Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech

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Sujet : Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech
De : naddy (at) *nospam* mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
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Date : 18. May 2024, 01:24:47
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On 2024-05-17, Michael F. Stemper <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:

| Often SF authors imagine that working alien relics will turn out
| to be doomsday devices.
 
_Forbidden Planet_.  Well, not intended as such.
>
Would the Blight from _A Fire Upon the Deep_ count, or is "ancient tech"
implicitly hardware?

I think it counts as "humans discovering ancient tech", although
the distinction between technology and lifeform breaks down there.
But again, even ignoring the accidental nature of its release, this
appears to have been an equally accidental creation that turned on
its makers in the deep past.  Or are there any hints that it was
designed as a weapon?  The very name "Blight" brings to mind a
version of the paperclip maximizer.

--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de

Date Sujet#  Auteur
9 May 24 * (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech33James Nicoll
9 May 24 +* Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech2Michael F. Stemper
9 May 24 i`- Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech1ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
9 May 24 +* Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech14William Hyde
10 May 24 i+- Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech1Scott Dorsey
14 May 24 i+* Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech10Paul S Person
14 May 24 ii`* Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech9Christian Weisgerber
14 May 24 ii +- Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech1ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
14 May 24 ii +* Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech3William Hyde
14 May 24 ii i`* Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech2ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
15 May 24 ii i `- Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech1William Hyde
15 May 24 ii `* Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech4Cryptoengineer
15 May 24 ii  `* Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech3Paul S Person
27 May 24 ii   `* Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech2Robert Carnegie
27 May 24 ii    `- Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech1Scott Dorsey
14 May 24 i`* Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech2Michael F. Stemper
14 May 24 i `- Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech1Tony Nance
10 May 24 +* Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech4Lynn McGuire
10 May 24 i+* Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech2ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
10 May 24 ii`- Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech1Lynn McGuire
10 May 24 i`- Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech1Scott Dorsey
10 May 24 +- Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech1Tony Nance
14 May 24 +* Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech10Christian Weisgerber
15 May 24 i+- Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech1Cryptoengineer
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16 May 24 ii+* Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech2BCFD 36
16 May 24 iii`- Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech1Cryptoengineer
16 May 24 ii`* Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech3Michael F. Stemper
17 May 24 ii `* Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech2BCFD 36
18 May 24 ii  `- Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech1Cryptoengineer
17 May 24 i`* Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech2Michael F. Stemper
18 May 24 i `- Re: (ReacTor) Five SF Novels About Rediscovering Ancient Tech1Christian Weisgerber
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