Talk:Inconstant Moon

Feb. 17 rewrite

Both the collection, and the short-story itself are featured. Happy editing! Gardener of Geda | Message Me.... 22:33, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

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Spoilers?

Most of the synopses are very vague, the obvious reason being that the writer does not want to give away the surprise endings. Can't they write "SPOILER" on top and then explain what the stories are really about?

The summary for "Death by Ecstasy" should note that the the story was reprinted in "Tales of Gil the Arm", which in turn was expanded into "Crashlander". It is part of the Known Space series having to do with "the organ banks crisis". CharlesTheBold (talk) 03:30, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes we should include actual story detail, not vague teasers. But no, we should not use a "Spoilers" tag, this is an encyclopedia not a review site. People come here looking for details, not to work out whether they should read the story. (Plot summaries have always been contentious on Wikipedia. They smell too much like original research, but how can an article be encyclopedic without them. Consensus over the years seems to be to provide a straight factual synopsis, whereas teaser language is seen as "unencyclopedic".) -- PaulxSA (talk) 19:14, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

One Face: No means of going elsewhere?

Although Hogan's Goat no longer has a functioning FTL drive ("Jumper"), it is well able to reach relativistic speeds with its remaining drive, hence could reach other star systems within the lifespan of the passengers. Strac Astrophysics's objection is that all other stars and planets within reach will be equally senescent and useless, so he might as well think big and try to re-spin the Earth. It's amusing that the objection is not that the drive isn't up to it, but that the Earth might not take the strain. :D Captain Pedant (talk) 20:35, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

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