This is not directly related to Traveller, but since the chat list doesn't exist any longer . . .

I'm currently re-reading H. Beam Piper's "Uller Uprising" and I'm curious: How accurate are the chemistry essays which form the book's introduction, which describe the rationale behind silicon-based alien life?

[If you haven;t read the book or it's been a while, it's out of copyright and available for free at www.gutenberg.org.]

Richard Aiken

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