Just heard the editor of
this book on radio 4 talking about 'mundane science fiction', a term I hadn't heard before. Meaning fiction derived from existing or imminent scientific research, rather than the far-fetched stuff of the movies, with teleportation, light-speed travel etc. (essentially fantasy magic). The anthology paired research scientists with writers to inspire the short stories. (Indirectly, also reminded me of the excellent
insultingly stupid movie physics site.)
Interesting concept, and it's got some good writers involved. Btw, the movie physics site is amazing - how come no one has ever posted about that before?
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