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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Peregrinus: [QB] Well, I've had the physics of Superman book for a while now, and the author of that one treats the subject seriously. He looks at what scenarios would have produced a world like Krypton, a race like the Kryptonians, and how the difference in suns/planets would allow for something like Superman to happen. Then there are the Star Trek and Star Wars versions, that are very bad. The only redeeming part of the Star Wars book is the chapter on hyperspace. She spends the whole chapter on lightsabers trying to figure out how to get a laser beam to self-terminate a meter from the hilt. GNAAAARR!!! Repeat after me: Lightsabers are NOT optical phenomena. Yeesh. The Star Trek one does exactly what you say. That's not what I'm looking for. I'm looking for one that looks at what might possibly allow for what we see on the show, without falling back on our stone knives and bearskins. Ironically, I much prefer William Fucking Shatner's "I'm Working on That". THAT book treats the subject seriously. If it's a treatise on contemporary science, then don't use a flawed understanding of Treknology as a springboard. That's just insulting... --Jonah [/QB][/QUOTE]
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