Thread: Is today's SF too pessimistic?
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Old 03-26-2012, 02:11 PM   #93
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Then what's this whole discussion been about, really? Seriously?

If the ending basically determines a book's overall pessimistic or optimistic nature, I'd be willing to bet the actual number pessimistic SF books is quite small. I know I'm hard-pressed to come up with any that start out bleak and end just as bleakly. I'm sure they're out there, but I can't imagine there being very many.

Or are people saying "pessimistic" when they mean something else?
Seriously. The epilogue of The Hunger Games
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(which I LOVE) is pretty hopeful, but the series itself is pretty grim.
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