Deutsch   English   Français   Italiano  
<vmrskp$17sic$3@dont-email.me>

View for Bookmarking (what is this?)
Look up another Usenet article

Path: not-for-mail
From: Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: Re: Reminds me a little of "Spectator Sport"
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:48:57 -0500
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 39
Message-Id: <vmrskp$17sic$3@dont-email.me>
References: <lutnrfF2bnkU1@mid.individual.net> <vmejpl$75ib$1@dont-email.me> <lv03i7Fduh5U1@mid.individual.net> <vmlgum$34k05$3@dont-email.me> <lv7e1uFjhgpU1@mid.individual.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Injection-Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:48:57 +0100 (CET)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e32172362115f41faf46fd81bd675576"; logging-data="1307212"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+mP7PXtwc2dWO8PjQNRKp/G9/ht3dbBkg="
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
Cancel-Lock: sha1:cETZnEys5zflZSuROGY6nUEAsaE=
In-Reply-To: <lv7e1uFjhgpU1@mid.individual.net>
Content-Language: en-US
Bytes: 2877

On 1/20/25 12:05 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> In article <vmlgum$34k05$3@dont-email.me>,
> Tony Nance  <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 1/17/25 5:23 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>>> In article <vmejpl$75ib$1@dont-email.me>,
>>> Tony Nance  <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 1/16/25 7:50 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>>>>> The punchline in the first panel is great.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>> https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2025/1/6/how-to-proceed-when-a-technology-is-not-mature
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for reminding me that BI is once again an ongoing comic. I
>>>> believe that was mentioned here before, but it didn't stick for some reason.
>>>>
>>>> Yay, new BI to read,
>>>> Tony
>>>
>>> And as a reminder, he writes decent SF novels as well.
>>
>> He is indeed on my short list as someone to try this year - any suggestions?
>> - Tony
> 
> So far the only books of his I have read are in the "Magic 2.0" series
> (and I think I'm a couple of books behind).  It turns out that the world
> is a computer simulation (apparently -- one of the main characters has
> big problems with that), and when people notice that they tend to go
> back in time and live as wizards.  Which is ridiculous you will say, but
> then maybe the simulation is programmed to make that look like a good idea..
> 
> Not really a lot of similiarity with BI, but the two leads do have
> sort of a Rick & Scott dynamic.  I have found them generally good,
> entertaining reading though perhaps the Atlantis one was a bit
> weaker.  I think perhaps Harold Shea is a good touchpoint.

Good to know - thanks for the helpful info. Sounds like a good starting 
place.
- Tony