tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post5281054414400245099..comments2024-03-13T12:29:29.462-07:00Comments on Aidan Writes: : Pterodon DrillingAidanFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876041003278004627noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-44382560208228122532010-10-28T16:28:06.087-07:002010-10-28T16:28:06.087-07:00It's a pretty good book. I read it for extra ...It's a pretty good book. I read it for extra credit in a science class in High School, if you can believe it. Apparently the teacher was a real sci-fi geek (gotta love him) and he had a whole list of sci fi novels and biographies of scientists to choose from for extra cred.<br /><br />If I was a teacher... I'd do that<br /><br />But yeah... it takes place in some kind of gaseous cloud around a star - not really a gas giant, per se, but just a huge cloud; and all kinds of things evolved in the zero-g environment there, with breathable air and spheres of water floating through the cloud. The title refers to large, spinning tree-like structures that resemble the symbol for calculus integration...Stephen Watkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706597991293794033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-62693245975502100682010-10-25T14:21:22.071-07:002010-10-25T14:21:22.071-07:00I don't think I've read Integral trees; ho...I don't think I've read Integral trees; however, the cover does look familiar.AidanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876041003278004627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-37692258682956586712010-10-25T13:47:36.047-07:002010-10-25T13:47:36.047-07:00Ha, this was a fun, interesting tale. So, I take ...Ha, this was a fun, interesting tale. So, I take it the Pteranadon is a native of the Gas Giant? It's kind of like a book I read back in HS, the Integral Trees.Stephen Watkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706597991293794033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-13861636399069635302010-10-24T17:16:12.995-07:002010-10-24T17:16:12.995-07:00@Steve, yes, I think it's that moral feel that...@Steve, yes, I think it's that moral feel that gives this a touch of that vintage SF.<br /><br />@Kath, thank-you; I find I enjoy world-building and finding those bits that make it believable. Glad it worked for you.AidanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876041003278004627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-87616155299618897842010-10-24T16:57:06.574-07:002010-10-24T16:57:06.574-07:00I loved how you built such a believable world on t...I loved how you built such a believable world on the back of a living creature with your attention to detail: the priest's cape woven from moss growing between the pterodon's scales; the bone ridge they climb to reach the plains on the wing; and the jerry-rigged hollow bones scavenged from baby pterodons... to create a platform. <br /><br />You've created a wonderful fable here.Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12719765628886270649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-30448120324838744182010-10-24T13:26:24.703-07:002010-10-24T13:26:24.703-07:00This is a good sci-fi tale with a moral, whatever ...This is a good sci-fi tale with a moral, whatever you live on, treat it with respect.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-38726469434660368332010-10-23T14:59:04.013-07:002010-10-23T14:59:04.013-07:00@Icy, glad you liked the concept. Athotia may be ...@Icy, glad you liked the concept. Athotia may be close to a parasite, but he doesn't think of it that way.AidanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876041003278004627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-17789789114656653452010-10-23T13:52:32.324-07:002010-10-23T13:52:32.324-07:00Very interesting concept - living on a living thin...Very interesting concept - living on a living thing. In a way, it almost makes the humans parasites. Will they be the useful kind of parasite, like the thousands of beneficial bacteria that live on humans, or will they be like fleas?Icy Sedgwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501193571425442406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-67659635538421877292010-10-22T20:11:16.718-07:002010-10-22T20:11:16.718-07:00@Ganymeder, it is a little twilight zone-ish. I&#...@Ganymeder, it is a little twilight zone-ish. I'd be freaking out if I was the anthopologist on this "island".AidanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876041003278004627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-31613368961292391532010-10-22T19:45:09.126-07:002010-10-22T19:45:09.126-07:00Weirdly wonderful world you have created here. See...Weirdly wonderful world you have created here. Seems twilight zone-ish, very surreal.Cat Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160039271069426174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-6131580019454576932010-10-22T14:43:56.784-07:002010-10-22T14:43:56.784-07:00@John, interesting observation.
@Valerie, I'l...@John, interesting observation.<br /><br />@Valerie, I'll have to think about the ending and ways to make it feel more complete. Thanks, for the comment.AidanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876041003278004627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-29203039946232160462010-10-22T14:02:30.749-07:002010-10-22T14:02:30.749-07:00Interesting story, but it doesn't feel over so...Interesting story, but it doesn't feel over somehow. Reminds me a bit of Doctor Who.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148970927473800732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879556472347736809.post-21421745452255416212010-10-22T13:27:32.741-07:002010-10-22T13:27:32.741-07:00Very vintage Fantasy/Scifi feel about this one, Ai...Very vintage Fantasy/Scifi feel about this one, Aidan.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.com