Comments on: A. Lee Martinez: Why Radioactive Spider Bites Are Just Fine by Me http://bordersblog.com/scifi/2010/07/19/a-lee-martinez/a-lee-martinez-why-radioactive-spider-bites-are-just-fine-by-me/ Just another Bordersblog.com weblog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:42:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Chad http://bordersblog.com/scifi/2010/07/19/a-lee-martinez/a-lee-martinez-why-radioactive-spider-bites-are-just-fine-by-me/comment-page-1/#comment-5671 Chad Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:36:38 +0000 http://bordersblog.com/scifi/?p=2353#comment-5671 I like realism. I even like realism or at least a legit explanation in my fantasy. I can't stand the half-hearted explanations like "Superman gets his powers from a yellow sun." A yellow sun? You have to be freaking kidding me. Even Star Wars does a better job of explaining the Force (before the prequels). This is probably why I like SF better than fantasy, as SF writers seem to add just a little more realism a little more often. I like realism. I even like realism or at least a legit explanation in my fantasy. I can’t stand the half-hearted explanations like “Superman gets his powers from a yellow sun.” A yellow sun? You have to be freaking kidding me. Even Star Wars does a better job of explaining the Force (before the prequels).

This is probably why I like SF better than fantasy, as SF writers seem to add just a little more realism a little more often.

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