Don't forget Steve Jackson Games. The Secret Service walked off with his computers, including new game designs, and truckloads of stuff and nearly ruined his business. He had to lay off half his employees, no-one was charged with anything and he never got his goods back.
Read "The Hacker Crackdown" by Bruce Sterling.
Wouldn't democracy be a nice thing to try? ----
"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose
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"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." There was a TV movie of Harrison Bergeron made in 95, not as good as the short story but still worth seeing - unfortunately far too believable. ----
Depends on what you want from your Sci-Fi, Adventure, comedy, 'space' opera or gadgets.
Space opera (for younger readers)- E.E. Doc Smith (Lensman/Skylark series), Asimovs Space Ranger series
For 'hard' scifi- Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement (truly outstanding)
for atmosphere and good writing- "Who goes there?" by John W.Campbell (exceptional often in lists of best ever sf short stories)
For humour- Eric Frank Russell (Wasp, Next of Kin(aka The Space Willies) in particular), Lloyd Biggle Jr, Fredric Brown, Harry Harrison (esp. Stainless Steel Rat series)
OTHER- Clifford D.Simak Poul Anderson Frederic Pohl Olaf Stapledon - inspired Arthur C.Clark Arthur C.Clark Ray Bradbury (not just sci-fi, everything good) Isaac Asimov esp. short story collections
DON'T FORGET SHORT STORIES especially Astounding/Amazing/Analog etc
I've left out mainly fantasy authors (although some of the above wrote this too) -----------
Movies- if you like 50's sci-fi (and I can't get enough): Forbidden Planet, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Destination Moon, Them!, The Thing (from another planet) '51 version, Quatermass, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (56), This Island Earth, The Creature From The Black Lagoon(?), The Day Of The Triffids, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, Alien (et al), The Day The Earth Caught Fire, Star Wars, Star Trek ----
Hasn't anyone printed the source on a T-shirt yet?
Then they could be worn to court by observers - I don't know how the judge would react to a defendant wearing one, he might blow a gasket... contempt could get nasty.
I mean, graffiti isn't that hard to learn, and there are some alternates for characters.
It's still not as easy as a microwriter AgendA I had years ago, though.
That was very good, it's cool to touch-type one-handed with the machine in your pocket. I wish someone would resurrect the idea for a Psion or CE or something, I'd buy it just for that.
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The Secret Service walked off with his computers, including new game designs, and truckloads of stuff and nearly ruined his business.
He had to lay off half his employees, no-one was charged with anything and he never got his goods back.
Read "The Hacker Crackdown" by Bruce Sterling.
Wouldn't democracy be a nice thing to try?
----
"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so."
There was a TV movie of Harrison Bergeron made in 95, not as good as the short story but still worth seeing - unfortunately far too believable.
----
Space opera (for younger readers)-
E.E. Doc Smith (Lensman/Skylark series), Asimovs Space Ranger series
For 'hard' scifi-
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement (truly outstanding)
for atmosphere and good writing-
"Who goes there?" by John W.Campbell
(exceptional often in lists of best ever sf short stories)
For humour-
Eric Frank Russell (Wasp, Next of Kin(aka The Space Willies) in particular),
Lloyd Biggle Jr,
Fredric Brown,
Harry Harrison (esp. Stainless Steel Rat series)
OTHER-
Clifford D.Simak
Poul Anderson
Frederic Pohl
Olaf Stapledon - inspired Arthur C.Clark
Arthur C.Clark
Ray Bradbury (not just sci-fi, everything good)
Isaac Asimov esp. short story collections
DON'T FORGET SHORT STORIES especially
Astounding/Amazing/Analog etc
I've left out mainly fantasy authors (although some of the above wrote this too)
-----------
Movies- if you like 50's sci-fi (and I can't get enough):
Forbidden Planet,
The Day The Earth Stood Still,
Destination Moon,
Them!,
The Thing (from another planet) '51 version,
Quatermass,
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (56),
This Island Earth,
The Creature From The Black Lagoon(?),
The Day Of The Triffids,
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea,
Alien (et al),
The Day The Earth Caught Fire,
Star Wars,
Star Trek
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Then they could be worn to court by observers - I don't know how the judge would react to a
defendant wearing one, he might blow a gasket... contempt could get nasty.
It's still not as easy as a microwriter AgendA I had years ago, though.
That was very good, it's cool to touch-type one-handed with the machine in your pocket. I wish someone would resurrect the idea for a Psion or CE or something, I'd buy it just for that.