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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
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Subject: Re: Science-based fiction
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 12:55:25 -0400 (EDT)
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Stefan Ram <ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>  So, if you had a story where a new drug for brain injuries
>  doesn't just fix memory but also changes who someone is, and
>  that messes with families or teams, that's classic social SF.

A book using a very similar plot is the Hubschmann Effect by
Thomas Patrick McMahon in which a birth control pill causes 
changes in future children.  This made a surprising impact on 
me as a kid and I recommend it.
--scott
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