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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
Of course not... how realistic is a happy and peaceful utopia? But a story in which a crisis threatens a non-utopic but otherwise-stable society is always workable (though, in most cases, more epic than realistic). Better off writing a story in which a crisis or person threatens an otherwise-stable group or society... much more workable, much more realistic. And can be optimistic.
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If the crisis is big enough to threaten an otherwise-stable group or society, the story can't be optimistic.
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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
You don't need a PhD to write good SF. But a writer can be a good enough researcher (and just know enough about science) to write good SF.
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In science a PhD shows that your peers consider you capable of doing independent research.
What novel scientific ideas did you introduce in your books?