Comments for Skulls in the Stars http://skullsinthestars.com The intersection of physics, optics, history and pulp fiction Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Weird science facts, February 1 — February 7 by Torbjörn Larsson, OM http://skullsinthestars.com/2012/02/08/weird-science-facts-february-1-february-7/#comment-12930 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:09 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.com/?p=6024#comment-12930 I didn’t know this, but Humason got a honorary doctorate here [Sweden], at Lund University. Seems he was much appreciated!

]]> Comment on “The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds”, by Manly and Wade Wellman by skullsinthestars http://skullsinthestars.com/2012/02/05/the-further-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-the-war-of-the-worlds-by-manly-and-wade-wellman/#comment-12922 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:21:43 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.com/?p=6016#comment-12922 Yes, I’ve read both of them — in fact, I mention Shadows Over Baker Street at the beginning of the post! :)

Thanks for the suggestions!

]]> Comment on Relativity: Measuring the speed of light by Ep. 228: Giovanni Cassini | Astronomy Cast http://skullsinthestars.com/2008/03/21/relativity-measuring-the-speed-of-light/#comment-12921 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:33:53 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.wordpress.com/?p=267#comment-12921 [...] Speed of Light Mountaintop experiment – Skulls of Stars [...]

]]> Comment on “The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds”, by Manly and Wade Wellman by skullsinthestars http://skullsinthestars.com/2012/02/05/the-further-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-the-war-of-the-worlds-by-manly-and-wade-wellman/#comment-12918 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:20:38 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.com/?p=6016#comment-12918 Whoops- did I write zombies? I’ll fix it in the morning. Damn zombies are apparently infiltrating my brain.

]]> Comment on “The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds”, by Manly and Wade Wellman by Simplicio http://skullsinthestars.com/2012/02/05/the-further-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-the-war-of-the-worlds-by-manly-and-wade-wellman/#comment-12917 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:04:55 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.com/?p=6016#comment-12917 Nitpick: I never made it past the second instalment, but at least the first Underworld film was vampire v werewolves, with not a zombie in sight.

]]> Comment on “The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds”, by Manly and Wade Wellman by Damon Diehl http://skullsinthestars.com/2012/02/05/the-further-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-the-war-of-the-worlds-by-manly-and-wade-wellman/#comment-12916 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:45:54 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.com/?p=6016#comment-12916 The second volume of Alan Moore’s League of Extraordinary Gentlement is a wonderful mashup of War of the Worlds with almost EVERYTHING. I highly recommend it. Also if you haven’t read the inspired Lovecraft/Doyle-inspired collection Shadows Over Baker Street, you’re in for a treat, especially Neil Gaiman’s “Study in Emerald.”

]]> Comment on “The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds”, by Manly and Wade Wellman by skullsinthestars http://skullsinthestars.com/2012/02/05/the-further-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-the-war-of-the-worlds-by-manly-and-wade-wellman/#comment-12915 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:19:21 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.com/?p=6016#comment-12915 Interesting! It turns out there is a whole series of “Further Adventures” in print now, with Holmes clashing with pretty much every conceivable villain.

]]> Comment on “The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds”, by Manly and Wade Wellman by Blake Stacey http://skullsinthestars.com/2012/02/05/the-further-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-the-war-of-the-worlds-by-manly-and-wade-wellman/#comment-12914 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:18:36 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.com/?p=6016#comment-12914 The third Holmes novel by Meyer is a mashup. To spoil the central conceit, though not the resolution: Holmes’ adversary during his time in Paris — while the world thought him dead after his confrontation with Moriarty — is none other than the Phantom of the Opera!

]]> Comment on “The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The War of the Worlds”, by Manly and Wade Wellman by Blake Stacey http://skullsinthestars.com/2012/02/05/the-further-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-the-war-of-the-worlds-by-manly-and-wade-wellman/#comment-12913 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:14:06 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.com/?p=6016#comment-12913 It’s funny that Wade and Manly’s Watson slams Wells as “a boon companion” of Shaw. In Nicholas Meyer’s The West End Horror, Holmes investigates the murder of a venemous theatre critic and blackmailer, a crime brought to his attention by his friend, fellow-eccentric and Wagner aficionado…George Bernard Shaw!

The West End Horror is the second of three Holmes pastiches by Meyer, the first and most well-known being The Seven Per Cent Solution. All three are solidly entertaining — what I think of as “comfort food” fiction.

]]> Comment on 1813: Faraday learns about the politics of science by zitterbewegung http://skullsinthestars.com/2012/02/04/1813-faraday-learns/#comment-12909 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:51:45 +0000 http://skullsinthestars.com/?p=6008#comment-12909 Smaller group makes sense (and no doubt adds to your sanity).
Makes me glad I ultimately went into financial math, a pure perversion of applied science!

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