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Uair , to bookstodon group
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Idea:

Bookstores should group fantasy with horror instead of scifi. Both fantasy and horror are purely creations of the author's mind; scifi is tethered to factual information.

If you need to group scifi, I'd put it with mysteries and thrillers.

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@_L1vY_ @Uair @bookstodon And I would argue that most self-styled “science fiction” is as much “stuff we made up” as in fantasy. Telepathy. Faster than light travel. Aliens that look very much like humans and are sometimes (ahem) cross-compatible. “Gravity generators” and “antigravity”.

Sure, there are many authors who stick close to currently understood science, or make plausible predictions about future science. But they are in the minority.

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I think some context is being missed. OP: “Idea: Bookstores should group fantasy with horror instead of scifi. Both fantasy and horror are purely creations of the author's imagination; scifi is tethered to factual information.”

I added a caveat to that last phrase.

Jennifer , to bookstodon group

I need some new science fiction to read, who has some suggestions? I don't like military sci-fi. For reference, my favorite series is the Expanse, I also enjoyed Scalzi's Collapsing Empire, I love Robert Charles Wilson's books. I mostly enjoy space operas and unique stories about technology, for example I really liked the recent book Mountain in the Sea about AI and intelligent octopus. Suggestions from the awesome Bookstodon community? @bookstodon

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@AlsoPaisleyCat @Jennifer @bookstodon +1 on Cherryh. The (very long) Foreigner series might be a good place to start. Each book is (usually) a self-contained story, and each trilogy tends to focus on a particular story arc. The central character is a diplomat, and his whole reason for being is to prevent conflicts. That doesn’t stop him from being involved in many…

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