Dan Chimes In...and really hates 'Science Fantasy'
Hello, my name's Dan, I'm the manager here at Star Clipper, and I would like to welcome all of you to my little part of the Star Clipper blog.
If any of you read our old staff quotes page you probably already know what kind of stuff to expect out of my postings, but for those of you who didn't, I would like to give you an idea of what is to come. Mostly I will be posting reviews of books, movies, some TV shows, and the like. But also expect the occasional rant on some off the wall topic, I think this is one of those.
I'm a big sci-fi fan, so expect it to be heavy on that, but focusing on science fiction, not science fantasy. If you don't know the difference, shame on you. Science fiction is fiction based on actual explainable science, while science fantasy is not. It's the difference between "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Star Trek". It's the difference between spending years traveling to others stars and warp drive. Or space ships with rotating crew sections and artifical gravity. I mean, some one please explain this to me, how many times have we seen the heroes "transport" into a derelict ship, where there is no power, life support is barely functional (if at all), but somehow there is still gravity. I mean sh*t, if I was stuck in a dying spacecraft and I had to shut off all non-essential systems, you can bet your ass the gravity would be gone long before communications or heat. Hell, that would be first. "Shut it down! Shut it all down!" And, for that matter, how does it work? Is there just one big gravity generator at the bottom of the ship? If so, why isn't the gravity stronger as you get closer to it? Isn't that how gravity works? The closer you get to the source, the more it increases. If that's not how they're doing it, do they have some sort of gravity web in the flooring? If so, can they be directed? They would have to be, otherwise you would have to have really tall ceilings. Think about it, you're walking along the corridor, gravity web humming away beneath your feet, while at the same time the web on the next floor up is pulling you into the ceiling. There are two possible outcomes to this. One, the two webs negate each other, and you float between the two. And in that case, why f*** do you have them in the first place? This is really the preferred outcome as the second one just rips you in half and smears your carcass all over the place. Not very pretty. Of course they could be really low power webs, which in that case all your blood would end up in your feet, which would much heavy then normal anyway. I wouldn't recommend wearing steel toed boots in this case. Or shoes of any sort really, maybe some flip-flops if you're feeling spry.
Now I'll be watching this space, so if any of you can find a way to explain this, with REAL science, I welcome it. In the meantime head on over to Playback and read my review of one the best comics on the shelves these days.
-Dan
If any of you read our old staff quotes page you probably already know what kind of stuff to expect out of my postings, but for those of you who didn't, I would like to give you an idea of what is to come. Mostly I will be posting reviews of books, movies, some TV shows, and the like. But also expect the occasional rant on some off the wall topic, I think this is one of those.
I'm a big sci-fi fan, so expect it to be heavy on that, but focusing on science fiction, not science fantasy. If you don't know the difference, shame on you. Science fiction is fiction based on actual explainable science, while science fantasy is not. It's the difference between "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Star Trek". It's the difference between spending years traveling to others stars and warp drive. Or space ships with rotating crew sections and artifical gravity. I mean, some one please explain this to me, how many times have we seen the heroes "transport" into a derelict ship, where there is no power, life support is barely functional (if at all), but somehow there is still gravity. I mean sh*t, if I was stuck in a dying spacecraft and I had to shut off all non-essential systems, you can bet your ass the gravity would be gone long before communications or heat. Hell, that would be first. "Shut it down! Shut it all down!" And, for that matter, how does it work? Is there just one big gravity generator at the bottom of the ship? If so, why isn't the gravity stronger as you get closer to it? Isn't that how gravity works? The closer you get to the source, the more it increases. If that's not how they're doing it, do they have some sort of gravity web in the flooring? If so, can they be directed? They would have to be, otherwise you would have to have really tall ceilings. Think about it, you're walking along the corridor, gravity web humming away beneath your feet, while at the same time the web on the next floor up is pulling you into the ceiling. There are two possible outcomes to this. One, the two webs negate each other, and you float between the two. And in that case, why f*** do you have them in the first place? This is really the preferred outcome as the second one just rips you in half and smears your carcass all over the place. Not very pretty. Of course they could be really low power webs, which in that case all your blood would end up in your feet, which would much heavy then normal anyway. I wouldn't recommend wearing steel toed boots in this case. Or shoes of any sort really, maybe some flip-flops if you're feeling spry.
Now I'll be watching this space, so if any of you can find a way to explain this, with REAL science, I welcome it. In the meantime head on over to Playback and read my review of one the best comics on the shelves these days.
-Dan
posted by Star Clipper at Tuesday, February 07, 2006
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