tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post2660009390597865763..comments2024-03-28T14:56:04.846-07:00Comments on Biology in Science Fiction: Chemistry vs. Biology in Science FictionPeggy Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-59995588829003616192007-06-06T11:37:00.000-07:002007-06-06T11:37:00.000-07:00andrew: thanks for stopping by! I am not at all fa...andrew: thanks for stopping by! I am not at all familiar with Chinese science fiction. I guess it does not get translated into English very often. <BR/><BR/>I don't think that chemistry has to be just practical, though. A really creative writer with a chemistry bent could make it the center of the story.<BR/><BR/>I did a little Googling, and it turns out that the American Chemical Society held a Peggy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-50757108493519462602007-06-06T11:22:00.000-07:002007-06-06T11:22:00.000-07:00jason: That should definitely count. What is flubb...jason: That should definitely count. What is flubber if not a chemical.<BR/><BR/>dawno: That is really cool. I love it.Peggy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-71914746086357870252007-06-06T11:16:00.000-07:002007-06-06T11:16:00.000-07:00meika: you're right, all that nanotech is chemistr...meika: you're right, all that nanotech is chemistry. But they are often used in the same way as genetics: a plot device not based on any real science. <BR/><BR/>I like your poetic description of organic molecules.Peggy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-74111404407778342182007-06-06T09:44:00.000-07:002007-06-06T09:44:00.000-07:00In fact, I have access to foreign Sci-Fi works onl...In fact, I have access to foreign Sci-Fi works only through translated versions on a Chinese monthly Sci-Fi magazine, which mainly chooses short stories. So I was only talking about the situation in Chinese Sci-Fi. I'm not forcing sci-fi to based on chemistry because the nature of this science is so practical that one can hardly derive any imagination into a whole story. And I should be proud 孙尉翔https://www.blogger.com/profile/17432584076018329729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-55386328312212054352007-06-06T08:09:00.000-07:002007-06-06T08:09:00.000-07:00Michael Swanwick did a marvelous series of very sh...Michael Swanwick did a marvelous series of very short stories on SciFi.com called <A HREF="http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/periodictable.html" REL="nofollow">"Periodic Table of Science Fiction"</A>. There's a standard periodic table posted and you click an element to read the story. They're marvelous. I may just go tell Andrew about it as you suggest!ohdawnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01995493308490806364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-12920603329857863992007-06-06T05:24:00.000-07:002007-06-06T05:24:00.000-07:00The Absent Minded Professor?<A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054594/" REL="nofollow">The Absent Minded Professor</A>?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-19897377778375397542007-06-06T04:03:00.000-07:002007-06-06T04:03:00.000-07:00all that nanotech is chemistry, just very well des...all that nanotech is chemistry, just very well designed, and those formulae as near magical macguffins pop up a lot, and it does occur in patches of purple prose (pdf link):-<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://meika.loofs-samorzewski.com/pdf/beforecountry-meika.pdf" REL="nofollow">.smithmind’s clear eye homed in on the parent chemicals the wisp held, and saw isoprenes united in threes .the terpenes as meikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890962242664851062noreply@blogger.com