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   In rec.arts.sf.misc Anarcissie  wrote:   
   > ago, so my memories of it may be a little spotty.  I   
   > remember the new alloy, but people produce new alloys   
   > all the time so that doesn't seem very science-fictiony   
   > to me.   
      
   Not having read it, it would strike me that the key question is "is the   
   alloy a McGuffin" (in which case it's no more Science Fiction than a   
   mainstream technothriller novel is) or is the alloy actually a focus of   
   extrapolation?   
      
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