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Commented on Science & Technology, Working Together
For a dose of contemporary science and genetics in a well-written manner- do you follow Carl Zimmer? Highly recommended, IMHO....

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paws4thot commented on
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I was applying the "telling us about the tech gets in the way" point, like a certain writer named Brewed (anag) has done in some his more recent works where the "ebil ones of record" have held meetings to tell themselves stuff they already know in place of him having an actual expositionary vehicle....
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JamesPadraicR commented on
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I'm a little sleep deprived and migrainey at the moment, so whether I make sense or understand others properly is debatable at the moment. I haven't read that person, and not likely to. Assuming I've rearranged the letters correctly--or even if I haven't. But I think I get your point. Maybe. Go ahead and explain, rather than forcing awkward dialogue on your characters. Think I've done that too. Nuts....
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paws4thot commented on
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Explain by all means yes, but in a way that doesn't mean stopping the action for 10 pages whilst you do an infodump and your readers' brains glaze over....
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JamesPadraicR commented on
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Meant to reply earlier, but was sidetracked by the new post. Just to say that I'll keep that in mind, and am so far not guilty of that....
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dirk.bruere commented on
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LSD went a long way to deprogramming me...

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