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In case Stefan hasn't confirmed by the time
I catch up, he is reading the anthology (per cover)
_Science Fiction by Scientists_ (2017) edited by
Michael Brotherton. Much detail at: <
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-41102-6>
"Upside the Head" by Marissa Lingen:
"A professional hockey team funds research into
concussion-induced brain damage, but the principal
investigator worries about reaching her patients
as people, not players."
Which reminds me somehow of: <
https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040107>
"Ah. That whole 'quality of life' question.
I'm working *very* hard on that. I'm getting
*much* better."
On 28/06/2025 17:18, James Nicoll wrote:
I read an interesting article from the CBC that said some publishers
are experimenting with wild new ideas like providing each story with
a title, and crediting specific authors. Is that communism?
In article <fiction-20250628144512@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>,
Stefan Ram <ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
The seventh story was basically straight-up science fiction
- like, real science-based fiction. The story came out in
2017, but it takes place in the "future," meaning the first
half of 2025, and it wraps up on June 10, 2025!
It follows this doctor who's running a drug trial with hockey
players dealing with brain injuries from the sport.
There's nothing you'd call classic sci-fi here - no aliens, no wild
side effects from the drug (so, no zombies or anything like that).
Honestly, there weren't any big twists in this one, unless I missed
something. You could say it kind of lets down anyone looking for
the usual genre stuff, but it does give you a slice of how medical
research actually goes down. If it weren't told from the doctor's
point of view, it could almost be a feature in a newspaper.
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