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  • Re: (tor dot com) Five Books With Highly Imaginative Takes on Prehistor

    From petertrei@gmail.com@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Nov 27 08:08:28 2023
    On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 10:15:48 AM UTC-5, James Nicoll wrote:
    Five Books With Highly Imaginative Takes on Prehistoric Existence

    I regret I cannot remember the Disco-Era caveman short story where
    it was revealed some hominids could generate electric shocks, because
    I definitely would have included it.

    https://www.tor.com/2023/11/27/five-books-with-highly-imaginative-takes-on-prehistoric-existence/

    I've read most of these. I had no idea the film 'Quest for fire' was based on such an old book.

    The film is pretty good, but limits itself to Neanderthals (the protags) and Cro-Magnons (met partway through). The scene where a young CM woman
    creates fire for the NT is pure magic.

    pt

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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to pete...@gmail.com on Mon Nov 27 16:22:08 2023
    In article <4d1e4fbf-ac9e-4fc9-89c9-584de2dd4119n@googlegroups.com>, pete...@gmail.com <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 10:15:48 AM UTC-5, James Nicoll wrote:
    Five Books With Highly Imaginative Takes on Prehistoric Existence

    I regret I cannot remember the Disco-Era caveman short story where
    it was revealed some hominids could generate electric shocks, because
    I definitely would have included it.

    https://www.tor.com/2023/11/27/five-books-with-highly-imaginative-takes-on-prehistoric-existence/

    I've read most of these. I had no idea the film 'Quest for fire' was based on >such an old book.

    The film is pretty good, but limits itself to Neanderthals (the protags) and >Cro-Magnons (met partway through). The scene where a young CM woman
    creates fire for the NT is pure magic.

    The actress had an adventage creating fire because she was hot.
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  • From petertrei@gmail.com@21:1/5 to pete...@gmail.com on Mon Nov 27 08:18:10 2023
    On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 11:08:32 AM UTC-5, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 10:15:48 AM UTC-5, James Nicoll wrote:
    Five Books With Highly Imaginative Takes on Prehistoric Existence

    I regret I cannot remember the Disco-Era caveman short story where
    it was revealed some hominids could generate electric shocks, because
    I definitely would have included it.

    https://www.tor.com/2023/11/27/five-books-with-highly-imaginative-takes-on-prehistoric-existence/
    I've read most of these. I had no idea the film 'Quest for fire' was based on
    such an old book.

    The film is pretty good, but limits itself to Neanderthals (the protags) and Cro-Magnons (met partway through). The scene where a young CM woman
    creates fire for the NT is pure magic.

    Turns out the film is on YT. Here's the scene: https://youtu.be/RRzrPZdrdrE?t=4320

    pt

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  • From Christian Weisgerber@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Nov 27 16:37:08 2023
    On 2023-11-27, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

    https://www.tor.com/2023/11/27/five-books-with-highly-imaginative-takes-on-prehistoric-existence/

    I've read _The Clan of the Cave Bear_ and I think three of the ever
    more voluminous sequels, where Ayla is in the process of single-handedly inventing the Neolithic. The series starts out interesting but
    becomes increasingly bloated and in dire need of editorial trimming.

    --
    Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Christian Weisgerber on Mon Nov 27 11:23:05 2023
    On 11/27/2023 8:37 AM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
    On 2023-11-27, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

    https://www.tor.com/2023/11/27/five-books-with-highly-imaginative-takes-on-prehistoric-existence/

    I've read _The Clan of the Cave Bear_ and I think three of the ever
    more voluminous sequels, where Ayla is in the process of single-handedly inventing the Neolithic. The series starts out interesting but
    becomes increasingly bloated and in dire need of editorial trimming.

    Personally I found the amount of unnecessary soap to be an issue with
    the series.

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    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 Moriarty@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Nov 27 13:36:42 2023
    On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 2:15:48 AM UTC+11, James Nicoll wrote:
    Five Books With Highly Imaginative Takes on Prehistoric Existence

    I regret I cannot remember the Disco-Era caveman short story where
    it was revealed some hominids could generate electric shocks, because
    I definitely would have included it.

    https://www.tor.com/2023/11/27/five-books-with-highly-imaginative-takes-on-prehistoric-existence/

    On The Many-Colored Land you write: "One cannot help but be astonished by the Galactic Milieu’s acquiescence in the exile project."

    That's explained in the prequels where cause-and-effect comes sharply into play for a main character of both series.

    It's all wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey.

    Of the others, I've read "Clan of the Cave Bear", which I really enjoyed. I enjoyed it enough to seek out the sequels, to my regret.

    -Moriarty

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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Nov 27 15:38:29 2023
    On 11/27/2023 9:15 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    Five Books With Highly Imaginative Takes on Prehistoric Existence

    I regret I cannot remember the Disco-Era caveman short story where
    it was revealed some hominids could generate electric shocks, because
    I definitely would have included it.

    https://www.tor.com/2023/11/27/five-books-with-highly-imaginative-takes-on-prehistoric-existence/

    One for five here, the excellent "The Clan of the Cave Bear". I read a
    couple of the sequels and gave up.

    Would Robert J. Sawyer's books about Neanderthals in a parallel world
    count here ?

    https://www.amazon.com/Hominids-Neanderthal-Parallax-Robert-Sawyer/dp/0765392348/

    Lynn

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