Sujet : Re: Resurrection of a venerable SF trope - Planet 4.5
De : (at) *nospam* ednolan (ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 02. Jul 2024, 23:09:14
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In article <
slrnv88p19.290k.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>,
Christian Weisgerber <
naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
On 2024-07-02, Ted Nolan <tednolan> <ted@loft.tnolan.com> wrote:
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So, there really *was* a planet 4.5, between Mars and Jupiter.
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An old tool in the SF authors toolbox can be used again.
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It's not that old. Hogan used it. Crap that was 1977. Ok, it's old.
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_Perry Rhodan_ used it before that (#265, 1966).
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Edmond Hamilton used it even earlier in the Captain Future story
_The Lost World of Time_ (1941).
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Oh sure, I'm aware of lots of "older" uses, but in my mind Hogan is
a recent author.
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Resurrection of a venerable SF trope - Planet 4.5
Re: Resurrection of a venerable SF trope - Planet 4.5