by "Robert A. Woodward" <robertaw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 2, 2008 at 11:50 PM
In article <Xns9A92854D0A2DFgenewardsmithsbcglob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Gene <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Mark_Reichert@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote in
news:e892fd0c-39eb-484d-bf48-1b60c88afdb4
> @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > As I mentioned in the Inexplicably Missing Technologies thread, Weber
> > and Stirling appear to be missing a great op****tunity to do real
> > science fiction by having their fictional societies exploit
> > sophisticated water power as a replacement for electricity.
>
> It's too soon to complain about Weber in this connection. If you meet
him,
> bug him about it for us.
I thought there was substantial use of water power in the
background (though there hasn't been a scene like that in his
fantasy novel, _The War God's Own_*).
*Let's talk about sophisticated use of water power in fantasy.
--
Robert Woodward <robertaw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
<http://www.drizzle.com/~robertaw>
