Thread: Soft Science Fiction
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Old 05-14-2008, 05:24 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
For soft SF, I'm surprised someone hasn't suggested the entire Star Wars catalog. Easy to read, plenty of action, more about the people than the technology, and the tech is colloquially-worded for easy understanding at any level. Same goes for most of the Star Trek catalog, for that matter.
When you are trying to get your kid to eat their vegetables you put cheese on top of the brussel sprouts, not the brussel sprouts on a saucer of cheese. If these are for a person that needs to be 'eased' into SF, I think the last two books you would want to put in front of them would be SW or ST. I can almost hear a high pitched yelp coming from his g/f as she carefully backs away.

-MJ
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