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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. José Camões Silva‏ @josecamoessilva 15 Apr 2021

      José Camões Silva Retweeted Karl K. Gallagher

      Highly recommended: interesting universe setup, good explanation why society is recognizable* despite tech change, good extrapolation of effect interaction human nature/tech. 🤓 *Technology, economy, culture, & society coevolve; scifi needs to deal w/ that. @KarlKGallagher does.https://twitter.com/KarlKGallagher/status/1382711170616872962 …

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      Karl K. Gallagher @KarlKGallagher
      Storm Between the Stars is a Finalist for the Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF. It's on sale now--check out this story of explorers contacting an empire which erases history and culture to control its people. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CR9C4K9/  #sales #Prometheus #scifibooks pic.twitter.com/djGvPdsFg1
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    2. José Camões Silva‏ @josecamoessilva 15 Apr 2021

      The failure to explain why technological advancement to conquer the Solar System replicated (regressed…) today's economics, society, & culture, is the main reason The Expanse IMNSHO isn't "hard" scifi despite getting inertia right. Good show, good stories, good characters, yes.

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    3. José Camões Silva‏ @josecamoessilva 15 Apr 2021

      Note the difference between @KarlKGallagher' Storm, where society is recognizable (but very different) and The Expanse, where it's basically the same (as the late 19th Century in some episodes). Think about the societal impact of: cars, smartphones, social media. 1/

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    4. José Camões Silva‏ @josecamoessilva 15 Apr 2021

      In order for a society in 100 to 1000 years to have recognizable elements other than basic human instincts (and that might be assuming too much…), there must be an explanation why that's so. Both Torchship Trilogy & Storm btw Stars have plausible reasons. The Expanse doesn't. 2/

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    5. José Camões Silva‏ @josecamoessilva 15 Apr 2021

      The Expanse is still fun to watch, balances action (fighting), story, & character dev well, gets a few things right (inertia; lightspeed delay —sometimes), and does depict some hitherto unchanged human characteristics well. Like the original MacGyver (bad science, good show) 3/

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    6. Karl K. Gallagher‏ @KarlKGallagher 15 Apr 2021
      Replying to @josecamoessilva

      There is a tension between "accurate extrapolation" and "not losing the audience." Take Belter Creole--with the time they've had to evolve and the mix of immigrants from the whole planet, that should be incomprehensible to someone only speaking English.

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    7. Karl K. Gallagher‏ @KarlKGallagher 15 Apr 2021
      Replying to @KarlKGallagher @josecamoessilva

      The more changes you add, the more readers you lose. Note that Storm Between the Stars visits a very different society--but the viewpoint characters are left vague, letting readers assume that "they're just like me."

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    8. Karl K. Gallagher‏ @KarlKGallagher 15 Apr 2021
      Replying to @KarlKGallagher @josecamoessilva

      I explore what the Fierans are really like in Between Home and Ruin, and there's more in upcoming books, but the readers are already over the initial hump so it's easier to add details.

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    9. José Camões Silva‏ @josecamoessilva 15 Apr 2021
      Replying to @KarlKGallagher

      Eagerly awaiting books 3, 4, 5,… 🤓🤓🤓 (Also Aristillus 3, 4,… hint, hint, @MorlockP 🤓🤓🤓)

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 15 Apr 2021
      Replying to @josecamoessilva @KarlKGallagher

      Hope to ship farm book within a few weeks, then back to Ari

      4:28 PM - 15 Apr 2021
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