Why

Apr. 27th, 2009 10:35 am
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Do SF authors make up new elements? The elements don't seem to be in Seaborg's island of stability, either.

Actually, what I really mean is why would the sort of person who can't be bothered to look at a table of elements or think about the general decline in half-lives as atomic mass increases past a certain point bother with SF? What's the attraction for them?

island of stability

Date: 2009-04-27 10:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mmcirvin.livejournal.com
My personal favorite is the "Vampires must count dropped mustard seeds" compulsion.

ONE! ah ha ha ha ha... TWO! ah ha ha ha ha ha... *thunder*

Date: 2009-04-27 11:38 pm (UTC)
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I am learning all kinds of things from the comments on this posting.

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