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Originally Posted by xg4bx
in science fiction they could completely make up the science, i'm not about to check.
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Heh, that's why I've stayed with fantasy in my own writing; I enjoy sci-fi and have had a few good ideas in that genre, but I don't know enough science to make it comfortable for me.
I would think, though, that the Internet makes it much easier for authors to fact check as they are writing. I know the hazards of using Wikipedia as a source, but I still find myself using it about 20 times a week in my job just to check casual facts that come up in documents I am editing. If I see something where an author hasn't even bothered that level of research, then I can be less tolerant of an author's gaffes.