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* TrendKiller: The story was written as a deconstruction of a ScienceHero who [[InvincibleHero could never really fail]] because he would always TechnoBabble up a DeusExMachina solution to whatever scrape he'd gotten into that week. This fact is much less well known than ''The Cold Equations'' itself because the archetype ended up discarded and {{forgotten|Trope}}, due in part to this very deconstruction.
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** Today we'd simply build an [[TechnologyMarchesOn unmanned robotic ship]] with no life support; you could probably afford to send three ships, just forredundancy.redundancy.
** More generally, the fact this was written before actual space flight really shows -- if you imagine the EDS as a barebones ''boat'' far from land rather then a spaceship, a lot of the contrivances make much more sense.
** Today we'd simply build an [[TechnologyMarchesOn unmanned robotic ship]] with no life support; you could probably afford to send three ships, just for
** More generally, the fact this was written before actual space flight really shows -- if you imagine the EDS as a barebones ''boat'' far from land rather then a spaceship, a lot of the contrivances make much more sense.
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* UnderminedByReality: The story exists to show sometimes there isn't a solution that can get a desirable outcome. However, the writer did come up with several such solutions that the editor refused to publish because it would contradict the point of the story. As a result, the story leans so heavily on ContrivedCoincidence that it's obvious the mission should have never made it that far.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: As mentioned on the YMMV page, this story was originally written as a reaction to the glut of ScienceHero protagonists in the 1950s who would pull out various jargon-filled DeusExMachina solutions to problems. Further (and ironically for a story entitled The Cold ''Equations''), the progress of technology as mentioned directly above has rendered this sort of dilemma obsolete, as it is far more likely that such a ship today would be unmanned. Finally, the story is very 50s in its [[MenAreTheExpendableGender attitudes on gender]] and the insinuation that the dilemma of the story would be a nonfactor if the stowaway was simply a male may come across as a little chauvinistic and misandristic to modern day readers.
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* ExecutiveVeto: ''Astounding'' editor ''Creator/JohnWCampbell himself'' refused to publish the story until the author wrote an ending in which the girl died. Godwin submitted several revisions that were essentially "okay I removed ''that'' way to save her, but you could also do ''this''" before he gave up on trying to sway him. Given that the story is as famous as it is because of how it ends this was probably the correct editorial decision.
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* ExecutiveVeto: ''Astounding'' editor ''Creator/JohnWCampbell himself'' refused to publish the story until the author wrote an ending in which the girl died. Godwin submitted several revisions that were essentially "okay I removed ''that'' way to save her, but you could also do ''this''" before he gave up on trying to sway him. Given that On the story one hand, it is only as famous as it is because of how it ends the brutal DownerEnding, so on one level this was probably the correct editorial decision.decision from a pure longevity perspective... but on the other hand, it is at least as ''infamous'' for the contrivances it needs to engage in to reach that ending, so the point is arguable.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: As mentioned on the YMMV page, this story was originally written as a reaction to the glut of ScienceHero protagonists in the 1950s who would pull out various jargon-filled DeusExMachina solutions to problems. Further (and ironically for a story entitled The Cold ''Equations''), the progress of technology as mentioned directly above has rendered this sort of dilemma obsolete, as it is far more likely that such a ship today would be unmanned. Finally, the story is very 50s in its [[MenAreTheExpendableGender attitudes on gender]] and the insinuation that the dilemma of the story would be a nonfactor if the stowaway was simply a male may come across as a little chauvinistic and misandristic to modern day readers.
