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Re:The Rise and Rise of Chinese Science Fiction by uxcolumbo on Monday January 14, 2019 @08:22AM (#18902716)
Fair point. Totally forgot about Q (assuming we're not in a simulation, the feats that Q pulled off are most probably not realistic in the real world.)

As with most things, I think it's probably more on a spectrum. I probably should have said that Star Trek leans more towards science fiction than Star Wars - so yes - I agree with your points.

Another one that's more 'science fictional' is the Expanse - worth checking out if you haven't yet.

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Re:The Rise and Rise of Chinese Science Fiction by mercutio2 on Monday January 14, 2019 @10:53AM (#18903873)
All the human originated technology seems fairly plausible in the Expanse.

All the proto-molecule derived stuff isn’t particularly plausible, but it’s not really worse than most sufficiently-advanced-technology tropes, and it tries pretty hard to express a universe with rules, just different rules.

I would give Star Wars an F for science-y-ness, Star Trek a varying score depending on the episode (ranging from A to F) but overall a C, and The Expanse a B+.

It is galling when people define sci-fi by its cinematic imitators, for sure.

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