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Originally Posted by shalym
...and I completely disagree with that "accepted guideline".
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Don't worry. Many people disagree with it. Most of them just quickly tire of arguing with people who are more concerned with the definitions of labels than they are with the works to which those labels get affixed.
The only people who acknowledge any such "accepted guideline" are those who are willing to dismiss out of hand, any opinions that don't jive with their personal nostalgic notions about what is, and isn't, SF. It's pointless navel gazing for the most part.
Every author/reader's opinion about what
should be labeled science fiction is correct. It's the opinions about what
shouldn't be called SF that are primarily hogwash.