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Comment of the Day: The Tradeoff Between Science and Story

Posted on the 15 October 2013 by Garry Rogers @Garry_Rogers

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Comment of the Day: The Tradeoff Between Science and Story

In today’s comments we fretted over the definition of average, oohed and aahed over some DIY costume skills, and (with the help of Gravity’s science advisor) teased out the precise intersection of science and story-telling.
Garry Rogers‘s insight:

When the science is inaccurate the story is no longer science fiction.  It becomes fantasy.  That’s fine, but even fantasy has rules.  Departure from accuracy without new rules can get you bad reviews.

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