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ToddZ Ⓥ

@nyrath @steaphan

Fascinating... this is making me want to re-read Mote, as I didn't recall this element of the story.

I did remember the term "Alderson Drive" though!

Apparently Dan Alderson appears in-world as the discoverer of the "Alderson force" that enables the interstellar drive:

fanon.fandom.com/wiki/Alderson

Fanon WikiAlderson DriveThe Alderson Drive is a device that enables instantaneous interstellar transportation in the CoDominium book series of science fiction novels by Jerry Pournelle. Traditionally there were four known forces in modern physics: two subnuclear forces responsible respectively for alpha and beta decay; electromagnetism, which includes light; and gravity. Eventually, scientists lead by physicist Dan Alderson at the California Institute of Technology detected a fifth force. This "Alderson force" is gener
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Paul Semel

In Mary G. Thompson's new science fiction novella "One Level Down," living in a digital world leads to a rather untenable situation for one young girl...who isn't a young girl at all. To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
paulsemel.com/exclusive-interv
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Paul Semel
In Mary G. Thompson's new science fiction novella "One Level Down," living in a digital world leads to a rather untenable situation for one young girl...who isn't a young girl at all. To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-one-level-down-author-mary-g-thompson/
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In Mary G. Thompson's new science fiction novella "One Level Down," living in a digital world leads to a rather untenable situation for one young girl...who isn't a young girl at all. To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
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ToddZ Ⓥ

@stefan

I'm always a little surprised when an actor who convincingly delivers dialogue that's at least coherent in-world later regards it as incomprehensible mumbo-jumbo.

But they're doing a job, and they're just being good at it. I shouldn't expect actors to be as invested in the logic and canon of the story they're in as *I* am...

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Author Steaphan Kay

In SciFi great ship tech, what is the general lore behind why shields start at 100% and lower when confronted with any type of weapon or physical blow? Most shields deflect objects (not electrify/torch them) in SciFi. This infers more of a mag field or gravity. If that were so, a mag field wouldn't weaken when a non-mag force is applied.

It's fiction...I know...but so many ships have been needlessly blown up.

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Liminal Fiction

Today's backlist feature: Flawless:

"A fully developed sci-fi story, “Flawless” has everything I want in a novel except the length. It doesn’t feel skimpy, and it lacks nothing... So, it manages to be funny and touching and weird all at the same time, a surprisingly comforting vision of a sci-fi future. 5 stars." --Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild

jscottcoatsworth.com/book/flaw

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