24-07-2016, 22:02
The thing about "science fiction" is that these days it comes in several varieties. I regard books like Dune as what I call "space Westerns" rather than science fiction. They are all characters and action, but they do not say anything to me. Very often I find the SF short story form to be the most rewarding. The author takes an interesting idea, and the story contains just enough content to present the idea and the ramifications of it, and to leave it in the reader's mind.
Works like Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" and Douglas Adams "Hitch hiker" trilogy are more comedy than science fiction, though I happen to enjoy those as well.
Works like Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" and Douglas Adams "Hitch hiker" trilogy are more comedy than science fiction, though I happen to enjoy those as well.