The life and death of Bussard ramjets in fiction

[james_davis_nicoll]

Heppenheimer's paper came out in the mid-1970s.

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[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

At some point I need to talk about authoritarian governments in SF that nevertheless allow their people surprisingly casual access to WMDs.

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

Money talks. Dad Rico was the Lee Iacoca of his day, so he got to spout off about useless citizenship, the "Ethics of Madness" guy was likewise a big shot space industry executive, so was given light enough supervision to make off with a customer's ramscoop.

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

I had remembered him as an 'owns car dealerships' guy rather than a notable industrialist - but it's been a while. It seemed to me that being comfortable middle class lumpenprolitariat was part of the point.

[montedavis.livejournal.com]

A WMD-armed society is a really, really, really polite society.

[tandw.livejournal.com]

Right up until it isn't.