[TheForge] blacksmith in space Re: 3D printers

[terry l. ridder]

hello peter;

audiobooks break the boredom of laying in a hospital bed inspecting the
ceiling while waiting for some scapel jockey to remove the external
fixators from the legs. then there is the boredom of sitting in a
wheelchair for days, weeks, months, years, on end.

the VA hospital had a good collection of science fiction.

I listened to the Doctor Who audiobooks from the BBC and from Big Finish
Productions. I have something like 500 audiobooks (actual media) from
Big Finish Productions. there are several Doctor Who audiobooks which
have blacksmiths.


On Fri, 8 May 2015, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:

> Wowser Terry!
> I suspect they all came out after i quit reading SF?.Mostly authors i don?t know except for HH and OS Card ( who i?m not too fond of, nor of all that sword waving stuff).
> Well, i can see i?ve dated myself again!
>
> On May 8, 2015, at 8:57 AM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com> wrote:
>
> hello Peter;
>
> not sure it counts but.
>
> Series: Meg Langslow Mysteries
> Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews
>
> science fiction
>
> The Crystal City by Orson Scott Card
> The Hammer And The Cross by Harry Harrison
> Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
> Heartfire by Orson Scott Card
> Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card
> Alvin Journeyman by Orson Scott Card
> Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card
> Fall of Angels by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
> Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
> The Magic Engineer by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
> Forging the Darksword by Margaret Weis
> The Anvil of Ice by Michael Scott Rohan
> Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
> Black Blade Blues by J. A. Pitts
> Honeyed Words by J. A. Pitts
> Black Horses for the King by Anne McCaffrey
> We'll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews
> Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley
> The Forge in the Forest by Michael Scott Rohan
> The Flash Vol. 3: Crossfire by Geoff Johns
> Silver's Edge by Anne Kelleher
>
> On Fri, 8 May 2015, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>
>> A 3D printer will forever a precise, fussy and fragile machine requiring precise feedstocks and clean power.
>> it?ll be a wonderful tool when things are going well.
>> A blacksmith with minimal tools can function under very rough conditions with old metal  scrap as feedstock,
>> and still be working well after things have gone to hell.
>> Both are desirable.
>> Frosty, where is the blacksmith in space novel?
>>
>
>

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terry l. ridder ><>