On Apr 12, 6:03=A0pm, Sea Wasp <seawaspObvi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Here's a question for you. Some time in the future,
you're=
handed the
> op****tunity to choose one character, or perhaps an amalgam of a couple
> of characters, from some fictional source and build him or her. (we'll
> leave aside the morality of doing this -- assume if you like that
> you're someone with your fiction tastes but a big blind spot in that
> specific area).
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 You have Almost Sufficiently Advanced Tech available:
you =
can
> construct human genetics to produce a given appearance (height,
> weight, color of hair and eyes, etc.), you can splice in traits of
> other species or make new ones. You CANNOT violate the laws of
> physics, but you have advanced nanotech available to PUSH the laws of
> physics, and some Near Unobtainium (ring-carbon composite) which is
> super strong and tough; you also have room-temperature
> superconductors. If you like, you can put them in a controlled,
> VR-capable environment (including sensory inputs) which will simulate
> their "native location" and allow you to at least partially make up
> for not controlling the laws of time and space.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Restrictions: The character must be from some SF/F type
so=
urce that
> was popular during its release (or is well-known from some general
> source -- Hercules, for instance). So, for instance, my character
> Verne Domingo wouldn't be eligible, but Honor Harrington is.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 So who do you choose?
>
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> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Sea Wasp
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 /^\
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ;;; =A0 =A0
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Honor Harrington without Nimitz or a space fleet would be dull.
Give me Modesty Blaise or Heinleins Friday anytime.
But Dr Frankentein of Stepford, why be limited to human?
We got plenty of those around already.
Go for broke and have something non human. Worsel of Velantia,
Optimus Prime.
Pullmans Daemons. an AI Star****p
tphile
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