A negative review of Ender’s Game: http://plover.net/~bonds/ender.html …
@avdi I think that it has to be wish fulfillment + no redeeming social value. Generally SF has complicated morality questions as a theme.
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@steveklabnik I would say "often". Evaluations of SF that completely ignore the pulps are just stupid. - End of conversation
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@steveklabnik which is not to say the pulps never had those elements; but it was hardly a required or even expected element. -
@avdi yeah, this may be a difference of worlds. I took a lot of SF classes in college (heh) and they all focused on the morality...
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@steveklabnik ...and the pulps are where it all began.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@steveklabnik@avdi The danger being that wish fulfillment turns an interesting moral treatise into a screed (q.v. O.S.Card)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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