(urth) Problematic element in chronology
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
danldo at gmail.com
Wed Jun 1 09:59:51 PDT 2011
Gerry Quinn wrote:
> Of course Vernor Vinge made radical speculations abuout the speed of light
> as a function of distance from the centre of the galaxy in _A Fire Upon The
> Deep_, and nobody called him on the astrophysics. But that's because it's
> science fiction, not science. We don't need to nitpick such issues, IMO.
You haven't hung around with SF fans very much, I take it.
Let me assure you that if there is any scientific wonkiness in an SF
story, there will be someone (quite possibly someone with Asperger's
Syndrome*) who will jump up at the author's next convention apperance
and whine, "But it doesn't _work_ that way!"
* Not that I'm denigrating those with AS; I have a nephew and many
friends at varying points on the autism spectrum.
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
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