Once you are real, you cannot be unreal ever again.
If you don't already have it, you should probably stock How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming (http://www.amazon.com/How-Killed-Pluto-Why-Coming/dp/0385531087) by Mike Brown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Brown), the man who had the most at stake with Pluto's status. For a book about the practice of astronomy, it's hysterical, what with side trips into the mating and reproduction habits of your common astro-nerd. (Parenthood-related exhaustion nearly made him pour kitty litter into the detergent tray, for example.) Oh, and there's some stuff about exactly how dull astronomers can make the fate of a planet, though Brown somehow makes it interesting.
Pluto: The Velveteen Planet
If you don't already have it, you should probably stock How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming (http://www.amazon.com/How-Killed-Pluto-Why-Coming/dp/0385531087) by Mike Brown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Brown), the man who had the most at stake with Pluto's status. For a book about the practice of astronomy, it's hysterical, what with side trips into the mating and reproduction habits of your common astro-nerd. (Parenthood-related exhaustion nearly made him pour kitty litter into the detergent tray, for example.) Oh, and there's some stuff about exactly how dull astronomers can make the fate of a planet, though Brown somehow makes it interesting.