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Originally Posted by flipreads
Can't we just embrace that science fiction is a very broad term, and that genre boundaries are guidelines as opposed to rigid boxes? 
Original post doesn't take into account a lot of other possibilities. Mundane Science Fiction. Slipstream. Interstitial. Science mixing with Fantasy (or Fantasy mixing with Science). Social Science Fiction. Optimistic Science Fiction. |
First, you say SF should be embraced as a broad term... then you give us more definitions! That's not helping!
(Besides, you left off sci-fi porn.)
Seriously, I agree that there's little point to try to break down SF into multiple sub-genres... it's bad enough it's already broken down between "science fiction" and "sci-fi."
Capt. Jack Sparrow was prophetic when he once said, "It's more a set of guidelines, really."