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See these lists: http://scifan.com/writers/tt/TolkienJRR.asp http://scifan.com/writers/tt/TolkienChristopher.as p

See these lists: http://scifan.com/writers/tt/TolkienJRR.asp http://scifan.com/writers/tt/TolkienChristopher.as p

Maybe it was the prototype Superlaser/Death Star frame from the Jedi Academy Trilogy by Kevin J Anderson?

Isn't that the guy, who didn't manage to install JDS on four different PCs? Not a great base for a article about JDS.

I also like what he writes about himself: Using subtle clues and hints in his first-person narrative to imply emotion and intention, Jem Matzan's critically acclaimed writing style is truly unique among fiction authors. Jem's extraordinary characters and distinct dialogue decorate his fantasy universe while coaxing readers' imaginations into providing the specifics.

Even if he managed to get his JDS article published on linux.com, there are better articles on this topic there. This one is about JDS1, but because the changes happend under the hood, it's still valid for JDS2.

Neal Stephenson can't hold a candle to Stephen Bury. Now there's a writer

-transiit

Actually, there's even more...

The Other Wind, a full novel, came out in 2001, as did Tales From Earthsea, a collection of short stories.

IIRC, the short story Dragonfly was originally published in Robert Silverburg's Legends compilation.

--darren

Actually, there's even more...

The Other Wind, a full novel, came out in 2001, as did Tales From Earthsea, a collection of short stories.

IIRC, the short story Dragonfly was originally published in Robert Silverburg's Legends compilation.

--darren

Actually, there's even more...

The Other Wind, a full novel, came out in 2001, as did Tales From Earthsea, a collection of short stories.

IIRC, the short story Dragonfly was originally published in Robert Silverburg's Legends compilation.

--darren

In Greg Bear's Slant, the military used a variety of robots - built from 'local' materials and nanotech (on demand)... pretty similar idea. Hopefully these robots won't need to eat you in order to complete their circuitry!

Yea, right - find a person who has no clue about anything, and ask her "a question of cosmic proportions", to cite Prof. Preobrazhensky... I bet she also has a fully formed opinion about usefulness of synchrotrons, and is ready to advise humanity on how useless tensors are (since she can't buy them at Wal-Mart.)

These people are flatlanders - always were, and always will be. People that can't lift their eyes off the ground and look into the sky. People who think inside the box and are proud of that. People who want to stop you from looking up.

This is a well known flaw of democracy. It breeds mediocrity, because every social innovation tends to be suppressed if it does not serve the most immediate needs of the society, since the society in its voting average is stupid.

One truly may wish to have a Space Tyrant as a ruler; maybe ruthless sometimes, but smart and with a vision - not that circus of politicians who don't even know what a vision is, and who bury the society deeper and deeper every year.

include Gerrold's Chtorr series.
This is a cool site. Clicking on the 'Books' hotspot, amusingly, says that volume 5 will be out in 2002.
This site, however, contradicts the first link.
Gerrold's non-command of calendars has no negative effect on his writing.
The first four books are full-on page-turners. We're given something of an anti-hero in a situation that continues to worsen throughout the series, depicting an ecological invasion of earth in some truly graphic imagery.
Rumors to the effect that the Chtorr are merely a WMD project from Iraq that got a little out of hand are categorically denied by Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf, as you may not find surprising.

If you don't know what I'm talking about read this book