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   > tsbrueni@dcn.davis.ca.us (Tim Bruening) wrote in message   
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   > > Spoilers for "Voices" the first Babylon 5 novel, written   
   by John   
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   > > In this novel Talia Winters is framed for bombing a Psi   
   Corps convention   
   > > on Babylon 5.  At the beginning of this book, Harriman   
   Grey (a military   
   > > telepath) disembarks on Mars, and a computer voice   
   announces that the   
   > > temperature is 201 Celcius (393.8F) and that the   
   expected high would be   
   > > 274 C (525.2F).  On page 9, there is a reference to   
   200-degree heat,   
   > > which dashed my notion that Vornholt had gotten Celcius   
   and Kevin   
   > > confused.  Later in the book, the temperature on Mars   
   rose to 379 C   
   > > (714.2F!).  Do you have any theories on how Mars could   
   get so hot?  I   
   > > thought Mars was supposed to be below freezing.   
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   > What is happening here is that Vornholt has mixed Mercury   
   and Mars   
   > (not a big deal, both begin with an M, after all...), and   
   no one with   
   > even a semi-literacy in science read the book before   
   publication.   
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   > It's a pretty bad book anyway.   
      
   Not as bad as #5.  I haven't read #6 or #8 yet, but I hear   
   #8 is among the worst.   
      
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