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rfmcdonaldThere has been a fairly vigourous debate going on in the blogosphere regarding the Mundane SF Manifesto. See, for more background, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ianmcdonald's rebuttal, the discussion at James Nicoll's More Words, Deeper Hole, and Charlie Stross' commentary.
All I'll say about this is that good fiction--any kind of fiction, including science fiction--deals with the limits placed on characters by their environments. Characters and environments which don't experience any practical limits are boring. Good writing's also essential. Alas, most of the science fiction books I unpack lack both.
ianmcdonald's rebuttal, the discussion at James Nicoll's More Words, Deeper Hole, and Charlie Stross' commentary.All I'll say about this is that good fiction--any kind of fiction, including science fiction--deals with the limits placed on characters by their environments. Characters and environments which don't experience any practical limits are boring. Good writing's also essential. Alas, most of the science fiction books I unpack lack both.
