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I would be an Immortal from Poul Anderson's Boat of a Million Years. Because I'd combine two of my fondest fantasies: I'd live forever (they aren't called immortals for nothing), and I'd get to explore the universe in a starship. If I couldn't live forever, I'd still want to explore the galaxy - I'd be a character in Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey, so long as I could take Dave Bowman's place on the Discovery, or I'd be a character in Robert L. Forward's Rocheworld series, so long as I could be a member of the crew of the Prometheus. Just put me in a starship headed for unknown parts of the galaxy and I'd be living my dream.
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Hopping through. Great reply.
ReplyDeleteNimue
I'm a new follower My Hop
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ReplyDeleteJust hopping by and following through.
I've never heard of the book but sounds like you would have a great time
Shelleyrae @ Book'd Out
I've never heard of it- but now I need to check this book out :) Have a great weekend!
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Great answer! I'm a new follower :)
ReplyDeleteLaura @ http://laurabesbookblog.blogspot.com/
Hi! I'm hopping through :)
ReplyDeleteCool choice! I never thought of becoming an immortal hmm..
Here's my Follow Friday and TGIF!
New follower,
April
Interesting choices.
ReplyDeleteAwesome FF!
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Sierra
P.S. I am happy to be your 200th follower (:
Ooh, galaxy exploration. Great answer!
ReplyDeleteExploring the galaxy and being immortal would be pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteGreat choices!!
@Nimue: Thanks for stopping by and following!
ReplyDelete@bookdout: Boat of a Million Years is one of Anderson's best, and I highly recommend it.
ReplyDeleteRocheworld is pretty good, but Forward's best book is Dragon's Egg, but the story didn't fit the type of character I would want to be. On the other hand, trying to communicate with creatures living on the surface of a neutron star who experience life at a vastly accelerated pace would be kind of cool too.
@Coranne: I get that a lot. I appear to have somewhat obscure taste in books.
ReplyDelete@Laura: Welcome aboard! Hope you enjoy your stay.
ReplyDelete@Books4Juliet: I've always wanted to live forever since I saw the original Highlander movie. When the lyrics to the Queen soundtrack asked "Who wants to live forever?", my immediate thought was "ME!"
ReplyDelete@Julia Rachel Barret: Thank you.
ReplyDelete@Sierra: Thanks for following. Of course I will return the favor!
ReplyDelete@LindsayWrites: The Hunger Games is on my list of books to get to soon.
ReplyDelete@Jennifer: Ever since I started reading Asimov and Clarke as a kid, I wanted to be on a ship in between the stars headed for the unknown.
ReplyDelete@Jenni Elyse: And unless we can bend the laws of physics, the only way to explore the galaxy would be to be immortal. See how nicely that works out?
ReplyDelete@*^_^*: Thank you.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by Book'd Out earlier!
Do you have a star trek uniform by any chance :D I must confess I'd only want to be immortal if my loved ones could be as well.
Shelleyrae @ Book'd Out
@bookdout: I do not have a Star Trek uniform, but I've thought about getting one.
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