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[-] Vithar@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 year ago

There is a fun fun sci-fi book called "Deepness in the Sky" by Vernor Vinge. The Humans use epoch time with si prefixed Seconds for time,

[-] electrorocket@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

That is a great book. Did you read the sequels?

[-] wtfeweguys@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 1 points 1 year ago

Did you say sequels??? I’ve read A Fire Upon the Deep and a Deepness in the Sky. There are others???

[-] electrorocket@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago
[-] wtfeweguys@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 1 points 1 year ago

I’ll have to check that out. I’ve enjoyed some of Vinge’s other work as well. The Peace War, Marooned in Realtime, and Rainbow’s End were all pretty great reads as I recall (been awhile).

[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

On the gripping hand, the Brownies could make way better clocks than we could.

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