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Originally Posted by kennyc
Love The Road, never heard of the other one, but I'm afraid I still don't understand why you said,
"I believe the best Sci-Fi book is one that doesn't try to be sci-fi."
I wouldn't even classify The Road as Sci Fi particularly myself. What would you say makes it Sci Fi?
Just checked The Bradbury Report" Steven Polansky ... looks interesting...sounds more Sci Fi than The Road.  |
I consider the "The Road" science fiction because whether the world was bombarded with nukes, asteroids, or whatever other event that could cause such devastation, something in the scientific realm was the culprit. Couple that with the fact that the book is a work of fiction (Thank Goodness!) It equals something belonging in that genre.
I chose "The Bradbury Report" because of its style. The narrator was an old man dealing with a very strange circumstance. He happened to live in the future. He happened to live under a government that carried out such a draconian institution. But his focus was on the human aspect: his relationship with the old friend, and the observations of his double. I hardly noticed the science fiction at all.
What I'm trying to get at is, science fiction, to me, is best when the human element is front and center. When it dominates over the bells and whistles, the gadgets, and technical terms of typical sci-fi. A good story with good characters transcend any genre.