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  • Re: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CThe_Best_Science_Fiction_Books_with_Gas_Gi

    From Scott Lurndal@21:1/5 to Robert Carnegie on Fri Dec 22 14:32:53 2023
    Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> writes:
    On Thursday 21 December 2023 at 20:13:44 UTC, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    =E2=80=9CThe Best Science Fiction Books with Gas Giants=E2=80=9D by Dan L= >ivingston=20
    =20
    https://best-sci-fi-books.com/the-best-science-fiction-books-with-gas-gia= >nts/=20

    "This book doesn't have a gas giant in it"

    Dan fulfils my negative expectation, though I was=20
    hoping for very tall people with digestive concerns.
    I think there's a scene in Roald Dahl's _The BFG_.

    I think Star Wars "A New Hope" and "Return of the Jedi"
    use moons of gas giant planets as settings. The gas=20
    giants are mostly irrelevant - I think one of them is=20
    between the Death Star and the good guys for a while.
    And of course in "The Empire Strike Back",=20
    Lando Calrissian is running a gas station on one.

    Jupiter plays a large role in the first part of _Cities in Flight_.

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to Scott Lurndal on Fri Dec 22 14:34:02 2023
    In article <p6hhN.9197$STLe.3199@fx34.iad>,
    Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
    Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> writes:
    On Thursday 21 December 2023 at 20:13:44 UTC, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    =E2=80=9CThe Best Science Fiction Books with Gas Giants=E2=80=9D by Dan L= >>ivingston=20
    =20
    https://best-sci-fi-books.com/the-best-science-fiction-books-with-gas-gia= >>nts/=20

    "This book doesn't have a gas giant in it"

    Dan fulfils my negative expectation, though I was=20
    hoping for very tall people with digestive concerns.
    I think there's a scene in Roald Dahl's _The BFG_.

    I think Star Wars "A New Hope" and "Return of the Jedi"
    use moons of gas giant planets as settings. The gas=20
    giants are mostly irrelevant - I think one of them is=20
    between the Death Star and the good guys for a while.
    And of course in "The Empire Strike Back",=20
    Lando Calrissian is running a gas station on one.

    Jupiter plays a large role in the first part of _Cities in Flight_.

    Not to mention _City_.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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