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Expert Profile: Geoff

Expertise: I have read most of the short stories and books produced by the Top 80-100 authors in the SF field, as well as more obscure authors such as Robert Sheckley, and can answer any queries regarding author, title or theme of a short story(or novel). I can also answer questions on the history and influence of Science Fiction past to present, as well as on specific SF genres such as Cyberpunk,Golden Age SF, H G Wells-style scientific romances etc.

Experience in the area
Am currently doing a writing course for writing Science Fiction Books, with the Writer's Bureau in the UK.<

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What do you like about this subject? I love this subject as it allows authors and readers to use their imagination. In SF stories you can invent an entire world. Modern Literature is stuck with the same old social setting and therefore is often far too derivative and unoriginal.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field? I hope to become an SF writer eventually. Meanwhile I am collecting as many old editions of 1900-1990 SF stories as possible.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know: In the early 1940s the SF writer Cleve Cartmill wrote a science fiction story describing rather accurately how an atomic bomb works. The editor had to persuade the FBI not to arrest him!

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Prestige Points: 9064
Knowledge	9.75 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.98 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.96 Best of the best
Politeness	9.97 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		10
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		490

Recent Reviews from Users

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8	10	10	10	11/02/08
10	10	10	10	08/06/08
10	10	10	10	05/09/08
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10	10	10	10	04/17/08

User Comments

Thank you. I have been looking for these stories a long time.
(Linda on 11/02/08)

This individual has demonstrated knowledge and expertise. Much appreciated!
(Juan on 08/06/08)

Wow! That was a super quick response, and exactly, dead-on correct!! It wasn't even three hours! PERFECT! It could not have been any better than this.
(James on 05/09/08)

Thanks Geoff. This is most definitely the story I was looking for. Very fast response, too!!
(Karen on 04/17/08)

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Recent Answers from Geoff

2008-11-02 short stories: Don't know about the first story you mentioned, but the 2nd one sounds very much like Isaac Asimov's story "The Feeling of Power" where a lowly technician in a futuristic society manages to work out simple...

2008-08-28 Another Anthology Enthusiast: OK, I remember the story but can't remember the title or author, offhand, but will give you ideas, and come back to you, tomorrow, if I find it(what's really needed is for someone to set up a 100% definitive...

2008-08-19 dolphins have ability to talk/communicate books: I STRONGLY suspect that the series of books you're referring to is David Brin's "Uplift" series(it has all the elements you're looking for re intelligent dolphins in spacecraft, books published c. 1980s...

2008-08-07 Looking for story: Someone added to my previous answer to you a while back, but you may not have elected to receive updates from readers. Here is the right answer(and I apologise for giving the wrong one, previously):-...

2008-08-05 Evolution of humanity in space: You must be referring to Bruce Sterling's novellas within his "Shaper/Mechanist" Universe:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaper/Mechanist The reference to reptiles must be to the alien "Investors"...

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