Just musing on my recent reading

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Longdan

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February 24, 2013, 08:46:15 PM Last Edit: February 24, 2013, 08:50:58 PM by Longdan
I will never forget the Bloater Drive.  It has got to be the best FTL drive ever "invented" in all of SF.
And of course "Bowb".
Bloater Drive

The standard ways of circumventing relativity in 1950s and 1960s science fiction were hyperspace, subspace and spacewarp. Harrison's contribution was the "Bloater Drive". This enlarges the gaps between the atoms of the ship until it spans the distance to the destination, whereupon the atoms are moved back together again, reconstituting the ship at its previous size but in the new location. An occasional side-effect is that the occupants see a planet drifting, in miniature, through the hull.

[edit] Bowb

Harrison introduced a new euphemism, "bowb", in the series to cover the vulgarity necessary to render military life accurately.[4] It is used extensively in Bill, the Galactic Hero.

Good old Bill/Harry!
Everybody bowb off now, you bowbing bowbers.
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bob48

#16
February 25, 2013, 02:04:34 PM
Yep - the bloater-drive. Such a funny book. There again, the earlier Stainless Steel Rat books are entertaining as well.
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Keunert

#17
February 26, 2013, 06:40:52 AM
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Oscar Wilde

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Gusington

#18
February 26, 2013, 08:22:08 AM
The image is weird, even for you.
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Arctic Blast

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February 26, 2013, 05:13:08 PM
How long did you spend reading the melting cat, Kenny?
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