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involuntary shudder; Yes, Dougal Dixon again
Topic Started: Jul 10 2008, 01:49 PM (6,064 Views)
Sliver Slave	Jul 10 2008, 01:49 PM Post #1
I'm going back to basics. Posts: 1,857 Group: Away Staff Member #30 Joined: Jul 6, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Canadian. Just like Phasey!	Did anyone else get an involuntary shudder when they read man after man or nemo ramjet's all tomorrows? I know I sure did. There was just something about those two books that unsettles me. Or do I just have a weak constitution?
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Toad of Spades	Sep 2 2010, 04:23 PM Post #91
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Sliver Slave	Sep 2 2010, 04:31 PM Post #92
I'm going back to basics. Posts: 1,857 Group: Away Staff Member #30 Joined: Jul 6, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Canadian. Just like Phasey!	I found it floating round on the tubes, and downloaded it immediately. Your reaction alone was worth it.
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Practically Uninformed	Sep 2 2010, 04:50 PM Post #93
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Forbiddenparadise64	Sep 2 2010, 04:56 PM Post #94
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Sliver Slave	Sep 2 2010, 04:57 PM Post #95
I'm going back to basics. Posts: 1,857 Group: Away Staff Member #30 Joined: Jul 6, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Canadian. Just like Phasey!	Whoever made this is a master. @Forbidden: Not colourful enough. SOme sort of antiantidepressant. Edited by Sliver Slave, Sep 2 2010, 04:59 PM.
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urufumarukai	Sep 2 2010, 05:18 PM Post #96
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Sliver Slave	Sep 2 2010, 05:22 PM Post #97
I'm going back to basics. Posts: 1,857 Group: Away Staff Member #30 Joined: Jul 6, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Canadian. Just like Phasey!	Apparently it was a standalone short story in some sort collection of similarly depressing things. I'll look around for any more info. EDIT: I seem to have found it here. Along with some weird...stuff. Edited by Sliver Slave, Sep 2 2010, 05:53 PM.
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Holben	Sep 3 2010, 03:27 AM Post #98
Rumbo a la Victoria Posts: 14,335 Group: Admin Member #220 Joined: Sep 18, 2009 Area of expertise: Xenobiology	Welll... it's very unlikely. The human skeleton couldn't be that small. Otherwise the human would be just a little bit of fleshy splodge on the floor.
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lamna	Sep 3 2010, 06:04 AM Post #99
Posts: 21,140 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	Well that was rather queer, Exceeds Stephen Baxter's vision in Evolution.
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Sliver Slave	Sep 3 2010, 07:34 AM Post #100
I'm going back to basics. Posts: 1,857 Group: Away Staff Member #30 Joined: Jul 6, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Canadian. Just like Phasey!	Stephen Baxter's Evolution didn't freak me out much. I still can't figure out why. It has all the elements right there... I guess I empathised with the tree too much. Looking at this guy's other stuff isn't as freaky, but it's far, far weirder.
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Clarke	Sep 3 2010, 09:16 PM Post #101
Adult Posts: 668 Group: Members Member #292 Joined: Mar 28, 2010 Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: USA'n	Loved that book.
	Brahma


Kamidio	Sep 3 2010, 10:17 PM Post #102
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lamna	Sep 4 2010, 01:42 AM Post #103
Posts: 21,140 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	Very odd, but did not seem that horrifying. You'd not be able to get though one book of Franken Fran. http://ambivalen.wordpress.com/2010/06/25/franken-fran-how-gore-is-now-appealing-to-me/ I found the mole-rat people in Evolution kind of freaky.
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Sliver Slave	Sep 4 2010, 03:34 PM Post #104
I'm going back to basics. Posts: 1,857 Group: Away Staff Member #30 Joined: Jul 6, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Canadian. Just like Phasey!	I've read all of Franken Fran, and only vomited twice a chapter. I personally found the mole people absolutely adorable. I was more disquieted by the Coalescences from his Destiny's Children series. Jog my memory. Did the end have Spoiler: click to toggle bacteria seeding future life off earth in the end of Evolution? If it did as I remember that may have lightened my memory of the mood of the book. Edited by Sliver Slave, Sep 4 2010, 03:40 PM.
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lamna	Sep 4 2010, 04:30 PM Post #105
Posts: 21,140 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	As far as I remember that thing did happen. I remember the same feeling when getting to the end of Evolution.
	Living Fossils Fósseis Vibos: Reserva Natural 34 MYH, 4 tonne dinosaur. T.Neo Are nipples or genitals necessary, lamna? [flash=500,450] Video Magic! [/flash]


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