But it seems that science fiction of all types has started to shift away from what made it so wonderful. It's relevancy to our every-day lives. The stories should be real stories; with real characters. But the science should be relevant. Much of what we read about is so far-fetched as to be indistinguishable from magic.
One of my favorite authors is Peter Hamilton ( Pandora's Star ). But the level of science has risen to the point where there is little difference between fantasy authors using magic to create a whirlpool to swallow the attacking navy, and a naval space ship deploying a Hawking M-sink torpedo to consume the enemy ships in an instantaneous black holes. How'd they get a black hole into a torpedo again?
I'm going to try to use this blog to talk about science, and to share a bit of science fiction. They say if you want to get better you need to practice, and I suppose I could toil away, unpublished, unread like most of my unknown peers. But I like the idea of sharing -- even if only a few ever read this.
Mike
