Latest Mercury in fiction Stories

High gas prices, the need for alternate-energy sources, even global warming are tiny blips next to the problem encountered in the intriguing but ultimately unsatisfying sci-fi tale "Sunshine," in which our friend Mr. Sun runs out of fuel.From director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland, the team behind the horror mini-hit "28 Days Later,""Sunshine" recounts the bleak saga of a spaceship crew on a mission to recharge the sun, whose imminent death has cast...