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| 968.1 | "Time Is the Simplest Thing" by Simak? | ATSE::WAJENBERG | | Fri Mar 22 1991 13:11 | 7 |
| As I recall, this is "Time Is the Simplest Thing," by Clifford Simak.
The explorers use something like astral projection. Our hero only gets
a part of the alien's mind, before breaking contact in fright, but
finds he can now play some odd trick with time, which is useful to him
in evading the government goons.
Earl Wajenberg
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| 968.2 | May he rest in peace | SUBWAY::MAXSON | Repeal Gravity | Fri Mar 22 1991 14:11 | 6 |
| I read this recently - it was reissued or reprinted last year, I think.
Nice story. Simak's best (and Hugo winner) was "Way Station" reviewed
much earlier, and I recommend it highly.
- Max
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| 968.3 | Help! | SALISH::CORDER_JE | PLAN 'R' R FOR ROBERT | Mon Apr 08 1991 16:38 | 10 |
| Help !!
Iam looking for any info on the fiftys movie " The Amazing Colossal
Man" or Colossal Beast. Thanks... Jerry
I can be reached at NWD002::CORDER_JE
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| 968.4 | Let's just look in the instruction manual... | SUBWAY::MAXSON | Repeal Gravity | Tue Apr 09 1991 01:37 | 20 |
| Made in 1957, 90 minutes long, directed by Bert I Gordon. Starring
Glenn Langen, Cathy Downs, James Seay and Larry Thor. Man exposed
to atomic radiation begins growing; at 60 ft. tall attacks Las Vegas.
Starts out well but ends up as another monster-on-the-loose flick.
Sequel: War of the Colossal Beast, 68 minutes, same director, starring
Sally Fraser, Dean Parkin, Russ Bender, and Charles Stewart. This
sequel finds our hero alive but not well. His face is a mess, and so
is his mind, leading to the inevitable low budget rampage. Forget it.
Last scene originally in color.
Excerpted without permission from "TV Movies and Video Guide, 1988 Ed."
by Leonard Maltin.
Ratings: First film: 2 1/2 stars (out of four)
Sequel: 1 1/2 stars
You really care about these? Sounds like they stink on ice to me.
Mark Maxson
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| 968.5 | "The Last Rocket"? by ? | TLE::MINAR::BISHOP | | Thu Aug 22 1991 00:05 | 18 |
| When I was in fourth grade I read a hardback SF book (rocket in
a circle on the spine series). I'd like an author and title.
The plot was the standard "hero fights stultifying galactic state
for personal freedom and saves the girl". The major plot gimmick
was matter transmission. The galactic government was based on
matter transmitter technology, but the transmitters required receivers,
which had to be placed by rockets. Our hero, a matter
transmitter repairman, put the transmitter in one end of a rocket
and the receiver in the other end, and fled to the Andromeda
galaxy.
This rocket was the last rocket, which he stole from a museum.
The title may have been "The Last Rocket".
Can anyone recognize this story from my 28-year-old memories?
-John Bishop
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| 968.6 | | VMSMKT::KENAH | The man with a child in his eyes... | Mon Aug 26 1991 11:34 | 6 |
| Is it John Boyd's "The Last Starship from Earth?"
I'll check tonight, to see if your description matches the
actual plot...
andrew
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