Herc-o-meter: Secrets of the Gods

Stay tuned for our book club’s discussion of The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman later tonight!

Meanwhile, today’s Herc-o-meter:

19,695 / 75,000 (25.0%)

And trivia: Mochi Monkey has it totally right again! Hercules had to take a king to court because he re-negged on promised cattle. Do you remember the name of the king who’s stables Hercules cleaned?

Finally, Herculean wisdom!

“They’re smart kids, your brother’s children,” said Nonna. “They were figuring it out without me. When they came to me with the majority of it figured out, I decided it was time to be honest with them.”

Adults should respect the intelligence of children as well.

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Book Club: The Accidental Time Machine

This month, The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman.

Here: Ian, Mark, Michele, Michelle, Tracy

Next Month: Tanya Huff’s Valor’s Choice

Let ‘er rip!

Mark: This is not his best work. This would have made a nice short story.

Tracy: For me this is a short story. I loved the book. I’m a physicist. I thought it was very accurate. I read it in about two days.

Catherine: Is this typical of hard SF?

Michele: Hard science is based on harder principals.

Ian: It’s all tell and no show.

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Originally published at Writer Tamago. You can comment here or there.