Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> the stories in general aren't about the technology.
>>
>> *Usually* not. Occasionally they are. Of course, McCoy's distaste for 
>> the transporter is all about the technology. :-)
> 
> Typically it's "hey, there's this technology that can do X. Man, what 
> would that mean for civilisation?"

And that's exactly what science fiction is all about. Now if it's actually 
feasible that such a technology could be invented, then it's "hard" science 
fiction. :-)

Anything else is space opera.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!

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