tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post4458630338667801028..comments2023-11-03T04:29:29.498-04:00Comments on Paleo-Future: New Worlds To Radically Alter (1981)Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-59298662068967354522008-11-26T16:41:00.000-05:002008-11-26T16:41:00.000-05:00And don't tell these talking monkeys with car keys...And don't tell these talking monkeys with car keys about the idea of a Dyson Galaxy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-3205889636589678792008-11-26T14:43:00.000-05:002008-11-26T14:43:00.000-05:00You primitive humans with your puny terraforming p...You primitive humans with your puny terraforming plans.<BR/><BR/>Try wrapping your tiny little brains around THIS concept - restructuring a solar system into a habitat 1.2 light years across at its outermost shell, with 30 million shells inside it.<BR/><BR/>http://www.paulbirch.net/CustomPlanets.html<BR/><BR/>This will give the equivalent land area of 200 billion trillion Earths.<BR/><BR/>And you think giving some air to Mars is a big deal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-87032145232632865722008-01-08T06:04:00.000-05:002008-01-08T06:04:00.000-05:00Like anonymous above, I believe I had this book as...Like anonymous above, I believe I had this book as part of a set of children's science books. If it wasn't part of the set I owned, it may have also been a book I checked out repeatedly from the library, I can't remember now.<BR/><BR/>The set was terrific, and I liked this particular book quite a bit, although I note that it never occurred to me that humanity should stop trying to meddle with nature on such an epic scale. Hey, I was 9, I think I can be excused.Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05250238254417726987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-3730001797615263562008-01-06T20:26:00.000-05:002008-01-06T20:26:00.000-05:00Dancing space potatos? You bet!Dancing space potatos? You bet!J.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15415030950772736250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-25761019969554484672008-01-06T16:31:00.000-05:002008-01-06T16:31:00.000-05:00I'll take these wild implausible visions over toda...I'll take these wild implausible visions over today's tepid futurism any time. Somehow I just can't get as excited as I'm supposed to over the prospect that the electric toothbrushes of tomorrow will have the processing power of 1000 human mindsChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303755181174414108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-2332009402618391832008-01-04T21:07:00.000-05:002008-01-04T21:07:00.000-05:00This is still a plausible idea, isn't it?Doing any...This is still a plausible idea, isn't it?<BR/>Doing anything with Venus might be a stretch, but I'm sure I heard something about terraforming Mars recently.<BR/>It appears this was a major idea at the time, though. <EM>The Wrath of Khan</EM> came out only a year later.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02469462608067586388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-91096411667572592922008-01-04T19:43:00.000-05:002008-01-04T19:43:00.000-05:00I have this entire series of books, there are abou...I have this entire series of books, there are about 7 or 8 of them in all...the illustrations are fantastic. <BR/><BR/>The text here is actually not that absurd, it is the basic concept of terraforming a planet, which will probably happen sometime over the next few hundred years (not the next century as people predicted).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-12083195949844413172008-01-04T11:17:00.000-05:002008-01-04T11:17:00.000-05:00Love your blog it will provide many hours of hopef...Love your blog it will provide many hours of hopeful surfing, proof that the futures is what we make it. Keep up the xcellent work. :)BLTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564846497205095201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-79884920109784835702008-01-04T10:42:00.000-05:002008-01-04T10:42:00.000-05:00Wow! Humanity shall be saved by using a cross betw...Wow! Humanity shall be saved by using a cross between a <A HREF="http://autozone4cars.com/autozonenewweb/images/5623.jpg" REL="nofollow">Peugeot Boxer</A> and an Imperia Tie Bomber... <BR/>Who would've thunk?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com