problem reading. Curious. >Everything else he wrote - fine. That one > - problem. Not sure why. My dad used to work on Ducane Road[1]. That example is how I worked out how to pronouce DuQuesne. Rowland. [1] At the hospital, not the prison... -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Jim on 4 Jul 2010 15:17 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > Which book? If it was the last (Skylark DuQuesne) > > Yup - come on, even for `Doc' Smith, blowing up a galaxy is so huge > he'd have to leave it for the finale. > > >then that's one I've > > always had a problem reading. > > Curious. Yep, I know. I think the whole 'DuQuesne falls in love and becomes a good guy' bit just didn't wash with me. Although I may have misinterpreted that bit. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Rowland McDonnell on 4 Jul 2010 17:46 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > Which book? If it was the last (Skylark DuQuesne) > > > > Yup - come on, even for `Doc' Smith, blowing up a galaxy is so huge > > he'd have to leave it for the finale. > > > > >then that's one I've > > > always had a problem reading. > > > > Curious. > > Yep, I know. I think the whole 'DuQuesne falls in love and becomes a > good guy' bit just didn't wash with me. Although I may have > misinterpreted that bit. <cough> DuQuesne ran off to be emperor of all he could grab, with a woman he'd fancied for years who had long reciprocated those feelings, and reckoned on being the empress of all she could grab with him, sat alongside him. If that's `becomes a good guy' in your book, I'd hate to imagine your villians. Anyway, one of the points about DuQuesne is that he's not *evil* - just amoral (and occasionally a bit fuckwitted because of his moral and ethical deficiencies). Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: zoara on 5 Jul 2010 05:13
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > >> In his `Skylark' series, `Doc' Smith blows up an entire galaxy using > > a >> method that's more credible than the one I've just described. > > Which book? If it was the last (Skylark DuQuesne) then that's one I've > always had a problem reading. Everything else he wrote - fine. That > one > - problem. Not sure why. I'm glad I'm not the only one who accidentally presses return when they mean to hit space - I seem to do that all the time. iPhone or iPad? -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |