Re: [ReacTor] "Bad Books", and the Readers That Love Them

Robert Woodward  <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:

In article <slrnv252ci.17f0.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>,
Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
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On 2024-04-15, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
 

"Bad Books", and the Readers That Love Them
Inexplicably not titled "Why I Own Most of Hal Clement's Novels."
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https://reactormag.com/bad-books-and-the-readers-that-love-them/

 
| Sometimes readers simply want ripping adventure stories inspired by
| the unusual behavior of water at 374 C under a pressure of 218
| atmospheres.[3]
 
_Close to Critical_, I guess?  It's been too long, I don't recall
anything about it.
 
"Unusual", of course, is betraying your biased viewpoint.  Everybody
knows that water is... a rock.

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Ahem, a gas - see _Ice World_.

Water is a liquid except under very unusual circumstances.  I know there are
places like "Buffalo" and "Michigan" where water can be seen in solid form
but this is not normal and not to be encountered under conditions capable of
supporting human life.  Also it is ruins perfectly good whisky.  Beware at
all times of solid water.
--scott

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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."