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Brandie Tarvin (2/26/2015)
Steve Thompson-454462 (2/26/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (2/25/2015)
Need some advice, all. I'm about to rewrite a novel of mine and I need references for research. My protagonist (the star) is humanoid but not human.I know there are science fiction books out there with such a theme, but I'm drawing blanks. The only things I can come up with are Alien Nation (which I've read and watched), Dune, and the Chronicles of Riddick. I'm assuming on the last two because I haven't actually read them. Couldn't get through the first chapter of Dune and have not tried Riddick yet.
Any thoughts or suggestions of what could meet my criteria?
How about Leguin's The Left Hand of Darkness? I thought the cultural conflicts were well-developed; plus the gender-morphing aspect is cool.
Ahh. Gender morphing is a distinct possibility in my world. After all, what does gender matter if you can download your mind into almost any body you please, right?
I will definately look this one up. Thanks.
As a trans woman, I'd like to say gender still matters, it just might be more fluid. Presentation also matters, partly defined by social norms. In ours, "soft" presentation is usually coded as woman or "femme" while "hard" presentation is coded as man or "butch". I dealt with this a little in the novella I'd submitted to you. Since nanites could shape people's bodies into whatever they wanted, there was more freedom to present as one wanted, but there are also still feelings about what's right for you.
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Sean Lange (2/26/2015)
Speaking of funny shirts. Here is one that I just got in the mail. I know that Lynn will appreciate this one.Yes, I should get one of these.
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Lynn Pettis (2/26/2015)
Sean Lange (2/26/2015)
Speaking of funny shirts. Here is one that I just got in the mail. I know that Lynn will appreciate this one.Yes, I should get one of these.
Millions of those could be sold on this side of the border. 😀
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Lynn and Luis, or anybody else interested.
Time is short to be able to get this but there are other available.
One of their recent ones I missed was "I don't always play soccer...oh who am I kidding yes I do". Wish I had been able to get that one but I missed it by a day or so.
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Steve Thompson-454462 (2/26/2015)
Jeff Moden (2/24/2015)
Just curious... does anyone use RedGate Compare to promote code from Dev to Staging to Prod? Looking for both positive and negative comments on experiences. Thanks folks.We use Data Compare all the time to get our Dev environment in synch with Production. We have used Compare for schema deploys, but rarely. Generally, when it comes to schema, our Dev and Production will always have a delta (by design!) and sometimes that delta is fairly large, so going through Compare and de-selecting all the objects you don't want to synch becomes a chore.
With that said, if you want your Dev schema trunk to stay tight with your Production trunk, then Compare would come in very handy, I think.
Thanks for the info, Steve.
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Lynn Pettis (2/26/2015)
... Mark one off, 1 day on the calendar to go. 1 day on the calendar to go, 1 day to go, ...Have a safe journey back home.
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Lynn Pettis (2/26/2015)
... Mark one off, 1 day on the calendar to go. 1 day on the calendar to go, 1 day to go, ...Woohoo. Finally the decimal/octal/hexagonal matches the binary representation.
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Sean Lange (2/26/2015)
Lynn and Luis, or anybody else interested.Time is short to be able to get this but there are other available.
One of their recent ones I missed was "I don't always play soccer...oh who am I kidding yes I do". Wish I had been able to get that one but I missed it by a day or so.
On a different sport - I am very tempted by one of these http://www.karate4life.org/tshirts.html
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Sioban Krzywicki (2/26/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (2/26/2015)
Steve Thompson-454462 (2/26/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (2/25/2015)
Need some advice, all. I'm about to rewrite a novel of mine and I need references for research. My protagonist (the star) is humanoid but not human.I know there are science fiction books out there with such a theme, but I'm drawing blanks. The only things I can come up with are Alien Nation (which I've read and watched), Dune, and the Chronicles of Riddick. I'm assuming on the last two because I haven't actually read them. Couldn't get through the first chapter of Dune and have not tried Riddick yet.
Any thoughts or suggestions of what could meet my criteria?
How about Leguin's The Left Hand of Darkness? I thought the cultural conflicts were well-developed; plus the gender-morphing aspect is cool.
Ahh. Gender morphing is a distinct possibility in my world. After all, what does gender matter if you can download your mind into almost any body you please, right?
I will definately look this one up. Thanks.
As a trans woman, I'd like to say gender still matters, it just might be more fluid. Presentation also matters, partly defined by social norms. In ours, "soft" presentation is usually coded as woman or "femme" while "hard" presentation is coded as man or "butch". I dealt with this a little in the novella I'd submitted to you. Since nanites could shape people's bodies into whatever they wanted, there was more freedom to present as one wanted, but there are also still feelings about what's right for you.
That is a perspective I did not consider. Thank you for that. I'll make sure to keep that in my notes.
The main thrust of my novel isn't gender related, but if there's a chance to make the point, I plan to. This is more a "What does the hero do after he's fulfilled his destiny?" kind of novel.
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Lynn Pettis (2/26/2015)
... Mark one off, 1 day on the calendar to go. 1 day on the calendar to go, 1 day to go, ...Safe travels home, Lynn. When are you scheduled to arrive home?
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Lynn Pettis (2/26/2015)
... Mark one off, 1 day on the calendar to go. 1 day on the calendar to go, 1 day to go, ...You forgot to show the for the geeks.:-D
May your journey be smooth.
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Stuart Davies (2/27/2015)
Sean Lange (2/26/2015)
Lynn and Luis, or anybody else interested.Time is short to be able to get this but there are other available.
One of their recent ones I missed was "I don't always play soccer...oh who am I kidding yes I do". Wish I had been able to get that one but I missed it by a day or so.
On a different sport - I am very tempted by one of these http://www.karate4life.org/tshirts.html
Now that's a cool shirt. Quite the conversation starter.
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