10 rules for bad science

Posted by Cory Doctorow, October 13, 2001 9:05 AM |
10 rules for bad science fiction!
Remember that technology introduced at the start of the story always causes everyone's problems, while technology introduced in the middle or at the end of the story always solves everyone's problems.This could be referred to as the "If-Only-I'd-Invented-It-Ninety-Minutes-Later" Conundrum.
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