"Non-atomic" works but not "atomic scale."

When do we see Bruce's Bat-tricycle? Or maybe a Bat Big-wheel like I had as a kid.

I wasn't really complaining, just trying to put the discovery in perspective for another commentator. I actually get a little antsy with the term "subatomic particle." That kind of implies that you cracked open an atom and found it. That works for protons, neutrons, electrons, and pions (well, sort of) but not for…

These types of particles are really just incredibly rare bound states of quarks. In a sense they are kind of similar to element 118 and other artificially produced elements. They are unlikely to play a significant role in any natural process.

Makes as much sense as 'quark' :)

It's worth pointing out that Asimov wrote three more Foundation books after the ones you discussed. Foundation and Earth is pretty much a direct sequel to Foundation's Edge, picking right up where it left off. Then there are two prequels, Prelude to Foundation and Forward the Foundation. The latter is, I believe, the…

The 'truth' and 'beauty' quarks are other names for the top and bottom quarks, respectively. I don't think the terms are very common, though; I can't recall hearing them very much in my experience as a physicist. If I remember, those names are more commonly used among European physicists, but even then, I believe less…

Finishing off an Algernon Blackwood collection, specifically the novella Sand.

Like others, I gave up on this partway through. It was interesting enough at first, but just kind of became ham-fisted. I don't see what the relevance is for a modern reader.

If you think too hard about it, the status of the narrator in many written works of fiction doesn't make much sense. YMMV, but I think it's often better to just roll with it.

I'd like Constantine to work out, and maybe get darker as it goes on. Even if it doesn't improve much, I'll hang in there. I'm worried that it might not last long, although I don't have any idea of its ratings.

Well, "better storytelling" is a matter of taste, anyway, so I wasn't trying to say you were wrong, just expressing my opinion on my reading experience. That said, we'll see how the TV show pans out.

Having been totally floored by that comic, I don't really see how anything else would be better storytelling.

Thank you for your comment. I'm well-versed in the basics of electromagnetism, so most of this is not news to me. It's not that I was unaware that the electromagnetic field can carry momentum (linear or angular) but just that I had never heard of these particular solutions. For example, you won't find the phrase…

I had no idea until I read your comment, then I got it right away. "Be literal-minded" is a pretty good clue here without really giving it away.

The scale of it is just insane. It's a Rube Goldberg device that takes a 1000 years to play out.

I think it would work better as a TV series, myself. It's a real ensemble work; there are too many characters and complex relationships to shoe-horn into a single movie. The Avengers only works as an ensemble piece because there were several previous films to set up the characters. We're not gonna get 5 Runaways…

Nice. I suppose that is volume 2 of the saga.

Turns out G.O.D. had a glitch.

Werewolf pairs well with red wine.