Thread: Whither SF?
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Old 05-09-2012, 07:06 PM   #96
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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice View Post
There's another interesting blog post, by Sharon Miller (half of the team writing the Liaden sf books) that briefly addresses the language used in SF, mostly in light of one of their books, but she raises an interesting point:

http://sharonleewriter.com/2012/05/y...unny-part-one/
Very good find. Thanks!
Highlights some of the unappreciated skills and disciplines that set the various genres apart and why trying to sneak SF as something else risks alienating the readers. "Bad grammar" indeed.

I'll have to move the Liaden series up in my TBR queue.
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