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* UnderminedByReality: The story exists to show sometimes there isn't a solution that can get a desirable outcome. However, the writer did come up with several such solutions that the editor refused to publish because it would contradict the point of the story. As a result, the story leans so heavily on ContrivedCoincidence that it's obvious the mission should have never made it that far.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: As mentioned on the YMMV page, this story was originally written as a reaction to the glut of ScienceHero protagonists in the 1950s who would pull out various jargon-filled DeusExMachina solutions to problems. Further (and ironically for a story entitled The Cold ''Equations''), the progress of technology as mentioned directly above has rendered this sort of dilemma obsolete, as it is far more likely that such a ship today would be unmanned. Finally, the story is very 50s in its [[MenAreTheExpendableGender attitudes on gender]] and the insinuation that the dilemma of the story would be a nonfactor if the stowaway was simply a male may come across as a little chauvinistic and misandristic to modern dayreaders.readers.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: As mentioned on the YMMV page, this story was originally written as a reaction to the glut of ScienceHero protagonists in the 1950s who would pull out various jargon-filled DeusExMachina solutions to problems. Further (and ironically for a story entitled The Cold ''Equations''), the progress of technology as mentioned directly above has rendered this sort of dilemma obsolete, as it is far more likely that such a ship today would be unmanned. Finally, the story is very 50s in its [[MenAreTheExpendableGender attitudes on gender]] and the insinuation that the dilemma of the story would be a nonfactor if the stowaway was simply a male may come across as a little chauvinistic and misandristic to modern day
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* ExecutiveVeto: ''Astounding'' editor ''Creator/JohnWCampbell himself'' refused to publish the story until the author wrote an ending in which the girl died. Godwin submitted several revisions that were essentially "okay I removed ''that'' way to save her, but you could also do ''this''" before he gave up on trying to sway him. Given that the story is as famous as it is because of how ends this was probably the correct editorial decision.
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* ExecutiveVeto: ''Astounding'' editor ''Creator/JohnWCampbell himself'' refused to publish the story until the author wrote an ending in which the girl died. Godwin submitted several revisions that were essentially "okay I removed ''that'' way to save her, but you could also do ''this''" before he gave up on trying to sway him. Given that the story is as famous as it is because of how it ends this was probably the correct editorial decision.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: As mentioned on the YMMV page, this story was originally written as a reaction to the glut of ScienceHero protagonists in the 1950s who would pull out various jargon-filled DeusExMachina solutions to problems. Further (and ironically for a story entitled The Cold ''Equations''), the progress of technology as mentioned directly above has rendered this sort of dilemma obsolete, as it is far more likely that such a ship today would be unmanned. Finally, the story is very 50s in its [[MenAreTheExpendableGender attitudes on gender]] and the insinuation that the dilemma of the story would be a nonfactor if the stowaway was simply a male comes may come across as more than a little chauvinistic and misandristic to modern day readers.
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* ExecutiveVeto: ''Astounding'' editor ''John W. Campbell himself'' refused to publish the story until the author wrote an ending in which the girl died. Godwin submitted several revisions that were essentially "okay I removed ''that'' way to save her, but you could also do ''this''" before he gave up on trying to sway him.
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* ExecutiveVeto: ''Astounding'' editor ''John W. Campbell ''Creator/JohnWCampbell himself'' refused to publish the story until the author wrote an ending in which the girl died. Godwin submitted several revisions that were essentially "okay I removed ''that'' way to save her, but you could also do ''this''" before he gave up on trying to sway him. Given that the story is as famous as it is because of how ends this was probably the correct editorial decision.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: Today we'd simply build an [[TechnologyMarchesOn ummanned robotic ship]] with no life support; you could probably afford to send three ships, just for redundancy.redundancy.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: As mentioned on the YMMV page, this story was originally written as a reaction to the glut of ScienceHero protagonists in the 1950s who would pull out various jargon-filled DeusExMachina solutions to problems. Further (and ironically for a story entitled The Cold ''Equations''), the progress of technology as mentioned directly above has rendered this sort of dilemma obsolete, as it is far more likely that such a ship today would be unmanned. Finally, the story is very 50s in its [[MenAreTheExpendableGender attitudes on gender]] and the insinuation that the dilemma of the story would be a nonfactor if the stowaway was simply a male comes across as more than a little chauvinistic and misandristic to modern day readers.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: As mentioned on the YMMV page, this story was originally written as a reaction to the glut of ScienceHero protagonists in the 1950s who would pull out various jargon-filled DeusExMachina solutions to problems. Further (and ironically for a story entitled The Cold ''Equations''), the progress of technology as mentioned directly above has rendered this sort of dilemma obsolete, as it is far more likely that such a ship today would be unmanned. Finally, the story is very 50s in its [[MenAreTheExpendableGender attitudes on gender]] and the insinuation that the dilemma of the story would be a nonfactor if the stowaway was simply a male comes across as more than a little chauvinistic and misandristic to modern day readers.
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