Stephen Hawking Writing a SciFi Trilogy


	Stephen Hawking Writing a SciFi Trilogy

skwirlinator

9-15-2007 1:07 AM

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science, scifi, stephen hawking, cambridge, trilogy, literature

skwirlinator says:

I will buy this set for sure - I love hard scifi

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9-15-2007 1:14 AM

pokkets

He's got a way with words - and astrophysics.

9-15-2007 1:18 AM

skwirlinator

Those books are going to be good!

9-15-2007 8:57 AM

tabsey

I am smiling with anticipation as there are a lot of kids out there who will be given these books by doting grandparents.

9-15-2007 9:07 AM

invictus

"Science should be 'as exciting as science fiction' says Hawking."

I absolutely agree.

9-15-2007 11:14 AM

bignosemousie

I love reading old sci-fi and seeing how much fiction has become reality.

9-15-2007 11:19 AM

skwirlinator

Then you will like this website

9-15-2007 11:20 AM

skwirlinator

Explore the inventions and ideas of science fiction writers - over 1,350 are available. Use the Timeline of Science Fiction Invention or the alphabetic Glossary of Science Fiction Technology to see them all, look for the category that interests you, or browse by favorite author / book. Browse more than 1,175 Science Fiction in the News and Beyond Technovelgy articles.

9-15-2007 1:49 PM

bignosemousie

Thanks for the link, S.

9-16-2007 1:26 AM

Bookyards

For those who are interested in his science books, they can be downloaded at the following link.
http://bookyards.blogspot.com/2007/09/works-by-stephen-hawking.html

9-16-2007 9:16 AM

Marcariel

Wow, skwirl ... you clipped this yesterday and it has already received a lot of visits/pops/comments! I guess there are a lot of us Hawking - SciFi fans out here.

Yes, tabsey, I am one of the doting GP's you mentioned ... and I love to educate my grands!

Thanks for the clip skwirlinator ... and all of the additional links provided by everyone else!

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