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{{quote|'''Isaac:''' Interesting. What's the explanation for how it actually works?<br /> |
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'''Warren:''' The [[Faster |
'''Warren:''' The [[Faster-Than-Light Travel|hyperdrive]] utilizes IJD technology.<br /> |
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'''Isaac:''' Inter...dimensional jump? IDJ?<br /> |
'''Isaac:''' Inter...dimensional jump? IDJ?<br /> |
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'''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).}} |
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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? —Absurd Notions, pg. 111 (2003).
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"Il invente!" ("He makes it up!")
—Attributed to Jules Verne, regarding the softer science fiction of HG Wells.
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