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Alfred
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I am a (recently) retired theoretical physicist, still active as "emeritus" in Université Paris-Sud from which I just retired. I am rather an SF fan, and particularly a great fan of Lois McMaster Bujold. Indeed, I participated in the reedition of the french translation of the first two-thirds of the Vorkosigan Saga in omnibus form, and the first translation of the books of the last third.

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Huge trees in an "air belt" in space
Jan 5, 2022
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A hilarious story where "Cyclists" does not mean what you think
Dec 16, 2023
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What was this movie I saw billed as the "Worst SF movie ever"?
Jan 26, 2022
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Depressing story where SETI received signals from deep space but this news was suppressed
Nov 20, 2023
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Poem about aliens observing cars on highway?
Feb 9, 2022
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Why would a ship-launching woman need to resemble a champagne bottle?
Nov 18, 2023
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A fantasy novel under London
Dec 7, 2021
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A story both SF and Fantasy where a character in a spacesuit has a phantom arm
Dec 18, 2019
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"Bonne mammifération" short story
Dec 2, 2023
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A SF novel where one character makes a "light portrait" of another one, with huge consequences
Aug 31
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Am I allowed to answer my question and 2 days later accept it if I received some (minimal) help from someone else?
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What to do when a question gets two identical answers that are timed to the very same minute?
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Reopening a duplicate so you can add an answer, then reclosing it?
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Well received question
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How many types of inertia are there?
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Paradox about white dwarfs and ionization
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Why can we calculate moment of inertia, but not inertia?
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A thought experiment about neutrinos
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Can a male Ginkgo Biloba tree bear one fruit?