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|    Kurt Weiske to Alan Beck    |
|    Re: Recent Si-fi writers (hard)    |
|    11 Oct 20 08:18:00    |
      TZUTC: -0700       MSGID: 2335.coffeekl@1:218/700 23e99763       REPLY: 1:229/426.36 d9c2978b       PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Win32 Sep 30 2020 MSC 1927       TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 r3.179 Sep 30 2020 MSC 1927       CHRS: ASCII 1       -=> Alan Beck wrote to all <=-               AB> So, who are the current in the last 25 years popular Hard Sci-fi        AB> writers?               Not sure where he falls on your Hard spectrum, but Neal Stephenson's        Seveneves was an entertaining read about how mankind recovers from an        extinction-level event.                     ... Emphasize the flaws       --- MultiMail/XT v0.52        * Origin: http://realitycheckbbs.org | tomorrow's retro tech (1:218/700)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 10/0 1 15/0 19/36 90/1 102/401 103/705 106/201 116/18       SEEN-BY: 120/302 331 340 123/131 140 153/757 7715 154/10 203/0 214/22       SEEN-BY: 218/0 1 401 410 700 720 802 810 820 221/0 222/2 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 227/702 229/101 424 426 452 664 1016 230/150 152 240/5411       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 5853 249/206 317 400 250/1 261/38 100 266/512 267/155       SEEN-BY: 280/464 5003 282/1031 1056 288/100 291/100 111 292/854 310/31       SEEN-BY: 317/3 320/119 219 322/757 340/400 341/66 342/200 396/45 423/120       SEEN-BY: 633/267 640/1321 1384 712/620 848 770/1 801/161 189 2320/105       SEEN-BY: 2452/250 3634/12 5020/1042 5053/58       PATH: 218/700 261/38 712/848 280/464 240/5832 229/426           |
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