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Old 05-06-2012, 10:32 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by elcreative View Post
Star Wars, B-movies, the pulps from the 1920s-40s and other similar material are only a part of SF... and not the major part...

There is much quality material using SF tropes to explore the human condition and look at alternatives to where we are now not to forget the classic "if this goes on..." theme amongst others...
Star Wars isn't SciFi. It's got more in common with Arthurian Romance than it does science fiction.
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