Biology in Science Fiction

Great tidbits today, thanks! Afternoon reading sor...

2012-06-02T01:42:20.538-07:00

Great tidbits today, thanks! Afternoon reading sorted:)

As a godzillasaurs, its great size may be the prod...

2012-05-29T18:24:17.073-07:00

As a godzillasaurs, its great size may be the product of several factors.
1)Deep Sea Giantism.
2).Heart's two main functions,pulmonary and systemic circulation.
3).With out restrict armour, he could grow to a enormous size.

I agree with you about Robert Sawyer, both that he...

2012-05-19T16:21:29.401-07:00

I agree with you about Robert Sawyer, both that he seems to look at SF-related issues from different angles and that he has a positive attitude.

Larry Niven just seemed too obvious a choice to me, which doesn't mean he would be a bad selection, just not an interesting one to discuss. And unfortunately Arthur C. Clarke missed his chance to meet extraterrestrials in this life.

I tend to think that genetic engineering will be a...

2012-05-19T14:38:56.540-07:00

I tend to think that genetic engineering will be an overall positive development. Sure, we might develop supermen and super soldiers and such, but a much more likely outcome will be the elimination of all of the genetic disorders that plague our species. I also believe that it is a science that will not stopped by anyone or anything. It doesn't take the resources of an atomic bomb or space

I would choose several of my favorites, including ...

2012-05-19T14:33:34.180-07:00

I would choose several of my favorites, including Robert Sawyer, Charles Stross, John Ringo and Tanya Huff. Robert because he is so good at looking at different perspectives and has a positive attitude. Charles because he is utterly brilliant and would probably see things that others wouldn't. John because he has a military perspective and a suspicious mind. And Tanya because she would

Wouldn't it be better to suggest someone who w...

2012-05-16T14:42:22.974-07:00

Wouldn't it be better to suggest someone who wouldn't be very tasty, so the aliens decide we aren't worth munching on?

My immediate thought was, "Which of my writer...

2012-05-16T10:17:46.077-07:00

My immediate thought was, "Which of my writer friends is the most edible?" Which means I'd probably be a terrible choice.

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2012-05-07T01:25:07.733-07:00

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Interesting idea on that Kindle book about offerin...

2012-05-03T11:06:09.913-07:00

Interesting idea on that Kindle book about offering the author's inspiration behind the story. Last year I published my own science fiction novel "Archimedes' Claw". It deals mainly with anti-gravity and time travel. Perhaps I could write about my inspiration on my blog or as a guest post. Thanks for the thought!

Wow. I love how close minded most people are. &quo...

2012-05-03T02:49:13.235-07:00

Wow. I love how close minded most people are. "Chariots of the Gods" isn't a scientific account with proofs and explanations. It's a book full of questions. He is only asking that you open your mind and assume alternate possibilities. I swear, anything that gives a human being the opportunity to be self-righteous...

Very amazing post Biology in science fiction. Than...

2012-04-10T08:12:54.515-07:00

Very amazing post Biology in science fiction. Thanks for sharing this post.

I think you're right that ERB's Barsoom wa...

2012-03-31T16:16:46.861-07:00

I think you're right that ERB's Barsoom was meant to be a fantastic setting for romantic adventures. But that doesn't mean ERB's settings weren't influenced by news in the real world.

Regarding growing chicken meat in vats: my understanding is that muscle fibers don't really grow the same way without electrical stimulation, which means that vat meat has a weird

My novel The Scorpion, set in 2045, uses cloning a...

2012-03-31T15:54:08.324-07:00

My novel The Scorpion, set in 2045, uses cloning and rapid growth to adulthood to allow the antagonist, an uploaded terrorist, to penetrate security around a number of installations. Will such a technology be perfected by then? Don't know, but we seem to develop some technologies well before predicted, while others don't develop much at all. I do believe there is a biological and

Of course Star Trek was different in this respect,...

2012-03-31T15:39:45.704-07:00

Of course Star Trek was different in this respect, even though almost all the aliens were played by human actors, at least until they had better CGI. There were black Klingons (Worf being the best example) and a black Vulcan in Voyager. But then Roddenberry pioneered the color blind society of the future, despite calls from the business as usual people who tried to make him change his crew of

Very good post. A lot of people forget just how i...

2012-03-31T15:28:37.612-07:00

Very good post. A lot of people forget just how imaginative ERB was. I don't think he ever really believed that Mars was as he wrote. He just developed a good playground and went to work in it. I remember reading that novel as a child, as the descriptions of the tissue vats were really creepy. Now I use something similar in my own pieces of fiction, though not for the sinister purposes

Great post, very informative. I can't believe...

2012-03-25T11:27:21.953-07:00

Great post, very informative. I can't believe I've never heard of the jellyfish. Also, immortal humans would be scary.

Amazing and unbelievable! So the key to immortalit...

2012-03-25T05:36:05.812-07:00

Amazing and unbelievable! So the key to immortality lies in jelly fish!Nothing fishy about it!

An autolyitc,suicidal mechanism has also been sugg...

2012-03-22T05:25:17.831-07:00

An autolyitc,suicidal mechanism has also been suggested which come into action as soon as a laboratory made organism escapes and enters the environment....
An useful update!

Every time I have a chance to see or read somethin...

2012-03-10T13:28:54.743-08:00

Every time I have a chance to see or read something about jumping spiders, it really excites me because for me they are one of the best species in the world. I am glad to find your post and I really enjoyed reading your post. :)

Kendall Evans & I wrote a long poem a few year...

2012-03-01T12:28:51.862-08:00

Kendall Evans & I wrote a long poem a few years back in which we posited that there's life on Enceladus. Not quite a novel, though.

The plant might very well die during exposure. A f...

2012-02-22T20:03:11.042-08:00

The plant might very well die during exposure. A few minutes later, it appears visibly more yellow and loses a leaf when jostled. However, the captain doesn't know this and, mere hours later, they are all back on Earth, where a crane shot at the end shows hundreds of additional plants growing.

Whether it lived or died, the plant becomes the reason the ship returns to Earth, which

I usually don’t leave remarks at blogs, but your p...

2012-02-21T23:05:01.739-08:00

I usually don’t leave remarks at blogs, but your post inspired me to comment on your blog. Thank you for sharing!

Sometimes I think too much time :)

2012-02-20T18:43:16.008-08:00

Sometimes I think too much time :)

I often wonder Peggy how much labor you put into y...

2012-02-20T07:40:56.030-08:00

I often wonder Peggy how much labor you put into your blog to make it worth reading!
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2012-02-15T01:27:37.960-08:00

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