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To: MNDude

Science Fiction is often best read as an adolescent and therefore some of the most memorable and significant works in a readers lifelong list are going to be less than undying adult literature. That does not mean they aren’t great but just when comparing them to other genre you have a disconnect.

I’ll add one — The Cities in Flight series.


5 posted on 08/13/2022 11:47:17 AM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: KC Burke

“Science Fiction is often best read as an adolescent and therefore some of the most memorable and significant works in a readers lifelong list are going to be less than undying adult literature. That does not mean they aren’t great but just when comparing them to other genre you have a disconnect.”

Very sad, but unfortunately I agree.


8 posted on 08/13/2022 11:49:00 AM PDT by MNDude (Once you remove "they would never" from your vocabulary, it all begins to make sense)
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To: KC Burke

I read the original one. I was unaware there was a sequel.


51 posted on 08/13/2022 12:04:04 PM PDT by sauropod (Unbelief has nothing to say. Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: KC Burke
Science Fiction is often best read as an adolescent and therefore some of the most memorable and significant works in a readers lifelong list are going to be less than undying adult literature. That does not mean they aren’t great but just when comparing them to other genre you have a disconnect.

I've wondered about that before... rereading some of my favorites was oddly disappointing. Thanks for the insight. That said, The Weapon Shops Series by A.E. van Vogt aged better than many...

53 posted on 08/13/2022 12:04:38 PM PDT by GOPJ (DC Elites think 71 million Trump Supporters are stupid, wear camo, and listen to banjo music.)
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To: KC Burke

There is some science fiction that goes beyond more adolescent themes and character development. A Canticle for Leibowitz is one, Dan Simmons’ Hyperion is another. Hyperion uses a storytelling format similar to Canterbury Tales but told better, and with a much better plot.


73 posted on 08/13/2022 12:11:03 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: KC Burke
Science Fiction is often best read as an adolescent and therefore some of the most memorable and significant works in a readers lifelong list are going to be less than undying adult literature.

Precisely. When I was a teenager I plowed through a ton of science fiction. I liked many writers, but I loved Larry Niven. I particularly liked his "The Mote in God's Eye." I don't know what I would think of it now. In 2016 I tried reading Niven's "Footfall," my first sci-fi novel in decades. It was worth reading, good but not great.

I have wanted for "Mote" to be be made into a film ever since I read the book.

185 posted on 08/13/2022 1:31:13 PM PDT by TChad ("Joe, we should evacuate the civilians before the military. You understand that, right? Joe?")
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