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To: TigersEye

If only some great author like Robert Heinlein had written a book about that idea.


33 posted on 02/20/2016 9:50:16 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: MrEdd

Which one? I read a lot of Heinlein books in the ‘70s but don’t remember that. The Green Hills of Earth was one of my favorites.


37 posted on 02/20/2016 9:54:24 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: MrEdd
If only some great author like Robert Heinlein had written a book about that idea.

Look up Lucifer's Hammer, by Niven or Pournelle (maybe both)

57 posted on 02/20/2016 11:13:48 PM PST by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: MrEdd

Larry Niven and Jerry Pournell
Lucifers Hammer (comet strike)
Footfall (Aliens use kinetic bombardment)


60 posted on 02/21/2016 12:51:13 AM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: MrEdd

He did, “The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress”..............


72 posted on 02/21/2016 5:06:17 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: MrEdd

Which book was that? I do know that Jerry Pournelle used that theme.


94 posted on 02/21/2016 6:17:39 PM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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