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lonelymountainson:
roachpatrol:
rainaramsay:
quasi-normalcy:
sumersprkl:
quasi-normalcy:
Of course, the real way to tell whether you’re in a Hard SF novel is if people keep providing you with unsolicited explanations of basic physics and everyday technology which you should, by rights, already know.
So every single woman is in a Hard SF novel is what you’re telling me
…You know, it’s occurred to me that this would actually be a very good way to do exposition in hard SF novels without needing anyone to break character.
#‘but of course teleportation technology based on quantum displacement is common now–’#‘I KNOW’#’–ever since they replaced the old SK-400s with the newly-discovered Mega Dilithium cores–“#‘I FUCKING KNOW THIS ALREADY MARK’
oh my god, sexist dudes aren’t mansplaining, they’re providing helpful exposition to your audience
“MARK. I INVENTED THE TECH BEHIND THE SK-400. MARK!”
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lonelymountainson:
roachpatrol:
rainaramsay:
quasi-normalcy:
sumersprkl:
quasi-normalcy:
Of course, the real way to tell whether you’re in a Hard SF novel is if people keep providing you with unsolicited explanations of basic physics and everyday technology which you should, by rights, already know.
So every single woman is in a Hard SF novel is what you’re telling me
…You know, it’s occurred to me that this would actually be a very good way to do exposition in hard SF novels without needing anyone to break character.
#‘but of course teleportation technology based on quantum displacement is common now–’#‘I KNOW’#’–ever since they replaced the old SK-400s with the newly-discovered Mega Dilithium cores–“#‘I FUCKING KNOW THIS ALREADY MARK’
oh my god, sexist dudes aren’t mansplaining, they’re providing helpful exposition to your audience
“MARK. I INVENTED THE TECH BEHIND THE SK-400. MARK!”
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