New Venus
Cheers to Kris for the scientific facts about Venus. Unless, of course, he’s just making them up, in which case jeers to Kris for making up facts about Venus! This mini tells the story of how the inhabitants of Venus, many years ago, discovered technology, overreached in a big way, doomed their planet and set off to find another one to ruin. Um, populate. They all see it coming, but for a variety of reasons none of them want to do anything about it, so the survivors set off in search of a new world. Alas, their calculations are incorrect, and they end up heading straight for a world that is already populated. This is, granted, a very thin cover-up for a comic about global warming, but I did appreciate the fact that he showed that the utterly lethal conditions on Venus could be repeated here, given enough time and effort by our industries, and given a lack of any organized push back from anyone else. If you don’t believe global warming is happening you probably won’t like this book, then again if you don’t believe global warming is happening you probably have a full day already just trying to remember to inhale and exhale in the proper order to sustain your life. It’s a good story, maybe a touch preachy, but I think the eventual destruction of the planet is a good excuse to get a little preachy, don’t you? $1
