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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Not to mention, that some SFF authors may not be attempting to write escapist entertainment. Good, bad or indifferent... the genre simply doesn't consist entirely of fiction about science and/or escapist entertainment anymore (though I believe there's more than enough of that still being written to satisfy those to whom that sort of thing does appeal).
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Nope.
Not even close.
Sure, there is lots of room for adventure SF and even (usually neglected) Space Opera, the core of the genre is supposed to be the exploration of ideas.
I love Space Opera, myself, but Science Fiction to me is serious business about the world we live in, where it is going, what we can or may make of it. The exploration can be light-hearted or serious but the best SF needs some meat underneath the trappings.
If the exploration leads to tragedy instead of triumph, then so be it.
Negative answers are valid answers too.