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Author
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Ian
Wallace |
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Title
Index
M |
Megalomania |
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| Year |
1989 |
| Publisher |
Daw
Books Inc |
| ISBN |
0886773512 |
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Synopsis
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A
galactic jet of
destruction was
the force Dino
Trigg had chosen
to take revenge on
his mentor Croyd,
the leader of Sol
Galaxy.
Trigg, Croyd's
first minister and
the natural heir
to hid power,
first sought to
oust Croyd by
controlling the
outcome of the
galactic
elections.
But his unique
talents for mental
persuasion could
not hope to match
the abilities of
his master, and
Croyd easily won
re-election.
Deprived of
what he considered
his rightful
position, Trigg
swore he'd have
his revenge, not
only upon Croyd
but upon all the
civilized
worlds. His
doomsday weapon
would be the
Magellanic Clouds,
which he would use
to form a new
galaxy. And
this very act of
creation would
serve as the
catalyst to
release a deadly
stream of energy
aimed right for
the heart of Sol
galaxy! |
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Review
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Megalomania
is the remarkable
story of two
godlike beings,
Croyd - Chairman
of Sol Galaxy, and
Dino Trigg - First
Minister of Sol
Galaxy, and the
struggle that
ensues when Trigg,
failing to oust
Croyd from the
Chairmanship of
Sol Galaxy,
launches a cosmic
vendetta against
him. |
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Credit:
NASA
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Berkeley
Pit:
Butte,
Montana
Mined
for gold,
silver,
and
copper,
the region
of Butte,
Montana,
had
already
earned the
nickname
of
"The
Richest
Hill on
Earth"
by the end
of the
19th
century.
Demand for
electricity
increased
demand for
copper so
much that
by World
War I, the
city of
Butte was
a
boomtown.
Well
before
World War
I,
however,
copper
mining had
spurred
the
creation
of an
intricate
complex of
underground
drains and
pumps to
lower the
groundwater
level and
continue
the
extraction
of copper.
Water
extracted
from the
mines was
so rich in
dissolved
copper
sulfate
that it
was also
"mined"
by
chemical
precipitation
for the
copper it
contained.
In 1955,
copper
mining in
the area
expanded
with the
opening of
the
Berkeley
Pit. The
mine took
advantage
of the
existing
subterranean
drainage
and pump
network to
lower
groundwater
until
1982, when
a new
owner
suspended
operations.
After the
pumps were
turned
off, water
from the
surrounding
rock basin
began
seeping
into the
pit. By
the time
an
astronaut
on the
International
Space
Station
took this
picture on
August 2,
2006,
water in
the pit
was more
than 275
meters
(900 feet)
deep.
This image
shows many
features
of the
mine
workings,
such as
the
terraced
levels and
access
roadways
of the
open mine
pits (gray
and tan
sculptured
surfaces).
A large
gray
tailings
pile of
waste rock
and an
adjacent
tailings
pond
appear to
the north
of the
Berkeley
Pit. Color
changes in
the
tailings
pond
result
primarily
from
changing
water
depth.
Because
its water
contains
high
concentrations
of metals
such as
copper and
zinc, the
Berkeley
Pit is
listed as
a federal
Superfund
site. |
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NASA
Image of
the day
archive |
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