Hard SF

DAVID STOCKHOFF · 29 Nov 2012, 18:41 · from 2012-November.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (DAVID STOCKHOFF)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:41:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: (urth) Hard SF
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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>
>To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net> 
>Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:34 AM
>Subject: Re: (urth) Hard SF
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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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