Trains

Nov 05, 2009 16:02

I have no idea what Trains have to do with Science Fiction, unless you live in Desolation Rd ( Read more... )

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kevin_standlee November 5 2009, 17:23:02 UTC
I have no idea what Trains have to do with Science Fiction, unless you live in Desolation Rd,
I know that the panel at BayCon a couple of years ago about Trains and Transit was SRO -- more than 50 people by my reckoning. So for whatever reason, SF fans seem interested in the subject.

Of course, it could also be that from most Americans' point of view, high speed trains are science fiction. They don't really exist except as a fictional concept, since there aren't any in the USA. (As you probably know, the Acela trains on the US east coast are merely about as fast as UK main line services at best.) Those things in Japan, France, Spain, etc.? Well, that's not America, so they don't really exist. :(

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jamesb November 5 2009, 18:45:28 UTC
Ah, well there are some good US trains, as written about in that issue.

There is a cross over, you are right on that. 1/2R is a huge model railway enthuasiast, I should have contacted him, he is very active.

A zz9'er is quite serious in LUL planning, and there is a conrunner who is very senior in H&S in TFL.

enough for a future issue perhaps

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stevegreen November 5 2009, 18:27:26 UTC
No sign of Journey Planet, though...

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jamesb November 5 2009, 18:46:06 UTC
How observant of you.

I reckon it will be worth waiting for though.

J

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bovil November 6 2009, 00:46:37 UTC
It's a Garcia 'zine. Trying to figure out what anything has to do with anything else in that context (or, more accurately, black hole of lack of context) is pretty much impossible.

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jamesb November 6 2009, 08:33:41 UTC
A whole new genre of zine.

J

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