Post #1427934
2026-03-28 17:29 UTC
@kagan
Some alternatives takes other than from a white male vlogger milking The Algorithm:
https://ffrf.org/publications/day/andy-weir/
https://www.wired.com/story/social-nuance-of-artemis/
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/why-project-hail-mary-ignited-230056768.html
https://www.nae.edu/19579/31222/20054/311408/316925/The-Bridge-An-Interview-with-Andy-Weir
For me, Project Hail Mary is definitely in my top 5 SF books of my long life so far. His descriptions of Rocky's perspectives rival Up the Walls of the World by James Tiptree, Jr. His wielding the proximity to real science is in the same category as Charles Sheffield. I couldn't read it fast enough for wanting to know what happened next.
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@AlsoPaisleyCat@tenforward.social 2026-03-29 01:52
@CynthesisToday If your definition of real science hasn’t progressed beyond an undergraduate degree in the 1980s — well then, sure, I guess. Science fiction can and should include speculative and fictional science. If I want mid 20th century physics, I’ll go back to reading actual physicists from the era like Gregory Benford. @kagan