Mercurian

Last year, Claudia had secured an exclusive contract for Mercurian saffron, and the spice had given his menu an advantage over the hydroponic dishes offered by his competition.

365 tomorrows » Kathy Kachelries : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010

The IAU specifies that geographic features can't be named for anyone who hasn't been dead for at least three years, and the last round of Mercurian naming came in 1985, when a lot of possible honorees — Cage, Copland, Bernstein, Feldman, Xenakis, Tippett, not to mention a whole host of jazz and rock composers — were still alive.

Archive 2008-09-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008

Mercurian geography initially followed suit; the planet's albedo features — the patterns of light and dark visible through a telescope — were mapped and thus named by the French astronomer Eugène Michel Antoniadi in the 1920s.

In the Lap of the Gods Matthew Guerrieri 2008

The IAU specifies that geographic features can't be named for anyone who hasn't been dead for at least three years, and the last round of Mercurian naming came in 1985, when a lot of possible honorees — Cage, Copland, Bernstein, Feldman, Xenakis, Tippett, not to mention a whole host of jazz and rock composers — were still alive.

In the Lap of the Gods Matthew Guerrieri 2008

I have tried my utmost to bestow my respect upon their position, but this whole “mass murderer” rhetoric is wearing about as thin as the Mercurian atmosphere.

2008 July 03 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

Mercurian geography initially followed suit; the planet's albedo features — the patterns of light and dark visible through a telescope — were mapped and thus named by the French astronomer Eugène Michel Antoniadi in the 1920s.

Archive 2008-09-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008

I have tried my utmost to bestow my respect upon their position, but this whole “mass murderer” rhetoric is wearing about as thin as the Mercurian atmosphere.

Morgentaler Maligned Into A Murderer « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

According to the fine print, the agent handling the purchase of your soul is a Mercurian.

seanan_mcguire: A few quick notes for the zombie fans. seanan_mcguire 2009

Last year, Claudia had secured an exclusive contract for Mercurian saffron, and the spice had given his menu an advantage over the hydroponic dishes offered by his competition.

365 tomorrows » 2007 » July : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007

On the platform facing the plaza there stood a group of Mercurian officials and with them were four terrestrials.

"Too Many Boards" by Harl Vincent, part 4 Johnny Pez 2009