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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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that's like saying all romance novels involve "romance" and as for them being didactic, that heavily depends on the authour and your own reflections on the book.
( , Thu 7 Jun 2012, 10:35, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

And didacticism runs deep in the genre, it's one of the many reasons why it is so laughable as reflective culture.
See also it not being anywhere near as clever a genre as its fans think it is.
( , Thu 7 Jun 2012, 10:39, Reply)

( , Thu 7 Jun 2012, 10:41, Reply)

and have to be in order to fit into a genre, but you're focussing it entirely on sci-fi/fantasy. You're being intellectually dishonest.
( , Thu 7 Jun 2012, 10:41, Reply)

Applicable to all genres.
( , Thu 7 Jun 2012, 10:44, Reply)

'EastEnders in space'
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( , Thu 7 Jun 2012, 10:51, Reply)

Sci fi.
( , Thu 7 Jun 2012, 10:58, Reply)

There is nothing at all to be proud of about dismissing an entire swathe of culture which has been popular and celebrated since HG Wells.
That's willful ignorace and bloody mindedness you should just kill yourself.
( , Thu 7 Jun 2012, 10:45, Reply)
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