tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post8617310115996873183..comments2024-02-20T07:06:56.933+00:00Comments on THE SKINNER: Space BattlesNeal Asherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-10487043278622823862017-07-24T17:13:57.776+01:002017-07-24T17:13:57.776+01:00The battle at the graveyard, when penny royale is ...The battle at the graveyard, when penny royale is protecting the city.. Or perhaps the runcible thing at the end of Prador Moon.zordidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112461688564603914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-39664834934822251092017-07-21T13:06:55.699+01:002017-07-21T13:06:55.699+01:00Any of Jack Ketch's "family problems"...Any of Jack Ketch's "family problems", I think. Smaller scale, but intense.reston668https://www.blogger.com/profile/16682408569655564039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-68699366513560755672017-07-13T00:44:41.771+01:002017-07-13T00:44:41.771+01:00In my own stories I've pointed out that actual...In my own stories I've pointed out that actual space battles would be almost incredibly boring, with fighting - if any at all takes place - over enormous distances, using cloaking technology, and that lasers would be utterly useless except as short range missile defence (the inverse square law takes care of that). Apart from which lasers are invisible in space and can be defeated by a mirror.<br /><br />There's a reason why no good, <i>realistic</i> paintings of dreadnought combat exist; the ship's could hardly see each other except as dots on the horizon. And that would be sniffing range compared to the nearest space battle.Bill the Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-53760157734648451032017-07-12T09:59:20.328+01:002017-07-12T09:59:20.328+01:00Spoiler warming for anyone who's not read Line...Spoiler warming for anyone who's not read Line Of Polity. <br /><br />I'd love to see art of cormac frying Skellor in the occams razor with the mirror array around Massada! Toasty.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06805158985767618144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-86329729330976906782017-07-12T08:20:10.249+01:002017-07-12T08:20:10.249+01:00Penny Royal vs the Aether machine that woke up the...Penny Royal vs the Aether machine that woke up the stop the Gabbleduck being downloaded with an Aether mindAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00885652339275568544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-14768488661940243072017-07-11T23:33:16.163+01:002017-07-11T23:33:16.163+01:00Yes. Okay if I have to pick just one I have to go ...Yes. Okay if I have to pick just one I have to go with Occam Razor destroying cylinder worlds.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332055598026035779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-46552037322125542632017-07-11T20:51:34.924+01:002017-07-11T20:51:34.924+01:00Any look at Dragon that's not just a sphere wo...Any look at Dragon that's not just a sphere would be a sight to behold. I would absolutely love to see an artist's depiction of Dragon impacting on the surface of Masada. Or A view of the the Pseudopods invading a Polity ship. Or a view of some of Dragon's insides where vast, metal ribs were described. Voltagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01472443606965153897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-41277769310918523012017-07-11T16:59:26.764+01:002017-07-11T16:59:26.764+01:00Classical problem of too much choices.
"The T...Classical problem of too much choices.<br />"The Technician" was first book I read from you and closest to me.<br />Even the basic view of planets eaten away surface would do!<br />Anything will do! :)Lauris Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02862122434580917461noreply@blogger.com