@RUTGERS.ARPA:redford%doctor.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (01/11/85)
From: redford%doctor.DEC@decwrl.ARPA The movie about a chunk of the Earth splitting off while our heros watch from a half a mile away is "A Crack in the World". The premise is that scientists try to tap the geothermal energy at the Earth's core by setting off a nuclear explosion deep, deep underground. The blast triggers a fault line that starts propagating around the world. Get this, though, they think that if a crack goes all the way around the Earth it will break apart. They think that the Earth is held together by its crust the way an egg is held by its shell. Nitwits. Aside from that the movie was fairly well made. John Redford
spector@acf4.UUCP (David HM Spector) (01/17/85)
SOunds like a take-off of "TrueNames" by Vernor Vinge. Dave