Comments on: Stranded in the Past http://www.politedissent.com/archives/188 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:50:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Greg Morrow http://www.politedissent.com/archives/188/comment-page-1#comment-242 Greg Morrow Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:08:35 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/188#comment-242 Geez, youngsters, you do know that SF/fantasy is more than just a couple of decades old, right? <em>Lest Darkness Fall</em> by L. Sprague de Camp is the granddaddy of the genre. Geez, youngsters, you do know that SF/fantasy is more than just a couple of decades old, right?

Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp is the granddaddy of the genre.

]]> By: Shawn Fumo http://www.politedissent.com/archives/188/comment-page-1#comment-216 Shawn Fumo Fri, 30 Jul 2004 01:44:53 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/188#comment-216 Woo.. I feel the Pern love. :) Woo.. I feel the Pern love. :)

]]> By: Rose http://www.politedissent.com/archives/188/comment-page-1#comment-214 Rose Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:11:48 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/188#comment-214 Connie Willis's <em>The Doomsday Book</em> uses the same time travel system as <em>To Say Nothing of the Dog</em> and involves even more being trapped, but both are excellent and entertaining. Michael Swanwick's <em>Bones of the Earth</em> is at least related, about a group of paleontologists whose time travel technology backfires, so they have to survive with dinosaurs and danger and some eventual non-historical science fiction intervention. Connie Willis’s The Doomsday Book uses the same time travel system as To Say Nothing of the Dog and involves even more being trapped, but both are excellent and entertaining. Michael Swanwick’s Bones of the Earth is at least related, about a group of paleontologists whose time travel technology backfires, so they have to survive with dinosaurs and danger and some eventual non-historical science fiction intervention.

]]> By: David http://www.politedissent.com/archives/188/comment-page-1#comment-213 David Thu, 29 Jul 2004 12:34:09 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/188#comment-213 It's not precisely in the sub-genre, but have you ever read "To Say Nothing of the Dog" by Connie Willis? It's really hilarious; I almost can't describe it without spoiling a great joke or twist. It’s not precisely in the sub-genre, but have you ever read “To Say Nothing of the Dog” by Connie Willis? It’s really hilarious; I almost can’t describe it without spoiling a great joke or twist.

]]> By: Lucas http://www.politedissent.com/archives/188/comment-page-1#comment-212 Lucas Thu, 29 Jul 2004 04:49:08 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/188#comment-212 Have you tried reading some of the elric soga? I find that to have some historical backround to it while still holding true to the almighty main character with big muscles!! Have you tried reading some of the elric soga? I find that to have some historical backround to it while still holding true to the almighty main character with big muscles!!

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