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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.''
{{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.''▼
▲|'''Ward''', rec.games.[[Frp/[[GURPS|gurps]], 5/1/2002}}
|'''[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.''
▲|2='''[http://beatonna.livejournal.com/125341.html?thread=8965789#t8965789 James Nicoll]'''}}
 
{{quote|'''Isaac:''' Interesting. What's the explanation for how it actually works?
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