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Originally Posted by fjtorres
SF&F tends to be mostly Windows which suits me just fine.
I'm used to the conventions and the GUI.  |
I would be inclined to dispute that SF&F are mostly windows. Many offer another way of viewing our own lives/society - a distorted mirror, if you will. To take just one example of which I am a great fan: Terry Pratchett's Discworld. What makes them such a treasure (to me, anyway) is how real the people seem, despite the very definitely fantasy setting.
It seems to me that action-escapism books, whatever the setting, tend to be the most like windows. More character driven books, whatever the setting, tend to be more like mirrors. I don't see it as an either/or thing. To me, many of the very best books are both.