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From: Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five Works of SF Inspired by Pseudoscience
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 22:19:35 -0400
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On Tue, 28 May 2024 14:17:12 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
Nicoll) wrote:

> Five Works of SF Inspired by Pseudoscience
> 
> Some good (or at least interesting) SF has been based on truly 
> bonkers pseudoscience.
> 
> https://reactormag.com/five-works-of-sf-inspired-by-pseudoscience/

One of the comments made me realize that the Lensmen must have been
inspired, in part, by hybrid corn.  Only in part, because the seeds
produced by the hybrid are not good for planting. 

Breeders create two inbred strains, then plant them in alternating
rows and detassel the female parent and, after the seed has set, mow
down the male parent.  

(I wonder whether anyone on this forum remembers the "Texas
Male-Sterile Cytoplasm" disaster.)


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