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Sci-Fi Writing and World Building

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Dune: Prophecy, what to read for additional story context?
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Stories about not so soft space fighters
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Avatar (film): antigravity and unobtanium
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TV Series Based On Schrödinger Superposition
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Big Ben In N Dimensions
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A classic AI movie - Colossus: The Forbin Project
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Best Plot I've Ever Read
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How many mSv of radiation would a bolt of ionized plasma deliver?
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Four Dimensional Bowling Alley & Billiard Hall
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This was a mystery percolating for almost fifty years
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Mickey 17
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Modern analysis reveals overlooked plot subtext in LOTR
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A positive term needed for ongoing (alien) sleeplessness
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Asimov's Foundation: Am I the only one who likes the show more?
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Time Travel: Setup & Challenges for Safe & Accurate Travel
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Space crafts and anti gravity
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Extinction event in my story, is it believable?
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The Science of Interstellar: Tidal Wave
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What sci-fi movie and book technologies will never be a reality?
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Looking for feedback on how the scientopics are presented in my story
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Tom Swift - young scientist, engineer, inventor
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Dark star encounter from Yefremov's "Andromeda"
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Was the physics in old TV shows always accurate or just for drama?
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What would a gluon computer be like?
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The Cloaking Device from Star Trek
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Magnetic force applied over long distances in fantasy book
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Screenplay format? Any use except as a submission as ... a screenplay?
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Truly Imaginative Yet Solid Science Fiction
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How fast did Dr Ryland Grace travel in the Hail Mary Project?
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Making use of kilo-tonnes of generic tholins??
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Theoretically, could shrinking down to Planck scale enable time travel?
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Could there ever be a chromo-electric field weapon?
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What Is the Title of This Sci-Fi Book with a Hero on a Multispecies Spaceship?
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If the Moon's Perigee was closer, could that result in earthquakes?
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Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice
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Solar eclipse portal movie
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Is My Sci-Fi Story's Scientific Premise Believable?
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Toward the Stars: Technological, Ethical, and Sociopolitical Dimension
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What does magnetically sealed possibly mean?
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Termination of a nuclear reaction
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Can Mathematical Models Explain Scenes from The Day the Earth Stood Still?
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Choosing a Session: A Physicist from the Future Drinks Rum During Q&A
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What are some lesser-known sci-fi comics worth checking out?
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Shielding against the Sun with a large sheet of aluminum foil in Earth orbit?
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Are There Sci-Fi Movies Similar to Oppenheimer?
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Realistic fast Interstellar Propulsion Methods
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Material to resist punch-through by metal rods
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I wonder will there be a 6th season for Sliders in this 21st century?
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Believable Earth-based SF novels
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3 Body Problem (upcoming TV series)
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Are Stephen Coonts' Saucer Series Books Worth Reading?
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Question about the ending to 2001: A Space Odyssey
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ChatGPT and the movie "I, robot"
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How Would a Red Dwarf Companion Affect Our Sunset Views?
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Congressional hearing on UAPs/UFOs
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Can Muons Propel Objects in Science Fiction?
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Meet the Spherics Family: A Tale of Big Hair & Hard Heads
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The Perils of Quantum Cryptography?
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Why is it thought that black holes could make us travel to the past?
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Advancing Star Wars Fighter Combat?
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The Man from Earth | A Sci-Fi Masterpiece by Jerome Bixby
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Best position for a cockpit? (in a spaceship doing high G maneuvers)
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Do You Have a Favorite Alien Species in Fiction?
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Is there any way to send instantaneous signals w/o breaking causality?
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SciFi Idea: What do you think about very long lifespans?
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How much energy did the Thanos snap release, approximately?
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Opening a portal to the center of the Sun
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Will Quantum Supremacy Make the World Safer or More Vulnerable?
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
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Nuclear fusion energy calculations
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What Are the Top Sci-Fi Books of the 21st Century?
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Should I Read The Books Before Watching The Expanse?
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Question About "Engineered Criticality Devices" In A SciFi Scenario
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Ground currents to detect a civilization?
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Relativity Calculation: Two bodies traveling at relativistic speeds
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Modern Sci-Fi Books and Their Apparent Obsession with Brain Implants
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Is Tau Zero the Ultimate Space Travel Concept?
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A Radiation Shock Too Powerful to Examine (EMP)
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Trying to find old story: radio waves = angels carrying messages
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Overload of positrons joke from Eureka
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Green liquid that glows when electrocuted in 39 Clues
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Sci-fi engine thrust calculations
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Some SF Thoughts on Videotelephony?
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What kind of fusion do you think Star Wars has?
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RIP Nichelle Nichols, aka Lt. Uhura from Star Trek
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Looking for the title of a book I read years ago
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Anyone watched George Clooney's "The Midnight Sky"?
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Some ideas on interstellar space travel
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What Is Darkfighters Mercenary Command from the 1970s?
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Could Aliens Use a Star to Forge the Ultimate Cosmic Weapon?
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What nickname does the heartless bounty hunter in my sci-fi campaign go by?
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Real Virtual Reality: Join the Discussion
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What Can We Expect from The Mandalorian: Season 2?
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Alien spaceship wormhole gravitational waves detector
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Is Science Fiction really a genre?
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Star Trek the Next Generation - The Inner Light
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Can climate change trigger earthquakes?
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Detection of spacecraft at large distances
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Can electricity enhance physical performance?
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Most realistic asteroid impact/end of the world movie yet?
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