tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post114930208326522192..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: Alastair cracks a jokeZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-1149888391186981382006-06-09T14:26:00.000-07:002006-06-09T14:26:00.000-07:00The classic in this genre is probably the first ed...The classic in this genre is probably the first edition of Larry Niven's <I>Ringworld</I>, in which the rotation of the earth is wrong. When I get a chance to reread H. Ridger Haggard's <I>King Solomon's Mines</I> I'll double-check on my vague recollection that full moons occur with unlikely frequency during Alan Quatermain's trek through Africa.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of moons, I recall hearing the tale of one of my parents' cousins. When she arrived in California on her first trip from the Old Country (Europe), she said, "Oh, my goodness! You have a moon here that looks just like the one back home!"Zenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-1149887715884682282006-06-09T14:15:00.000-07:002006-06-09T14:15:00.000-07:00I have what I think is a worse SF mix up. Vernor ...I have what I think is a worse SF mix up. Vernor Vinge in Grimm's world has a moon that is only visible from the southern hemisphere... That's some interesting (and impossible) planetary geometry going on there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com