Comment by nathan_compton
9 months ago
I think Greg Egan writes very optimistic science fiction that only really does 2 sort of. Exceeding the speed of light is, from my point of view, so absurd a premise as to make me feel that any hard science fiction which tries to get around it is not serious.
Its not that I can't enjoy that kind of science fiction, its just I can't take it seriously as having anything to do with actually reckoning with our position in the universe as human beings. Universe Big.
Without exceeding the speed of light, "Universe Big"... and universe too far away to explore. :(
I guess we could have a story set it the far far (far!) future...
"This is exciting! If I live to be 70 I'll get to hear the response from the question my great-grandfather's generation sent to Omega-5!"
Life extension sort of solves this problem and is much more plausible.
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