Thread: Is SF dying?
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Old 01-31-2015, 10:01 AM   #81
Rizla
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
CAVES OF STEEL isn't *about* the life of Lije Bailey, it is about the *world* he lives in, its customs, its phobias, its politics. Lije is our viewpoint and entry into that society. The murder mystery is the mechanism he uses to guide us through thst world.
Sure, but that's not what you said. You said the detective was an android.

And anyway, your above description could be applied to Nalini Singh's psi-changling books. The difference is that a romance is at its heart, though it contains all the other elements.
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