/lit/ - Literature

>>6692724
I think knowledge of "history and politics" is just as important to crafting plausible speculative fiction as knowledge of physics and technology. There are so many possible futures, from where we're standing, that anything you write is unlikely at best. Usually I just hope that the scientific aspects won't be conceived so poorly that they actively distract me from the story. For example, I had trouble enjoying the movie Gravity when I was distracted by thoughts like "what? that's exactly the opposite of how orbital mechanics works." On the other hand, there are surely many scientifically literate thinkers who have failed to address the realities of human sociology that have revealed themselves through our history. In a sense, the most interesting sci-fi books are the ones that have a firm grasp on what "human civilization" does and does not mean.

>the energy granted by fusion generators allowed humanity to undertake projects that would before be unfeasible
Sounds good.

>terraforming...would consist of adding water and nutrient rich soil to planet surfaces
Yes, water and nitrogen are important, but before you can even think about having a "wet" surface, you need to have surface pressure and temperature that yield liquid water on a diagram like pic related. (The roman numeral-indicated regions are some of the other dozen or so bizarre phases of water that we don't encounter in everyday life, more of which will likely be discovered in the future.)