Talk:Planetary series

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The Invention of the atomic blast, as well as the Half-dozen moon trips belong before "A martian Odyssey", which belongs third on the chronology. I will change it now for the sake of accuracy. Also, on page 208 of Interplanetary Odysseys, it states that the red peri takes place 150 years after the year 1930, so this also should be changed.67.189.233.146 21:50, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The chronology etc. of Flight on Titan doesn't fit in very well with the other stories, and dates mentioned in it should possibly be omitted from the timeline, or marked in some way to show that they are out of sync with the rest of the stories. It gives a different date to the gold crash of 2110 (which as described seems to be the same event as the collapse of the Planetary Trading Corporation), and changes the names of the first man on the moon and other details mentioned in A Martian Odyssey Most notably, the footnote to Parasite Planet seems to imply that there are already colonies on Venus in 2020. I think that this is a case of an author trying to remember what he wrote in earlier stories and getting it slightly wrong. --Marcus Rowland (talk) 10:04, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Forgot to say that I'm working on a Planetary Series RPG and in general the Wikipedia articles on it have been very helpful, for which many thanks - But I think that the chronology of Flight on Titan causes all sorts of complications if taken literally, so I'm ignoring it for game purposes! --Marcus Rowland (talk) 10:08, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another problem with Flight on Titan; it's supposed to be set later than the other stories, but describes the discovery of the remains of a Titanian civilization that is mentioned in The Lotus Eaters. Marcus Rowland (talk) 20:31, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is correct -- The Lotus Eaters (and The Mad Moon, which refers to the Titanian threadworm, which is first sighted in Flight in Titan) has to take place prior to Flight. Also, the wording of the fifth paragraph of the story implies that the 2030 development of the "Hocken rocket" and the subsequent flights to the Moon, Mars, and Venus happened in fairly short order, and that Venus had not been visited previously.

So the 2030 date might be out by a few decades; but the 2142 date is clearly out by about a century. If the "Young" who first explored Titan is the same as the Young who visited Uranus in 2060 (according to The Planet of Doubt) then it should be mid-21st century, at the time of a Saturnian eclipse of the Sun (from the point of view of Titan) -- such eclipses happened in 2024, 2038, 2054, 2068 and 2083.RandomCritic (talk) 14:17, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Weinbaum RPG[edit]

Just to let everyone know that Planets of Peril, the Weinbaum RPG, has been sent out to registered users and will be on line from 20th December 2010, along with a LOT of Weinbaum's SF, everything that isn't in European copyright. I'll post the address once it's on line. Thanks again for making the Weinbaum entries so detailed, it's been immensely helpful. Marcus Rowland (talk) 23:46, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Weinbaum RPG is now on line at http://www.forgottenfutures.com/game/ff11 - I haven't linked to it since there doesn't seem to be a section for derivative works. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.6.107.93 (talk) 11:07, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]