Comments on: Fightin’ Ewoks http://inkless.danmcminn.net/2008/05/fightin-ewoks/ Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:40:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dan http://inkless.danmcminn.net/2008/05/fightin-ewoks/comment-page-1/#comment-5866 Dan Thu, 06 May 2010 06:10:24 +0000 http://inkless.danmcminn.net/?p=28#comment-5866 Hi, ANap! Thanks for the suggestion of Footfall. I have duly added it to my "to read" pile. The description of it you've given me reminds me of a short story I read recently. And now I've made myself slightly crazy and spent a lot of time I REALLY needed to spend on work looking for a perfect short story to suggest to you. And I can't find it! Argh. My book collection is a bit scattered at present, but if I hunt down that story again, I'll mention it here. I believe I saw it in a collection. It is about a single guy traveling with a hive alien (and ambassador, I think) in an old world. A lot of it is about the guy trying to puzzle out this extreme racial guilt felt by his hive alien companion. One of the tricks of the story, the most obvious one, is that when the alien's speech is represented directly, it consists of a vertical set of words and symbols, which looks more like a mathematical equation or computer code than speech. Ah well. Back to work for me. Thanks again for the suggestion! Hi, ANap! Thanks for the suggestion of Footfall. I have duly added it to my “to read” pile. The description of it you’ve given me reminds me of a short story I read recently.

And now I’ve made myself slightly crazy and spent a lot of time I REALLY needed to spend on work looking for a perfect short story to suggest to you. And I can’t find it! Argh. My book collection is a bit scattered at present, but if I hunt down that story again, I’ll mention it here. I believe I saw it in a collection. It is about a single guy traveling with a hive alien (and ambassador, I think) in an old world. A lot of it is about the guy trying to puzzle out this extreme racial guilt felt by his hive alien companion. One of the tricks of the story, the most obvious one, is that when the alien’s speech is represented directly, it consists of a vertical set of words and symbols, which looks more like a mathematical equation or computer code than speech.

Ah well. Back to work for me. Thanks again for the suggestion!

]]> By: ANap http://inkless.danmcminn.net/2008/05/fightin-ewoks/comment-page-1/#comment-5731 ANap Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:36:53 +0000 http://inkless.danmcminn.net/?p=28#comment-5731 This is a really great article. You should read Footfall by Lary Niven. Technology isn't always the "trump" card in a military victory. Sometimes, philosophy, culture or some other mental "blindsidedness" can create the element for a "plucky" victory. In Footfall an advanced species of herd animals is defeated by humans due to they're inability to understand the concepts of "ruse/stealth/ruthlesness" in war. Very relevant to your article and a great read. cao This is a really great article. You should read Footfall by Lary Niven. Technology isn’t always the “trump” card in a military victory. Sometimes, philosophy, culture or some other mental “blindsidedness” can create the element for a “plucky” victory.

In Footfall an advanced species of herd animals is defeated by humans due to they’re inability to understand the concepts of “ruse/stealth/ruthlesness” in war. Very relevant to your article and a great read.

cao

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