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I'll go out on a limb and say that I liked the book more than some of you seem to have. And, in fact, I thought the end had some of the best stuff: when some prices have to be paid (physically and morally).

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Heroe's at least had Claire multilating herself in various amusing ways, but apart from that not much.

Xmen just babble, but nothing.

4400, again, nothing.

I get the fact that real science is too slow to make a good story out of, but that shouldnt stop the charecters in the story being curious.

I can fly?! Do I exert a force downwards? Is it somehow magnetic based? If I block gravitons, can things very nearme float too? etc.

I stretch myself...what do I look like under x-ray? does everything stretch preportional? Or do I turn to an Odo-like mush? Does my density stay uniform?

I can turn invisible? What If I eat something after? (ok, memmoirs of the invisible man covered this).

I think not only would the charecters being curious to how their abilitys work make the storys more realistic, but it would also help inspire the writters to think more completely about the implications and possible negative side effects of abilitys.

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