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Originally Posted by fjtorres
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.
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I'm frankly not sure if you're agreeing with me or disagreeing with;
"Nope. Not even close."
But just to clarify
my position... I was agreeing with everything you said earlier—and just now.