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Old 25th July 2007, 12:09 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Re: Mundane?

I think most of you have misunderstood what Mundane SF is. It's not a sub-genre, it's not a descriptive label for a type of science fiction or techno-thriller. It's a Movement. Like the New Wave was. This wikipedia article lays out its aims quite well, but what its proponents are essentially saying is that we're concentrating on the furniture to such an extent that we've forgotten what sf is really about. We've turned it into an action-adventure genre tricked out with sfx. So let's put away the toys, the rocketships & rayguns, and trying writing stuff that actually does what sf is supposed to do.
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