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  2. From: jswthomp@milton.u.washington.edu (James Thompson)
  3. Newsgroups: misc.writing
  4. Subject: Re: Reserach in Fiction (the SF tangent)
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul21.183821.27236@u.washington.edu>
  6. Date: 21 Jul 92 18:38:21 GMT
  7. References: <1992Jul20.175859.571@HQ.Ileaf.COM> <24003@castle.ed.ac.uk> <1992Jul21.132114.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
  8. Sender: jswthomp@u.washington.edu (Jim Thompson)
  9. Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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  12. In article <1992Jul21.132114.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu> mschmitt@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
  13. >    Note title has been uncorrected.  :)
  14.  
  15. >    If you're going to "bend" or "break" the laws of physics as we
  16. >currently understand them, then you _NEED_ to know what laws you're breaking or
  17. >bending.  Otherwise, you tend to just look like a baffoon.
  18.  
  19. What does a baffoon look like?  Is this a new genetic strain?  Or maybe a
  20. buffoon with a transplanted baboon heart?
  21.  
  22. Jim
  23.