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Originally Posted by meeera
How do you classify books with time travel or faster-than-light travel?
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I guess if I had to classify them, I'd fall back on speculative fiction. I have read and enjoyed fantastic stories. I give the author a temporary suspension of reason in exchange for a good story. If the story requires a sprinkling of pixie dust, and it's a good story, I'll go along with it. If the time travel requires some eye of newt, I'll hold my nose. If the FTL requires space mushrooms, it had better be a really good story. But please don't belittle the rigor of the author who works hard to understand the science by equating them with those who tell us that a wand made from a rare and magical tree will do it.