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This is especially weird in the Perry Rhodan series. Written since the 60s it might now be the longest scifi series ever. So there they have spaceships of 2.5
by benibela 8y ago
This is especially weird in the Perry Rhodan series. Written since the 60s it might now be the longest scifi series ever.
So there they have spaceships of 2.5 km diameter that can fly faster than 100 million times the speed of light shooting bombs of teratons of TNT each and have force fields that can withstand those bombs, but when they want to bring data from one computer to another, they put holes in a punchcard and have someone carry the punchcard
- jejones3141 8y agoDon't forget the Directrix in the Lensman series, where as the space battle approaches, the crew rush to hand out huge binders of pre-calculated possible maneuvers... done by hand with some help from slide rules.
- benibela 8y agoAlthough the Lens must have enormous computation power, since it can crack any encryption instantaneously. I have always wondered what happens if the Lensman tries to read an one-time-pad
- jarofgreen 8y agoI think it's Arthur C Clarke who's short stories have a bit of this. They have a man going off in his incredible spaceship to discover the universe ... and keenly recording the data on his tape computer.
- marktangotango 8y agoI found a set of English translations of those back in the late 80s but only bought the first 10 or so iirc, you’re saying it’s still on going? That’s remarkable!