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Old 09-23-2010, 12:02 PM   #155
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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan View Post
Okay, here's my attempt at the first all-encompassing Law of Science Fiction:

Science Fiction has, as a significant part of its setting or trappings, an element or aspect that reflects a scientific theory or technology that has/had not been proven or created at the time of the story's writing.
That's a good start. I'd add the proviso that the setting or trappings are critical, and if you remove the arguably SF elements, you no longer have a story.
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