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Topic: Civ short story published in Asimov's Current Date/Time:
May 09, 2000 14:46:30
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Tavis
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LA, CA, USA
Mar 2000
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posted April 11, 2000 12:15
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Check this out! Robert Reed's story "Two Sams", in the most recent issue of Asimov's Science Fiction (May 2000) is all about the joys and costs of terminal Civ addiction (looks to me like he's been playing ToT). Recommended. |
Seeker
King
Canada(UWO)
b.02-15-99
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posted April 11, 2000 12:52
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Does it mention Apolyton?I once thought Civ might make a great spooky sci fi, with a plot a little like this: Sid Meier is really an all-powerful alien carrying out experiments on mankind. One copy of civ2 is linked to reality altering devices so that, all unknowing, history is actually changed, only the player doesn't realize it until he starts nuclear war for fun... |
Tavis
Settler
LA, CA, USA
Mar 2000
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posted April 12, 2000 20:48
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No, Reed did not name-check Apolyton. Shame on him!His story deals in some ways with overlaps between Civ and reality - but I'd hate to think a divine Sid Meier had set up a direct connection between the two! Good thing I prefer fantasy/SF scenarios; in case that's true, mostly non-humans will have suffered at my hands... |
CapTVK
Prince
Voorburg, the Netherlands, Europe
b.02-15-99
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posted April 13, 2000 15:38
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Originally posted by Seeker on 04-11-2000 12:52 PM
One copy of civ2 is linked to reality altering devices so that, all unknowing, history is actually changed, only the player doesn't realize it until he starts nuclear war for fun...
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I gotta find that copy!!! For safekeeping of course...  |
Seeker
King
Canada(UWO)
b.02-15-99
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posted April 13, 2000 16:36
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Yeah, it would kind of turn, 'oh, russians just h-bombed New York...yawn' into:OH. MY. GAWD. We're all gonna die!!! |
Geography Dan
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Apr 2000
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posted April 23, 2000 13:19
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I actually read that short story in Asimov Science Fiction and it is quite strange. It portrays a man obsessed with a game of civ2 that takes his entire lifetime. ------------------
-GeoDan |
DanQ
Apolyton CS Co-Administrator
Ontario, Canada
b.02-15-99
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posted April 23, 2000 14:28
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Interesting!Does this magazine have a website, Travis, and if so, what's its address? ----------------
Dan; Apolyton CS |
Seeker
King
Canada(UWO)
b.02-15-99
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posted April 23, 2000 17:53
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I hope he won... |
CapTVK
Prince
Voorburg, the Netherlands, Europe
b.02-15-99
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posted April 23, 2000 18:07
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Sounds like he played a diplogame... |
Geography Dan
Prince
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Apr 2000
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posted April 23, 2000 21:08
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Nope. He lost. And since the Civ2 game was paralelling his life, his life ended in a failure as well.------------------
-GeoDan |
Field Marshal Klesh
Prince
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Jan 2000
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posted April 24, 2000 12:20
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Maybe he needs to step down the difficulty level!No links for this? ------------------
I am the Ukrainian Anti-Pope! |
Tavis
Settler
LA, CA, USA
Mar 2000
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posted May 09, 2000 14:46
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Does this magazine have a website, Travis, and if so, what's its address?
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www.asimovs.com It doesn't have the text of the story, however, as far as I can tell. Some libraries may carry Asimov's and have back issues. |
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