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{{quote|''Mind you, anything written by [[E. E. "Doc" Smith|Doc Smith]] tends to be rather light on plausibility. You know what "hard science fiction" is, right? Well, Smith's work is so soft it squishes.''|'''Ward''', rec.games.[[Frp/gurps]], 5/1/2002}}
{{quote|''Mind you, anything written by [[E. E. "Doc" Smith|Doc Smith]] tends to be rather light on plausibility. You know what "hard science fiction" is, right? Well, Smith's work is so soft it squishes.''
|'''Ward''', rec.games.[[Frp/gurps]], 5/1/2002}}


{{quote|''Soft SF says "the Go Fast Now drive works because I pressed that red button". Hard SF takes the time to explain things in enough detail that the reader can work for themselves why it is the drive can't possibly work that way.''|'''[http://beatonna.livejournal.com/125341.html?thread=8965789#t8965789 James Nicoll]'''}}
{{quote|''Soft SF says "the Go Fast Now drive works because I pressed that red button". Hard SF takes the time to explain things in enough detail that the reader can work for themselves why it is the drive can't possibly work that way.''
|'''[http://beatonna.livejournal.com/125341.html?thread=8965789#t8965789 James Nicoll]'''}}


{{quote|'''Isaac:''' Interesting. What's the explanation for how it actually works?
{{quote|'''Isaac:''' Interesting. What's the explanation for how it actually works?
'''Warren:''' The [[Faster-Than-Light Travel|hyperdrive]] utilizes IJD technology.<br />
'''Warren:''' The [[Faster-Than-Light Travel|hyperdrive]] utilizes IJD technology.
'''Isaac:''' Inter...dimensional jump? IDJ?<br />
'''Isaac:''' Inter...dimensional jump? IDJ?
'''Warren:''' IJD. "[[Bellisario's Maxim|It Just Does]]".|''Absurd Notions'', [http://www.absurdnotions.org/page111.html pg. 111] (2003).}}
'''Warren:''' IJD. "[[Bellisario's Maxim|It Just Does]]".
|''Absurd Notions'', [http://www.absurdnotions.org/page111.html pg. 111] (2003).}}


{{quote|"Il invente!" ("He makes it up!")|Attributed to '''[[Jules Verne]]''', regarding the softer science fiction of [[H. G. Wells]].}}
{{quote|"Il invente!" ("He makes it up!")|Attributed to '''[[Jules Verne]]''', regarding the softer science fiction of [[H. G. Wells]].}}

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Mind you, anything written by Doc Smith tends to be rather light on plausibility. You know what "hard science fiction" is, right? Well, Smith's work is so soft it squishes.

—Ward, rec.games.Frp/gurps, 5/1/2002

Soft SF says "the Go Fast Now drive works because I pressed that red button". Hard SF takes the time to explain things in enough detail that the reader can work for themselves why it is the drive can't possibly work that way.

Isaac: Interesting. What's the explanation for how it actually works?
Warren: The hyperdrive utilizes IJD technology.
Isaac: Inter...dimensional jump? IDJ?
Warren: IJD. "It Just Does".

—Absurd Notions, pg. 111 (2003).
"Il invente!" ("He makes it up!")
—Attributed to Jules Verne, regarding the softer science fiction of H. G. Wells.
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