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pyotr filipivich wrote:

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On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:57:43 -0800, the infamous pyotr filipivich
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Lewis Hartswick wrote:
pyotr filipivich wrote:

I remember a sci-fi story where they find an astronaut, trapped by
cave-in on the moon. Only - nobody is missing. This that and the
other, he's been there for - oh, 50,000 years. So they get the high
tech scanners out and "read" his notebook - using the table of
constants (which any engineer/astronauts manual would have) as the
Rosetta stone.


Is this it?

Inherit_the_Stars by James P. Hogan


http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...erit_the_Stars

"Winnah! WInnah! Chicken Dinnah!"


I'd finally recalled that it was by Hogan - it is part of a
"trilogy", we find a wrecked alien ship on Gayanmede, then survivors
enter the system (They've been trying to slow down for the last
umpteen thousand years - engine troubles.), then we beat the bad guys.

I like Hogan's style. _Children of Saturn_ is the latest (as far
as I know) - Velechovsky was correct.

_Cradle of Saturn_ my mistake. (I'm lucky enough to remember
any of the title! sometimes.)

I do, too. I read his _Thrice Upon a Time_ last year. A Scots hoot,
it was.


Just finished "Inherit the Stars"

Not a bad read. Hope there are more in the series.

The Giants Novels are
Inherit the Stars,
The Gentle Giants of Ganymede,
Giants' Star)
Mass Market Paperback (May 1, 1994) by James P. Hogan

I liked his "Code of the Lifemaker" if only for the line "Why is the
servant of the Lifemaker showing me the vegetable it is wearing?"

The Two Faces Of Tomorrow - before we turn over the internet to an
AI, maybe we should test it, somehow?

The Proteus Operation - this is timeline C.

Hmmm - this looks very interesting _Kicking the Sacred Cow: Heresy and
Impermissible Thoughts in Science_ c 2004.
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pyotr filipivich
We will drink no whiskey before its nine.
It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!


http:www.itks-training.com%3A8888%2FeBooks%2FScience%2520Fiction %2520and%2520Fantasy%2FJames%2520P.%2520Hogan%2FJa mes%2520P.%2520Hogan%2520-%2520Giants%25202%2520-%2520The%2520Gentle%2520Giants%2520of%2520Ganymede .pdf


That took some hacking around to figure out ... thanks. Now all I
need is the time to read all them books. Sigh - "So many books, so
little time."
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pyotr filipivich
We will drink no whiskey before its nine.
It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!