Re: [Big Hair Big Guns] High Frontier by Lt. General Daniel O. Graham

On Sat, 16 Nov 2024 19:28:05 -0000 (UTC), Christian Weisgerber
<naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:

On 2024-11-16, Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
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Technothriller?

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This particular example may not do so, but a lot of these can also be
regarded as near-future SF because they use "tech" which doesn't exist
yet. Sometimes in action, sometimes as the MacGuffin.

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In particular, it's _one_ piece of future tech in what is otherwise
the present.

Generally, yes. Particularly if its a MacGuffin. Or theoretical.

Nonetheless, if the tech doesn't exist, the story is nudged toward
being SF (at the time it comes out, of course).
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Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"