Comments on: The Struggle for Empire http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:05:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-104996 Brett Holman Tue, 05 May 2009 06:04:37 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-104996 Thanks! I can't remember any description of a flag, and it seems like the sort of detail he'd miss out on. I couldn't swear to it, though. Thanks! I can’t remember any description of a flag, and it seems like the sort of detail he’d miss out on. I couldn’t swear to it, though.

]]> By: Senix http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-104973 Senix Mon, 04 May 2009 23:57:01 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-104973 Sounds awesome. Purely out of curiosity, does Cole give a flag for his Anglo-Saxon Empire? I ask because the whole thing dimly reminds me of one of Moorcock's books, in which he had a hybrid British-Japanese zeppelin-borne empire using the UJ defaced with a crysanthemum. Swell blog, by the way. Sounds awesome. Purely out of curiosity, does Cole give a flag for his Anglo-Saxon Empire? I ask because the whole thing dimly reminds me of one of Moorcock’s books, in which he had a hybrid British-Japanese zeppelin-borne empire using the UJ defaced with a crysanthemum.

Swell blog, by the way.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-100995 Brett Holman Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:02:58 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-100995 Yes, I read a friend's copy of <em>Space: 1889</em> when it first came out -- never played it though! It was very cleverly done, as I recall. Yes, I read a friend’s copy of Space: 1889 when it first came out — never played it though! It was very cleverly done, as I recall.

]]> By: Ricardo Reis http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-100703 Ricardo Reis Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:58:24 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-100703 no, my exclusive fault, diagonal reading and 20 tabs are a sure way to blunder (and also trying to escape programming work). By the way, there's a role playing game on an alternative history where England goes and extends it's empire into space: Space 1889: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_1889 I think it shares some common lines with the post... ps: I will refrain from posting before reading full next time. You're writing is fine Bret and a pleasure to read. no, my exclusive fault, diagonal reading and 20 tabs are a sure way to blunder (and also trying to escape programming work). By the way, there’s a role playing game on an alternative history where England goes and extends it’s empire into space:

Space 1889: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_1889

I think it shares some common lines with the post…

ps: I will refrain from posting before reading full next time. You’re writing is fine Bret and a pleasure to read.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-100669 Brett Holman Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:55:03 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-100669 Sorry, Ricardo -- you can blame me for not writing clearly enough! I'm lucky -- my university library has it! If you search with <a href="http://used.addall.com/" rel="nofollow">AddALL</a> there's currently the same edition I used (i.e. facsimile edition, with two other early sf novels) for US$152, which is still a little on the expensive side ... Sorry, Ricardo — you can blame me for not writing clearly enough!

I’m lucky — my university library has it! If you search with AddALL there’s currently the same edition I used (i.e. facsimile edition, with two other early sf novels) for US$152, which is still a little on the expensive side …

]]> By: Ricardo Reis http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-100610 Ricardo Reis Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:19:05 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-100610 oh God, what an error I made... no delete button? oh God, what an error I made… no delete button?

]]> By: Ricardo Reis http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-100608 Ricardo Reis Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:14:00 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-100608 "A world war early in the 20th century set Britain, Germany and the United States against France, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Italy." ..., being nitty-picky, shouldn't it read "A world war early in the 20th century set Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States against Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey." ? Where did you found the book? It seems there no digital versions and no book retails for less than 250 USD... :( “A world war early in the 20th century set Britain, Germany and the United States against France, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Italy.”

…, being nitty-picky, shouldn’t it read

“A world war early in the 20th century set Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States against Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey.” ?

Where did you found the book? It seems there no digital versions and no book retails for less than 250 USD… :(

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-100253 Brett Holman Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:00:13 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-100253 UG: Of course, it probably helps the naval analogy when you've got anti-gravity and don't have to worry about orbital mechanics ... Jack: Yes, that is groovy :) UG:

Of course, it probably helps the naval analogy when you’ve got anti-gravity and don’t have to worry about orbital mechanics …

Jack:

Yes, that is groovy :)

]]> By: Jack http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-100220 Jack Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:02:27 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-100220 How strangely cosmically coincidental! While it isn't a 'Space Opera' by your definition, I have also just posted about an Opera set in space (albeit one of a more 'groovy' nature): http://hijackmcgowan.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/papa-john-sufficiently-hairy-but-too-spaced-out/ How strangely cosmically coincidental! While it isn’t a ‘Space Opera’ by your definition, I have also just posted about an Opera set in space (albeit one of a more ‘groovy’ nature):

http://hijackmcgowan.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/papa-john-sufficiently-hairy-but-too-spaced-out/

]]> By: Urban Garlic http://airminded.org/2009/03/16/the-struggle-for-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-100156 Urban Garlic Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:01:11 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1366#comment-100156 Great stuff. There used to be a few UseNet newsgroups which spent some time on what space combat would be like within the parameters of various fictional universes (Star Wars and Star Trek figuring prominently, of course), and the naval metaphor was a natural one -- you've got your islands/planets which are valuable, and your space/sea, which is too vast to hold, can't really be fortified, and whose primary strategic value lies in your ability to transit it unmolested. Of course, these newsgroups didn't have the mangled body parts crushed between the plates and so forth... Great stuff.
There used to be a few UseNet newsgroups which spent some time on what space combat would be like within the parameters of various fictional universes (Star Wars and Star Trek figuring prominently, of course), and the naval metaphor was a natural one — you’ve got your islands/planets which are valuable, and your space/sea, which is too vast to hold, can’t really be fortified, and whose primary strategic value lies in your ability to transit it unmolested.
Of course, these newsgroups didn’t have the mangled body parts crushed between the plates and so forth…

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