Re: xkcd: Sun Avoidance

On 28 Dec 2024 23:06:52 GMT, Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com> wrote:

On 2024-12-27, Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 27 Dec 2024 19:53:15 +1300, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
wrote:
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On 2024-12-27 06:03:24 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

On 12/26/2024 3:57 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

In article <vkkf06$34sri$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

xkcd: Sun Avoidance
https://www.xkcd.com/3029/
 
?The comic shows the end of a table of human missions, both terrestrial
and space-based, ranked by how far they stayed away from the Sun.?
 
?This comic was posted the day after December 24, 2024, when the Parker
Solar Probe made its closest approach to the Sun. As a result, it has
set a new record for the worst failure in solar avoidance. This mission
needs to be really close to the Sun so it can make close-up analysis of
its corona and magnetic field. It has been engineered with special solar
shields to protect it from the extreme heat and radiation.?
 
Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3029:_Sun_Avoidance
 
Lynn

 
"North," murmured the captain. "North."

 
What book is that ?  Please it is not a book about a whale.
 
Lynn

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Mr Google says it is Ray Bradbury's "The Golden Apples of the Sun",
which is an anthology of 22 short stories, so I don't know which story
it is from.

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Apparently, my copy only has 18 (it is paired with /R is for Rocket
in, IIRF, a TPB).
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I would have researched these pretty fanatically to ensure they had
the same stories as the originals, I think. But I don't appear to have
saved the results, and I suppose I could have missed something.
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Sadly, it's been so long since I read them that I can't tell from the
titles which one it was.
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Hummm ... possible reading material for my upcoming jury duty? I have
several of these, IIRC. If I actually get onto the jury they might
make the two week (approximately) trial more pleasant.

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Interesting. My (standalone) copy has 22 stories; I wonder which were
dropped (or perhaps they were already reprinted in _R is for Rocket_.)
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In any case, I'm sure the story in question was not dropped. As Ted
Nolan said, it's in the actual title story "The Golden Apples of the
Sun", which Google may have been referencing.

Oh no, both title stories are present.

As to the missing four ... close, but no cigar
Hail and Farewell S Is for Space
Invisible Boy S Is for Space
A Sound of Thunder R Is for Rocket
The Pedestrian S Is for Space
I do have /S Is for Space/ as well, so I have all 22 stories.

Putting two books together like this is, I suppose, one way to make
rather small books look larger and/or justify the price. I have CDs
(mostly 60s folk groups) that have (the songs of) two LPs on them
(grouped by the LP they belong to, and in the original order) for, I
suspect, much the same reason.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"