Timeline for How large are Imperial spaceships in the Foundation series?
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| Aug 13, 2021 at 12:58 | vote | accept | Ginasius | ||
| Aug 11, 2021 at 12:35 | answer | added | Ginasius | timeline score: 12 | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 13:52 | comment | added | user2490 | My recollection is that the books consist mostly of dialog. In conversation, it's not really natural for someone to say, "Here we are aboard this 12.7 km starship." | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 3:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/1424566387905896452 | ||
| Aug 8, 2021 at 23:47 | comment | added | Invisible Trihedron | It's an interesting question. But I think Asimov deliberately kept some aspects of technology vague in his stories in order to make them more timeless. It's easy to make a story sound anachronistic if you get too specific, e.g., by having characters rely on paper calculations instead of computers (Heinlein), smoke cigarettes on spaceships (Asimov), or feel utterly helpless in the absence of a male protector (Levin). Arthur Clarke and Cordwainer Smith managed to avoid most anachronisms in their work by never explaining how their technology worked. | |
| Aug 8, 2021 at 23:39 | history | edited | Invisible Trihedron | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 8, 2021 at 17:42 | history | asked | Ginasius | CC BY-SA 4.0 |