wrog

I have never been one to try to draw a line between SF and Fantasy; it should just all be F. But I'm also curious if Real Galactic Empire can be made to allow interesting stories.

Brin goes outside the envelope all the time (e.g., in the Uplift books, his aliens are doing all kinds of magic and he had Einstein being wrong in 100 different ways)

Also seems like the best writers tend to be really good at keeping one from noticing their story is full of holes.