ssillyssadass@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 days agoAn alien who sees in the radio part of the light spectrum would probably be blinded by all our wireless communicationsmessage-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1246arrow-down19
arrow-up1237arrow-down1message-squareAn alien who sees in the radio part of the light spectrum would probably be blinded by all our wireless communicationsssillyssadass@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoClassic stuff. I remember that story. The whole Lensmen series was so influential for me early on. Thanks for bringing it up.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoNot exactly the Lensmen, but a really good and underrated book. https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-guns-above-robyn-bennis/c421005cea8a54ee?ean=9780765388773&next=t Airships in the Napoleonic Era. The author does a great job of engineering the ships. Pretty much the only 'fictional" element is that they have access to unlimitied amounts of helium.
Classic stuff. I remember that story. The whole Lensmen series was so influential for me early on. Thanks for bringing it up.
Not exactly the Lensmen, but a really good and underrated book.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-guns-above-robyn-bennis/c421005cea8a54ee?ean=9780765388773&next=t
Airships in the Napoleonic Era. The author does a great job of engineering the ships. Pretty much the only 'fictional" element is that they have access to unlimitied amounts of helium.