Re: Science-based fiction

In case Stefan hasn't confirmed by the time
I catch up, he is reading the anthology (per cover)
_Science Fiction by Scientists_ (2017) edited by
Michael Brotherton.  Much detail at:
<https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-41102-6>
"Upside the Head" by Marissa Lingen:
"A professional hockey team funds research into
concussion-induced brain damage, but the principal
investigator worries about reaching her patients
as people, not players."
Which reminds me somehow of:
<https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040107>
"Ah.  That whole 'quality of life' question.
I'm working *very* hard on that.  I'm getting
*much* better."
On 28/06/2025 17:18, James Nicoll wrote:

I read an interesting article from the CBC that said some publishers
are experimenting with wild new ideas like providing each story with
a title, and crediting specific authors. Is that communism?
  In article <fiction-20250628144512@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>,
Stefan Ram <ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:

  The seventh story was basically straight-up science fiction
  - like, real science-based fiction. The story came out in
  2017, but it takes place in the "future," meaning the first
  half of 2025, and it wraps up on June 10, 2025!
>
  It follows this doctor who's running a drug trial with hockey
  players dealing with brain injuries from the sport.
>
  There's nothing you'd call classic sci-fi here - no aliens, no wild
  side effects from the drug (so, no zombies or anything like that).
  Honestly, there weren't any big twists in this one, unless I missed
  something. You could say it kind of lets down anyone looking for
  the usual genre stuff, but it does give you a slice of how medical
  research actually goes down. If it weren't told from the doctor's
  point of view, it could almost be a feature in a newspaper.
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