Re: (ReacTor) Defining Our Terms: What Do We Mean by "Hard SF"?

On 05/08/2024 13.51, Scott Lurndal wrote:

"Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> writes:

On 05/08/2024 11.09, James Nicoll wrote:

Defining Our Terms: What Do We Mean by "Hard SF"?

When I say "Hard SF", I mean "a story in which the science, be it right or
wrong, is important to the story. Thus, the Lensmen novels are hard SF, since inertialess travel, the sunbeam, and passage of Lundmark's Nebula through
the Milky Way having formed the planets of said galaxies, are all important
to the stories. This is so even though we know that none of those are
valid.

 Smith just got the name of the nebula incorrect, it was really the
Sagittarious galaxy.
 https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia/Five_fascinating_Gaia_revelations_about_the_Milky_Way

  Interesting article, but if it says that the formation of planets in the
Milky Way was caused by the Sagittarius Galaxy passing through, I can't
find it.
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Michael F. Stemper
Deuteronomy 10:18-19