tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15105346.post-80390008213077069602007-09-29T19:14:00.000-07:002007-10-03T18:57:54.137-07:00Empire!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_9Kf_wwzz9bs/Rv8KkwLYwkI/AAAAAAAAADw/9YI206HHkWY/s1600-h/game.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_9Kf_wwzz9bs/Rv8KkwLYwkI/AAAAAAAAADw/9YI206HHkWY/s320/game.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115819328240403010" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/ProgrammingInTonguesEmpire/Empire.mp3">(click for podcast)</a><br /><br />Reflecting on the popularity of "Empires" in Science Fiction stories.<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/CoDominium"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CoDominium </span></a>(Niven and Pournelle</li><li><a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Barrayar"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barrayar </span></a>(Lois McMaster Bujold)</li><li><a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Star_Kingdom_of_Manticore"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Manticore </span></a>(David Weber)</li></ul><br />Do it yourself - build your own space empire with a Free "4X" (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate) game:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">FreeOrion </span>- <a href="http://www.freeorion.org/">www.FreeOrion.org</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Music - from the Cylinder Preservation Project:</span><br />The US Marine Band - <a href="http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?queryType=@attr%201=4&query=emperor&num=1&start=1&sortBy=&sortOrder=id">Emperor's Manoeuvre</a>Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322401662083018557noreply@blogger.com