Comment on The Setup: William GibsonparentComments−dextorious14y> An SF author posits scientifically plausibe scenarios and shows his/her work.You probably missed all the "soft science fiction" movement after the sixties... ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_science_fiction ).What you describe was 30-50s style "hard science fiction" --think Asimov, Clark, etc−bitwize14yI'm aware of what "soft SF" is. What I was getting across is that it is much more a rebellion against SF than a continuation or evolution of it.
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> An SF author posits scientifically plausibe scenarios and shows his/her work.
You probably missed all the "soft science fiction" movement after the sixties... ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_science_fiction ).
What you describe was 30-50s style "hard science fiction" --think Asimov, Clark, etc
I'm aware of what "soft SF" is. What I was getting across is that it is much more a rebellion against SF than a continuation or evolution of it.