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Ubiquitous sensors would be a great thing for owners of large parcels of property ... such as farmers and ranchers. But maybe not such a good thing for civil l

Ubiquitous sensors would be a great thing for owners of large parcels of property ... such as farmers and ranchers. But maybe not such a good thing for civil liberties. I love how Vinge explores these issues in his books. He's really underrated. When The Expanse was announced, I was excited ... but a bit disappointed that that series made it to the screen as the first hard sci-fi book across the line, before Vinge's work.

walrus01 5y ago
It probably would be possible to turn A Deepness In the Sky into a TV series, but it would need about the same high budget and first season run time as the Foundation series (10 hours?) to really go into sufficient depth on the 3 different cultures involved, and the order of events in that one book alone.
- Sharlin 5y ago
  It would be an interesting challenge to depict the Spiders in a manner faithful to the book, given the plot twist at the end that <rot13>rirelguvat gur uhznaf (naq gur ernqre) unq yrnearq nobhg gurz unq orra guebhtu na haeryvnoyr aneengbe – gur uhzna genafyngbef jub unq "ybpnyvmrq" (uru!) rirelguvat jevggra sebz gur Fcvqref' crefcrpgvir.</rot13>
  - egypturnash 5y ago
    My instant thought for a solution to this: Fcvqre frpgvbaf nf n phgr navzngrq pnegbba, hagvy arne gur raq jura jr frr perrcl barf eraqrerq nf PT/cenpgvpny rssrpgf/jungrire.
  - yobert 5y ago
    V ernyyl ernyyl rawblrq cvpghevat gurfr fgrnzchax, fbeg bs Unlnb Zvlnmnxv fglyr fcvqref jvgu snapl qvaare tybirf naq gbc ungf qevivat nebhaq va pnef, qhevat gur svefg cbegvba bs gur obbx. Fhpu na vagrerfgvat yvgrenel nccebnpu, gb jevgr nobhg gur punenpgref nf vs gurl jrer whfg yvxr hf. Fb zhpu bs ubj jr creprvir (naq jevgr nobhg) bhefryirf vf onfrq ba uhznaf orvat gur zbfg vzcbegnag cneg bs nal fgbel.
strlen 5y ago
Ideally Pham would be played by Chow Yun Fat, Sammy Park by Teo Yoo, Tomas Nau by Kevin Spacey, and Anne Reynolt by Lana Del Ray. Rotoscope could be used for Spiders.

walrus01 5y ago

It probably would be possible to turn A Deepness In the Sky into a TV series, but it would need about the same high budget and first season run time as the Foundation series (10 hours?) to really go into sufficient depth on the 3 different cultures involved, and the order of events in that one book alone.

Sharlin 5y ago
It would be an interesting challenge to depict the Spiders in a manner faithful to the book, given the plot twist at the end that <rot13>rirelguvat gur uhznaf (naq gur ernqre) unq yrnearq nobhg gurz unq orra guebhtu na haeryvnoyr aneengbe – gur uhzna genafyngbef jub unq "ybpnyvmrq" (uru!) rirelguvat jevggra sebz gur Fcvqref' crefcrpgvir.</rot13>
- egypturnash 5y ago
  My instant thought for a solution to this: Fcvqre frpgvbaf nf n phgr navzngrq pnegbba, hagvy arne gur raq jura jr frr perrcl barf eraqrerq nf PT/cenpgvpny rssrpgf/jungrire.
- yobert 5y ago
  V ernyyl ernyyl rawblrq cvpghevat gurfr fgrnzchax, fbeg bs Unlnb Zvlnmnxv fglyr fcvqref jvgu snapl qvaare tybirf naq gbc ungf qevivat nebhaq va pnef, qhevat gur svefg cbegvba bs gur obbx. Fhpu na vagrerfgvat yvgrenel nccebnpu, gb jevgr nobhg gur punenpgref nf vs gurl jrer whfg yvxr hf. Fb zhpu bs ubj jr creprvir (naq jevgr nobhg) bhefryirf vf onfrq ba uhznaf orvat gur zbfg vzcbegnag cneg bs nal fgbel.

strlen 5y ago

Ideally Pham would be played by Chow Yun Fat, Sammy Park by Teo Yoo, Tomas Nau by Kevin Spacey, and Anne Reynolt by Lana Del Ray. Rotoscope could be used for Spiders.