tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post6346795056217694303..comments2024-03-27T01:28:28.346-07:00Comments on False Machine: There May Exist A Shadow Biologypjamesstuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-5880549692451459232012-10-18T18:37:56.162-07:002012-10-18T18:37:56.162-07:00Sorry, thought I was replying to "Allright Th...Sorry, thought I was replying to "Allright Then". It's this and your NEXT post that have caught my interest. John Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16945534608747334150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-303173268441039852012-10-18T18:26:52.673-07:002012-10-18T18:26:52.673-07:00This and your previous post have prompted me to fo...This and your previous post have prompted me to follow your blog. Like you, I love the idea of an entire alien world of darkness under our feet. In my own blog I occasionally post something about the underworld (my campaign term for the underdark). <a href="http://kaelaross.blogspot.com/2012/10/fungi-of-underworld.html" rel="nofollow">My latest post on fungi</a> is not as biologically rigorous as your previous post but there is at least a nod towards some sort of ecology. John Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16945534608747334150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-62618901252806422272012-10-18T14:48:15.159-07:002012-10-18T14:48:15.159-07:00Thirded. Extremophiles, subterranean ecologies, a...Thirded. Extremophiles, subterranean ecologies, and the Underdark can only combine to make something awesome.S. P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18219512413362952481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-48281638620148150122012-10-16T15:01:36.434-07:002012-10-16T15:01:36.434-07:00I second that! You need no-one's permission to...I second that! You need no-one's permission to make something creative and awesome.NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-30078747878893373942012-10-16T14:49:40.622-07:002012-10-16T14:49:40.622-07:00Do it then. There is no time like the present.Do it then. There is no time like the present.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-24419001143326714692012-10-16T13:58:16.676-07:002012-10-16T13:58:16.676-07:00I daydream about doing a Vornheim-style Underdark ...I daydream about doing a Vornheim-style Underdark Book. Albino whales hunting phospherescent shrimp in hidden oceans.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-60138752024191093002012-10-16T12:04:19.888-07:002012-10-16T12:04:19.888-07:00In the Bill Bryson book, A Short History of Nearly...In the Bill Bryson book, A Short History of Nearly Everything, he talks about these organisms. I don't have it to hand but he cites some statistic along the lines of 99% of the earth's biomass being found in the crust and below.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-65112693063831622822012-10-16T03:09:45.117-07:002012-10-16T03:09:45.117-07:00I always love hearing about extremophiles - like t...I always love hearing about extremophiles - like those sulphur-eating deep-sea thermal dwellers. Or bacteria that sit there growing fat around the cracks of toxic waste barrels.<br /><br />The idea of pre-DNA organisms lying hidden somewhere is quite intriguing... Or what if they had DNA, but it wasn't ACTG letters that made up the strands? What if it was another alphabet altogether? Yessssssss...NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.com