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2026-03-29 01:52 UTC

@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

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@CynthesisToday@sfba.social 2026-03-29 02:17

@AlsoPaisleyCat @kagan Goodness... why the insult? Sure you guess what? I'm not a scientist, but I am an engineer who reads research papers and PhD theses for the thrill since retiring from chemical process development. There is some amazing science happening with the application of the sciences of interconnectedness. Bear, Benford, and Brin, The Killer B's, all great SF writers. Tiptree (nom de plume of Alice Sheldon) had no science background, but wrote very imaginative speculative fiction. Sheffield was a mathematician and physicist. How wonderful to find writers like Weir who write as well as old school SF writers. I loved Ann Leckie's Ancillary Series (mid-2010s). Can you recommend some post-2020s hard SF writers?

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