Timeline for Scifi novel where humans defeat an ancient AI enemy by firing a wave of "slowness", preventing hyperdive space travel
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| Jul 24, 2015 at 23:42 | comment | added | Robert Achmann | Then lets find more stuff to write about! | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 18:45 | comment | added | Hypnosifl | @Robert Achmann - I think the guidelines are there because the purpose of this site isn't just to answer each question for the person asking it, but also to have a sort of permanent answer that can be referred back to if someone else comes along later with a similar question in the future...the point of including text in the answer is that websites can go dead, or be edited (as with wikipedia pages). | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 17:42 | comment | added | Robert Achmann | The initial response was good enough for me! I just needed the Author and Title, not some long drawn out proof. Either way, I appreciate the help! | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 17:22 | history | edited | Organic Marble | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 23, 2015 at 17:20 | comment | added | Organic Marble | Me neither! And it's true that more info might help future questioners, so I'll bulk it up a little. | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 17:19 | comment | added | Hypnosifl | True, but I've seen others on this site recommend that everything relevant to the question be quoted in the answer itself, rather than relying on people following links (I guess based on the 'provide context for links' guideline here). Maybe quoting one relevant part is enough even if it doesn't address everything, I'm not always clear on the implicit guidelines on this site. | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 17:13 | comment | added | Organic Marble | @Hypnosifl I see your point, but it seemed to me that a single click on the article would tell the OP that this was correct, and indeed, that is what happened. | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 17:12 | comment | added | Hypnosifl | There are other books in Vinge's "Zones of Thought" series that also feature Unthinking Depths towards the center of the galaxy--I think you picked the right one, but a few other quotes on plot elements from the wikipedia article might be helpful, showing that it involves the unintentional release of a dangerous AI called "The Blight", that the heroes land on a medieval-level planet, and that they finally release a "Countermeasure" which "extends the Slow Zone by thousands of light-years to enclose the Blight". | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 17:11 | vote | accept | Robert Achmann | ||
| Jul 23, 2015 at 17:01 | history | answered | Organic Marble | CC BY-SA 3.0 |