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Originally Posted by tompe
It is bad if the dialogue is lost which was Stross argument. SF books ae usually reactions and comments on other SF books.
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I don't think that's always true, and I don't think that's necessarily good. For example, with what other SF is Lois Bujold in dialog with? Lois is unique.
If SF is seen as too much being in dialog with itself, that you need to read an increasingly large backlist just to get the in-jokes, we're limiting the audience for SF to those of us who started reading SF in the 70s or earlier.