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526. Steven Novella, co-author of The Skeptics' Guide to the Future: What Yesterday's Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

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How Long Did It Take You to Write This Book?

Lese: I can't think of a single science fiction franchise that does a good job of portraying what the future of space travel is probably going to be like. Most science fiction writers know they're not really predicting the future, just introducing some plot device to get people from a to b quickly. Very few try toke realistically portray the future ofspace travel and then even then, i think, very few do a realistic job. Lese: Everything else is almost fh fantasy in this book. It's so far advanced in the future, using black holes for propulsion will never happen. The only thing semi plausible is if we figure out a way to make anti matter engines which are cheaply

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