Great SciFi ideas, that will never be.

[Sandman]

Asimov's three laws of robotics immediately spring to mind.

[Eli]

Originally posted by loinburger
The Worthing Saga includes some disconnected short stories about Capitol at the end, but the main story is about 250-300 pages in length (IIRC) and takes place thousands of years after Abner Doon destroys the Empire. It's primarily told as a series of dreams experienced by one of the main characters, though, so it sort of reads a bit like a collection of short stories.

I didnt know Card wrote something about the period after the fall of the empire.

My "to read" list expands yet again.

[loinburger]

Don't worry, I haven't spoiled anything -- you figure out that the Empire has been destroyed within the first coupla pages. I highly recommend the book -- it's one of my favorites.

[GePap]

Originally posted by rah
I read Kiln People a while back. I really liked the first 90% of the book. The last 10% was a bit much. (with the exception of the one clay vs. the missle launcher)

But overall, a very entertaining book with a great premise. I wish I had a clay doing my job today so I could be golfing.

So would you need an orange, a green, a gray, an ebony, or an ivory ?

[Neutrino]

I like Brin's books, especially the Earthclan trilogies. Stephen Baxter also writes good books..very 'hard' scifi material.

[Q Classic]

i liked brin's uplift series too. i also doubt that world will exist, mainly because either a) science will stagnate as religion overpowers it (i like 'em both, but they both have their proper place. neither one can be--or should be--a replacement for the other), b) we'll kill off the species described (dolphins are rather tasty...in my tuna salad), or c) we'll kill ourselves before then.

[rah]

Originally posted by GePap
So would you need an orange, a green, a gray, an ebony, or an ivory ?

Ebony or Ivory, of course.
But I would have a green for posting here.

[MattH]

The Heechee(sp?) saga... with putting your brain into a comp when you die...

[Imran Siddiqui]

Well, perhaps an obvious one is psychohistory by Asimov.