: Re: Does everything have to be accurate? Do I have to make everything apply to logic, physics, science, etc? The Harry Potter series has been a major hit, and it is nowhere near to being scientifically

You are coming up against the intrinsic difference between Alternative History/Hard Science Fiction and Science Fantasy/Space Opera. In Alternative History and Hard Science Fiction everything has to be right, except maybe for a couple of details that you change to tell the story. When it comes to Science Fantasy and Space Opera there's a lot more latitude to do what you like and explain only what you feel the need to. If we compare an alternate history like S.M. Stirling's Nantucket Series with the likes of Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers as a space opera; we see very clearly that in the first the details are all explained and itemised, very little is brushed over, while in the latter scientific explanation is ignored in favour of telling a compelling character driven story. The real question is what is more important, the characters' story(s) or the scientific accuracy of the setting in which they take place.

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