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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.

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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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User Comments

Wow I did not expect such a rapid response. Thank you.
(Felix on 04/08/09)

Thanks Geoff, the book in question is 'a gift from Earth' by Larry Niven as you suggested
(Richard on 03/03/09)

Thank you! That's the one! I recognized the title of the anthology when I saw it.
(Jeff on 02/22/09)

Ecellent Nobody (but you) knew this answer Thanx emmensly
(Jim on 01/28/09)

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Recent Answers from Geoff

2009-04-24 Regarding which to read.....: Well, the nantucket series involves time travel to the past while the emberverse series involves the change nullifying all electricty in a modern-world/20th century environment. So they are different enough...

2009-04-11 looking for a book: Robert Heinlein wrote a well-known story featuring people moving into a house which linked to numerous different dimensions, which could well be your story. Here's a quick description of the plot:-...

2009-02-17 I am looking for a books name.: This sounds like a book version of the movie "The Last Starfighter" which had the exact same plot with a young man playing a video game and achieving a high score, resulting in aliens recruiting him to...

2009-01-13 Short Story: Hello, I finally worked out what the answer was to your question. The story is called The Conspirators and is by the author James White. This site shows all anthologies published before c.1983(no...

2009-01-02 unknown short story: I liked this story a lot.The story you're looking for is called "The Very Slow Time Machine" and is by the SF author Ian Watson, available on amazon:- http://www.amazon.com/The-Very-Slow-Time-Machine/dp/B000FBJ0TQ...

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