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42. "RE: BPGD: CVS-101"
In response to message #39
 
   >>Well, see, this is why I don't do anything like hard military SF (or,
>>really, hard anything SF). This is why starship fights in UF tend to
>>come off like World War I battleship slugfests in outer space, or at
>>the most modern, WWII fleet engagements. Because that right there,
>>that you just described? Even if it could be made interesting to
>>read, it's be dead boring to write.
>
>>I don't want my space battle scenes to be like that to read or
>>to write, and that's why - and I don't mind admitting it - I
>>deliberately eschew realism in that area. :)
>>
>
>That's a perfectly understandable and reasonable attitude. There are
>very few authors who can pull off modern-style long-distance,
>wait-it-out naval combat. The only ones I can think of off the top of
>my head are Elizabeth Moon and David Weber, and even their battle
>scenes sometimes don't come out as exciting as all that, sometimes.
>Your battle scenes, be they naval or otherwise, come off quite well.

Agreed, and the problem with Weber's stuff is you end up spending a ton of brain bytes trying to visualize it, and for all the talk of velocity vectors and what not...it's more frustrating than exciting, and I am a pretty solid Weber fan. I'd rather NOT see everyone take to writing SCI-FI space battles like they were all "Run Silent, Run Deep" "Das Boot" or "Hunt for Red October" (emphasizing the scary-ass waiting....waiting...OH CRAP factor)...

I'm fine with WWII/Star Wars style space battles from an entertainment standpoint, they simply make for better storytelling, unless you truly are working within a hard science standpoint...and then they're tough to pull off...

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 BPGD: CVS-101 [View All] Gryphonadmin Sep-02-08 TOP
   RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Senji Sep-02-08 1
      RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Droken Sep-02-08 3
          RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Rickdominated Sep-02-08 4
              RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Gryphonadmin Sep-02-08 5
   RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Polychrome Sep-02-08 2
      RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Gryphonadmin Sep-02-08 6
          RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Polychrome Sep-02-08 7
   RE: BPGD: CVS-101 TheOtherSean Sep-02-08 8
   RE: BPGD: CVS-101 trigger Sep-02-08 9
      RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Polychrome Sep-03-08 10
          RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Gryphonadmin Sep-03-08 11
              RE: BPGD: CVS-101 BlackAeronaut Sep-03-08 12
                  RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Mephronmoderator Sep-03-08 13
                      RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Star Ranger4 Sep-03-08 14
                  RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Gryphonadmin Sep-03-08 15
                      RE: BPGD: CVS-101 BLUE Sep-03-08 17
                          RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Gryphonadmin Sep-03-08 18
                              RE: BPGD: CVS-101 BLUE Sep-04-08 22
                                  RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Gryphonadmin Sep-04-08 23
                                      RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Pasha Sep-05-08 27
                  RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Peter Eng Sep-03-08 16
                      RE: BPGD: CVS-101 zojojojo Sep-03-08 19
                      RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Star Ranger4 Sep-04-08 25
   RE: BPGD: CVS-101 MOGSY Sep-04-08 20
      RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Gryphonadmin Sep-04-08 21
          RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Star Ranger4 Sep-04-08 24
              RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Gryphonadmin Sep-04-08 26
              RE: BPGD: CVS-101 BLUE Sep-05-08 28
                  RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Star Ranger4 Sep-05-08 29
                      RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Berrik Sep-06-08 30
                          RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Gryphonadmin Sep-06-08 31
                              RE: BPGD: CVS-101 MOGSY Sep-07-08 32
                                  RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Star Ranger4 Sep-07-08 33
                                      RE: BPGD: CVS-101 MOGSY Sep-07-08 35
                                          RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Star Ranger4 Sep-07-08 37
                                              RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Gryphonadmin Sep-07-08 38
                                              RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Wedge Sep-08-08 40
                                          RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Peter Eng Sep-09-08 44
                                              RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Star Ranger4 Sep-09-08 45
                                  RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Gryphonadmin Sep-07-08 36
                                      RE: BPGD: CVS-101 TheOtherSean Sep-07-08 39
                                         RE: BPGD: CVS-101 MOGSY Sep-08-08 42
                                      RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Offsides Sep-08-08 41
                                          RE: BPGD: CVS-101 MOGSY Sep-08-08 43
                              RE: BPGD: CVS-101 Berrik Sep-07-08 34


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