1/ Many people have described my novels as "hard science fiction", which I find slightly odd. I fudged things, like energy storage density in gyroscopic batteries, etc. I started out having dates in the novel, but removed them because was too lazy to check all the orbits.
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2/ So in my mind, even though I calculated things like space suit usage duration based on potassium superoxide CO2 scrubbing, and kinetic energy from gravel boats, because I skipped some other calculations I didn't earn the "hard" adjective.
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3/ But I think that has happened is that the ground has shifted under my feet. It used to be that you needed a PhD in physics to really nail the "hard SF" thing.
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4/ ...but in these latter fallen days, everything has gotten crappier, and as long as you don't have a magical bondage lasso that makes people tell the truth, you can claim to be hard SF.
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You read any of
@gregeganSF books? Probably the most detailed, hard sci-fi of all time, publishing today.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
Agreed, great stuff
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