Geoff Wedig wrote:
> 
> Ben Birdsey <cla### [at] mailcom> wrote:
> 
> Sometimes you just gotta ask : Where did all that flame come from?
> 
> Doesn't everyone know that all space ships are filled with gasoline,
> even the crew compartments?  And all control panels are rigged to
> explode with showers of sparks too.

Which you can read about on the Grand List of Overused Science Fiction
Cliches, which I maintain at:

  http://users4.50megs.com/enphilistor/cliche.htm

Both of these are listed in section four of the document.

Regards,
John

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