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Old 15-December-2003, 06:20 PM
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It's not the story about Pizzaro, is it? I'm drawing a blank on the title, and honor forbids my googling for it.
Sadly, no. Googling will avail you not. I deliberately chose something googleproof. However, given the ambiguity, I shall provide a paraphrase of the next line with certain anti-google protections:

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..the other men on the couches chuckled although he couldn't see them, he watched the captain move his arm and the next thing he was aware of was that an atomic bomb went off under (characters) @ss.
If I left in the characters name, it could be googled. As I said, this is not an exact quote but close enough that someone who has read it would know it. It was a rather memorable moment in the book.
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Old 16-December-2003, 09:03 AM
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Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein?
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Old 16-December-2003, 01:34 PM
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Nope. Sorry.
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Old 16-December-2003, 03:59 PM
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Footfall by Larry Niven?
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Old 16-December-2003, 07:42 PM
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Nailed it.

Well done Timm.

OK how do we handle this now, since Gas Giant was waiting in the wings?
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Old 16-December-2003, 07:54 PM
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I really liked that part of the book. Must be a strange feeling...

Err, I don't have any english books here right now, so Gas Giant, if you got one ready, go ahead...
I'll be home thursday, there i'll have something to quote, but if Gas Giant doesn't have one ready, I'll go to a library or bookstore tomorrow, or google one up as a last resort.
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Old 16-December-2003, 08:34 PM
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I really liked that part of the book. Must be a strange feeling...

Err, I don't have any english books here right now, so Gas Giant, if you got one ready, go ahead...
I'll be home thursday, there i'll have something to quote, but if Gas Giant doesn't have one ready, I'll go to a library or bookstore tomorrow, or google one up as a last resort.
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Old 16-December-2003, 09:30 PM
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OK, give this a go:-

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Now for the first time in Net history we have a Transcendent form, the Blight, that can effectively dominate the Beyond. Many on the Net [cites Hanse and Sandor at the Zoo] believe that it is searching for an artifact near the Bottom. Is it no wonder that this could upset the Natural Balance and provoke the recent Event?

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Old 16-December-2003, 11:05 PM
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Okay, there goes one of my english books... :roll:
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Old 17-December-2003, 12:42 AM
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OK, give this a go:-

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Now for the first time in Net history we have a Transcendent form, the Blight, that can effectively dominate the Beyond. Many on the Net [cites Hanse and Sandor at the Zoo] believe that it is searching for an artifact near the Bottom. Is it no wonder that this could upset the Natural Balance and provoke the recent Event?

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A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor Vinge?
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Old 17-December-2003, 12:12 PM
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A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor Vinge?
That's the one. Er, it's somebody else's go now!
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Old 17-December-2003, 02:52 PM
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Okay, I'll go:

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It was a dark and stormy night.
(This actually is a key line in a science fiction book, believe it or not.)
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Old 17-December-2003, 04:57 PM
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(This actually is a key line in a science fiction book, believe it or not.)
Hmm, I guess this discounts Bulwer-Lyttons Paul Clifford then. I don't suppose this was in the Novelization (if one was ever made) of the Star Trek Next Generation episode The Royale?
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Old 17-December-2003, 06:41 PM
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(This actually is a key line in a science fiction book, believe it or not.)
Hmm, I guess this discounts Bulwer-Lyttons Paul Clifford then. I don't suppose this was in the Novelization (if one was ever made) of the Star Trek Next Generation episode The Royale?
Let's just say that wasn't what I had in mind.
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Old 17-December-2003, 11:13 PM
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Old 18-December-2003, 05:00 AM
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I'll provide two hints:

1. It's the first line in the book.
2. The book won a major mainstream literary award (i.e., not a Hugo or a Nebula).
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Old 18-December-2003, 11:29 AM
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Old 18-December-2003, 02:13 PM
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A Wrinkle in Time.
Yep, winner of the 1963 Newbery Medal for "distinguished contribution to American literature for children."
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Old 19-December-2003, 01:59 PM
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Grrr! having severe problems accessing the site today :x
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But it lied in that last signal, and with good reason.
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Excession.
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Old 21-December-2003, 12:22 PM
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[broadcast Mclear, n6.21.000+]:
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Ref. Excession

Absolutely correct 8)

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Old 21-December-2003, 11:02 PM
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Thanks.

How's this;
I'm sorry, but there is bad news.
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