|
If you don't typically enjoy action/thriller stories then just moving the setting between historical, contemporary, science fiction or fantasy is not really going to change much. A light sabre is just a magic sword by another name.
But where science fiction is the exploration of ideas (what I consider to be the raison d'ętre for sci-fi even though this covers only a small percentage of the work called sci-fi), I would like to think it is potentially enjoyable by most people with an interest in the particular subject. So a person need not like all sci-fi to find that they like particular pieces that match their own interest. The Left Hand of Darkness explores gender, which makes it potentially interesting to a wider audience. The fact that the first half drags has nothing to do with the idea being explored (and a lot, I think, to do with the expectations of that time).
|