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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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Subject: Re: Resurrection of a venerable SF trope - Planet 4.5
Date: 2 Jul 2024 22:09:14 GMT
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In article <slrnv88p19.290k.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>,
Christian Weisgerber  <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
>On 2024-07-02, Ted Nolan <tednolan> <ted@loft.tnolan.com> wrote:
>
>>>So, there really *was* a planet 4.5, between Mars and Jupiter.
>>>
>>>An old tool in the SF authors toolbox can be used again.
>>
>> It's not that old.  Hogan used it.  Crap that was 1977.  Ok, it's old.
>
>_Perry Rhodan_ used it before that (#265, 1966).
>
>Edmond Hamilton used it even earlier in the Captain Future story
>_The Lost World of Time_ (1941).
>

Oh sure, I'm aware of lots of "older" uses, but in my mind Hogan is
a recent author.
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