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    1. A random sci-fi question for you

      You've just been convicted by the UN security council for being a Tildes user, and have been sentenced to 7 years in a penal colony, but you get a choice. Do you choose either: 1: Mars - 7 years...

      You've just been convicted by the UN security council for being a Tildes user, and have been sentenced to 7 years in a penal colony, but you get a choice. Do you choose either:

      1: Mars - 7 years without ever being able to go outside without a suit on, but afterwards you could travel back to Earth, if you desired.

      2: New Mongolia: An Earth-like planet, almost as if Earth was new again. But it's a one way trip.

      (Asking for a friend)

      29 votes
    2. Can you recommend some visual aids for 'The City and the Stars' by Arthur C. Clarke?

      I'm having a lot of trouble creating an image of the city in my head and would like some help! Any kind of image or graph is appreciated. Maps, artist renditions. Anything. Both for the city as a...

      I'm having a lot of trouble creating an image of the city in my head and would like some help!

      Any kind of image or graph is appreciated. Maps, artist renditions. Anything. Both for the city as a whole and the different locations within the city that Clarke describes.

      But it must be accurate, or at least an attempt to be accurate (which is why I can't just use Google for this, since I lack the ability to distinguish between freestyle art and accurate ones).

      Thanks!

      5 votes