Postfazione - Mondo trottola
Writing a science fiction story is fun, not work. ... the fun... lies in treating the whole thing as a game. ... the rules must be quite simple. They are; for the reader of a science-fiction story, they consist of finding as many as possible of the author's statements or implications which conflict with the facts as science currently understands them. For the author, the rule is to make as few such slips as he possibly can ... Certain exceptions are made [e.g., to allow travel faster than the speed of light], but fair play demands that all such matters be mentioned as early as possible in the story...
Hal Clement Frasi e Citazioni
Hal Clement: Frasi in inglese
“No one likes to be watched constantly by someone he can’t see.”
Origine: Mission of Gravity (1954), Chapter 11
“Maybe we’ve been taking nova precautions for a red dwarf.”
Origine: Mission of Gravity (1954), Chapter 15
“What’s the use of a high school education if you can’t recall it when needed later on?”
Origine: Mission of Gravity (1954), Chapter 14
