Of course, it is that option and the choice that most authors take with it that irritates me the most about science fiction. You see I have the very bad habit of feeling the need to scientifically justify any oddities or advancements I write about, usually in a form remarkably similar to Donaldson's...

Thank you for your compliments, Loremaster, I do try. As to my "clever" reference to Chandraskhar's limit, I meeeeAAGH! 8O =stares at his sudden increase in gold-count in shock= Woah...thanks! =immediately deposits all 10,000 in his bank with glee= As I was saying, I merely happen to have ...

Uh...Hi? =waves nervously= I've read the Gap, TC's first and second chronicles, but I haven't read Mordant's need or Runes, and It's been ages since I've read anything by S.R.D... In fact, the main reason I found (and joined) this forum is because my current writing project involves future and alien...

I know since I'm new here I really shouldn't be jumping in on discussions like this, and I'm not even sure if it's ok to resurrect an old thread like this (it's frowned on in many forums I know), but I do have my thoughts on this and why not share them? What's the worst that can happen, after all, e...