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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: It is not just Physics that Should be Hard in Hard SF
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 22:29:10 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <vebkmc$f1p$1@panix2.panix.com>,
Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
>In article <ve9dec$39tdu$1@dont-email.me>, Kevrob  <kjrobinson@mail.com> wrote:
>>On 10/7/2024 11:43 AM, Don wrote:
>>> 
>>> Robin Cook's mentioned at the reddit link. My followup pertains to Cook.
>>> 
>>Cook is a trained M. Have you tried F.Paul Wilson's medical-related 
>>thrillers? He's a DO.
>
>Don't forget Michael Crichton, who wrote well-crafted biological 
>near-future science fiction books like Terminal Man, Andromeda
>Strain, and so forth before he became too famous to write new stuff.

Epileptics were not super keen on his take on epilepsy in The Terminal
Man. 
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