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Posted by Lucky_Sean (Member # 6223) on :
 
It has occured to me, as it may have to many others. If OSC were to die then we would be stuck not knowing the conclusions of some of our favourite stories. Yes conclusions are not nessecary, however this is still much frowned upon in my mind. So I propose a few ways of countering this.

1. Personal Army: As to not make it awkward it would be distanced surveilance that would prevent everything from car crashes, to assailants. This of course would be with full consent.

2. Backing up his conciousness: Who wouldn't like the idea of OSC's thoughts in a jar? New ideas would pump out like a magic machine of sci fi wonderment.

3. Chryogenic Freezing: If it works for Walt Disney why not him?

4. An Apprentice: Much like in the Karate Kid - he could have a young "daniel" to train and teach the ways of the writer.

5. Disco Revival: Obviously OSC's power comes from the greatness of Disco music, and would spawn such greatness in all the world.

Any other awesome ideas?
 

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Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
I hope that OSC never feels the need to tie up ever loose end in his universes. That sort of thing rarely makes for good stories.
 

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Posted by Pinky (Member # 9161) on :
 
"3. Chryogenic Freezing: If it works for Walt Disney why not him?"

What do you mean with "it works"?
 

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Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
 
It "seems to be working". However, how could OSC write if he was frozen?
 

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Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
 
you could thaw out his hand and the writing portion of his brain.

duh.
 

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Posted by Lucky_Sean (Member # 6223) on :
 
but then that would still age - see a paradox.
 

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Posted by Pinky (Member # 9161) on :
 

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Originally posted by RunningBear:
you could thaw out his hand and the writing portion of his brain.

duh.

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Originally posted by Lucky_Sean:
4. An Apprentice: Much like in the Karate Kid - he could have a young "daniel" to train and teach the ways of the writer.

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Originally posted by CRash:
Someone needs to invent the ansible so we can send him off on a spaceship.

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Originally posted by Lucky_Sean:
but then that would still age - see a paradox.

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Originally posted by TrapperKeeper:
This is a rather creepy thread.

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It was meant as a joke
 

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Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
 

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Someone needs to invent the ansible so we can send him off on a spaceship.

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Then everything he sent would be far apart

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Hory Crap! OSC has already been sent out on a starship! This explains everything!
 

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Posted by OlavMah (Member # 756) on :
 
Well, Geoff Card did tell me, years ago, to hunt him down and put him out of his misery if I ever saw him doing the Brian Herbert thing. So, I think he's safe. Not because I can be relied upon to hunt him down [OSC please note!], but because he clearly doesn't want to.

Why not just clone OSC? Or write him a whole bunch of helpful, encouraging emails to tell him to write faster? One email an hour should do it, don't you think?
 

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Posted by TheSeeingHand (Member # 8349) on :
 
"Holy Crap! OSC has already been sent out on a starship! This explains everything!"

Hahahaha! That wasn't nice. :-D
That's why everything he writes is so good; he takes his time.
 

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Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
 
lets add to the creepy factor

if he was dead, none of us would have to worry about this.


now where is my killing ax.......


Just kidding
 

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Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
 
I'm with the clone idea.
 

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Posted by Lucky_Sean (Member # 6223) on :
 
Yes but we all know what cloning leads to - Read the speaker series.

OMG WHAT IF, you had an Antons Key OSC?
 

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Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :
 
Card doesn't need to finish his series because we know how they all end.

The hero dies, and his friends perpetuate his work to the betterment of mankind.

There, now I don't have to write any books
 

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Posted by CRash (Member # 7754) on :
 
*applauds Geoff*
 

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Posted by marsgirl101 (Member # 9514) on :
 
Or we could just put him on somec. How does a ten years under, one month awake schedule sound to everyone?
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
So that, from our perspective, he'd seem never write another thing?
 

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Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
 
uploading his consiousness into a younger clone body like the Asgard do would probly work best though held have to be genetically altered for his mind to store the decades more memories he will have.
 

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Posted by Robin Kaczmarczyk (Member # 9067) on :
 
Clone him.
 

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Posted by marsgirl101 (Member # 9514) on :
 
But would his clones be able to finish his work?
 

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Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
 
transplant his head.

simple.

succint.

Killing still might work.
 

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Posted by ThePersonMan (Member # 9440) on :
 

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3. Chryogenic Freezing: If it works for Walt Disney why not him?

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Someone needs to invent the ansible so we can send him off on a spaceship.

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Then everything he sent would be far apart

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Where will this spaceship be built?

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Where will you get the materials?

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And who would build it?

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Originally posted by vonk:
So OSC needs some sort of magic hammock then?

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I got it.
 

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Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
 

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So OSC needs some sort of magic hammock then?

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Then how do we get rid of the clones? Unless OSC REALLY likes donuts.
 

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Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
 
How would the illegal immigrants be illegal if they were on the moon? That's just about the dumbest idea, ever.
 

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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
 

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Originally posted by dantesparadigm:
That's one idea, but if we send everyone away to give him time to write, we'll be missing out on his columns because he'll have no one to complain about. I don't want to come back to 300 articles on how uppity the squirrels have been getting now that all the people are gone, and how great it is to finally have a place for walking in downtown Greensboro.

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Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
 
Here's an idea. Have someone in the future send the collective works of OSC to our "present" OSC. That way he can continue where the "future" OSC left off. It would be an interesting paradox, we'd potentially have have hundreds of books (because each time the loop completes itself there would be more books to bring back). you'd have hundreds of books writen by OSC's that never existed....
 

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Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
 
weird....

I like dante's idea.
 

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Posted by Lucky_Sean (Member # 6223) on :
 

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Originally posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged:
Here's an idea. Have someone in the future send the collective works of OSC to our "present" OSC. That way he can continue where the "future" OSC left off. It would be an interesting paradox, we'd potentially have have hundreds of books (because each time the loop completes itself there would be more books to bring back). you'd have hundreds of books writen by OSC's that never existed....

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