My thoughts on SF & Fantasy: * There are dozens of genres and sub genres in a big messy Venn diagram * pulp exists * sword-and-planet-exists * Hard SF, new wave, blah blah blah all exist * and they're all good * SF and F overlap at the margins * neither is a subset of the other
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4/ Metis is the knowledge of the people who live in a neighborhood, or who work in an industry. Technew is the knowledge of the people who want to RULE the neighborhood or the industry.
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5/ People who live in a neighborhood know the 20 different corners, and how they're each unique. People who want to rule the neighborhood assert that all of the corners are identical, all part of one neighborhood - wait, no, one TOWN.
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6/ A statement that every corner is the same, that every side of pig is the same, every school teacher is equally certified and qualified, etc. is a statement from a distant person who wants to move pieces around a chess board, and who doesn't want to worry that pawn a2 != d2
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7/ I've "lived in" the neighborhood of science fiction since I was 7, so 42 years. I know the neighborhoods pretty well. Mead is better in sword-and-planet, drugs are better in New Wave, physics are better in Hard.
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8/ They're all good. But they're not all the same. And there isn't one top level category or grouping. There are two. We've known this for a century or more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_%26_Science_Fiction …pic.twitter.com/hKIvqYQcOE
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9/ Rock on, sword-and-planet authors and fans. Rock on, pulp rev authors and fans. Rock on, hard SF authors and fans. All the genres and sub genres are good. ...but Fantasy isn't Science Fiction. Anyone who actually LIVES in this neighborhood could tell you that.
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10/ The top level category, if there is one, is "speculative". Almost no one uses that term, but it's there if you care to. One decent Venn diagram among many (via https://annieneugebauer.com/2014/03/24/what-is-speculative-fiction/ …). We can quibble about details, but it gestures in the right direction.pic.twitter.com/nK65LN2ufP
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11/ this is an amazing thread every single sentence in it is wrong one random example: >
@robkroese and@MorlockP think space Opera and sword and planet aren't science fiction. WHAT? https://t.co/jtMm63j7woThis Tweet is unavailable.Show this thread -
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