2/ I'm kidding. The Postman was more a rip off of a minor side thread in Lucifer's Hammer than it was of the main thread in Damnation Alley.
-
-
Show this thread
-
3/ or, you know, maybe tropes get mixed and remixed and THAT'S THE WAY FICTION WORKS
Show this thread -
Show this thread
-
5/ I actually quite liked The Postman ; read it at least three times. It was a solid book! ...but that doesn't mean that Brin invented even a single one of the tropes in it.https://twitter.com/EricRichards22/status/1201984548692779008 …
Show this thread -
6/ > To be clear, I am not a litigious kind of guy. In the past I shrugged off how Halo and many other games used concepts that are at least somewhat “mine.” Just one rather blatant example: uplifting dolphins to speak and fly in space.
Show this thread -
7/ So Brin is upset that Halo stole his concept that he mashed up and stole from The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) + Lord Seton's Voyage Among the Seven Planets" (1765). Yes. This is sane.
Show this thread -
8/ Also, I have a distinct memory of reading some hippy dippy article in Omni magazine c. 1980 or 1982 talking about space stations with pools so dolphins could share their wisdom with us
Show this thread -
9/ The 1970s were chock full of nature-over-nurture we-can-teach-animals-to-talk craziness. It was fairly mainstream, in out-of-the-mainstream corners, to think that dolphins ALREADY HAD LANGUAGE. I mean, FLIPPER was on TV, for !@#'s sake.
Show this thread -
10/ Startide Rising was a novel (1983). I know this, because I read it. I was talking about an ARTICLE in Omni MAGAZINE, a few years earlier. Which ... is the point I'm making here.https://twitter.com/tigerboy74u/status/1201987623662653441 …
Show this thread -
Show this thread
-
12/ I'm reading more of the Brin rant, and he disclaims that his complaint is a legal one ... then spends the whole time framing his argument as a legal one. e.g. > To be clear, the law doesn’t care much about denials that an infringer ever “read the original,” Amusing story:
Show this thread -
13/ I was working in a B&N book store during college break c. 1992 and the store manager brought in Pat Cadigan, Ellen Datlow, Terry Bison, Paul Park, and Jack Womack. I'd read tons by all of them. Talked to Paul Park. "Your Starbridge novels remind me of Helliconia Spring"
Show this thread -
14/ Lol, I met him around 20 years ago too. ...when he was a huge dick to everyone at the signing!https://twitter.com/bryan99CA/status/1202016731822088192?s=19 …
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.
are