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https://www.polygon.com/analysis/547538/hunger-games-suzanne-collins-explained-meaning #scifi #sciencefiction #art #scifiart #fantasy #space #cyberpunk
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https://www.polygon.com/analysis/547538/hunger-games-suzanne-collins-explained-meaning #scifi #sciencefiction #art #scifiart #fantasy #space #cyberpunk
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https://fathom.lib.uchicago.edu/2/21701757/
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The current standard is the Langston Field that originated in Niven and Pournelle's The Mote in God's Eye. It was invented by Dr. Dan Alderson as per spec the limits desired by Niven & Pournelle. It was specifically designed in order to allow dramatic space opera combat scenes in scifi stories, but with interesting rules making interesting limitations.
For that reason it is also used in some scifi war games.
https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacewardefense.php#langston
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Fascinating... this is making me want to re-read Mote, as I didn't recall this element of the story.
I did remember the term "Alderson Drive" though!
Apparently Dan Alderson appears in-world as the discoverer of the "Alderson force" that enables the interstellar drive:
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It's fiction...I know...but so many ships have been needlessly blown up.
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The 1940 Robert Heinlein story "If This Goes On...", from the book "Revolt in 2100", depicts a society in which a charismatic preacher, elected President in 2012, manages to turn the US into a theocratic dictatorship. Heinlein's depictions of romantic relationships are dated and somewhat clumsy, but the plot, set about 90 years later, shows how little freedom is left for the citizens, and what they eventually do about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22If_This_Goes_On%E2%80%94%22
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Enjoy.
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The most common error I've seen in #scifi representations of social insects is a deep misunderstanding about the role of the queen and the nature of the "hive mind" (such as it is)
1. Queen ants are not rulers, they are more like ovaries. The colony is like a body every cell is important.
2. Ants are individuals and do whatever they want. It just so happens that what they want is for the colony to thrive, but they can get in 'arguments' about HOW to do that most efficiently.
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We learned a lot about their capabilities from the ship I threw at them.
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We learned a lot about their capabilities from the ship I threw at them.
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