THE PERIODIC TABLE OF SCIENCE FICTION. [Import] [Hardcover]

Michael (SIGNED) Introduction by Theodore W. Gray. SWANWICK (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 300 pages
• Publisher: PS (2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904619002
• ISBN-13: 978-1904619000
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,387,818 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not Free SF Reader, September 27, 2007

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Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" (Legion clubhouse) - See all my reviews

This is an immense undertaking, and to pull it off requires some considerable level of talent. Going by his other stories, Swanwick has this. However, 118 vignettes, or short-shorts or whatever you want to call theme, and keeping it entertaining? Even harder.

Rating this is a little different I suppose, as generally it is very unlikely that you get a 4.5 or 5 for such a piece, could happen, but didn't here. To average 3.32 over 118 pieces by one author at such short length is very impressive.

However, you get some scientific background in chemistry, and a lot of amusement, from sf to superhero in this collection.

Reading and rating them is a long enough task, writing them is a mind boggling feat to contemplate. Bonus points for audacity and verve I think.

A genre for everyone here even if you don't want to read them all. Well worth having a look at online.

Symbol given in the list, actual name of the element with the rating to include both.

Periodic Table : H - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : He - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Li - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Be - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : B - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : C - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : N - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : O - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : F - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ne - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Na - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Mg - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Al - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Si - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : P - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : S - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Cl - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ar - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : K - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ca - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Sc - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ti - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : V - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Cr - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Mn - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Fe - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Co - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ni - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Cu - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Zn - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ga - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ge - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : As - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Se - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Br - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Kr - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Rb - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Sr - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Y - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Zr - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Nb - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Mo - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Tc - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ru - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Rh - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Pd - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ag - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Cd - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : In - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Sn - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Sb - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Te - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : I - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Xe - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Cs - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ba - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : La - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ce - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Pr - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Nd - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Pm - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Sm - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Eu - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Gd - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Tb - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Dy - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ho - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Er - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Tm - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Yb - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Lu - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Hf - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ta - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : W - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Re - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Os - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ir - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Pt - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Au - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Hg - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Tl - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Pb - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Bi - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Po - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : At - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Rn - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Fr - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ra - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ac - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Th - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Pa - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : U - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Np - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Pu - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Am - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Cm - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Bk - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Cf - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Es - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Fm - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Md - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : No - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Lr - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Rf - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Db - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Sg - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Bh - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Hs - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Mt - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Ds - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Uuu - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Uub - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Uut - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Uuq - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Uup - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Uuh - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Uus - Michael Swanwick
Periodic Table : Uuo - Michael Swanwick

Hydrogen

Flaming zeppelin time.

3.5


Helium

Jane Carter is reluctantly a chip off the old Dejah Thoris block.

4


Lithium

Bipolar god boo-hoo.

3.5


Beryllium

Paydirt.

3.5


Boron

Making a donkey out of yourself.

3


Carbon

Physically gross.

3.5


Nitrogen

Elf night stuff.

3


Oxygen

Breathers are cute.

3.5


Fluorine

Toothpaste nanovirus.

3


Neon

D*vil Vegas.

4


Sodium

Pickle power.

3.5


Magnesium

Space Force firing performance needs junk food.

4


Aluminum

Tinfoil hat precision.

3.5


Silicon

Retroform man.

3


Phosphorus

Story hoarding.

3


Sulfur

Vitriol rankings.

3


Chlorine

Pool life creation removal.

4


Argon

Weakness detection elf kill error.

3.5


Potassium

Banana longevity transformation, you ape.

3.5


Calcium

Atrocity archive materials.

3.5


Scandium

Accidental claim discovery.

3


Titanium

Mech mash style.

3.5


Vanadium

Chicken feed element.

3


Chromium

Top down pursuit.

3


Manganese

Drawing expedition.

2.5


Iron

Bikie war reserve.

3.5


Cobalt

Elementary obsolescence.

4


Nickel

No longer scarce.

3


Copper

Asteroid magnet.

3.5


Zinc

Weapon suspicions.

4


Gallium

Monk AI's pirate mirror meltdown.

4


Germanium

Gerrymandered?

2.5


Arsenic

N*croph*l*ac lengths.

3.5


Selenium

Cavorite career-ender.

3.5


Bromine

Handy analogy.

3


Krypton

Superspoof complications.

3


Rubidium

Negotiating leeway extreme.

4


Strontium

FF, Spider-Man, Flash, the Atom and the X-Men are all really Strontium Dogs.

4


Yttrium

Word hide.

2.5


Zirconium

Virtual Blacksox.

3.5


Niobium

Boasting outlook rocky.

3.5


Molybdenum

Missile putoff.

3


Technetium

Nova swing.

3.5


Ruthenium

Tough place stories.

3


Rhodium

Second place is torture.

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