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		kjs3 18 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: They're made out of meat (1991) Seriously...don't read any other science fiction stories. The things they write about that we can't indulge you by proving how they could possibly happen will make your head explode. Edit: spelling

lproven 17 days ago [–]

Indeed. As an example, it's important they don't read David Brin's Uplift series, or Terry Pratchett's excellent The Dark Side of the Sun.

kjs3 16 days ago | [–]

If you really need to enumerate examples you can just say "does it have FTL travel? Don't look Aperocky! Your head will explode!". Plenty more examples...

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