XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us   
      
   Robert Carnegie wrote:   
      
   > In article  >, Tim Bruening  writes   
   > >Spoilers for "Voices" the first Babylon 5 novel, written by John   
   > >Vornholt:   
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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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   > Well, we know that this is when Mars has been industrialised, so   
   > presumably they have global warming...   
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   > Not buying it?   
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   > We also know, at the end of season four, what happens to the   
   > Sun - okay, probably not relevant. ;-)   
      
   The sun didn't explode until 1 million years later!  The episode you are   
   referring to is set in the far future and has a far future guy reviewing B5   
   history.   
      
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