Re: c^2 award
- From: Samuel Proulx <samuel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:46:05 -0500
In article <1132431836.673971.49830@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
gwsmith@xxxxxxxxx says...
> Who was it who invented the idea that the speed of light squared was a
> velocity? I think they should be given an award, for invention of a
> classic bogus sf idea. And surely people can think of other things
> which need awards, and know who thought of them first. These should not
> be bogosities like time machines, but outright lunacy like the c^2
> velocity idea.
Are we counting star wars and star trek books, or are they excluded
because they're based on tv and this is, after all, rec.arts.sf.written?
I'm sure you could generate entire lists from those two alone. Maybe
they're just too easy. I've heard long and obscure arguments trying to
exclude both of the above from sf entirely.
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Samuel Proulx
http://www.interfree.ca
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