(urth) Hard SF

[DAVID STOCKHOFF]

Exactly. And there's a related subgenre of space opera one could call "(military) hardware porn," where the science is totally made up but the technology is lovingly described. I don't know any names, but I've flipped through a few at my local library. OK, there's post- Ringworld Jerry Pournelle . . .




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> From: Daniel Petersen <danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com>
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>David Stockhoff, you're first paragraph made me 'LOL' as they say (in spite of its wrong Robinson).
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>David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net> wrote:  
>'If the story always comes first, the result can't ever be hard SF.'
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>That would explain why I still haven't found any I enjoy reading.
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