The Dreaded Annual Halloween Kilt Thread - 2009

[Chas]

Cover of Astounding SF July 1941



Regards
Chas

How the heck does that holster stay attached to the kilt?

I think the fact that it is a comic has a lot to do with it.

Regards

Chas

[Jack Daw]

Veering off into the miasma, but enjoying all minutes dedicated to it.

[DMacGregor]

I think I will dress as Sgt. John McGregor from the Alamo; bagpipes ,cutlass, deerskin jacket, etc... It's a little obscure, but what the heck.

[macwilkin]

I think I will dress as Sgt. John McGregor from the Alamo; bagpipes ,cutlass, deerskin jacket, etc... It's a little obscure, but what the heck.

I can't say I've ever seen a period account documenting what McGregor wore at the Alamo, but I would refer to Jack Daw here on Xmarks, who had a very nice portrayal of him at a Scottish festival in Texas.

It Dr. Richard Winders, I believe, who served as a historical consultant on the most recent (and probably the most accurate) depiction of the Seige at Bexar who stated that most of the Alamo defenders would have looked like characters from Charles Dickens in dress, not Grizzly Adams!

T.

[herminator]

I think the fact that it is a comic has a lot to do with it.

Regards

Chas

A COMIC????

Man, you´re talking about one of the longest running, most influential science fiction magazines!!
Comic? Bah!!

[Chas]

A COMIC????

Man, you´re talking about one of the longest running, most influential science fiction magazines!!
Comic? Bah!!

I think the clue is in the title - Astounding Science Fiction

Regards

Chas

[silverfox]

If you read the stories, you'll remember that he wore the blaster under the kilt in a thigh holster anyway.

[Chas]

If you read the stories, you'll remember that he wore the blaster under the kilt in a thigh holster anyway.

Ah - that would be it. Being British, I don't quite understand these American publications. So it is only the cover that is Science Fiction - the insides are all Science Fact?

Sarcasm mode off[/]

By the way welcome to XMarks from the other side of the Atlantic in Norfolk, England.

Regards

Chas

[sathor]

I think the clue is in the title - Astounding Science Fiction

Regards

Chas

Perhaps, but how much of the elements that used to be SciFi are common items for sale at walmart?

Just from Star Trek:

Compare the old communicators to a Nextel phone.

The newer ones could be designed today using voice dialing, and a speakerphone.

From TNG onward, they had duty rosters. Basically a tablet PC. Or a PDA. or an eBook.

I know there is more, heck, I just saw a news story a few weeks back about a science team creating transparent aluminum. (ST movie #4) Not in the same caliber as what is in the scifi (yet) it is still a step in that direction.

[Chas]

Perhaps, but how much of the elements that used to be SciFi are common items for sale at walmart?

Just from Star Trek:
Compare the old communicators to a Nextel phone.
The newer ones could be designed today using voice dialing, and a speakerphone.
From TNG onward, they had duty rosters. Basically a tablet PC. Or a PDA. or an eBook.
I know there is more, heck, I just saw a news story a few weeks back about a science team creating transparent aluminum. (ST movie #4) Not in the same caliber as what is in the scifi (yet) it is still a step in that direction.

Hi sathor,

I do not doubt that science fantasy becomes science fiction, which given long enough becomes, in some form, science fact. Whereas technology can often take great leaps forward in a short space of time (I can remember a whole town of 7,000 people having only one fixed landline phone), I really think it will take more than just the space of 3 generations to breed a man capable of living 2,000 years.

I am reliably informed that 'warp speed' is theoretically possible but would require more energy to achieve than is available in the whole of the universe.

But isn't that the beauty and wonder of science fiction - it could be possible, maybe, someday, hopefully in our lifetime, before we get too old to dream.

Regards

Chas