Can one be omnipotent for a limited period of time? I assume that God could create such a rock, with the limitation that from that time forward God would no longer be omnipotent. God's supposed existence outside of time makes this trickier (see for example the actions of the 'reformed' godlike being in Diane Duane's SPOILER series).
Xoper @ 24: Ceiling Cat Bible Project
Why not prequels to the Hobbit as well:
The Akallabeth: Live Forever or Die Hard
Morgoth and Ungoliant: A Love Story
Ent vs. Entwife
The Simillarion: Ooooh, Shiny!
Lizzy @ 224 - I remember when I was 10 or so (1967) hearing the fire siren go off and for no particular reason being sure that it was the attack warning rather than a fire somewhere in town. I just lay down on my bed and waited to be turned into vapor. About 1/2 an hour later I got up and I've never told anyone this story until today.
In the alternate history of the book War Day a nuke that 'missed' Manhattan landed in the town where I grew up. I remember reading that and realizing that the impact point was so close to where my parents still lived that even their shadows would be vaporized.
I remember JFK's funeral- we got off from school to watch it. I also remember seeing Oswald getting shot, but I don't believe that memory - it wasn't shown live, was it?
P J @23:
Love me, I'm a liberal
#17: Try http://www.scifi.com/eureka/video/index.php to watch videos of recent episodes on your computer. Not the best way, but better than nothing.
#40 One for the Morning Glory.
Oh yeah - multi-time Kirk Poland award winner Geary Gravel's Fading Worlds series. Geary talked for years about his problems with writer's block on the third book. At one point he said he had given up and just started book 4 instead, but I believe he now just thinks the series is dead. Our poor protagonists ....
I join in the yearning for Door into Starlight and the next Jaran novel. I'm impressed someone else remembers the Bastard Princess novel. The principal hopeless longing I haven't seen so far is Glenn Cook's next Dread Empire novel A Path to Coldness of Heart. Last time I talked to Cook he said he wouldn't write it unless someone paid him to, in advance.
@542 I was thinking of someone playing the Infocom game of The Divine Comedy, not retelling the story.
We join the game already in progress:
You are standing before a great opening in the side of the mountain. A fetid breeze blows from the opening. There is writing above the gate.
LISTEN
You hear a distant wailing of many voices speaking many tongues.
LISTEN
You hear the faint faraway sounds of an infernal din.
SAVE
You can't be saved until you have completed your journey
SAVE GAME
game saved
READ WRITING
The writing is in Italian. You don't read Italian.
TRANSLATE WRITING
With what?
FIND TRANSLATOR
You killed the old man you met in the woods.
WAIT
Time passes
WAIT
Time passes
[Consult cheat book]
SHIFT CTRL I META E
The writing ripples and is now in English.
READ WRITING
Through me the road to the city of desolation
Through me the road to sorrows diturnal
Justice moved my great maker
Omnipotent God made me
The highest wisdom and the primal love
Nothing was made ere I save things eterne
And I abide eternally
Lay down all hope, ye who enter.
1985 was when my first post appeared on Usenet. It was in rec.comics. It was a review of issue #7 of Crisis on Infinite Earths, which included the death of Supergirl.
I certainly remember the Generic Novels - I owned the one entitled Science Fiction. The motto of the series was "If you like one, you won't mind the rest". I'm sure MITSFS has a copy of the SF generic novel, but I have no idea if they can send you a scan.
But the Vulcan Science Academy has proven that time travel is impossible!
Bryan
Thought I'd pass the following along from metaquotes:
Earlier I went out..& my shoes were foaming. They do that sometimes when they get oversoaked; the soap remnants come out. A girl saw me as I waited to cross the street & said, "Your shoes are foaming." I said, "I know. They're my lucky rabid feet."
Baruch Dayan HaEmet (Blessed be the true judge). I only talked with him once, at a readercon, but I've been a fan of both his writing and his doings at cons for a long time. He will be badly missed.
To find out if the guy you're falling for is your One True Love, speak up and make him speak up. It might be the real thing, and that's the only way to find out.
Oh no, that's not the way. You're not paying attention to my words. If you desire to know if he truly cares, check out his osculatory skills.
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