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This comment section full of plutonian chemistry and sketchy rocketry is the perfect place to mention Charles Stross' A Tall Tail [0], a short sci-fi story cove
by revolvingocelot 5y ago
This comment section full of plutonian chemistry and sketchy rocketry is the perfect place to mention Charles Stross' A Tall Tail [0], a short sci-fi story covering both.
[0] https://www.tor.com/2012/07/20/a-tall-tail/ https://www.tor.com/2012/07/20/a-tall-tail/
- AceJohnny2 5y agoGee! A cstross short story I haven't read!? christmas is early this year
- AceJohnny2 5y agoLOL, now that I've read it, I'm pretty sure Derek's blog inspired Charlie to write this story (that, or the common denominator of reading "Ignition!"). It's a great cstross "what-if" story :D
- revolvingocelot 5y agoI reread it myself earlier today, and intemperately page-down'd into the comments... where I found Derek himself!! He wrote >Hah! Glad to see my “Things I Won’t Work With” series wrapped up with a nice conspiratorial bow on top. (I have to say, though, I never would have brought FOOF and dimethyl mercury together; you have a weird mind, which is a compliment you’ve probably heard before).
- AceJohnny2 5y agoIt's useful to know that, before he was a successful writer, and before he was a programmer for proto-online-banking in the first Dot-Com Boom, Mr Stross was a pharmacist. I'm sure that comment from Derek Lowe was high praise to him!