The Periodic Table of Science Fiction

1 H Hydrogen 1.00 197 The Hindenburg Time agents like to rendezvous at famous disasters. It goes with the personality. They don't trust ...

2 He Helium 4.0026 Jane Carter of Mars Imagine having Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, for your great-grandmother! Her likeness, carved in ...

3 Li Lithium 6.941 Lithium for God God sits weeping in the corner. His seraphim gently try to coax Him (God can't be made do anything He...

4 Be Beryllium 9.0122 A Beryl as Big as the Ritz On the Gem Planet, the rarest and most valued of all substances is dirt. Just the scrapings...

5 B Boron 10.811 Francis, Child of Scorn Francis the Talking Mule awoke from a long and dreamless night to find himself part of a twenty-mul...

6 C Carbon 12.0115 They're Made of Carbon "They're made of carbon." "Ew!" "Linked to hydrogen and oxygen at...

7 N Nitrogen 14.0067 Nitrogen: An Introduction Nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gaseous element. It neither burns nor supports c...