From September 2009? Or was there a more recent one?Mr. Oragahn wrote:Completely off topic: did you receive my PM? :)2046 wrote:Warp drive, hyperdrive . . . oh for an FTL drive that doesn't move at the speed of plot!
See, that's what I'm talking about. I don't necessarily want so-called hard sci-fi, where it's exclusively based on extrapolations from modern tech. That's okay and all as gedankenexperiments, but the most insightful sci-fi actually plays around with the rules a little . . . and dare I say, often ends up more accurate in regards to the future's possibilities.Praeothmin wrote:The Improbable Drive from "The Hitchikers' Guide to the Galaxy"...2046 wrote:Warp drive, hyperdrive . . . oh for an FTL drive that doesn't move at the speed of plot!
Its speed determines the Plot, not the other way around... :)
So while I don't mind a little whimsy with my sci-fi, I am more demanding in regards to its continuity. If its internal mechanics don't work, then it is not a sci-fi universe but instead an anthology series set in similar but distinct universe settings.
That sucks.
Of course, that's why I generally don't like a lot of what's out there. Hollywood types, as a rule, have very little idea how to really make plausible realities.