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Story Notes
- Narrated by: Stephen Mendel
- Length: 1 min
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Publisher's summary
This section, “Contact,” is devoted to that special, often maligned sub-genre of SF, the think piece. Once upon a time, such tales comprised nearly all of science fiction. An author would ask, “What if?” or “If this goes on?” and head off from there, working out what might result from a given premise. Einstein called it Gedankenexperiment, or thought-experiment, and while it may not promote great style, characterology, or High Lit’rahchoor, it still merits a place in a genre that’s more concerned than any other with ideas.
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