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Old 07-17-2016, 09:58 AM   #26
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Spending good money on what is billed as SF only to discover a pale imitation with bad science, lazy world-building, and a focus on "mundane" details will not please regardless of the sparkling prose or intricate twisty-turny plot.
Genre alone is a poor predictor of whether your money is well spent (i.e. "will I enjoy this book?"). Better to find reviewers whose taste you chime with rather than get angry at publishers/authors for transgressing genre boundaries.
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