Comments on: Dan Brown’s antimatter bombs are nothing to worry about http://futurismic.com/2009/05/20/dan-browns-antimatter-bombs-are-nothing-to-worry-about/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jon http://futurismic.com/2009/05/20/dan-browns-antimatter-bombs-are-nothing-to-worry-about/comment-page-1/#comment-29376 jon Fri, 22 May 2009 08:59:44 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=7452#comment-29376 I'm disgusted to be the one defending Dan Brown and his multiple crimes against literature, but really -- SF is no fun if it doesn't stretch the truth. Warp drives? Sure! Time travel? Awesome! What bugs me most is that someone in possession of such an awesome weapon as an antimatter bomb would waste it on a lame target like the Vatican. The most powerful weapon against that institution is the passage of time itself. I’m disgusted to be the one defending Dan Brown and his multiple crimes against literature, but really — SF is no fun if it doesn’t stretch the truth. Warp drives? Sure! Time travel? Awesome!

What bugs me most is that someone in possession of such an awesome weapon as an antimatter bomb would waste it on a lame target like the Vatican. The most powerful weapon against that institution is the passage of time itself.

]]> By: Frank Glover http://futurismic.com/2009/05/20/dan-browns-antimatter-bombs-are-nothing-to-worry-about/comment-page-1/#comment-29096 Frank Glover Wed, 20 May 2009 16:16:32 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=7452#comment-29096 Damn, I'm only sorry that Dr. Robert Forward isn't still around to see this controversy... Damn, I’m only sorry that Dr. Robert Forward isn’t still around to see this controversy…

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