The Trouble Twisters
by Poul Anderson, Paul Anderson · first published 1966
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Poul Anderson's "Technic" stories, e.g. "The Trouble Twisters". Must re-read some. Somewhat more recent: pretty-much anything by David Brin. For my taste, a lot of recent sci-fi seems to be a little too focused on politics and society vs. the exhileration of…
on “What are your favourite sci-fi books?” ↗It was first used by Paul Anderson in Trouble Twisters (1967) and Anderson's spouse Karen claims to have coined it. (Though I still have never heard 'sophontic', and I've never heard 'sophont' used outside sci-fi/fantasy. I was wondering in the GP if it's…
on “Review of the evidence of sentience in molluscs and crustaceans [pdf]” ↗…being". First known use: 1965 by PJ Farmer (again) in Maker of Universes And a new word (to me): * "sophont n. ... [< Gk. sophos, "wise" + Gk. ont-, "being"] an intelligent being". First known use 1966 in Trouble Twisters by P. Anderson Available in the amazing Internet Archive library: https://archive.org/details/bravenewwordsoxf00pruc ----------------- EDIT: But wait! There's also the "Historical Dictionary of Science…
on “Clumps of human brain cells in a dish can learn to play Pong faster than an AI” ↗