Opinions and reflections, rantings and more often ravings, but more commonly nothing and a lot of it.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Science Fiction ROCKS!!!!!
My father has the best collection of science fiction books ever. I love to borrow one of them and read it. I borrowed one called "The Mote in God's Eye", about an advanced earth society that has yet to discover alien life. When a probe, powered by light sail, is discovered at the edge of a dark matter nebula, a ship, the MACARTHUR, is sent to make first contact. A team of specialist scientists and military personnel comes to the alien planet, called mote prime, and makes first contact. At first, the peace loving fur covered Moties seem harmless. But what the earth Empire doesn't know is that the moties have overpopulation problems, and if accepted into the empire, could potentially overrun it with Motie kind. But they don't know hat. The ship they came over on, the MACARTHUR, had picked up the first motie, which had with it two brown mini moties with it, called Watchmakers. They help the mechanically advanced culture do small, delicate manuveures in complex machinery. But they soon overpopulate, and the ship is overrun... with miniature moties who impersonate the ship crew in space suits and arm themselves with stolen guns. The crew is forced to evacuate to the LENIN, the military backup ship they brought along...just in case. They scuttle the MACARTHUR and go back as fast as they canto imperial ssapce. they fear the moties purposefully put the brown things onto their ship.. but the moties are not done. They want to send embassadors with the humans to home space to negotiate a treaty for land for their over populated race. the fight that ensues, and what leads up to it, will be worth reading... i give it ***** stars!! author: Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven. (and if you're looking for a more controversal work, check out A STEP FARTHER OUT by jerry Pournell. You'll love it if you like what i do...
Sleepover!!!!
Hi I am at a sleepover with my best buddy Amy Sue and i am having a lot of fun! I haven't posted in forever BUT I AM REALY SORRY. I will try to get on more oftnen, but mostly i am on clubpenguin so i don't use blogger. Any way big shout out to MICHELLE!!!! Who couldn't come to this sleepover, but we wish u were here.
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