Why one should not get one's geology from SF novels

As pointed out in email:

When the Earth formed, it was rich in heavy metals, but they sunk to the core as the planet cooled. As a result, most or all of the heavy metals mined on Earth are mined at impact sites—they came from space aboard asteroids.

(and it takes three comments for someone to mention precious, precious helium three)

FASS Writer's Workshop on Saturday, May 12th

Hi everybody!

This is a reminder that we will be holding a FASS Writer's Workshop on Saturday, May 12th at 1pm in Hagey Hall, room HH139. If you want to write for FASS, or are just vaguely curious where the script comes from, come join us for
FASS Writing 101 where Steve Hutton (Chief Scriptwriter FASS 1983,
President FASS 1985, lyricist for songs like I Am In Love / I Am A
Vulcan) will discuss how to create characters, story, jokes, songs, etc.
There will be opportunities for participation, but if you want to sit
quietly in the back and hope nobody notices you that's OK too :)

As well, a reminder to please send me your Wikispot user name so I can grant you
access to the new wiki for FASS 2013.

http://fass-2013.wikispot.org/

Thanks again!
Michael Omand

CSW 2013
FASS 2013 Writers' Wiki - If the world doesn't end first...
fass-2013.wikispot.org

The FASS Theatre Company is serious about having fun -- we're a live cartoon on stage! We've been entertaining UW with variety and musical comedy since 1962, making us UW's longest-operating amateur theatre group. While the most fun occurs in January when over 100 cast and crew rehearse and prepare the show just in time for February, you can join us in our social events all year round!

FASS stands for Faculty, Alumni, Staff and Students. We welcome anyone and everyone and each year we see new friendships created and old ones renewed. If we're not too busy laughing at ourselves in rehearsals, trading jokes at writers meetings or sharing donuts backstage, you'll probably find us going out to a movie or throwing a famous FASS Party!

Jet pack!

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Daughters of Prometheus

Daughters of Prometheus is a blog site dedicated to collating reviews (previously published and not) and links for women who write or have written science fiction in the 21st century. It is the direct descendant of Ian Sales’s extraordinary collection the SF Mistressworks.

As pointed out in email: who nukes whom?

I am going to put a cut in because I am not sure how large that image is.
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It would have been rather droll

To be t-boned by a racing ambulance and the police car behind it because they chose not to activate their sirens until the car I was in was too far out in the intersection to stop. But we had enough time to clear the intersection before they passed through it and so I do not have another car wreck to add to the list.