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Is The Expanse really Hard Sci-Fi? I get that the space flight physics and tech involved could be considered hard Sci-fi. But in later books and show season - t
by nirav72 5y ago
Is The Expanse really Hard Sci-Fi? I get that the space flight physics and tech involved could be considered hard Sci-fi. But in later books and show season - the whole gate network is quite a bit handwavy.
- egypturnash 5y agoIMHO “hard” SF is more about feeling “accurate” than actually being accurate - more lip service is paid to something resembling physics as we currently understand it. And the #1 thing for someone to say “fuck it, I’m cutting a hole in existing physics in the interest of telling a compelling story” for is probably “moving shit between planets/stars faster than orbital mechanics and the speed of light allows”.