icerunner_origin

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It is the horseshoe crab of trees

Not being in the USA, I rarely get to watch America Football, but that was beautiful.

[–] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 66 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Given the right conditions, some plants can live indefinitely. Others die shortly after seeding.

[–] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 79 points 5 days ago (14 children)

Do plants die of old age though? Now that question has been put in my head, I need to know.

Be back in a bit, going down a rabbit hole.

The culture novels, such a good pick!

I played the game back when it originally came out. Like any media based on a book, it was slightly frustrating for a while that the graphics didn't match the visuals I had imagined whole reading the book. I still have the discs somewhere, might see if I can get it running somehow. I suspect I'll find the game mechanics to be clunky but today's standards.

I'm surprised there hasn't been a movie made yet.

I commend your efforts. Good work.

[–] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 21 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Still unused in the packaging, I hope

[–] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Other people who've read it and who I've talked with seem to be split over whether the first book is better than the sequels, or the other way around. I prefer the sequels, my wife prefers the original. Do you have a preference?

I had no idea this was being worked on, and the news has made my day

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