tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post4512037486982547012..comments2024-03-29T09:09:24.834+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Time Travel, Dilation And StasisKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-36646185693768483572022-11-15T15:17:08.242+00:002022-11-15T15:17:08.242+00:00Kaor, Jim!
To say nothing of Stirling's Draka...Kaor, Jim!<br /><br />To say nothing of Stirling's Draka/Drakensis. Or his Shadowspawn!<br /><br />Ad astra! SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-13464039008994886802022-11-14T23:15:08.713+00:002022-11-14T23:15:08.713+00:00"but we owe two very unpleasant species, the ..."but we owe two very unpleasant species, the Slavers and the kzinti, to Larry Niven."<br />As I recall the tnuctip were rather unpleasant too. IIRC somewhere in the Known Space series it is mentioned that the tnuctip word for non-tnuctip intelligences translates as 'food that talks'.<br />Then there are the 'Pak'...Jim Baerghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182949391365921637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-60368094498231920212016-03-17T16:45:24.692+00:002016-03-17T16:45:24.692+00:00Sean,
I have read that the expansion is too rapid ...Sean,<br />I have read that the expansion is too rapid to be reversed by gravity.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-53065908162593987882016-03-17T13:43:12.830+00:002016-03-17T13:43:12.830+00:00I forgot to include "If" as the first wo...I forgot to include "If" as the first word of my second comment above.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-73404431626020179382016-03-17T07:20:36.445+00:002016-03-17T07:20:36.445+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I'm not misunderstanding you what...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I'm not misunderstanding you what this suggests to me is that it will take much longer than originally thought before the universe starts contracting<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-53880681161575963582016-03-16T15:52:20.250+00:002016-03-16T15:52:20.250+00:00Sean,
What I have read is that the current rate of...Sean,<br />What I have read is that the current rate of cosmic expansion is far greater than the counteracting force of gravity and that the expansion is even accelerating.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-52483329942610451022016-03-16T15:31:35.307+00:002016-03-16T15:31:35.307+00:00Kaor, Paul!
Commenting on your last paragraph. I ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Commenting on your last paragraph. I thought view favored by current cosmologists WAS that the universe would eventually re-contract and re-explode. If not, then I should familiarize myself with current cosmological speculations. <br /><br />And Poul Anderson's short story "Requiem For A Universe" speculates on whether BEINGS remotely descended from mankind might somehow survive even the heat death of the universe. The story can most conveniently be found in ALL ONE UNIVERSE.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com