Then as it turns out, a current tech challenge in astronomy concerning gravitational waves, is to parse them through a detector analogous to a prism, to break these waves up into component parts, not unlike a gravitational rainbow.

So it turns out to be not just a poetic flight of fancy, it may describe something that might actually exist. The Universe is always stranger and more wondrous that we can imagine at any given point in time.

[–] Atrichum@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm working through it right now and it has been a real slog. Although it's gotten easier around 1/3 of the way through.

[–] perestroika@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I shall not mention "Feersum Endjinn" ¹ to them, because it exists and might hurt people. Oops.

¹ Iain M. Banks was in a funny mood. :)

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck that fucking book. Fucking love Banks, but fuck him for that fucking mind ripping thing.

[–] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

"A screaming comes across the sky..."

Oh yeah, this is gonna be good!

"bananas [...] bananas [...] bananas [...] bananas [...]"

WTF?

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Any Pynchon really. Or David Foster Wallace