Comments on: Two weeks to Doomsday… reading

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:21:52 +0000

Paul A. -

I’m guessing Phil disusses Coronal Mass Ejections somewhere in the book, as they can cause extreme intensifications of the local solar wind. (Wasn’t a huge section of the Canadian power grid taken out by one of these some time in the late 80s?). Or, it could be that he discusses the fact that, eventually, the Earth will be destroyed by the sun (or, at best, rendered utterly uninhabitable).

Or both.

Still, it’s a nice H-alpha image of the sun.

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Galactic tentacles of DOOM | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:37:30 +0000

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By: Paul A.

Paul A. — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:32:17 +0000

Why is the sun on the cover? I thought the sun was our friend. Did you want something big and red and threatening looking?

By: The Chemist

The Chemist — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:26:26 +0000

Tsk, tsk, Phil. In your impatience, you forgot to read where it said, “This pouch is resealable.”

Wasting a perfectly good pouch, *Grumble* *Grumble*

Seriously though, I’m totally getting a copy when it comes out. I just hope you’ll swing around Atlanta sometime soon so I can get a autograph.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:02:15 +0000

You NEED to come to Sweden and promote the book so I can get a signed copy of it
I guess that will be difficult for you so I, as everyone else, already pre-ordered mine!

By: Chris Owen

Chris Owen — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:44:50 +0000

Already pre-ordered mine. So, no chance of a signing down here in Brisbane, Australia? Goooo onnnnn, you know you want to.

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Pining for the Amazon « Mindshark — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:51:35 +0000

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