To: Phsstpok
Of course, then there's Larry Niven's description of a surfer trying to surf the 1,000 meter mega tsunami from a comet impact in the Pacific Ocean in Lucifer's Hammer. He almost made it. Nose bleed from the G forces and all. If only that high rise condo hadn't been built a half mile in from Malibu Beach....A classic scene. Niven said that he got thousands of letters asking if the surfer survived. His response:
"OK, I didn't see him hit the building."
55 posted on
12/28/2004 9:55:16 AM PST by
Poohbah
(God must love fools. He makes so many of them...)
To: Poohbah
Of course, then there's Larry Niven's description of a surfer trying to surf the 1,000 meter mega tsunami from a comet impact in the Pacific Ocean in Lucifer's Hammer. He almost made it. Nose bleed from the G forces and all. If only that high rise condo hadn't been built a half mile in from Malibu Beach.... A classic scene. Niven said that he got thousands of letters asking if the surfer survived. His response:
"OK, I didn't see him hit the building."
Loved that scene.
60 posted on
12/28/2004 10:09:30 AM PST by
Centurion2000
(Truth, Justice and the Texan Way)
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