OMG! I worked at the Science Centre circa 1973 in Exhibit Maintenance (not the Hosts who help you on the floor). At the time, that synthesized voice was leading edge even if it could only say 'coffee'. I've been back a few times and don't recognize the place. Behind the scene's in the workshops was facinating too.
I think some of the best stories could come from the dialogue between Sawyer and the scientists at CLS.
As to the need for a writer to have a backgroud in science, I think we've seen benefits to a writer having it or not. Did you ever see the bibliography of Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton? Now there was a science based story. Other writers haven't had a formal training but an aptitude in the sciences that have led to future predictions that have come true.
At the heart of good SF is the story and I have read all of Sawyers works and find him to be one of the most distinctive writers I have read.
Here's looking for a future Sawyer novel based at CLS.
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OMG! I worked at the Science Centre circa 1973 in Exhibit Maintenance (not the Hosts who help you on the floor). At the time, that synthesized voice was leading edge even if it could only say 'coffee'. I've been back a few times and don't recognize the place. Behind the scene's in the workshops was facinating too.
I think some of the best stories could come from the dialogue between Sawyer and the scientists at CLS. As to the need for a writer to have a backgroud in science, I think we've seen benefits to a writer having it or not. Did you ever see the bibliography of Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton? Now there was a science based story. Other writers haven't had a formal training but an aptitude in the sciences that have led to future predictions that have come true. At the heart of good SF is the story and I have read all of Sawyers works and find him to be one of the most distinctive writers I have read. Here's looking for a future Sawyer novel based at CLS.