Howdy folks.
Since I'm new here, I figure I might as well dive in and make
an ass of myself right off the bat.
Realism is relative. I think, more important than realism, is
consistency. Take Eric Garcia's "Anonymous Rex", for
instance. Definitely a PI story, but with dinosaurs
masquerading as humans in the modern world. It works because
it's consistent and because it doesn't blink. The premise is
held firm the whole way through. Realistic? Hardly, though I
think a lot of the things that needed to be realistic
(how cars work, telephones, etc.) were, which gave the reader
a frame of reference. But it was consistent. It set up its
rules and it stuck with them throughout.
-Stephen Blackmoore
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Jacques Debierue wrote:
> All the PI needs is a good story. Who cares if it's
realistically
> realistic?
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