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galaxseacreature · 1 month ago

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I truly believe that genres are constructed categories that cannot be defined to universal satisfaction without overlap and attempts to do so are generally misguided and often serve to hamper discourse

At the same time, book group saying the next read would be a scifi book only to choose a technothriller makes me want to commit great violence

#This is a thriller. A thriller with scifi elements. But structurally. Thematically. A thriller #I will die before I call this a science fiction book #This is just not having the same conversation as sff #But as the scifi person you can't say any of this or you'll sound insane and also be a killjoy. It has tech that doesn't exist irl!#The book was fine it was a good thriller. I enjoyed it even. But. :/#It's like promising to go to an amusement park and going to the county fair #Like sure there's a travelling carnival here. But this isn't fundamentally the same thing. This is about livestock #The travelling roller coaster is a side thing. And not nearly as good as the amusement park's roller coasters anyway

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