tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337555368793819627.post4265637976029348138..comments2023-06-07T09:04:36.390-04:00Comments on More Grumbine Science: Science fiction and scienceRobert Grumbinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10783453972811796911noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337555368793819627.post-58304141879182187842008-12-01T09:55:00.000-05:002008-12-01T09:55:00.000-05:00Thanks Hank. I'd forgotten about Ray's article. ...Thanks Hank. I'd forgotten about Ray's article. A fun bit, and surprising for the fact that most of the stories were ones I hadn't read. Readers who haven't read the article yet, I encourage to do so.<BR/><BR/>DuWayne: I run mostly to older authors, Asimov, Clarke, Bradbury, then Niven (minus Pournelle), Zelazny, Ellison. Anthony I prefer for his fantasy to his science fiction. Herbert I like, but mostly for non-Dune. (Well, skip the follow ons. The first book is good.) John Brunner. ... <BR/><BR/>Some SF, in addition to what Pierrehumbert mentioned, of some weather/climate relevance:<BR/>Mission of Gravity, and Iceworld, by Hal Clement<BR/>The Sheep Look Up, John Brunner<BR/>Hmm. <BR/>early morning and titles aren't coming to mind quickly.<BR/><BR/><BR/>A fact commonly gotten wrong even by 'hard' SF writers: Tides are an inverse cube force, not an inverse square.Robert Grumbinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10783453972811796911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337555368793819627.post-77032453685266151212008-11-28T16:32:00.000-05:002008-11-28T16:32:00.000-05:00I rather gravitated to this post, as I have very l...I rather gravitated to this post, as I have very little time at the moment and am a pretty hardcore scifi geek.<BR/><BR/>I am more of a Niven, Pournell, Asimov, Piers Anthony preference, though by no means so limited. But my absolute favorite author - of scifi and fiction in general (though he runs neck and neck with Aldous Huxely) is Frank Herbert.<BR/><BR/>And my love of scifi definitely translated into my love for science....DuWayne Braytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04074683871047219790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337555368793819627.post-30922090634595700942008-11-26T19:51:00.000-05:002008-11-26T19:51:00.000-05:00Yay for the topic.Pierrehumbert RT 2005: Science F...Yay for the topic.<BR/><BR/>Pierrehumbert RT 2005: Science Fiction Atmospheres. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 86, 696-698....<BR/>http://geosci.uchicago.edu/~rtp1/papers/publist.htmlHank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.com