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From: "Geilfuss Charles" <Charles.Geilfuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 8:22 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Thanks to all who have expressed concern & we are out of
here!
>
> Andrew,
> I'm not familiar with "Dark Star" but I'm certain this scene was from
> "Lucifer's Hammer" by Niven & Pournelle maybe mid 70's.
>
> Charlie
>
Perhaps the last scene quote from "Dark Star" is relevant to this list:
'BOMB--"Let there be light"'.
The surfing was on a spaceship skin panel by a spacesuited astronaught about
to try a "surfing" reentry.
See:
http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/pages/themovies/ds/dsstills/dsstills08.html
Gary H.
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Andrew Fildes
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 5:52 AM
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> Subject: [OM] Re: Thanks to all who have expressed concern & we are out
> of here!
>
>
>
> Final scene of 'Dark Star'
> Hey, we've done all the geek OT stuff EXCEPT sci-fi haven't we?
> This is new ground, pushing the envelope...
> Wow!
> AndrewF
>
>
> On 23/09/2005, at 9:22 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> One of the scenes painted in the book is of a surfer determined to go
>> out with a bang. He rides a comet induced tsunami about 100 (?) feet
>> high from off the coast of Los Angeles until it (and he) collide
>> with a
>> building much higher than 100 feet.
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