(urth) Hard SF

[David Stockhoff]

Yes, I agree. Science realism is after all impossible, if you are 
proposing scientific impossibilities such as FTL.

On 11/28/2012 8:56 PM, António Pedro Marques wrote:
> I think I've said this a number of times but, for me, 'hard sf' is 
> that where the workings of science itself are a major driver of the 
> plot. Little to do with being science-'realistic', except as an almost 
> necessary implication. In that regard, Wolfe's work is not hard sf.
>
> No dia 28/11/2012, às 22:55, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net 
> <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>> escreveu:
>
>> That is, the "medium" of physics-driven fiction is not the message, 
>> which is the case with true hard SF. Wolfe works hard to reconcile 
>> myth with physical plausibility to make a story "work." You can see 
>> the tension between them, but he never abandons one for the other.
>>
>> On 11/28/2012 12:04 PM, DAVID STOCKHOFF wrote:
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