| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 595.1 | are you a gand? myob! | ARCANA::CONNELLY | Hill of dreams | Mon Mar 14 1988 01:32 | 5 |
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Sounds familiar...i think the last line of the story was:
"And then there were none." Maybe that was the title too?
Author was C. M. Kornbluth, i think.
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| 595.2 | possible title/author | MLNTSC::CESANI | | Mon Mar 14 1988 07:35 | 43 |
| i read it a lot of years ago and seem to recall that it went by
the title "and then there were none" indicating the fact that
the philosophy converted everyone
the author was Eric Frank Russell
possible minor spoiler
it was something about being a gand (or gandhi type non violent
person) or an antigand
there were two terms ob(ligations)
myob (Mind Your Own Businness)
which become clear to the terrans during the story
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| 595.3 | | SA1794::CHARBONND | JAFO | Mon Mar 14 1988 11:27 | 1 |
| Doesn't that bring to mind the Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror"?
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| 595.4 | | BAKHOE::KENAH | My journey begins with my first step | Mon Mar 14 1988 13:38 | 7 |
| "...And Then There Were None" can be found in the Science Fiction
Hall of Fame collection, Volume II.
Very good story.
andrew
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| 595.5 | top-notch author | INK::KALLIS | Why is everyone getting uptight? | Tue Mar 15 1988 13:21 | 7 |
| Re .4 (Andrew):
>Very good story.
Nearly anything by Eric frank Russell can be so categorized.
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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| 595.6 | Here's another | MEO78B::MCGHIE | looking for a door... | Sat Apr 02 1988 11:04 | 13 |
| I've read a book by James P Hogan (ex-Digit) which follows the same
basic concept as queried in .0
It was called "Voyage from Yesteryear'
I thought it was really good, put forward some really interesting
ideas on the way people/society behaves etc.
Mike
bye the way, I've read as many James P Hogan books as I can
findl and Igve enjoyed them all
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| 595.7 | Cause and effect | EXIT26::STRATTON | I'm Noting as fast as I can | Mon Apr 04 1988 02:56 | 8 |
| re .6 and the reference to Hogan's _Voyage From Yesteryear_...
In fact, I had just re-read that book and "And Then There
Were None" came to mind - that's why I asked .0 in the
first place.
Jim Stratton
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| 595.8 | I forgot the title | ELIS::BUREMA | PRUNE JUICE: The warrior's drink | Fri Sep 18 1992 12:49 | 9 |
| I know this is a bit late...
But this sounds like a story by Robert Heinlein. I think the slogan of
the natives was "TANSTAAFL" (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free
Lunch).
FWIW,
Wildrik
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| 595.9 | MYOB! -- Mind Your Own Business! | WHO301::BOWERS | Dave Bowers @WHO | Fri Sep 18 1992 14:31 | 0 |
| 595.10 | | SWAM1::HERKELRAT_RA | If they fire one, we'll fire one. One fired, sir | Fri Sep 18 1992 18:56 | 8 |
| Re: -.2
You're thinking of one of the best all time sf novels, The Moon Is A
Harsh Mistress. Don't ya just love a computer with a sense of humor?
Sonic booms in the authority compound, toilets running backwards and
a televanglist that marks the spot of his demise with an "X".
Herk
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