tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282504373890041231.post6335251256275900196..comments2024-03-08T08:23:19.959+00:00Comments on Paul Anthony Shortt - Author: Getting New IdeasPaul Anthony Shortthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14393249001158230985noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282504373890041231.post-87256041514715583542012-04-11T11:28:04.075+01:002012-04-11T11:28:04.075+01:00Reading lots of factual material is my main source...Reading lots of factual material is my main source of ideas these days, currently digging through piles of stuff on Victorian street life, modern street children and the lives of people like Mazarin for interesting ideas and reference material. <br /><br />Regarding your sci-fi idea, hard sci-fi is more often concerned with the sociological impact of plausible technology than it is about techno-fetishism. For pulp/space-opera stuff, the less you explain, the better off you are. Unless a character's a technician, they just live with and use the normal technology of the time without analysing it. Pseudo-scientific technobabble only leads to bad things.Jantohttp://art.jantomcmullin.comnoreply@blogger.com