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Subject: re: EXPLORERS -- a pico review
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> From:	dataio!bright

> Good sci-fi is not necessarilly preposterous, as an example take a look
> at Arthur Clarke's novels (BTW, he holds a doctorate in physics), and
> the novels that Niven and Pournelle collaborated on.

Not to put a damper on your remarks, but Clarke does *not* have a
PhD in in physics, only a BSc. Pournelle has a PhD, but it's in
philosophy and political science, with an undergraduate degree in
engineering. The only currently practicing writers I can think of
offhand that have PhD's in a scientific field are Greg Benford and
(I believe) Charles Sheffield. Possibly David Brin, too. Oh, and
Isaac Asimov, of course. I'm sure there are others, but I can't think
of them off-hand.

--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA)

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