Re: The NEW hard science fiction


Sea Wasp wrote:
David.Paterson@xxxxxxxx wrote:

5. Ability to predict more than a year into the future

Define. I can predict several years into the future that, for
instance, the Earth will be orbiting the Sun.

For any given year, I predict that my beloved Phillies will not win the
World Series. History shows that I have a 121 in 122 chance of being
right.

6. Post apocalypse without microcomputers

Whaaaa? I have NO idea what you are saying here.

My guess is that the idea is of a book written before microcomputers
with an apocalypse set a few years down the road. This is really just
a variation of events catching up with science fiction. We can discuss
whether or not the writer dropped the ball by failing to predict
microcomputers, but that seems a different discussion.

Richard R. Hershberger

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