![]() ![]() ![]() Why they named a planet after this guy, I can't imagine. ![]() Lovecraft. "Mercury was the god of flowers and bouquets, which is why today he is a registered trademark of FTD florists. Here is the complete collection of fiction by H. In the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes," Calvin and his classmate Susie give a presentation about Mercury, in which Calvin's contribution is full of questionable information: "The planet Mercury was named after a Roman god with winged feet," says Calvin. And in the 2007 film "Sunshine," the Icarus II spacecraft goes into orbit around Mercury to rendezvous with the Icarus I. In the animated television show "Invader Zim," Mercury is turned into a prototype giant spaceship by the extinct Martians. Television and film writers, too, have found the planet an ideal location for storytelling. Reading Length provides a calculation for the word count of this book. Scores of science fiction writers have been inspired by Mercury, including Isaac Asimov, C. Lovecraft (Chartwell Classics) has 1112 pages. The smallest planet in our solar system has a big presence in our collective imagination. ![]()
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