# 5668 bymikecombs@... on Oct. 1, 2004, 6:41 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
Say, I almost forgot to let everyone on these lists know that I've added
a new SF short story onto my site of High Frontier fiction at
http://members.aol.com/howiecombs/hard_s-f.htm. The story is called
"Eyes, Shining Back from the Dark" and is at
http://members.aol.com/howiecombs/eyeshine.htm
some articles in that time, but no fiction). This story might be of
interest to anyone interested in High Frontier, mega-structures, the
speculations of Freeman Dyson, or SETI.
Regards,
Mike Combs
# 5669 byoevega@... on Oct. 1, 2004, 7:24 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
Mike,
I read it an I found it was amazing. You are years
ahead of regular sci-fi guys. And you must continue
writing.
Regards,
Omar Vega
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# 5670 bymikecombs@... on Oct. 1, 2004, 7:27 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
Thanks!
Mike Combs
From: omar vega [mailto:oevega@...]
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 2:24 PM
To: spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [spacesettlers] New Hard Sci-Fi story
Mike,
Very impressive. Congratulations!!!
I read it an I found it was amazing. You are years
ahead of regular sci-fi guys. And you must continue
writing.
Regards,
Omar Vega
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# 5671 bylucioc@... on Oct. 1, 2004, 7:55 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
Cool! By the way, what amazes me is that, as far as I know, this
hypothesis portrayed in your story was indeed *never* tested!
# 5672 bymikecombs@... on Oct. 1, 2004, 8:20 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
From: Lucio de Souza Coelho [mailto:lucioc@gmail.com]
> this hypothesis portrayed in your story was indeed *never*
> tested!
And that may partly be due to the fact that I don't think O'Neill's points have really percolated down into the basic thinking of most people; even most space-oriented people. I remember one time reading where a SETI scientist was saying that even if we picked up an artificial radio signal with no data content in it at all, we could still learn a lot about the sender. He said we could determine things about the composition and density of the atmosphere of the sending planet, its rotational speed and day-length, and its year-length. It occurred to me that there's a fundamental assumption every SETI scientist seems to start with. And it's that other civilizations, even highly advanced ones, will be found residing on the surfaces of planets.
Regards,
Mike Combs
# 5673 byxenophile2002@... on Oct. 2, 2004, 1:02 a.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
I read it, and mentioned such in
Good work. I wish there were a HSF anthology TV series, like
_Twilight Zone_, only, you know, HSF.
> From: Lucio de Souza Coelho
>> Cool! By the way, what amazes me is that, as far as I know,
>> this hypothesis portrayed in your story was indeed *never*
>> tested!
> And that may partly be due to the fact that I don't think O'Neill's
> points have really percolated down into the basic thinking of most
> people; even most space-oriented people. I remember one time
> reading where a SETI scientist was saying that even if we picked up
> an artificial radio signal with no data content in it at all, we
> could still learn a lot about the sender. He said we could
> determine things about the composition and density of the
> atmosphere of the sending planet, its rotational speed and day-
> length, and its year-length. It occurred to me that there's a
> fundamental assumption every SETI scientist seems to start with.
> And it's that other civilizations, even highly advanced ones, will
> be found residing on the surfaces of planets.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Combs
Perhaps the suggestion of space-faring aliens carries, to their
nostrils at least, the taint of UFOlogy. I would hope that it is not
timidity that keeps SETI out of the High Fronteir. I have to wonder:
how much would the search in this story cost?
If we get a signal, one of the first things we will be able to
determine is whether or not it is coming from a planetary surface or
not. Especially if there are several signals coming from various
parts of the system.