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  • (Tears) Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl

    From James Nicoll@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, March 08, 2026 14:05:52
    Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Heechee Saga, volume 2) by Frederik Pohl

    The Heechee artifact could end hunger... if humans could somehow reach it.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/trouble
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  • From Dimensional Traveler@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, March 08, 2026 11:14:10
    On 3/8/2026 7:05 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Heechee Saga, volume 2) by Frederik Pohl

    The Heechee artifact could end hunger... if humans could somehow reach it.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/trouble

    By providing infinite amounts of Soylent Green?

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From Scott Dorsey@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, March 08, 2026 15:14:43
    Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
    On 3/8/2026 7:05 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Heechee Saga, volume 2) by Frederik Pohl

    The Heechee artifact could end hunger... if humans could somehow reach it. >>
    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/trouble

    By providing infinite amounts of Soylent Green?

    Other direction. Direct synthesis of CHON food at the Food Factory.
    If you want to know why this isn't necessarily a great idea, read the
    book. But read Gateway first.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, March 08, 2026 21:15:53
    On 3/8/2026 12:14 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
    On 3/8/2026 7:05 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Heechee Saga, volume 2) by Frederik Pohl >>>
    The Heechee artifact could end hunger... if humans could somehow reach it. >>>
    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/trouble

    By providing infinite amounts of Soylent Green?

    Other direction. Direct synthesis of CHON food at the Food Factory.
    If you want to know why this isn't necessarily a great idea, read the
    book. But read Gateway first.

    I have but it was decades ago so I don't remember.

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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