Articles Tagged with science fiction

The limits of the eye

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Ordering the planets

There are some things that the naked eye just can’t do.

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Degrees of difficulty

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Impossible, inevitable and in between

Some actions in science fiction are much more difficult than others.

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Historical fiction (II)

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Parallel genres

We continue a comparison with science fiction.

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Historical fiction (I)

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Getting old things right

We note some similarities between genres: SF and HF.

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On orbits

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Curves in space

Things are different out there.

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Old science fiction

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The trouble with predictions

It didn’t happen that way, but we enjoy the stories in spite of that.

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Destroying the world (almost)

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Science to serve the plot

We comment on a science-fiction novel in progress.

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The narrative imperative

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Telling the story

We notice that novel-writing and movie-making are different from Physics and History.

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The danger of the best

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Unexpected effects of good reading

Some books don’t seem quite as good as we remember.

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A village in space

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Interstellar genetics

A recent paper contemplates a very long voyage.

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