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   Titus G to Peter Moylan   
   Re: SF: Book recommendations   
   02 Feb 26 17:03:26   
   
   XPost: alt.usage.english, rec.arts.books, rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: noone@nowhere.com   
      
   On 1/02/26 17:17, Peter Moylan wrote:   
   > On 01/02/26 15:04, Titus G wrote:   
   >   
   >> My protest is principally with genre impersonation.   
   >   
   > Ah, yes. Like when the shelf in the bookshop says "Science Fiction" and   
   > all the books turn out to be fantasy. That's really annoying.   
      
   I imagine so. My preference is for the Kindle.   
   There are those here who could give you a more accurate reply but those   
   genres have been merging for decades. I accept pre-human alien artifacts   
   having fantastic aspects but find acceptance of the supernatural annoying.   
   With regard to the infiltration of Romance into Science Fiction, most   
   Science Fiction writers of the '60s kept women in the kitchen. If The   
   Time Traveller's Wife was marketed as Romance, it would be an early   
   example of an infiltration of Fantasy masquerading as Science Fiction.   
   And, of course, Fantasy has no place in the reality of Romance.   
   I'll get my coat.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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