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ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) posted:

>   The seventh story was basically straight-up science fiction
>   - like, real science-based fiction. The story came out in
>   2017, but it takes place in the "future," meaning the first
>   half of 2025, and it wraps up on June 10, 2025!
> 
>   It follows this doctor who's running a drug trial with hockey
>   players dealing with brain injuries from the sport.
> 
>   There's nothing you'd call classic sci-fi here - no aliens, no wild
>   side effects from the drug (so, no zombies or anything like that).
>   Honestly, there weren't any big twists in this one, unless I missed
>   something. You could say it kind of lets down anyone looking for
>   the usual genre stuff, but it does give you a slice of how medical
>   research actually goes down. If it weren't told from the doctor's
>   point of view, it could almost be a feature in a newspaper.
> 
> 
"The Martian" is also in this sub genre. Nothing seems unscientific, but
when you start to check the numbers, it has problems. The strength of the Martian 
wind is too high at the start, and the energy numbers for his potato farm don't work,
he has far too few solar panels.

Pt