William T Goodall wrote:
>
> A definition that excludes most published science fiction. Including
> much Hugo and Nebula winning material and the entire works of
> several major sf writers such as Jack Vance, Ursula K Le Guin,
> Philip K Dick, Lois McMaster Bujold, C J Cherryh, Michael Moorcock...
>
This tendency to redefine words so that we create totally useless
and self-centered new words is amazing.
The _real_ problem here is: how can we _define_ Science Fiction in
a simple way and that includes most of what most people consider
Science Fiction.
Then, run the definition to what most people consider Science Fiction
and exclude some marginal cases. Run through what few or no people
consider Science Fiction and include those cases.
Definitions of terms that everybody use should agree with what
most people use it - else it's a futile exercise of an egotrip :-P
Alberto Monteiro
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