Teen Tries to sell Vote...

[Tone]

Who would you vote for, indi?

[Gribble]

Oh, pish. I refer to that time as my moments of clarity. The rest of the month, you guys get away with murder.

If it makes you happy, I voted for Hillary. I wouldn't mind seeing a female in charge of the US.

After all, if she were elected she'd have Slick Willy to keep her in line...

[Junket]

Hillary's a fag.

[Mish]

Who would you vote for, indi?

I'd become a US citizen just to vote for Indi's US presidential bid

[Gribble]

I bet she'd vote Nader. Hippie.

[misombra]

that sucks that she got in trouble for that.

votes are bought and sold all the time.

[IndiReloaded]

I dunno... mandatory sterilization for all people with an IQ under 130? Selectively breed a population of intellectuals? Everyone else would have to engage in huge orgies to keep the population from falling dramatically. I'm willing to make that sacrifice. Are you?

Sure. And I'd be right there working on those artificial replicators post-orgasm, why not?

We can freeze eggs & sperm now, so the tech exists to propagate for intelligence. Just seems a bit... eugenic... trouble is you never know what you are losing in the selection process.

And one could make use of those <130s as incubators, I suppose. Fertilize an Alpha genome pair & implant into the betas/gammas.

Cyteen looks pretty interesting. I'll have to pick that up. Been meaning to read some science fiction for once.

You definitely want to read this. Its been recently released as a single book (it was originally a trilogy)--make sure you get the complete one. And she's working on a sequel, so the timing is good. I rank this book in my Top 3 Sci-Fi books, right up there with Dune & Ender's Game. I'm just surprised it hasn't got much of a following (Ender's Game is now studied by the US military).

[IndiReloaded]

I'd become a US citizen just to vote for Indi's US presidential bid

I'd make a terrible politician. I'm definitely a behind-the-scenes manipulator.

Gribble & Tone, I'd vote for Gore, would have then, still would today.

[Gribble]

I rank this book in my Top 3 Sci-Fi books, right up there with Dune & Ender's Game. I'm just surprised it hasn't got much of a following (Ender's Game is now studied by the US military).

Dune and Ender's game? Oh my god. I just fell madly in love with you, Indi. Those are two of my absolute favorites. If Cyteen is spoken in the same breath as those greats I'm definitely going to get it.

Gribble & Tone, I'd vote for Gore, would have then, still would today.

I voted Gore. And if he were running I'd vote him again. I still can't fathom how he lost. Seemed fishy then, seems fishy now.

[IndiReloaded]

Dune and Ender's game? Oh my god. I just fell madly in love with you, Indi. Those are two of my absolute favorites. If Cyteen is spoken in the same breath as those greats I'm definitely going to get it.

All her SF is terrific. Extraordinarily well-written & intelligent. I'm less enamoured of her fantasy stuff tho, not my thing.

If you like Ender's series, then def look her up.

Hellburner/Downbelow Station/Tripoint/Finity's End -- all excellent books in the same 'universe' & timeline as Cyteen. Some others:

The Faded Sun series
The Chanur series
The Explorer series

Have fun.

[IndiReloaded]

I still can't fathom how he lost. Seemed fishy then, seems fishy now.

Its not fishy at all. Bush cheated. We all know that.

[Mish]

Its not fishy at all. Bush cheated. We all know that.

What happened the second time though?

[IndiReloaded]

What happened the second time though?

“The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.”

Anyone...? (don't Google, cheaters)

[Tone]

I'd also vote for Gore if he was running.

[Gribble]

Churchill. I love Churchill.