The New Apocalypse
Here’s a new way to spark your end-of-the-world novel. According to Bad Astronomy, the star Eta Carinae could go supernova at any time. Of course, if I were to write an apocalypse novel, I’d probably get everybody good and scared, have them run around like crazy chickens, then end it with a near miss, with nothing more than pretty fireworks.
I also enjoyed the iron response in the comments, posted by AstroGeek. It got me thinking about fairies, and iron, and a modern scientific basis for their weakness. All fun stuff to contemplate.
Hi Suanne;
Thanks for the kind words. I love SciFi, specifically *good* SciFi (that has at least a good grounding in the ‘Science’ part, and doesn’t egregiously violate known laws of physics).
Hopefully someday I’ll see your name on the NY Times best seller’s list.
Good luck, and clear skies!
Bill.
Thanks, Bill. I’m with you on the Sci Fi thing. Just as fantasy is better when a believable world has been created, sci fi is much better when the science makes *sense*.