tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post4142571555666638966..comments2023-10-28T03:27:48.415-07:00Comments on Books are my only friends: Something to do with a nukeTripphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-55777475872743278702008-02-28T16:15:00.000-08:002008-02-28T16:15:00.000-08:00I think I tried to download the Ninjas but failed,...I think I tried to download the Ninjas but failed, so I will have to go back.Tripphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-31717844466814560072008-02-27T21:15:00.000-08:002008-02-27T21:15:00.000-08:00I'm going to have to reread it the next chance I g...I'm going to have to reread it the next chance I get.<BR/><BR/>The smaller ships were called 'stovepipes' I think, and they were battleship guns with life support built around them.<BR/><BR/>Never saw SBY but the Kickass Mystic Ninjas had a review of the series.kwandongbrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193395682122475477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-9679283302886969782008-02-27T19:49:00.000-08:002008-02-27T19:49:00.000-08:00That's very cool ( and a cool site in general) Th...That's very cool ( and a cool site in general) There appears to be turrets from the New Jersey on that, so I am not completely forgetting and that does look a lot like the ship from the TED lecture.<BR/><BR/>I like the Von Braun rocket elsewhere on the site as well.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of Space Battleship Yamato, I recall watching the American version Star Blazers,but the original is now on Netflix ( I think)Tripphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-8685040140371339332008-02-27T16:44:00.000-08:002008-02-27T16:44:00.000-08:00They may have moved battleship guns (unless you ar...They may have moved battleship guns (unless you are thinking of the anime, "Space Battleship Yamato"), but I thought the space ship was built from the ground up. It was built at a harbour, though.<BR/><BR/>Hmm, I don't know.<BR/><BR/>Actually, this page shows a ship very similar to the ones in Dyson TED lecture:<BR/>http://www.up-ship.com/apr/michael.htmkwandongbrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193395682122475477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-19535220474262216132008-02-27T16:17:00.000-08:002008-02-27T16:17:00.000-08:00You know I was thinking of that book myself. Didn'...You know I was thinking of that book myself. Didn't they attach the bombs to the Missouri or some other battleship? That is how I recall it as well. <BR/><BR/>That was a great book. The world of scifi needs more giant alien invasion novels. <BR/><BR/>On the topic, Lucifier's Hammer was also excellent.Tripphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-321165474712555002008-02-27T16:13:00.000-08:002008-02-27T16:13:00.000-08:00I first learned of the Orion Project from Niven an...I first learned of the Orion Project from Niven and Pournelle's book Footfall: one of my favourites.<BR/>In reading the book, I had a feeling that the Orion ship was a sort of kamikaze - no one onboard would survive the radiation. I don't think the book made that clear, it was just a general dread of nuclear weapons that everyone but the authors seem to share.<BR/><BR/>Who knows, Niven has stated that the elder Dyson assisted him in some of the physics for his books so maybe he had a hand in this one.kwandongbrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193395682122475477noreply@blogger.com