Through a Scanner Dorkily: Sci-Fi Blunders

[Groakes]

I seem to recall in Asimov's "Big Sun of Mercury" that they believed Mercury had one side continuously facing the sun...

[Wolfshead]

What did you think of Babylon 5?

Des

Love Babylon 5, have the DVDs tho I didn't get into it until I saw it in rerun a few years back and have never delved into the written canon. It was written for people who think and, for the most part, avoided cute which a lot of Sf shows have trouble doing. It had its flaws, usually caused by actors deciding to leave the show but the usually found a way to keep the continuity problems to a minimum. IMHO the best Sf series out there.

herb

[UncleDes]

Love Babylon 5, have the DVDs tho I didn't get into it until I saw it in rerun a few years back and have never delved into the written canon. It was written for people who think and, for the most part, avoided cute which a lot of Sf shows have trouble doing. It had its flaws, usually caused by actors deciding to leave the show but the usually found a way to keep the continuity problems to a minimum. IMHO the best Sf series out there.

herb

Agreed! Des

[Wolfshead]

Des,

One of the things I regret is that I came to B5 too late. I always liked the idea that JMS would get on the Net and actually answer questions about the show. After watching it there are a ton I would love to have asked but alas by then the run was done and he has moved on to other things. A site like this would be nice <G>

herb

[Governor of Rowe Island]

I seem to recall in Asimov's "Big Sun of Mercury" that they believed Mercury had one side continuously facing the sun...

I think I remember that too, Groakes.

Venus was always seemed a great place in the old SF stories. I always wanted to visit the one in Heinlein's 'Between Planets'. All steamy jungles and swamps. Stanley Weinbaum wrote of a similar version. Titan in 'The Sirens of Titan' is a temperate paradise (with a great view) - somewhat different from the reality!

[Wanderlust]

....in that V ruined my appetite for US Sci-Fi series for years.

Des

Sorry to re-start an old thread, but after reading through, this hit like a nail in the head.

Well, except for Dick and (yeah, the SF is debatable, to some) Vonnegut.

[Wanderlust]

Titan in 'The Sirens of Titan' is a temperate paradise (with a great view) - somewhat different from the reality!

Hey Guv', thanks for bringing me back to this one. I believe a re-read is in order.

“Rented a tent, a tent, a tent. Rented a tent, a tent, a tent.”