tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30557718.post7743345547834756115..comments2007-02-11T21:35:04.420-05:00S Andrew Swannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00811359130467758677noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30557718.post-20068256531506715812007-02-11T21:36:00.000-05:002007-02-11T21:36:00.000-05:00Typo corrected... oops.S Andrew Swannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00811359130467758677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30557718.post-32265735620471864792007-02-11T20:32:00.000-05:002007-02-11T20:32:00.000-05:00"It may be fun for <B>pendants</B>"<BR/><B>Pendants</B> are things you hang from a neck, <B>pedants</B> are things you hang by the neck.<BR/><BR/>(And please tell me your mistake was deliberate. ;)Lionelhttp://lo.ve.lynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30557718.post-90395651854914878982007-02-10T08:40:00.000-05:002007-02-10T08:40:00.000-05:00The key here is "given the author's premise." The premise can be completely impossible by definition &mdash; a machine that manipulates the value of pi, much alternate history, most ideas of FTL travel &mdash; but still result in an SF story as long as the consequences are treated in a rational manner.S Andrew Swannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00811359130467758677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30557718.post-58963485033923386542007-02-09T11:58:00.000-05:002007-02-09T11:58:00.000-05:00Good definition. But I wonder if being 'possible' is what most people mean by the same thing you means, when you talk about 'getting there from here'?<BR/><BR/>John C. Wright<BR/>http://www.sff.net/people/john-c-wright/Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15492341011399861469noreply@blogger.com