WHAT, you don't want a race that does the Droyne cast bit better then the Droyne themselves, and at least for the manipulators, do Hivers better then the Hivers themselves?Originally posted by Nurd_boy:
ONLY if you have an area of space that's IMPOSSIBLE for them to get out of....imagine the consquenses if there had been NO coal sack or if crazy eddie point hadn't been in the corona of a star !!!
(very good travellerish books too I might add...)
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Pournelle and NivenOriginally posted by trader jim:
is that like "The Motie in Gods Eye"...who wrote it???...![]()
reality bytes.... 0001 0010 0100 1000Originally posted by trader jim:
hey!!! waita minute!!!....are you gonna tell me this aint REAL LIFE....what a strange thought!!!!![]()
I think I remember reading what you're mentioning, both the line edit and the cut story. If memory serves, the planet they were at war at was New Ireland, the other "mainworld" in system, so it was a purly interplanetary war due to lack of having any Alderson drive ships left on either side, even if it started as part of the interstellar war...I think New Scotland was the "Loyal Empire" world in system, New Ireland the "Rebel" world.Originally posted by spank:
I read some where that it line edited by Robert Heinlien. I think it was in "n-space"...
Sure enough, A complete line edit by Heinlien his-self, It says they cut the novel from 245,000 Words To 170,000 --- 50,000 from the begining of the book. I'll Have to pick up Jerry's book, The 2 chapters in "n-space" where really interesting one was just an excerpt from Mote, but the preface was good. The other was some of the cut material, A scientist on New Scotland notices the brightening of a near-by star. Set against the backdrop of an inter-system war with another planet.
Then a brief discussion of meta-story choices, And a Discussion of tech and it's impact on the story.
Not Heinlein. Mote in God's Eye is by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.Originally posted by Jame:
Okay, what was the title of Heinlein's book?