Re: Jump Fuel (was Re: [TML] Instant city) Andrew Long 12 Feb 2016 22:42 UTC

On 12 Feb 2016, at 19:15, Craig Berry wrote:
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> Some fiction is "harder" than other fiction. I don't mind new science or even magic if they are internally consistent within the story. The problems start when you can easily see implications of science or magic that would completely upend the world in which they appear, but the story doesn't seem aware of that; or when they lead to obvious logical paradoxes.
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> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 10:19 AM, <xxxxxx@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello Kelly St. Clair,
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> I have to agree to a certain extent, however since when does fiction always pass the common sense test.
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> Tom R

Fiction should *always* pass the "common sense" test. It's *real life* that often doesn't do so.

Regards, Andy

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