- In a highly urbanized future dominated by cybernetics and bioengineering, anti-hero Case is rescued from wretchedness and given back the ability to send his persona into the cyberspace of the world’s computer networks, where he must carry out a hazardous mission for an enigmatic employer. Name this William Gibson novel!
- The Air Force gave its full cooperation to the making of the 1951 classic The Thing (From Another World). True or False?
- What does the “C” in “Arthur C. Clarke” stand for?
- Who wrote the Venus Equilateral stories?
- What are bobbles?
- This is a collection of linked stories by Joanna Russ in which liberated women in different societies challenge the forces of oppression. It includes 1983 Hugo winner “Souls.” Name this collection!
- In this Larry Niven collection the title story (Hugo winner, 1967) is one of several in which Beowulf Shaeffer is blackmailed into taking on a dangerous mission in an exotic environment. Name it!
- He was killed by the Harkonnens shortly after taking possesion of Arrakis.
- By what more famous name do we know the author “Paul French”?
- What was the name of the son of “Charlie” from the film, Enemy Mine?
(Answers below the fold)
- Neuromancer
- False. They said the movie went against their official position that flying saucers didn’t exist.
- Charles
- George O. Smith
- Spheres inside which time stops, from Vernor Vinge’s The Peace War and Marooned in Realtime.
- Extra(Ordinary) People
- Neutron Star
- Duke Leto Atreides (Dune)
- Isaac Asimov. Asimov used the Paul French nom de plume for his Lucky Starr series.
- Charlie chose a fine Drak name – Zamis