Re: Hard Sci-fi?

On Apr 17, 2:45=A0am, Daniel <Krous...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In general, science fiction comes in two broad categories - hard Sci-
> fi and soft sci fi.
>
> But are these definitions too rigid?

Are you making a viagra joke, here?

> this idea would be and what it would require. This broad definition is
> what allows books like "10,000 leagues under the sea" to be considered
> sci-fi though they lack the typical space ships.

That book would be exactly half-hard, I'd say.

> So what about books
> that are examining ideas not relevant to physical sciences, but
> instead behavioral, economic, or political.

So now your asking whether the "soft" sciences can be "hard"?

> I would appreciate your thoughts on the matter.

I think you need to so some basic research and, uh, "firm" up your
questions a bit...

Jim Deutch (JimboCat)
--
The Homeopathic Science Institute (where the Science is always diluted
to one part in a billion or less) -eric boesch