From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:06:45 -0500, Tony Nance    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >An article I just ran across   
   >https://bigthink.com/books/science-fiction-mars/   
   >   
   >Titled   
   >"Science fiction blinded us to the perils of settling Mars"   
   >   
   >With an immediate by-line of:   
   >"Science fiction romanticized Mars as a place of adventure and future    
   >settlement; science tells a very different story."   
   >   
   >In which the author and his main source tell us that Science Fiction has    
   >Mars all wrong.   
      
   Back when James Bond movies actually /were/ James Bond movies (ie,   
   before the reboot), every time one came out there would be articles   
   telling us that James Bond is not a spy.   
      
   Well, of course he isn't. He's the cleaner. He's the cure to whatever   
   situation M puts him in, whatever it takes.   
      
   /From Paris with Love/, OTOH, features a similar agent, but one who   
   gathers "intel" as well.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)