[Sherman Logan]

“sci-fi-geek-pop-culture-trivia-with-a-pre-1980’s-speciality.”

I could probably give you a run in that category.

[Greg F]

I think that Brin “stole” his idea for the uplift novels from C.S. Lewis in “Perelandra” when the beasts were to be trained into sentience at the end of the novel. Little sparks from a superior thinker to a lesser one.

[Greg F]

“sci-fi-geek-pop-culture-trivia-with-a-pre-1980’s-speciality.”
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I could probably give you a run in that category.
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Here’s one. I really liked a novel as a kid that involved an interplanetary war and the protaganist was dropped on the enemy planet to be a sabatuer after being made to look like them. One of the things he did was take acid in stencils basically and burn anti-war slogans into the glass of the alien races buildings. Can you name the book? (you’ll get a point for sure since I lost it decades ago and can’t remember it’s name for the life of me!).